THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND COMMERCE
HANDBOOK 1982
PUBLISHED BY THE UNIVERSITY
STUDENT INFORMATION BOOKLET
Students are reminded that information on matters of general concern, e.g., Fees, Enrolment, Examinations, Matriculation Roll, Student Membership Cards, Colleges and Halls of Residence, Appointments Board, Financial Assistance, University facilities, etc., is to be found in the Student Diary.
In exceptional circumstances the Council is empowered to suspend subjects and to vary the syllabus of a subject. Details of any such alteration will be available from the appropriate Faculty or Board of Studies Office and will be announced on departmental notice boards.
It is a decision of the Faculty of Economics and Commerce that insufficient
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Faculty Officers and Faculty List 5
Academic Staff 8
SECTION I General Information
Important Dates in 1982 13
Courses for Faculty Degrees 13
Other Degree Courses 13
Enquiries 14
Fees 14
Financial Assistance 14
Bachelor of Commerce (Ordinary Degree) 14
Full and Part-Time Studies in Bachelor of Commerce Degree 15
Attendance at Lectures and Classes 15
Examinations and Assessment 15
Special Tests 15
Special Consideration 15
Student Appeals to Academic Board 16
Study Progress 16
Leave of Absence 17
Giblin Library 17
Membership of Professional Bodies 17
SECTION II Undergraduate Courses
Entry to the Bachelor of Commerce Course 19
Admission of Graduates and Diplomates 19
Principles of Selection 19
General Principles of Selection for Entry to First Year Undergraduate Course 20 General Principles of Selection for Entry to Second and Later Years of
Undergraduate Course 28
Special Principles of Selection for Entry to First Year Undergraduate Course 26 Special Principles of Selection for Entry to Second and Later Years of
Undergraduate Course 26
Regulation 3.17—Degree of Bachelor of Commerce 27
Bachelor of Commerce (Ordinary Degree) 28
Areas of Study in the Commerce Course 28
Group I and
it
Subjects 28Group III Subjects 29
Subjects of the Ordinary Degree 29
Course Changes for 1982 31
Mathematics in the Commerce Degree 32
Computers and the Department of Accounting 33
Conditions for the Ordinary Degree 33
Order of Subjects 33
Part-Time Students and Order of Subjects 34 Bachelor of Commerce (Degree with Honours) 34
Combined Courses 38
Details of Subjects 39
Department of Accounting: Ordinary Degree 39
: Honours Degree 44
Graduate School of Business Administration: Ordinary Degree 46 Department of Economic History: Ordinary Degree 47
Honours Degree 50
Department of Economics: Ordinary Degree 51
Honours Degree 61
Department of Legal Studies: Ordinary Degree 64 Department of Regional and Urban Economic Studies:
Ordinary Degree 66
Honours Degree 69
SECTION III Postgraduate Studies
Purpose of Courses 70
Research Activities 70
Financial Assistance 70
General Principles of Selection for Postgraduate Courses 70
Master of Business Administration 72 Regulation 3.70—Degree of Master of Business Administration 72
Objectives of the Course 73
Applications 74
Admission 74
Course Sturcture and Part-Time Studies 74
Course Design 74
Staff 74
Teaching Methods 74
Examinations and Assessment 75
Research Report 75
Preliminary Year 75
• Timetable 75
Outline of Subjects 75
Final Year 76
Admission to Final Year 76
Outline of Subjects 77
Master of Commerce 78
Regulation 3.18—Degree of Master of Commerce 78
Entry 78
Course Requirements—Master of Commerce (Preliminary) 79
—Master of Commerce 79
Examinations 79
Thesis Requirement for Master of Commerce 79 Master of Commerce (Preliminary) Advanced Subjects 80
Department of Accounting 80
Department of Economic History 82
Department of Economics 82
Department of Legal Studies 83
Department of Regional & Urban Economic Studies 84
Master of Arts (School of Economics) 85
Doctor of Philosophy 87
Advanced Management Education Programme 88
Appendix A Awards, Prizes and Exhibitions. 91
Appendix В Timetable for 1982 95
Appendix C Summary of Subject Names and Numbers 99
Appendix D Booklists 103
Appendix E Continuing Education Courses 117 Appendix F University Entrance Requirements 1982 118
FACULTY OFFICERS
(as at July 1981)
Dean, PROFESSOR L. R. WEBB Deputy Dean, MR E. McL. HOLMES
Associate Dean (Budgets) MR C. J. WARRELL Associate Dean, MR J. H. REEVES
Assistant Registrar (Economics and Commerce), MR I. L. L. POWELL Librarian, Giblin Library, MRS C. MAIER
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND COMMERCE
Dean, PROFESSOR L. R. WEBB Deputy Dean, MR E. McL. HOLMES
Associate Dean (Budgets) MR C. J. WARRELL Associate Dean, MR J. H. REEVES
The Vice-Chancellor, PROFESSOR SIR DAVID DERHAM The Deputy Vice-Chancellor, PROFESSOR P. W. WHITTON The Deputy Vice-Chancellor, PROFESSOR J. R. POYNTER The Vice-Principal, MR R. D. MARGINSON
University Librarian, MR W. D. RICHARDSON
Council Members, appointed by the Council: MR L. BREWSTER Representative of the Graduate Committee, MR J. C. TRETHOWAN Professors:
PROFESSOR B. A. BARRY PROFESSOR R. E. G. NICOL PROFESSOR J. O. N. PERKINS PROFESSOR A. A. L. POWELL PROFESSOR P. J. B. ROSE
PROFESSOR C. B. SCHEDVIN PROFESSOR L. R. WEBB PROFESSOR R. A. WILLIAMS PROFESSOR F. K. WRIGHT
Readers:
DR E. A. ВОЕНМ MR W. J. BYRT DR H. F. CRAIG
MR A. ST. J. HANNIGAN Senior Lecturers and Lecturers:
DR C. 1. ALI DR C. S. GEED DR E. A. BEEVER MR G. H. BURROWS MR R. A. CARTER DR R. C. CLIFT MR T. J. CUMMINS MR L. G. CUPPER DR R. J. DIXON DR P. DOWLING DR J. P. FOGARTY MRS J. E. GRBICH DR G. D. GRIFFIN MR A. W. GUNTHER MRS F. C. HANKS MRS M. G. HARPER MR R. J. A. HARPER MR G. J. HARRIS DR J. M. HEARN Mfi E. McL. HOLMES DR J. HORNE MR R. S. JONES MR A. KAN MR M.J. KENNEDY MR M. G. LINCOLN
DR D. S. IRONMONGER M1SSJ. ST. G. KERR DR. J. P. NIEUWENHUYSEN DR R. K. WILSON
DR I. M. McDONALD MR L. R. McGINLEY MR R. J. MCGLASHAN MR K. A. MIDDLETON MR R. J. MITCHELL DR N. MOLDOFSKY MR V. NEW DR N. R. NORMAN MR A. F. PAYNE MR J. Н. REEVES MR N. S. ROBERTS DR P. L. ROBERTSON MR P. B. SEDDON MR Z. SINGER MRS R. L. SMITH MR Н. G. STANTON MR J. E. SULLIVAN MR J. H. TELFER DR A. G. THOMPSON MR A. G. TOPP MR C. J. WARRELL DR P. L. WILLIAMS DR A. WIRTH MR C. S. WOODS DR I. R. WOODS
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Research Fellows:
DR P. J. BRAIN MS J.BUCHANAN MR G. DIXON DR B. S. GRAY MR R. B. LEWIS MRS D. McDONALD MR J. S. McDONNELL
Members nominated annually by Faculty:
MR K. G. ARMSTRONG MR A. J. DUGGAN PROFESSOR A. G. LLOYD
DR I. MANNING MR P. R. MASTERS MR G. P. MEEN DR P. ROSENDALE DR P. J. SHEEHAN DR VAN lOA TRAN
PROFESSOR P. C. POOLE MR J. RIMMER
DR A. S. WATSON
Members nominated triennially by Faculty (7):
DR O. DE R. FOENANDER PROFESSOR EMERITUS
PROFESSOR EMERITUS W. PREST
L. GOLDBERG Appointed by Institutions:
MR P. J. AYTON (Melbourne Chamber of Commerce) MR E. L. CHESTERFIELD (Commercial Travellers Association) MR R. J. GRAHAM (Australian Bankerś Association) MR A. JOLLEY (Chamber of Manufactures)
MR C. R. LEWIS (Institute of Chartered Accountants)
MR J. C. TAYLOR (Advisory Board of the Graduate School of Business Administration)
MR A. J. TEAL (Australian Institute of Management) MR G. WARD (Trades Hall Council)
Elected by Tutors:
MR. W. T. DOBSON MR W. P. UNKLES Student Representatives:
MR D. KELLY MS L. WHITE
MR N. ROWLEY
THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION ADVISORY BOARD:
Ex-officio members:
The Vice-Chancellor The Deputy Vice-Chancellors The Vice-Principal
The Dean of Economics and Commerce, PROFESSOR L. R. WEBB The Chairman of the School of Business Administration,
PROFESSOR P. J. B. ROSE
The Deputy Chairman of the School, DR I. R. WOODS
The Director of Advanced Management Education, PROFESSOR B. A.
BARRY
The Professor of Commerce and Business Administration, PROFESSOR P. J. B. ROSE
Members:
The Chairman of the Advisory Board, MR J. B. GOUGH MR L. E. BECK
SIR HENRY BLAND MR R. SURGE MR J. C. DAHLSEN DR. P. J. DOWLING
MR J. D. ELLIOTT SIR LESLIE FROGGATT MR A. J. A. GARDNER MR M. G. LINCOLN MR D. H. MERRY
PROFESSOR R. E. G. NICOL
MR J. T. RALPH MR E. RODECK DR 1. G. SHARP
MR J. C. TAYLOR MR H. G. WALKER DR L. W. WEICKHARDT
THE INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH ADVISORY BOARD:
Ex-officio members:
The Vice-Chancellor The Deputy Vice-Chancellors The Vice-Principal
The Dean of Economics and Commerce, PROFESSOR L. R. WEBB The Acting Director of the Institute, DR D. S. IRONMONGER
The Deputy Director (Administration) of the Institute, MR R. B. LEWIS Members:
MR G. T. BILLS OR R. J. CAMERON PROFESSOR D. COCHRANE PROFESSOR F. DAVIDSON MR T. M. FITZGERALD SIR LESLIE FROGGATT MR A. D. GREEN DR R. G. GREGORY
PROFESSOR K. J. HANCOCK PROFESSOR G. C. HARCOURT MR W. G. HUNTER
THE HON. DR J. E. ISAAC
MRS J. MARSH
PROFESSOR J. W. NEVILE PROFESSOR J. O. N. PERKINS SIR IAN POTTER
PROFESSOR A. A. L. POWELL MR R.J. RECHNER
PROFESSOR P. J. B. ROSE MR D. SCOTT
DR R. B. SCOTTON MR A. M. SIMPSON MR B. H. TREGILLIS MR P. B. WADE
PROFESSOR P. WILENSKI
FACULTY OF ECONOMICS AND COMMERCE
ACADEMIC STAFF
'Part-time staff tAssociated Staff ACCOUNTING
Full-time Officers
Chairman of Department and Senior Lecturer
ROBERT CHARLES CLIFT, BEc Syd. BSc (Ecun) Lind.
‚Cor PhD AASA (Snr)
G. L. Wood Professor ROBERT EDWARD GEORGE NICOL, BEcSyd. MBA PhD Calif. FASA
Fitzgerald Professor FREDERICK KENNETH WRIGHT, BMetE BCom FASA Reader JEAN ST. GEORGE KERR, MS Col. BCom AASA Senior Lecturers EDWARD МcLAREN HOLMES, BCom FCA
KENNETH ALEXANDER MIDDLETON, BA FASA ALAN GEORGE TOFS, BCom AASA
CHRISTOPHER JOHN WARRELL, BCom DipEd AASA Lecturers GEOFFREY HERBERT BURROWS, ‚Cor DipEd AASA
GEOFFREY JOHN HARRIS, ‚Car DipEd LESLIE RONALD McGINLEY, MEc Monash NEIL ROBERTS, Bic Tas.
PETER BEAUFORT SEDDON, BSc BCom DipCompStud MACS
Tutors RAYMOND MARK GUNsTON, BCom DipEd S.C.V.
ELIZABETH SCOTT ROSE, BA BCom JOHN ROBERTTREACY, BCom Part—time GARY ALAN ANDERSON, BCom
Officers GEOFFREY JOHN BELL, ВСот ACA ACIS
ANDREW LINDSAY BUNTING, BCom
'Cor
NSW ACAACIS
ANTHONY RAYMOND BURGESS, BCom COLIN CARTER, ACA
STEPHEN DILLON, BCom DipEd IAN DONALDSON, BCom COSTA ENGLEZOS, BCom PETERJULIAN GILLIES, BCom RODNEY JANSZ, AASA(Sen) GARYJAМESJONES, BCom
PETER ROBERT JAMES KEMPSTER, BCom CHRISTOPHER BYRON LEPTOS, BCom
PETER JOHN LEWINSKY, ВЕс Monash MBA ACA GRAEME MACMILLAN, BCom MBA ACA PETER R. MARRIOTT, ВЕс Monash
KRISTINE MURRAY, BCom DipEd Monash AASA RICHARD REES, BCom ACA
DAVID ANTHONY ROBERTS, BCom
BRADLEY JOHN TREADWELL, BBus CI. T. ACA ANDREW ROBERTS WOFF, BCom
Professor LOUIS GOLDBERG, BA MCom LittD FASA ACTS Emeritus
GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION Full-time Officers:
Chairman and Sidney Муег Professor of Commerce and Business Administration PHILIP JOHN BARNES ROSE, ВCоmN.Z. DipEcCamb. PhD Director of Advanced Management Education and Professor of ВuSiness Administration
BERNARD ANTHONY BARRY, MSc Wales PhD Lough.
ABPsS dPI
Readers WILLIAM JOHN BYRT, BCom MA AASA
HAROLD FARLOW CRAIG, BA W.Aust. DCS Narv. MBA FASA FAIM FID
Dunlop Automotive & Industrial Group Senior Research Fellow PETER ROWSELL MASTERS, MA Garb. FAGS Senior Lecturers TERENCE JOSEPH CUMMINS, BA MBA
MERVYN GEORGE LINCOLN, Blom MBA AASA DipEd RICHARD JOHN МcGLASHAN, MBA
Har".
BCom HENRY GERALD STANTON, BE MBAIVAN RAY WOODS, BCom Witsw. 'Cor PhD Natal AASA Lecturers PETER DOWLING, BA old. PhD Flin.
ADRIAN PAYNE, MSc Aston FRMIT DipM DipEd ANDREW WIRT' PhD DipEd Monash BSc JOCELYN LOTS HOWLETT, BCom MBA WILLIAM ALLAN DICK, BCom FCA GEOFFREY DAVID ALLEN, BA MBA VICTOR LESLIE GOLE, FASA FCIS MBA
WILLIAM DARWOOD FERME, MechEngin Dundee MSc Birm. MBA
ALLAN CARROLL BS G'town
Associates BRIAN SALVATORE BAINBRIDGE, DipM R.M.1.T.
ANDREW DAVID ROGERS, BEc Monash ECONOMIC HISTORY
Full-time Officers:
Chairman of Department and Professor
CARL BORIS SCHEDVIN, ВЕс PhD Syd.
Senior Lecturers EDWARD ALAN BEEVER, MA Oxf. PhD JOHN PHILIP FOGARTY, BCom PhD
MAJORIE GRACE HARPER, MA (fractional full-time) PAUL LAURENCE ROBERTSON, AB Mich. PhD Wis.
ALLAN GEORGETHOMPSON, 'Com PhD DipEd Lecturer CHAUDHRY IRAN ALI, BA Sus. & Lahore PhD A.N.U.
Temporary Lecturer
MALCOLM JAMES KENNEDY, BATPTCTSpTC Tutors 'KATHERINE MARY ALDER, BA
-KATRINA AMANDA ALFORD, BA
'GREGORY JOHN WHITWELL, ВЕс Monash Research Assistants ROSS STEWART MUIR, BCom
-JUDITH JEAN TYERS, BA DipEd
ECONOMICS
Chairman of Department and Senior Lecturer
RAYMOND JOHN ALBERT HARPER, 'Cor Truby Williams Professor,
LESLIE ROY WEBB, PhD Lind. BCom
Professor JAMES OLIVER NEWTON PERKINS, MA PhD Camb. MCom Professor of Econometrics
ROSS ALAN WILLIAMS, МScEcon PhD Lind. BCom Readers ERNST ARTHUR BOEHI, AUA MEc Adel. DPhil Ox!.
M Com
JOHN PETER NIEUWENHUYSEN, MA Natal PhD Lind.
Senior Lecturers
LESLIE GORDON CUPPER, MEc DipEd Monash ARNOLD KAN, ‚Cor DipEd
IAN MARTIN McDONALD, BA Leic. MA Warw. PhD S. Fraser
Principal Tutor Part-time Officers:
Visiting Fellow Senior Associates
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NAOMI MOLDOFSKY, MA PhD McG. BCom NEVILLE ROBERT NORMAN, PhD Camb. BCom MA JOHN ERNEST SULLIVAN, BCom
Lecturers ROBERTJOHN DIXON, BEc Monash PhD Kent GERARD DERMOT GRIFFIN, BCom MВS NUI PhD ALAN WILLIAM GUNTHER, MA Camb. BCom JOCELYN HORNE, "Cam NSW DScPoI Geneva ROBERT STANLEY JONES, BCom DipEd MA tJOHN HERBERT REEVES, BA
RHONDA LYNETTE SMITH, BCom MA
PHILIP LAURENCE WILLIAMS, MEc Monash PhD Lind.
Senior Tutor PAUL ANTHONY McGAVIN, BA U.N.E. MEcSt 07d.
Tutors -DENNIS BRIAN BROCKENSHIRE, BCom MBA -KARIN SIANG MIN CHUA, BA
CAROLYN JEAN DAVIS, BCom ANTHONY DOMINIC DIMAS', BA 'WILLIAM THOMAS DOBSON, MA 'DAVID ANDREW ELDER, BEc Monash 'ROBERT JAMES HOWARD, BCom DipEd
SUSAN MARGARET JAFFER, BCom -ROBERT WILLIAM NOTILE,
‚Cor
'PHUONG TH I-AN' LE, BCom SAM OULIARIS, BCom
'DAVID BRUCE HENRY PITMAN, ВЕс Syd. MPhil Camb.
'DESMOND JAMES RUSSELL, BCom DipEd 'KENNETH WILLIAM STRAHAN, BCom W.Aust.
'STEVEN VAUGHAN, ВЕс Tas. MA Johns Hopkins 'LYNNE SUSANNA WILLIAMS, MScEcon Lind.
PhD Monash MA Research Assistants
tКАТНRYN FLORENCE HEIKLE, BCom
MARINA ANNA MILICA WILLIAMS-WYNN, BCom ECONOMIC RESEARCH
Impact Project Research Centre Full-time Officer:
Ritchie Professor of Research in Economics and Project Leader
ALAN ANTHONY LESLIE POWELL, BScAgr PhD Syd.
FASSA
Associates tBRIAN RICHARD PARMENTER, BA Nott. MA Leic.
tRUSSELL JOIN RIMMER, BSc PhD DipCompSci LaT.
tDENNIS CHARLES SAMS, BSc PhD syd.
tPAMELA JEAN WILLIAMS, ВЕс Monash tDEAN JOHN PARHAM, BEcAdel.
Visitor PETER JOHN HIGGS,
Inc
LaT.INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH Full-time Officers:
Director and Professor, VACANT
Acting Director and Reader in Applied Economic Research
DUNCAN STANDON IRONMONGER, PhD Camb.
‚Cor
Deputy Director (Administration) VACANT Principal Research Fellow
PETER JAMES SHEEHAN, DPhil 0x1. BSc MA
tFull-time officer with pan-time duties in the department.
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Senior Research Fellows
PETER JOHN BRAIN, PhD BCom N.S.W.
GEOFFREY LEWIS REVELL DIXON, MSc Camb. BCom BARRY SELWYN GRAY, BA PhD N'd/e
JOHN SIMON McDONNELL, BEc Monash VAN NOA TRAN, ВЕс WAust, MEc PhD Monash Visiting Research Fellow
GEOFFREY WILLIAM FRANKISH, BA Macq.
Research Fellows JENNIFER CLARE BUCHANAN, ВЕс LaT.
JOHN LESLIE CONNELL, BAgSc
BEATRICE CLAUDE MARIE DERODY, ВЕс Paris JANIFER IRIS EBERHARDT, BA Macq.
HELEN LAYTON FERBER, BA WILLIAM FRANCIS FOSTER, MSc JAMES WILLIAM LANG, ВЕс Monash DAINA McDONALD, 'Cor
COSIMA HILARY McPHEE, BA
IAN GEOFFREY MANNING, PhD A.N.U. BCom GEOFFREY PETER MEEN, BA R'dg MSc L.S.E.
JANE N'ALL, MAgSc
APICHAI PUNTASEN, BA (Ecu) Thammasat MA PhD Vanderbilt
PHYLLIS ROSENDALE, BCom MA PhD A.N.U.
PETER PAUL STRICKER, BCom MA PHILIP ROBERTTHEAKER, ВAsheff.
CLAIRE CHRISTINE THOMAS, ВЕс WAust.
Programmer BRIAN PATRICK KELLY, MSc
Research PAMELA ISOBEL BURGESS, BEc U.N.E. DipEd Assistants STEPHEN DERRICK, BSc A.N.U.
SUSAN MARY DONATI, BSc WILLIAM H01 FUNG, BSc Monash WENG FATT KWAN, ВЕс Tas.
ANNE ELIZABETH LEAHY, BCom JAMES DAVID MARTIN, ВЕс LaT KATHRYN FLORENCE MEIKLE, BCom EVE KATALIN MIELCZAREK, BEc LaT.
KIERA O'NEILL
ANTHONY JOSEPH NIPPARD, BA BCom
Senior Associate Professor Emeritus RONALD FRANK HENDERSON, CMG MA PhD Camb. 'Cor
LEGAL STUDIES
Chairman of Department and Reader
AIDAN JAMES ST. JOHN HANNIGAN, MA LLB Dub.
'Cor Of the Inner Temple Barrister-at-Law
Senior Lecturer JOIN HAROLD TELFER, LLM Lend. BA LLB Barrister-at- Law
Lecturers JUDITH EARNSHAW GRBICH, ВA Syd. LLB Monash Barrister and Solicitor
FRANCES CAROL HANKS, BA LLB Syd. Solicitor N.S.W.
RICHARD JAMES MITCH ELL, MSc Lind. LLM Barrister and Solicitor
VICTOR NEW, LLM Lind. LLB BCom Barrister and Solicitor ZALMON SINGER, LLM Lind. BA LLB Сарет, Advocate
S.Afr.
Senior Tutors DENISE ADRIENNE KERR, LLB Barrister and Solicitor GRAEME JOHN LOWE, BCom LLB DipEd
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