1980 Monash University Calendar Part 1
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NORMANBY ROAD MONASH UNIVERSITY N C.S.I.R.O. SCALE IN METRES r"25 rif'7s 100 125 150 175 ~ RING ROAD NORTH ·ANIMAL * 32 Key to Plan IIIII-~· ~ ... 31 •. 1. University club - 2. Religious centre MARSHALL RESERVE 3. Robert Blackwood Hall 4. Main library ENGINEERING ROAD ENGINEERING 5. Krongold child training centre 6. 1he Alexander lheatre 7. Rotunda a Biomedical library 9. Biochemistry laboratories 10. Central science block 11. Senior zoology SPORTS AREA 12. Rrst year chemistry 13. Zoology lecture theatres 14. Rrst year biology laboratory UNION ROAD 15. Senior chemistry 16. Western science lecture theatres SPORTS AREA 17. Microbiology 18. Eastern science lecture theatres 19. Rrst year physics and environmental science 20. Senior physics I HUMANITIES 21. Hargrave library 22. Northern science lecture theatres .., •• 23. Mathematics and computer centre 24. Engineering lecture theatres 25, 26, 27, 28, 29. Engineering school 30. Boiler-house RING ROAD 31. Botany experimental area VICE· CHANCELLOR'S ;i 32. Zoology environmental laboratories RESIDENCE z 33. Normanby House w~ .. 1- .,, ~ ID SOUTHEAST FLATS .Erected • Under construction MAIN ENTRANCE WELUNGTON ROAD MANNIX COLLEGE MONASH UNIVERSITY CALENDAR I 1980 Published by Monash University Wellington Road, Clayton Victoria, Australia 3168 Telephone: 541 0811 Telegrams: Monashuni Melbourne Telex: AA 32691 All rights reserved. This book or any part thereof may not be reproduced in any form whatsoever, whether by graphic, visual, electronic, filming, microfilming, tape recording or any means, except in the case of brief passages for the information of students, without the prior written permission of the publisher. Copyright© Monash University 1980. Typeset by Graphicset Pty Ltd Melbourne Printed and bound by Brown Prior Anderson Pty Ltd Melbourne CONTENTS (The contents of the Calendar have been brought up to date as at 3 January 1980 with the exception of the statutes which were those in force at 8 October 1979 and the regulations which were those in force at 12 November 1979.) Preface 9 Sir John Monash 11 Coat of Arms 12 Donations and Bequests 13 Principal Dates for 1980 14 Officers and Staff Officers of the University 22 Members of Council 22 Standing Committees of Council 25 The Professorial Board 26 Standing Committees of the Professorial Board 27 Other Standing Committees 30 Superannuation Administrators and Trustees 31 The Faculties 31 The Union Board 41 Representatives on Outside Bodies 42 Emeritus Professors 42 Teaching and Research Staff 42 Library Staff 73 Administrative and Other Staff 74 Clinical Teachers of the Teaching Hospitals 78 Former Officers 85 Affiliated Institutions 87 The Monash University Act 1958 88 Statutes of the University CHAPTER 1 -GENERAL 1 .1 Interpretation 101 1.2 Meetings 103 1.3 University Holidays 103 CHAPTER 2 -GOVERNING BODIES, COMMITTEES AND UNIVERSITY ORGANISATIONS 2.1 The Council 103 2.2 The Professorial Board 104 2.3 The Faculties 105 2.4 The University Teaching Hospitals 107 2.5 Committees and Boards of Studies 108 2.6 The Discipline Committee 110 2.7 The Union 110 2.8 Students' Loan Fund 111 2.9 The Committee of Deans 112 2.10 The Monash Association of Students 112 CHAPTER 3 - OFFICERS OF THE UNIVERSITY 3.1 The Chancellor and the Deputy Chancellor 114 3.2.1 The Vice-Chancellor 115 3.2.2 The Deputy Vice-Chancellor 116 3.2.3 Pro-Vice-Chancellors 116 3.3 Deans, Associate Deans, and Sub-Deans of Faculties 116 3.4.1 The Professors 117 3.4.2 Visiting Professors 119 3.4.3 Emeritus Professors 119 3.5 Administrative Staff 119 3.6 Staff Superannuation Scheme 120 3.7 The Disability Pensions Fund 130 CHAPTER 4 -DISCIPLINE 4.1 Discipline 133 CHAPTER 5 5.2 The University Library 135 CHAPTER 6- CANDIDATURE FOR AND ADMISSION TO DEGREES AND GRANTING OF DIPLOMAS 6.1.1 Matriculation 136 6.1.2 Courses and Degrees 136 6.1.3 Admission to Courses 137 6.1.4 Admission to Status 138 6.1.5 Examinations 139 6.2 Exclusion for Unsatisfactory Progress 139 6.3 Exclusion for Health Reasons 140 6.4 Admission to Degrees Honoris Causa 141 CHAPTER 7 -ACADEMIC DRESS 7.1 Academic Dress 142 CHAPTER 8 - SEAL OF THE UNIVERSITY 8.1 The Seal of the University 142 CHAPTER 9 - ELECTIONS 9.1.1 Election of Members of the Council - Procedure 143 9.1.2 Election of Members of the Council by the Students in the University 146 9.1.3 Election of Members of the Council by the Graduates of the University 147 9.1.4 Election of Members of the Council by the Faculties 148 9.1.5 Election of Members of the Council by the Professors 149 9.1.6 Election of Members of the Council by Members of the Teaching Staff other than the Professors 149 9.1.7 Election of Members of the Council by the Full-time Members of the Staff other than the Teaching Staff 149 9.2 Election of Members of the Professorial Board 150 CHAPTER 10- AFFILIATED EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS, RESIDENTIAL INSTITUTIONS, AND HOSPITALS 10.1 Affiliation 151 CHAPTER 11 11.1.1 Administration of Trust and other Property 154 Regulations Under Statute 2.3- The Faculties 155 Under Statute 2.4 -The University Teaching Hospitals 163 Under Statute 2.7 -The Union 163 Under Statute 2.8 - Students' Loan Fund 167 Under Statute 2.1 0 - The Monash Association of Students 169 Under Statute 5.2 - The University Library 173 Under Statute 6.1.1 - Matriculation 175 Under Statute 6.1.2 - Courses and Degrees 178 Under Statute 6.1.3 - Admission to Courses 179 Under Statute 6.1.5 - Examinations 181 Under Statute 6.2 - Exclusion for Unsatisfactory Progress 184 Under Statute 7.1 - Academic Dress 185 Under Statute 11.1.1 - Administration of Trust and Other Property 186 Degree Regulations Faculty of Arts 202 Faculty of Economics and Politics 231 Faculty of Education 239 Faculty of Engineering 248 Faculty of Law 258 Faculty of Medicine 283 Faculty of Science 290 Doctor of Philosophy - All Faculties 301 Rules on Patents 306 Standing Committees of Council - Terms of Reference 307 The Library 309 Centres, Graduate School, Unit Aboriginal Research Centre 310 Computer Centre 310 Centre for Continuing Education 311 Centre for Early Human Development 311 Graduate School for Environmental Science 312 Centre for General and Comparative Literature 312 Higher Education Advisory and Research Centre 313 Language Centre 313 Centre for Migrant Studies 313 Centre of Policy Studies 314 Centre of Southeast Asian Studies 314 General Information Net Enrolments by Degree/Faculty 1979 316 Degrees and Diplomas Conferred 318 Monash Teaching and Research - Equivalent Academic Staff 320 Travel Arrangements 319 Student Housing 319 Religious Centre 322 Monash University Health Service 322 Child Care 322 Monash Association of Students 322 The Union 323 Student Services 323 Scholarships, Fellowships and Prizes Undergraduate 324 Prizes 330 Graduate- Tenable Within Australia 337 Graduate- Tenable Overseas 342 Overseas Travel Grants 350 Honorary Graduates of the University 1966-79 351 Graduates of the University 1979 353 Index 382 9 PREFACE Monash University was established by an gramme enabled the opening of the Act of the Victorian Parliament on 1 5 April University in its permanent quarters by the 1958 after the immediate acceptance by Premier of Victoria on 11 March 1961. the Government of the advice of the This was three years earlier than originally Murray Committee. This committee was envisaged. appointed by the Commonwealth Govern Teaching began with an enrolment of ment in December 1 956 with Sir Keith 363 undergraduates and graduates in the Murray, chairman of the University Grants faculties of Arts, Economics and Politics, Committee in the United Kingdom, as Engineering, Medicine, and Science. chairman, to inquire into the report upon The Interim Council, having discharged the needs of Australian university educa its duty, was replaced by the permanent tion. While the committee was in Victoria, Council on 3 July 1961. Enrolments rose the Government obtained its special to 798 in 1962, 2,923 in 1964 and to recommendations upon the early estab 8,466 in 1968. lishment of a second university in the The enrolment figure in 1 980 is State. expected to be 13,900. It is hoped to The University bears the name of Sir house as many full-time students as John Monash, a Victorian of great distinc possible in halls of residence, the first of tion. A biographical note on him appears which was opened in 1962. A faculty of on page 11. Law was established in 1964 when gradu In June 1958 an Interim Council, ate studies in education were also appointed under the transitory provisions introduced. The faculty of Education was of the Monash University Act 1958 and formally constituted in 1965. charged with the duty of taking 'all such The University offers the degrees of steps as may be necessary in order that Bachelor, Master, Doctor of Philosophy, the Council of the University may be duly and higher Doctorates, as well as graduate constituted upon the appointed day', held diplomas in education and a number of its first meeting. The site of 1 01 hectares other fields. Its first Bachelor degrees at Clayton was acquired and with the were conferred at the beginning of the advice of architects a master plan for its 1 964 academic year. development was adopted. The University's funds are derived in the The Vice-Chancellor, Registrar, and the main from the Australian Government, first Professor took up duty early in 1 960. which finances all recurrent and capital Rapid progress with the buildings and the expenditure and a major part of research appointment of additional staff leading to expenditure (either directly or through the development of the teaching pro- government-financed institutions).