The faculty is a statutory body granted faculty status by the University
Council in July 1997.
The faculty comprises all students enrolled for degrees, diplomas and
certificates offered by the faculty and all academic, administrative, technical
and clerical staff at all the Monash campuses.
The faculty has the departments of Applied Arts, Fine Arts, Design, Theory of
Art and Design, and a centre at the Gippsland campus, Churchill, known as the
Gippsland Centre for Art and Design.
The major academic responsibilities of the faculty are delegated to the faculty
board. The faculty board comprises the dean, associate deans, heads of
departments and centres, representatives from the academic staff of the
faculty, student members of the faculty, and representatives from the
university and other faculties which participate in double or joint awards or
have an interest in the work of the faculty. 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 Council. The faculty board has standing
committees empowered to act on behalf of the board when required. These
committees include:
(a) the Committee of Undergraduate Studies, which advises the board on
matters relating to the undergraduate and honours degrees of the faculty
(b) the Committee of Graduate Studies, which advises the board on matters
relating to graduate programs of the faculty
(c) the Committee of Research, which advises the board on research issues
of the faculty.
The chief officers of the faculty are the dean of the faculty and the faculty
manager, who are located on the Caulfield campus. The dean is a professor of
the faculty and presides over meetings of the faculty, the faculty board and
faculty committees. The faculty manager is responsible for the academic
administration of the faculty, with particular concern for matters relating to
university statutes and faculty regulations.
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