The Faculty of Science conducts undergraduate and postgraduate courses on
the Clayton, Caulfield, Gippsland, Peninsula and Malaysian campuses and
undergraduate courses on the Berwick campus.
The faculty is in the process of restructuring from departments to a number of
schools, each of which is responsible for carrying out teaching and research
activities within the areas of expertise of their academic staff. A number of
departments from other faculties, primarily from the Faculty of Medicine, also
contribute significantly to the teaching and research programs of the
faculty.
The disciplines within the faculty are Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Earth
Sciences, Mathematics and Statistics, Physics, and Psychology. Science
disciplines are also offered by the departments of Anatomy and Cell Biology,
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Chemical Engineering, Microbiology,
Pathology and Immunology, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Physiology and the
schools of Computer Science and Software Engineering, and Geography and
Environmental Science.
The School of Applied Sciences operates on the Gippsland, Berwick and Peninsula
campuses and offers studies in biochemistry, chemistry, mathematics (including
applied statistics and operations research), microbiology, psychology and
resource/environmental management. Computing studies are offered by the
Gippsland School of Computing and Information Technology towards the BSc.
The academic operations of the faculty are governed by the faculty board. The
dean of the faculty, whose role is to exercise a general superintendence over
the academic and administrative affairs of the faculty, chairs the board. The
dean is assisted by the deputy dean and three associate deans. The heads of
departments and schools are ex-officio members of the board and there are
elected members representing various groups of staff within the departments of
the faculty and the School of Applied Sciences, as well as representatives of
undergraduate, graduate and distance education students. Student
representatives may be contacted through the appropriate campus student
organisation. Representatives from other faculties and of extra-faculty
departments teaching science students also make up the membership of the board.
The board seeks advice from a number of standing committees, such as the
faculty's Education Committee and the Committee on Graduate Matters.
The faculty manager, with the assistance of administrative officers, is
responsible for the activities of the faculty office and works closely with the
dean in the provision of administrative support to the faculty. The faculty
office, located on the ground floor of the central science building (building
19) at Clayton and in building 3W at Gippsland, is the first point of call for
students seeking assistance or advice. Assistance may also be obtained at the
departmental offices.
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