Monash Graduate Attributes Policy

Please note that this policy has not yet been revised or converted to the new format.

This policy area is currently under review and will be put into the new Academic Policy Bank format.  The following is a collation of relevant university decisions relating to the area of Monash Graduate Attributes.

Leading the Way: Monash 2020 states

"Monash will develop graduates’ independence and life-long learning skills of written and oral communication, capacity for inquiry and research, critical thought and analysis, problem solving, teamwork, numeracy and effective use of information technology."

The Learning and Teaching Plan 1999 added information literacy to this list.

The Learning and Teaching Plan 2003-2005 states

"All Monash educational programs are guided by, and structured to satisfy, a set of learning objectives that will be in part specific to the particular discipline or discipline areas that are the underpinning of each particular educational program. Monash has defined a set of Monash Graduate Attributes, which encompass more generic aspects of knowledge, skills and attitudes. We will update and expand the Monash Graduate Attributes, and we will identify ways to improve the achievement of those Graduate Attributes (Strategy A3).

Faculties will develop plans to ensure that the Monash Graduate Attributes can be demonstrably taught and assessed within each of their award courses. It is to be expected that many courses will also have discipline-specific Graduate Attributes that will be defined within their course objectives. We will ensure that a Monash context can be brought to bear on those specific requirements."

Work is currently underway to update, expand and implement Monash Graduate Attributes.  Related issues were considered by the university's Education Committee at its Meetings 4/1999, 6/1999, 7/1999, 3/2000 and 4/2002.

Approval

• Leading the Way: Monash 2020

• Learning and Teaching Plan 1999

• Learning and Teaching Plan 2003-2005