Undergraduate handbook 2004
Information Technology

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, the School of Information Management and Systems, the School of Computer Science and Software Engineering, the Gippsland School of Computing and Information Technology, the School of Multimedia Systems, the School of Network Computing, the School of Information Technology in Malaysia and the School of Information Technology in South Africa. The faculty also operates the Monash Information Technology Institute.
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 52 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 five times each year.
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 unit 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 deputy dean and the faculty manager (who are located on the Caulfield campus) and the six associate deans.
The dean chairs meetings of the faculty, the faculty board and its committees (in some instances the deputy dean presides on behalf of the dean). The faculty manager is responsible for providing the executive services needed by the faculty, and provides advice on policy, planning and reporting requirements.
Any student wishing to see the dean, the deputy dean, an associate dean or the faculty registrar 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.

Faculty offices

Faculty offices are located in Victoria, Malaysia and South Africa. The normal office hours at Berwick and Peninsula are 8.45 am to 5 pm Mondays to Fridays. Gippsland campus office hours are
8.30 am to 5 pm. At the Clayton campus, they are 8.45 am to 5 pm Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays, and 10 am to 5 pm on Thursdays. At the Caulfield campus, all student inquiries should be directed to the Caulfield Service Centre. Operating hours are
8.30 am to 6 pm Mondays to Thursdays and 8.30 am to 5 pm Fridays. Malaysia and South Africa campus office hours are 9 am
to 5 pm Mondays to Fridays.

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