Course: The accumulation of units, according to a set of rules, that leads to the award of a qualification (eg Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Engineering). Course Costing Model (CCM): The CCM is designed to provide a systematic way of costing new courses or reviewing those courses that already exist. It consists of a series of worksheets, each dealing with a separate costing or pricing issue. Together, the information compiled in these sheets draws into two summary pages - one for Staffing and Student Load, and the other, Financial analysis. Course Profitability Model (CPM): The CPM assists in evaluating the likely financial outcome of the course offering in the current year. Course Proposal Template: A mandatory template used to set out the academic, business and strategic cases for the endorsement of all new courses. HEQC – South Africa: Higher Education Quality Committee: subcommittee of the Council of Higher Education (South Africa) with the mandate to promote quality assurance in South African higher education, audit the quality assurance mechanisms of higher education institutions and accredit higher education programs. Major Amendment: A major amendment to an existing course includes changes to the admission requirements; the addition or deletion of a major from a course; new core units disestablishment; creation of a tagged coursework award title. Minor Amendment: A minor amendment to an existing course includes a change to sequences within a course; new ‘non-core’ units; alterations to sequencing of sets of units that do not alter course requirements; changes to sequence/stream titles not affecting course title; amendments to prerequisites within sequences. Non-Award Program: A non-award program is an academic course of study of varying length, normally not more than the equivalent of one semester (full-time), approved by a Faculty. Non-award courses are normally designed to meet the needs of specific clients, external to the University including the profession, industry and the community. The course of study may include approved units that are normally taken as part of award courses, and may result in articulation into award programs. Sequence: A consecutive set of units. Six Defined Categories of University-Level Strategic Significance: 1. cross-faculty ventures, or any courses that may impact on other faculties; 2. cross-institutional ventures or those involving other external partners; 3. courses that are to be offered outside Australia; 4. courses involving a new form of University award not currently conferred by Monash; 5. courses that may have a major impact on a particular campus; 6. course structures different from those usually applying for the type of award. Strategic Course Amendment Template: A mandatory template used to set out the academic, business and strategic cases for the endorsement of all course amendments that fall within the six categories of university-level strategic significance. Unit: Any single unit of study in which a student enrols, and in which a grade/mark is recorded (eg HSY2550 Modern Jewish History). (The term ‘subject’ was superseded by the term ‘unit’ as at 1/1/02.) | 
