| | Proposed change Reason | Suggested by | Strength of case and our view of reason | Recommendation | Action/Decision |
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| 1 |
Cultures is not really a social science and people studying languages almost always study cultures
| Kristina and Melissa | I think this is a substantive improvement but impacts the category label | Just do it.
Discus title with FHSS
| Done |
| 2 | Single subject page Maori Studies currently handles three majors (Māori Resource Management, Māori Studies and Te Reo Māori). Wish to continue with this approach. We might need to repeat subject in Languages" and in "Cultures | Kristina and Melissa | A little tricky/confusing. Maybe we can put the resource management and studies on one subject page in cultures and the language in languages? Should Māori Resource Management be linked to from elsewhere? | Make new topic Māori and Pasifika., includes 3 Māori subjects and Samoan See discussion point | Done Discussion to come |
| 3 | Samoan Studies/Fa’asamoa is the only Samoan subject, mostly language (with a little culture) so needs to be with languages). Remove the cultural subject.
Balance of courses and course content
| Kristina and Melissa | Strong | Just do it | Done |
| 4 | Either include Commercial law in Law or make strong association between the two. Strong link preserves registration focus of Law as a topic.
Treejack results
| Paul | Strong, as most people looked in law and did so first (might be question wording).
| Hard link from Law to Commercial Law
Soft link from Commercial Law back to Law
| Done |
| 5 | Delete "Business Information Systems" and "Communications"
They are ceasing
| Allan | Strong | Just do it | Done |
| 6 | Delete e-commerce
As they are currently merging this into Information Systems
| Allan | Strong | Just do it | Done |
| 7 | Merge Library Science in to Library and Information Studies
Merge/list only once because they are so similar and recruit from a small pool (i.e. professional librarians), etc
| Allan | Strong | Just do it | Done |
| 8 | Repeat Geography (the whole topic) in Social Sciences.
Treejack shows that Geography is hard to find in science
| Paul | Strong. Science had a 27% first click. It was almost as often looked for in environment (28%) as in social science (30%), so maybe a soft link to Environment.
Is Development Studies now too buried?
| Repeat whole Geography topic in Social Sciences (with Development Studies inside).
Soft links both ways from Geography to metatopic for other instance
| Done |
| 9 | Project Management requires a soft link to Business, probably Commerce.
Treejack shows people often looked here
| Paul | Medium. 26% of first click. However, we must make clear what type of PM this is.
Discuss with VBS soft link from either Business or Commerce
Discuss with VBS and then FAD adding (Construction) or (Building) after Project Management
| Do it in content work
See discussion points
| Not so important
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| 10 | Environment requires a strong link to Biological Sciences, and visa versa
Treejack results show 30% of people clicked there first.
| Paul | Strong. | Do it in content work | Done |
| 11 | Implement row 8 to solve much of the confusion here.
Possibility of soft links to Environment and Government.
Treejack shows that Development Studies caused issues/confusion
| Paul | Strong
Medium to weak
Discuss with School of Geography what else their students major in
| Implement row 8
See discussion point
| Better solution (see below)
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| 12 | Information systems (the whole topic) needs repeating in Business
Treejack shows that it was often looked for there (first). Also cleared with Allan Sylvester
| Paul | Strong | Just do it | Done |
| 13 | Media Studies could benefit from a soft link to Social Sciences
Treejack showed 14% of people looked for it there first
| Paul | Weak | Do it in content work | Done |
| 14 | Make Tourism Management a topic with one subject | Paul | Does not fit anywhere else. Recruits its own students/ Has its own programme
| Just do it | Done |
| 15 | Make strong link between Political Science and Social Sciences, and/or maybe even from the Government topic/area
Treejack shows 38 people looked for Political Science is Science, 53 in Social Science and 64 in Government.
| Paul | Strong | Do it in content work | Done |
| 16 | Strong link between Health and Biomedical Sciences
Treejack showed both were likely first clicks for those wanting to cure diseases.
| Paul | Strong | Do it in content work | Done |
| 17 | Delete Education, psychology and pedagogy | Noeleen | Strong, was old school name no longer really a subject. | Just do it | Done |
| 18 | Rename Education topic Education and teaching and make it a megatopic with two topics Education and Teaching | Noeleen | Need to group programmes that let you become a registered teacher from all the other subjects | Just do it | Done |
| 19 | Move Second language education to Linguistics | Noeleen | Not really a teaching qualification. More related to learning other languages or learning how people learn languages. FoE does not train teachers to teach languages | Ask FHSS | Done |
| 20 | Delete logic and computation, as its no longer being offered as a subject | , FHSS | | Just do it | Done
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| 21 | Delete English and make English literature English (literature) | FHSS | | Just do it | Done |
| 22 | Add NZ literature as a PG only subject | FHSS | | Just do it | Done |
| 23 | Delete composition/sonic arts and note that text on composition will have to cover the specialisations | FHSS | | Just do it | Done |
| 24 | Delete jazz performance and note that text on jazz will have to cover the specialisations | FHSS | | Just do it | Done |
| 25 | Change Second language education to Teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL)
| FHSS | | Just do it | Done |
| 26 | Do we delete Human Resources and make the subject the topic name | Paul | Strong. Consistency | Ask VBS | Ignore |
| 27 | Add NZ studies to History and classics and mark it as PG for now (might change)
| FHSS | | Just do it | Done |
| 28 | Add Applied linguistics to Linguistics
| FHSS | | Just do it | Done |
| 29 | Add Second language learning and teaching (PG) to Linguistics | FHSS | | Just do it | Done |
| 30 | Add social policy as subject in Sociology | FHSS | | Just do it | Done |
| 31 | Move Cultural anthropology to Social sciences | FHSS | | Just do it | Done |
| 32 | Delete Heritage materials science, as it will cease to exist | FHSS | | Just do it | Done |
| 33 | Delete Engineering as a subject | SECSc | General term used in PG quals but can be in every subject. Not really a subject on its own | Just do it | Done |
| 34 | Delete two existing topics and regroup subjects in to three new onesComputer graphics: Contains only computer graphicsElectronics and mechatronics: Electronic and computer systems, and Electronic and computer systems engineeringNetworking and security: Contains Network engineering onlySoftware and computer science: Contains Computer science, and Software engineering
| SECSc | After significant discussion and 1-2 other proposals this is the best we could come up with in the time available. | Just do it then send to Stuart for his view/opinion | Done |
| 35 | Change name of mega-area to Engineering and computing | SECSc | Strong. Need to include "Engineering" to align with university priorities | Just do it | Done |
| 36 | Delete Musicology and Arranging | NZSOM | Not sure the reason until we speak to them | Just do it | Done |
| 37 | Create new topic "Policy" in Government and have Public policy and Social policy in it | VBS | Subjects in Public sector topic are not really like each other | Just do it | Done |
| 38 | Delete Commerce (unhelpful term), moving Commercial Law to Accounting topic and promote International Business to topic level | VBS | Better fit for students doing related courses. Improved exposure on what matters | Just do it | Done |
| 39 | Move Actuarial science to Finance and repeat in Mathematics and Statistics | VBS | Better fit. Co/cross taught. | Just do it | Done |
| 40 | Move Taxation to the Finance Topic | VBS | Better fit. Co/cross taught. | Just do it | Done |
| 41 | Delete Professional accounting, Professional economics and Business administration | VBS | Not a unique subject, but the PG programme equivalent of the standard UG subject. Sam and I not convinced and believe it is best handled | Just do it | Done |
| 42 | Delete design innovation, as it is a programme name not a subject | Paul | Strong, to be consistent with other topics/subjects | Just do it | Done |
| 43 | Rename Construction as Building science and delete building science as a subject | SoA | Strong. Consistent with other places, while still using words Joanna cares about | Just do it | Done |
| 44 | In the geography topic in Science, delete Development studies as a subject (this is the most social science of the geography subjects) and delete human geography (as it is a specialisation in a PG programme) | Sam | Good. Reason in change field
| Just do it | Done |
| 45 | In the geography topic in Social sciences, promote Development studies from subject to topic with the same name being the only subject in it (cleans up the geography topic and increases the visibility of development studies) and delete human geography (as it is a specialisation in a PG programme) | Sam | Good. Reason in change field | Just do it | Done |
| 46 | Split Music topic in to two, Music studies (two subjects), and Music performance and composition (three subjects) | Mark | | Just do it | Done |
| 47 | Remove Music Therapy from taxonomy and handle it in content and programme page | Mark | | Just do it | Done |
| 48 | Remove Forensic science and handle as content (somewhere on the site) | Keith | | Just do it | Done |
| 49 | Remove Innovation and commercialisation and handle it as content (mapped to PG programme) | Keith | | Just do it | Done |
| 50 | Remove both Applied statistics and Operations Research as subjects, as the first is a PG specialisation of the UG subject Statistics and the second is only available at the PG level when combined with Statistics | Keith | | Just do it | Done |
| 51 | Move Stochastic processes in finance and insurance to Mathematics and Statistics | Keith | | Just do it | Done |
| 52 | Delete European studies | Martin B | FHSS have ended this subject (confirmed with Kristina) | Just do it | Done |
| 53 | Add "and politics" to the Government megatopic | Martin B | increase buy in, reduce objections | Just do it | Done |
| 54 | Drop "international relations" from the topic name, but leave it as a subject | Martin B | Is subset of political science | Just do it | Done |
| 55 | Delete Information systems topic from Engineering and computing, but replaced it with links from all/some other topics in this megatopic. Also restructured subjects to be the three offered by the school (after speaking to Jean Grant) | Martin B and I | Better representation of the subjects (as listed on web and in Calendar) and fit in megatopic | Just do it | Done |
| 56 | Add "science" to nursing subject name | Martin B | What they like to be called. Aligns better with programme | Just do it | Done |
| 57 | Remove Professional accounting and Professional Economics | VBS | PG and post-experience quals in accounting and economics (i.e. the same subject but a different pathway). | Just do it | Done |
| 58 | Renamed megatopic Architecture to Architecture and building science | Me | Alleviate url naming issue | Just do it | Done |
| 59 | Move Marine biology to Environment | Simon | Consistency with Ecology and biodiversity | Wait for consultation meeting/process | Done |
| 60 | Change Social sciences to Societies | Chris | Student advisors find this term is better understood | Just do it | Done |
| 61 | Move Media studies from Creative to Societies | Chris | Media studies isn't really creative (i.e. unlike journalism) | Just do it | Done |
| 62 | Move History and classics in to Societies, changing the name to Societies and history | Chris and Sarah | Consolidates and improves fit for topics like Philosophy and Religious studies, both of which have old origins (as well as contemporary aspects) | Just do it | Done |
| 63 | Promote Geography to stand on its own (one of the 15 top level groupings), pulling it out of both Social Sciences and Science | Paul and Chris | Geography isn't a great fit with Societies and History. Removes last duplicate topic | Just do it | Done |
| 64 | Delete Economic history | Krisitina | Soon to be removed as an offering | Just do it | Done |
| 65 | Rename Geology as Earth sciences | Rewi | Modern name | Just do it | Done |
| 66 | Delete Applied finance as a subject | Paul | PG only, can be covered by Finance subject | Checked with Andrienne | Done |
| 67 | Combine the topics Economics and Finance in to one topic called Economics and finance.
| Paul | VBS had suggested this earlier
| Checked with Andrienne | Done |
| 68 | Combine the topics Marketing and International business in to one topic called Marketing and international business.
| Paul | VBS had suggested this earlier
| Checked with Andrienne | Done |
| 69 | Delete Higher Education Learning and Teaching as a subject | Sam | Went to Chrissi and Nigel for a decision | | Done |
| 70 | Rename topic Political science to Political science and international relations
| VBS/FHSS meeting | Consistency | Discussed | DoneDone |
| 71 | Rename topic Public sector to Public policy | VBS/FHSS meeting | Better name | Discussed | Done |
| 72 | Move the subject Public policy to the topic Public policy | VBS/FHSS meeting | Better location, but now topic and one subject are the same | Discussed | Done |
| 73 | Move subject Social policy to Sociology | VBS/FHSS meeting | Better relationship (where it belongs) | Discussed | Done |
| 74 | Delete topic Policy | VBS/FHSS meeting | Now an empty topic | Discussed | Done |
| 75 | Rename mega-topic Government and politics to Politics and policy
| VBS/FHSS meeting | Name better reflects subject within the grouping | Discussed | Done |
| 76 | Collapse two music topics back in to pone called Music | Mark and Sarah | Just works better with topic page strategy. | Discussed. All parties like it better | Done |
| 77 | Merge Sociology and Criminology | Kristina | Similar careers, reasons for study, related subjects, etc | Suggested and agreed | Done |
