The main business of the faculty is conducted by the faculty board, which includes all full-time teaching staff of the rank of lecturer level B (tenured) and above, a proportion of other teaching staff, and twelve student members plus members of other faculties and the library. The student members are normally elected during December each year by students enrolled for the degrees taught by the faculty and there is high degree of student representation on faculty committees (see the section on student representation later in this chapter. Except in matters on which it has power to act, the faculty board makes recommendations to the Academic Board or through the Academic Board to the Council.
Within the framework provided by the degree regulations and any other conditions which may be agreed upon from time to time by the faculty board, the conduct of teaching and research rests with the dean who acts in consultation with other members of the faculty.
The chief officers of the faculty are the dean, the subdean and the faculty registrar. The faculty registrar is concerned with the overall administration of the faculty including human resource management, budgets and admissions. The subdean is responsible for all matters relating to student administration, including, for example, enrolments, examinations, academic progress, course advice, teaching allocations and timetabling. The dean presides over meetings of the faculty and faculty board and its committees and is concerned with staffing and finance. The faculty registrar, together with the faculty administrative officers, are available to attend to the needs of both undergraduate and postgraduate students within the faculty and should be consulted whenever possible.
Campus structures
Law is currently offered only on the Clayton campus. Students enrolled in faculties other than law may undertake certain law subjects only if they gain a place in the LAW1100 (Legal process) non-law quota and the subjects undertaken are credited towards their non-law degree.
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