1999 Information Technology Handbooks - Structure and organisation of the faculty

Structure and organisation of the faculty

The Faculty of Information Technology refers, in the wider sense, to all students enrolled in award courses offered by the faculty, and all staff (academic, administrative, technical and clerical). The schools in the faculty are the School of Business Systems, School of Information Management and Systems, School of Computer Science and Software Engineering and the Gippsland School of Computing and Information Technology and the Peninsula School of Computing and Information Technology. The faculty offers award courses at the new Monash University Sunway Campus Malaysia. The faculty also operates the Pearcey Centre for Computing, the Centre for Electronic Commerce, and the Centre for Information Management and Systems Practice.
Legally the faculty is a statutory body comprising all full-time members of the teaching staff. The main business of the faculty is delegated to the faculty board, a body of about thirty-nine members including all heads of schools, other school-based representatives, representatives of other faculties, the library, and representatives of graduates and students of the faculty. The faculty board normally meets every six weeks from February to December. The board has standing committees that have the power to act on behalf of the board when an immediate decision is required. These committees include the Faculty Education Committee, which advises the board on matters relating to the coursework degrees and diplomas offered by the faculty, including student workload and assessment, admission and selection, and new course and subject offerings; the Research Committee, which advises the board on matters relating to the graduate research programs of the faculty, including admission, selection, and maintenance of appropriate academic standards; the Student Progress and Exclusions Committee, which considers cases of students who become liable for exclusion because of unsatisfactory academic performance.
The senior officers of the faculty are the dean (who is located on the Clayton campus), the four associate deans (two located at Clayton and two located at Caulfield), and the faculty manager (who is located on the Clayton campus). The dean chairs meetings of the faculty, the faculty board and its committees (in some instances the associate deans preside on behalf of the dean). The faculty manager is responsible for providing secretariat services needed by the faculty, and providing advice on policy, planning and reporting requirements.
Any student wishing to see the dean, an associate dean or the faculty manager is normally able to make an appointment on request. Inquiries should be directed to the relevant faculty office.
Students wishing to bring any relevant matters to the attention of the student members of the faculty board should contact the faculty office at Caulfield.