Faculty Of Arts Foreign Languages Committee (The University of Melbourne)

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Agent TypeOrganisationActivities & OccupationsUniversity committeeHistoryThe first meeting of the Foreigh Languages Committee was conducted on 7th June 1974. It was to be composed of one representative from each language taught at the University. At the time this meant a representative from each of: Arabic, Bengali, Chinese, Classical Greek, Dutch, French, German, Hebrew, Indonesian, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Modern Greek, Russian, Swedish, and Syriac. The Committee was responsible for planning the teaching of language at the University by deliberating upon and approving subjects to be offered, devising academic standards, allocation of staff and other resources, restructuring, developing publicity and course advice for students and devising and implementing curricula for summer schools. Although the last documented meeting was conducted in 1978, it is not clear whether the Committee continued after this date as there is no reference in the minutes of plans to disband.

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[UMA-SR-000001920] Minutes of the Faculty of Arts Foreign Languages Committee

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Faculty Of Arts Foreign Languages Committee (The University of Melbourne)