Postgraduate courses and subjects 2000 - 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 for coursework and research programs 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, the Gippsland School of Computing and Information Technology, the Peninsula School of Computing and Information Technology and the School of Business and Information Technology at the Malaysia campus. The faculty also operates the Monash Information Technology Institute (MITI) and the Centre for Electronic Commerce.
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 smaller body of about 27 that includes all heads of schools, other school-based representatives, representatives of other faculties, and 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 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; and 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, the four associate deans (located at Clayton, Caulfield and Peninsula campuses), and the faculty manager (who is located on the Caulfield 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.