THE
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
CALENDAR
2002
BOUND VOLUME CONSISTING OF:
Calendar 2002
Annual Report 2001 (including Financial Statements)
Strategic Plan Perspective 2002
Operational Plan 2002
Ensuring Accountability 2002
PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY
Copyright © The University of Melbourne, 2003
[ISBN 0 7340 2986 1]
General Introduction 2002
The University of Melbourne was established by an Act of the Victorian Pariiament in 1853. The foundation stone of the first University building was laid in 1854 on the present central University site of about twenty hectares in the northern part of the City of Meiboume.
Adjacent to the central site, under separate grants and titles, are the recreation grounds of almost six and a half hectares and the lands of the affiliated residential colleges covering more than eighteen hectares. The University also has other campuses and properties in suburban Melbourne and regional Victoria.
The University consists of a Council, the Professors, other members of the academic staff, members of faculties, graduates, diplomates, undergraduates and members of the general staff designated by Council.
The Council of 21 members has responsibility for the conduct of University affairs.
The graduates collectively comprise Convocation, which may make submissions on University matters to the Council. Convocation elects a Standing Committee vvhich may make suggestions to Council.
Academic administration of the University is conducted by the various faculties, the Melboume Business School, the Victorian College of the Arts and the School of Graduate Studies and is super\'ised by the Academic Board.
The University offers bachelor degree courses in Agricuiture, Agricultural Science, Animal Science, Applied Science, Arts, Arts and Sciences, Biomedical Science, Commerce, Computer Science, Creative Arts, Dance, Dental Science, Dental Studies, Dramatic Art, Early Childhood Studies, Education, Education and Training, Engineering, Film and Television, Fine Art, Forestry, Forest Science, Geomatic Engineering, Horticulture, Information Systems, Landscape Architecture, Laws, Medical Science, Medicine, Music, Music Education, Music Performance, Nursing Science, Optometry, Physiotherapy, Planning and Design, Public Policy and Management, Resource Management, Science, Surgery, Training and Development and Veterinary Science.
In addition, the following bachelor degree courses are available for graduate entry: Architecture, Building, Property and Construction, Social Work and Teaching.
In most disciplines in which there is a degree of bachelor, degrees of master and doctor and the degree of Doctor of Philosophy are also available. The University also offers a Juris Doctor course. There are also courses leading to masters degrees in Accounting, Actuarial Science, Agribusiness, Agricultural Studies, Animal Welfare, Applied Commerce, Applied Finance, Arts Management, Audiology, Banking and Financial Services, Building Science, Business Administration, Choreography, Computer-Assisted Language Learning, Computer Science, Construction, Corporate Law, Criminology, Dance, Development, Development Studies, Development Technologies, Education, Educational Management, Educational Psychology, Energy Studies, e-Law, Engineering Science, English Language, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Studies, Epidemiology, Forest Industries, General Practice Psychiatry, Gynaecology and Obstetrics, Health Ethics, Health Promotion, Health Sciences, Horticultural Science, , Information Technology in Education, International Business, Management, Management (Technology), Manufacturing Studies, Medical Anthropology, Medicine, Military Law, Modern Languages Education, Music Studies, Nursing, Psychiatry, Psychology, Public Health, Public Policy, Taxation, Urban Planning, Utilities Management, Veterinary Studies, Water Resources Management, Women's Health and Wood Science.
At its inception, and for many years afterwards, the University received grants from the Victorian Govemment, and income from fees and benefactions. Since the Second World War the Australian Government has provided fmancial support. From îhe beginning of 1974, with the agreement of the Victorian Govemment, the Australian Govemment assumed responsibility for the governmental fmancial support of this and other universities and at the same time provided funds to enable tuition fees to be abolished. The Federal Government introduced, from l" January 1989, the Higher Education Contribution Scheme, which applies to all students enrolling or re-enrolling in government funded higher education courses from that date. The Scheme consists of an annual charge which each student is liable to pay towards the cost of his or her study. This charge may be paid at enrolment or deferred and paid through the taxation system. However, full fees are payable by intemational students and by students of graduate and
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support of thls and other universities and at the same time provided funds to enable tuition fees to be abolished. The Federal Govemment introduced, from l" January 1989, the Higher Education Contribution Scheme, which applies to all students enrolling or re-enrolling in govemment funded higher education courses from that date. The Scheme consists of an annual charge which each student is liable to pay towards the cost of his or her study. This charge may be paid at enrolment or deferred and paid through the taxation system. However, full fees are payable by intemational students and by ^ ^ ^ ^ " ^ / f / r ^ . t " ? ' h ^ í e postgraduate cour^ework programs. From 1999 a limited number of places m ""^^^Ê^^^^^^^^S^Í^^^^^^
been made available on a full-fee basis to Austraiian students unable to secure a govemment-funded place.
All students must also pay the University's Amenities and Services Fee.
In size, the University grew slowly during its first 90 years from the origirial sixteen students i" 1855 to 4 000 in 1945 This growth was accelerated after the Second World War when the University faced increasing demands on its facilities, first by large numbers of ex-servicemen and women m the immediate postwar years and then by the increasing numbers of students completmg secondary school courses.
In the last decade of the 20"" century the structure of the University has undergone profound change.
An amalgamation between the University and the adjacent Melboume College of Advanced Education came into effect in 1989. The Coliege and the Faculty of Education of the University merged.
The tertiary award courses of the Hawthom Institute of Education, affíliated with the University in I99I and now fully amalgamated and integrated with the Faculty of Education, are offered through the departments of the Faculty. Also in 1991, the Victorian College of the Arts affiliated with the University and its higher education programs are now offered through the School of the Victorian College of the Arts.
The Victorian College of Agriculture and Horticulture affiliated with the University in 1992, and became a part of the new Faculty of Agriculture, Forestry and Horticulture in 1995. The Faculty was reconstituted as the Institute of Land and Food Resources in July 1997.
In 1998 the University established a private arm, Melboume University Private Limited, which offered its first courses in 1999. Award courses offered by Melboume University Private Limited are subject to validation by the University of Melboume Academic Board. During 2001 the fírst stage of a merger beUveen Melboume University Private Limited and Melboume Enterprises Intemational Limited, the University's commerciai arm, was effected, with Melboume Enterprises Intemational Limited becoming a subsidiary of Melboume University Private Limited.
The University's total student enrolment in 2001 is more than 35,000, including part-timers, equating to a teaching load of over 30,000.
The academic reputation of the University of Melboume has long been recognised throughout the world, its graduates and former students have achieved distinction in many fields including the offíces of Govemor- General, State Govemor and Prime Minister. Many graduates have gained fame in the arts and sciences and the professions and politics, including the awards of the Nobel Prize and admission to the Order of Merit.
Since the first conferring ceremony in 1856, the University has awarded more than 198,045 degrees and diplomas.
As much information as possible about the University has been included in this Cakndar and the Annual Report of Council. An Annual Research Review highlights research activities while the Research Report, a more detailed annual listing of the various research activities and the contributions made to science and the humanities by staff, research workers and students, is available from the Office of the Deputy Vice- Chanceilor (Research). The periodical Melbourne University Magazine, previously known as the Gazette, produced for the Alumni Relations Unit, and UniNews (fortnightly through the academic year) report on University activities and developments. The Student Diary is made available free to enrolling and re- enrolling students. The University o/Melbourne Undergraduate Studies Handbook provides a general guide to the University and its courses, though more detailed Faculty course and subject guides are available to enroUed or enrolling students from the respective Faculty offices.
Address
General correspondence directed to the University may be addressed to the University Secretary, The University of Melboume, Victoria 3010, Australia.
Telephone: (03) 8344 4000
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