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The second Faculty of Science was established at the 18 June, 2001 meeting of Council (resolution CL001/49) effective 1 July 2001, as a result of the disestablishment of the Faculty of Life Science and the Faculty of Science and Technology. Professor Merilyn Sleigh was appointed as Interim Dean. In 2013 the faculty, under Dean Professor Merlin Crossley, encompassed nine schools and eighteen centres. Subordinate agency: Department (1949 - 51) / School of Applied Chemistry (1951 - 1957) / Chemistry (1) (1957 - 2001) - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2001 Subordinate agency: Department (1949 - 51) / School of Applied Physics (1951 - 60) / Physics (1960 - ) - 01/07/2001 Subordinate agency: Department (1949 - 51) / School of Mathematics (1951 - 2006) / Mathematics & Statistics (2006 - ) - 01/07/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Biological, Earth & Environmental Sciences (BEES) - 01/01/2002 Subordinate agency: School of Geography - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Microbiology (1968 - 1990) / Microbiology & Immunology (1990 - 2001) - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Applied Psychology (1954 - 1972) / Psychology (1972 - ) - 01/07/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Metallurgy (1952 - 1985) / Materials Science & Engineering (1986 - ) - 01/07/2001 Subordinate agency: Centre for Marine Biofouling & Bio-Innovation (1994 - 2007) / Marine Bio-Innovation (2007 - ) - 01/07/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Biological Technologies (1986 - 1988) / Applied Bioscience (1988 - 2001) - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Chemical Sciences (2002 - 2004) / Chemistry (2) (2004 - ) - 01/01/2002 Subordinate agency: School of Biological Science - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Safety Science (1998 - 2008) / Risk & Safety Sciences (2008 - 2010) - 01/07/2001 - 10/12/2010 Subordinate agency: School of Biotechnology & Biomolecular Sciences (BABS) - 01/01/2002 Subordinate agency: School of Biochemistry (1968 - 1991) / Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics (1991 - 2001) - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Optometry (1977 - 2001) / Optometry & Vision Science (2001 - ) - 01/07/2001 Subordinate agency: Department of Aviation - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2010 Subordinate agency: Centre for Advanced Numerical Computation in Engineering & Science (CANCES) - 01/07/2001 - 30/06/2002 Subordinate agency: Centre for Environmental Modelling & Prediction (CEMAP) - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2005 Subordinate agency: Universities' Surface Analysis Facility - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2006 Subordinate agency: Centre for Groundwater Management and Hydrogeology (1987 - 1993) / UNSW Groundwater Centre (1993 - 2002) - 01/07/2001 - 06/11/2002 Subordinate agency: Centre for Membrane and Separation Technology (1987 - 1992) / UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology (1992 - ) - 01/07/2001 Subordinate agency: Centre for Entomological Research and Insecticide Technology (CERIT) - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2002 Subordinate agency: Centre for Remote Sensing (1981 - 1992) / Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (1992 - c. 2005) - 01/07/2001 - 21/04/2005 Subordinate agency: Institute of Marine Sciences (1968 - 1986) / Centre for Marine Science (1986 - 1997) / Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies (1997 - 2003) - 01/07/2001 - 18/09/2003 Subordinate agency: Centre for Chemosensory Research (CCR) - 01/07/2001 - 01/02/2003 Subordinate agency: Electron Microscope Unit (2) - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2006 Subordinate agency: Australian Wetlands and Rivers Centre (AWAR) - 01/09/2009 Subordinate agency: Australian Centre for Astrobiology (ACA) - 29/06/2009 Subordinate agency: Australian Tsunami Research Centre (ATRC) (2009 - 2011) / Australia-Pacific Tsunami Research Centre (2011 - ) - 06/10/2009 Subordinate agency: Evolution and Ecology Research Centre (EERC) - 15/08/2007 Subordinate agency: Centre for Sustainable Materials Research and Technology (SMART) - 14/01/2008 Subordinate agency: Climate Change Research Centre (CCRC) - 07/08/2008 Subordinate agency: Connected Waters Initiative - 31/10/2006 Subordinate agency: Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Centre for Gene Function Analysis - 01/07/2001 Subordinate agency: Mood Disorders Research Centre - 01/07/2001 - 14/02/2003 Subordinate agency: Centre for Computer Simulation and Modelling of Particulate Systems (SIMPAS) - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2007 Subordinate agency: School of Geology - 01/07/2001 - 31/12/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Aviation - 01/01/2011 Subordinate agency: Institute of Environmental Studies - 08/11/2006 - Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/07/2001-

On 9 September 1985 the School of Food Science & Technology was redesignated the Department of Food Science & Technology and moved to the newly created School of Biological Technologies with effect from 1 January 1986 (resolution 85/96). The head of department was Professor Ron Edwards. On 11 July 1988 the School of Biological Technologies was renamed the School of Applied Bioscience (Council resolution 88/85). At the 2 December 1996 meeting of Council the Faculty of Applied Science was disestablished effective 1 July 1997 (resolution CL96/88/4). As a result, from this date the School of Applied Bioscience, including the Department of Food Science & Technology, was transferred to the Faculty of Life Sciences. On 18 Jun, 2001 Council resolved to disestablish the Faculty of Life Sciences and create a new single model Faculty of Science effective from 1 July, 2001- including the Department of Food Science & Technology within the School of Applied Bioscience (resolution CL001/49). On 8 October 2001 Council approved the disestablishment of the School of Applied Bioscience, as well as its two departments of Biotechnology and Food Science & Technology, effective 31 December 2001 (resolution CL001/84c). Staff from the Department of Food Science & Technology were moved to the newly formed School of Chemical Sciences (resolution CL00184/eii). Subordinate agency: Food Industry Development Centre (FIDC) - 14/09/1988 - 31/12/1995 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/01/1986-

This series contains the handbooks of the Faculty of Science / Faculties of Biological Science and Science / Sciences / Science. Unlike all other faculty handbooks, this series contains a combination of faculty / board courses - at various times including the courses of the Faculty of Science, Faculty of Biological Science, Board of Studies in Science / Science & Mathematics, Faculty of Life Sciences and the Faculty of Science & Technology. Each item is a typed, paper-bound volume, which were released on a yearly basis and contains information about the courses available in the faculty, including subject descriptions. Prior to 1960, some of this information had been contained in the university calendar. From 1976 copies of the handbook are also included in the bound versions of the university calendar. From 2002 this series of faculty handbooks were replaced by a new series of Undergraduate and Postgraduate handbooks.

The Faculty of Arts was created at the 9th November, 1959 meeting of Council, to be effective from 1st January, 1960 (resolution 59/204ii). The initial meeting of the Faculty occurred on 24th February 1960, with Professor Morven Brown as Dean. In the beginning, the Faculty had five schools - English, History, Philosophy, Sociology and Librarianship. On 10th December, 1990 Council changed the name of the Faculty of Arts to the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (resolution CL90/108ii). In 2013 the Faculty, under Dean Professor James Donald, consisted of five schools and seven Centres. Subordinate agency: School of History (2) - 11/03/1963 - 31/01/2007 One of the schools within the Faculty Subordinate agency: French-Australian Research Centre - 10/07/1985 - 31/05/1992 Subordinate agency: School of History and Philosophy of Science (1) (1966 - 1988) / School of Science and Technology Studies (1988 - 2002) / School of History and Philosophy of Science (2) (2002 - 2007) - 09/05/1966 - 31/01/2007 Subordinate agency: School of Librarianship (1959 - 1992) / School of Information, Library and Archive Studies (1992 - 1999) - 13/07/1959 - 11/05/1970 Subordinate agency: School of Education (1966 - 1990) / Education Studies (1991 - 1999) / Education (2) (1999 - ) - 11/01/1966 - 11/05/1970 Subordinate agency: School of Education (1966 - 1990) / Education Studies (1991 - 1999) / Education (2) (1999 - ) - 01/01/1997 Subordinate agency: Department (1967 - 1968) / School (1968 - 2007) of Social Work - 01/01/1997 - 31/01/2007 Subordinate agency: School of Political Science (2) (1964 - 2000) / Politics & International Relations (2000 - 2007) - 01/08/1964 - 31/01/2007 Subordinate agency: School of French - 22/01/1968 - 31/12/1994 Subordinate agency: School of German (1968 - 1979) / School of German Studies (1979 - 1990) - 22/01/1968 - 10/12/1990 Subordinate agency: School of Spanish (1968 - 1970) / School of Spanish & Latin American Studies (1971 - 1994) - 22/01/1968 - 31/12/1994 Subordinate agency: Department of Music - 01/01/1983 - 05/02/1990 Subordinate agency: School of Philosophy - 01/01/1960 - 31/01/2007 Subordinate agency: School of English - 01/01/1960 - 31/01/2007 Subordinate agency: School of Sociology (1960 - 2003) / Sociology & Anthropology (2003 - 2007) - 01/01/1960 - 31/01/2007 Subordinate agency: School of Drama (1966 - 1985) / School of Theatre Studies (1985 - 1990) - 11/03/1963 - 05/02/1990 Subordinate agency: School of Performing Arts - 05/02/1990 - 29/03/1993 Subordinate agency: School of Media & Communications - 19/04/1999 - 31/12/2004 Subordinate agency: School of Media, Film & Theatre - 01/01/2005 - 31/01/2007 Subordinate agency: School of Social Sciences & International Studies (2007 - 2011) / School of Social Sciences (2012 - ) - 31/01/2007 Subordinate agency: School of English, Media & Performing Arts (2007 - 2011) / the Arts and Media (2012 - ) - 31/01/2007 Subordinate agency: School of History and Philosophy (2007 - 2011) / School of Humanities (2012 - 2013) - 31/01/2007 - 30/06/2013 Subordinate agency: School of Modern Language Studies (1995 - 2007) / Languages & Linguistics (2007 - 2011) / International Studies (2012 - 2013) - 01/01/1995 - 30/06/2013 Subordinate agency: School of Russian - 01/11/1967 - 31/12/1982 Subordinate agency: School of Social Science & Policy - 10/02/1992 - 31/01/2007 Subordinate agency: School of Western European Languages - 17/02/1963 - 22/01/1968 Subordinate agency: Centre for Olympic Studies - 07/05/1996 - 31/03/2004 Subordinate agency: Centre for European Studies - 14/11/1995 - 31/12/2007 Subordinate agency: Centre for South Pacific Studies (1987 - 2003) / South Pacific Studies Resource Centre (2003 - 2006) - 24/06/1987 - 31/12/2006 Subordinate agency: UNSW - UTS Centre for Research on Provincial China - 04/11/1997 - 26/07/2005 Subordinate agency: Centre for Intercultural Jewish Studies - 22/05/1997 - 10/11/2000 Subordinate agency: Korea-Australasia Research Centre (KAREC) (2000 - 2011) / Korea Research Institute (2011 - ) - 20/06/2000 Subordinate agency: Communications Law Centre - 05/08/2003 - 30/06/2005 Subordinate agency: Centre for Chinese Studies (CCS) - 17/02/2002 - 30/06/2007 Subordinate agency: Centre for Refugee Research - 02/02/1999 Subordinate agency: Research Centre for the Study of Ageing & Retirement - 03/03/1999 - 31/12/2005 Subordinate agency: Centre for the History of Health & Medicine - 05/11/1997 - 15/02/1999 Subordinate agency: Social Relations of Disability Research Network (SRDRN) - 01/04/1997 - 31/12/2003 Subordinate agency: National Centre in HIV Social Research (NCHSR) (1990 - 2013) / Centre for Social Research in Health (2013 - ) - 01/01/1999 Subordinate agency: Gifted Education Research, Resource & Information Centre (GERRIC) - 04/06/1997 - 19/02/2013 Subordinate agency: Centre for Cross Cultural Social Work Education - 01/07/1997 - 31/12/1998 Subordinate agency: Public Sector Research Centre - 13/01/1988 - 03/02/2004 Subordinate agency: Centre for Gender-Related Violence Studies - 12/11/1997 Subordinate agency: Social Welfare (c. 1976 - 1989) / Social Policy Research Centre (1990 - ) - 05/08/2003 Subordinate agency: Contemporary Asia Centre - 04/06/1986 - 31/05/1992 Subordinate agency: Centre for Interactive Cinema Research (iCinema) - 01/01/2007 Subordinate agency: Centre for Cognitive Science - 06/05/1987 - 01/06/1992 Subordinate agency: Department of General Studies - 13/05/1963 - 13/03/1972 Subordinate agency: Journalism and Media Research Centre - 04/09/2008 Subordinate agency: Aboriginal Research and Resource Centre (ARRC) - 01/01/1995 - 31/12/2003 Subordinate agency: Social Science Degree Committee - 21/03/1975 - 11/09/1984 Subordinate agency: Australian Theatre Studies Centre - 14/02/1985 - 25/05/1995 Subordinate agency: Disability Studies and Research Centre (DSARC) - 14/07/2008 - 31/12/2010 Subordinate agency: Women's Studies Centre - 04/11/1987 - 01/06/1992 Subordinate agency: School of Humanities and Languages - 01/07/2013 Subordinate agency: School of History and Political Science - 08/05/1961 - 11/03/1963 Subordinate agency: School of Political Science (1) - 01/01/1960 - 08/05/1961 Subordinate agency: Department of Political Science - 11/03/1963 - 31/07/1964 Subordinate agency: School of History (1) - 01/01/1960 - 08/05/1961 Subordinate agency: School of German & Russian Studies - 10/12/1990 - 31/12/1994 Subordinate agency: Department of Russian (1983 - 1987) / Russian Studies (1987 - 1994) - 01/01/1983 - 10/12/1990 Subordinate agency: School of Music & Music Education - 29/03/1993 - 31/01/2007 Subordinate agency: Department of Dramatic Art (1959) / Drama (1960 - 1966) - 11/03/1963 - 09/05/1966 Subordinate agency: School of Theatre & Film Studies (1993 - 1997) / Theatre, Film & Dance Studies (1997 - 1998) / Theatre, Film & Dance (1998 - 2004) - 29/03/1993 - 31/12/2004 Subordinate agency: Department of Social Science & Policy - 05/02/1990 - 10/02/1992 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/01/1960-

The Faculty of Science & Technology was created by Council on 2nd December, 1996 effective from 1st July 1997 (resolution CL96/88/4a). The inaugural meeting of the Faculty was on 8th July, 1997 with Associate Professor A. H. Dooley as the Presiding Member. At this time, under Dean Colin Sutherland, the Faculty contained six schools, four departments, three Centres, the Universities' Surface Analysis Facility and the Cornea and Contact Lens Research Unit. The Faculty of Science & Technology was disestablished by Council on 18th June, 2001 effective from July 2001 (resolution CL001/49). The final meeting of the Faculty Board was held on 26th April, 2001. Subordinate agency: Department (1949 - 51) / School of Applied Chemistry (1951 - 1957) / Chemistry (1) (1957 - 2001) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Department (1949 - 51) / School of Applied Physics (1951 - 60) / Physics (1960 - ) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Department (1949 - 51) / School of Mathematics (1951 - 2006) / Mathematics & Statistics (2006 - ) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Geography - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Metallurgy (1952 - 1985) / Materials Science & Engineering (1986 - ) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Safety Science (1998 - 2008) / Risk & Safety Sciences (2008 - 2010) - 06/07/1998 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Optometry (1977 - 2001) / Optometry & Vision Science (2001 - ) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Department of Aviation - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Centre for Advanced Numerical Computation in Engineering & Science (CANCES) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Centre for Environmental Modelling & Prediction (CEMAP) - 10/11/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Universities' Surface Analysis Facility - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Centre for Groundwater Management and Hydrogeology (1987 - 1993) / UNSW Groundwater Centre (1993 - 2002) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Centre for Membrane and Separation Technology (1987 - 1992) / UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology (1992 - ) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Centre for Remote Sensing (1981 - 1992) / Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (1992 - c. 2005) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Centre for Chemosensory Research (CCR) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Electron Microscope Unit (2) - 14/11/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Centre for Computer Simulation and Modelling of Particulate Systems (SIMPAS) - 01/05/2000 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Department of Applied Geology - 01/07/1997 - 06/07/1998 Subordinate agency: School of Geology - 06/07/1998 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Department of Safety Science - 01/07/1997 - 06/07/1998 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/07/1997-30/06/2001

The Faculty of Biological Sciences was created in principle by Council on 22nd January, 1968 (resolution 68/19i). At its 8th July, 1968 meeting, Council then approved the formal operation of the Faculty from 1st July, 1968 (resolution 68/108). Initially administered by Dean Professor B. J. Ralph, the Faculty commenced life with six Schools - Applied Psychology, Biochemistry, Biological Technology, Botany, Microbiology and Zoology. The Faculty met for the first time on 29th July, 1968. At the 9th March, 1987 meeting of Council the Faculty's name was altered to the Faculty of Biological & Behavioural Sciences (resolution 87/31). Finally, on 2nd December, 1996, Council disestablished the Faculty of Biological & Behavioural Sciences, effective 1st July, 1997 (resolution CL96/88/4). Subordinate agency: School of Microbiology (1968 - 1990) / Microbiology & Immunology (1990 - 2001) - 01/07/1968 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: School of Biological Technology (1968 - 1980) / School of Biotechnology (1980 - 1985) - 01/07/1968 - 31/12/1985 Subordinate agency: School of Applied Psychology (1954 - 1972) / Psychology (1972 - ) - 01/07/1968 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: Centre for Marine Biofouling & Bio-Innovation (1994 - 2007) / Marine Bio-Innovation (2007 - ) - 04/10/1994 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: School of Biological Science - 01/01/1988 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: School of Biochemistry (1968 - 1991) / Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics (1991 - 2001) - 01/07/1968 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: School of Botany - 01/07/1968 - 31/12/1987 Subordinate agency: School of Zoology - 01/07/1968 - 31/12/1987 Subordinate agency: Centre for Membrane and Separation Technology (1987 - 1992) / UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology (1992 - ) - 20/05/1987 - 10/03/1991 Subordinate agency: Centre for Entomological Research and Insecticide Technology (CERIT) - 13/08/1986 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: Institute of Marine Sciences (1968 - 1986) / Centre for Marine Science (1986 - 1997) / Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies (1997 - 2003) - 30/07/1986 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: Centre for Chemosensory Research (CCR) - 01/02/1997 - 30/06/1997 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 22/01/1968-30/06/1997

The Faculty of Life Sciences was established by Council on 2nd December, 1996 effective from 1st July 1997 (resolution CL96/88/4a). The inaugural meeting of the Faculty was on 7th July, 1997 with Associate Professor S. Andrews as the Presiding Member. Under Dean M. Sleigh, the Faculty then contained five schools and five Centres. The Faculty minutes also include those of the Faculty's Executive Committee (first meeting 11th August, 1997) and the Higher Degree Committee (first meeting 11th August, 1997). At Council's 13th December, 1999 meeting, changes to Faculty committees were approved. The Faculty committee structure was therefore altered to embody a Faculty Board, a Faculty Standing Committee, a Faculty Research Committee and a Faculty Education Committee (resolution CL99/81). The Faculty of Life Sciences was disbanded by Council on 18th June, 2001 effective from July 2001 (resolution CL001/49). The final meeting of the Faculty Board was held on 28th May, 2001. Subordinate agency: School of Microbiology (1968 - 1990) / Microbiology & Immunology (1990 - 2001) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Applied Psychology (1954 - 1972) / Psychology (1972 - ) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Centre for Marine Biofouling & Bio-Innovation (1994 - 2007) / Marine Bio-Innovation (2007 - ) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Biological Technologies (1986 - 1988) / Applied Bioscience (1988 - 2001) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: School of Biological Science - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Co-operative Research Centre for Biopharmaceutical Research - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2000 Subordinate agency: School of Biochemistry (1968 - 1991) / Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics (1991 - 2001) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Co-operative Research Centre for Food Industry Innovation - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Centre for Entomological Research and Insecticide Technology (CERIT) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Institute of Marine Sciences (1968 - 1986) / Centre for Marine Science (1986 - 1997) / Centre for Marine and Coastal Studies (1997 - 2003) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Centre for Chemosensory Research (CCR) - 01/07/1997 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Clive and Vera Ramaciotti Centre for Gene Function Analysis - 18/08/2000 - 30/06/2001 Subordinate agency: Mood Disorders Research Centre - 20/02/2001 - 30/06/2001 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 01/07/1997-30/06/2001

The Faculty of Technology was formed by Council on 14th May, 1956 (resolution 761i). This resolution also dictated that the Faculty would be concerned with developments in the Technologies of Fuel, Paint, Plastics and Rubber, and Ceramics and Nuclear Technology. The Faculty, under Professor D. W. Phillips, was initiated with five Schools Chemical Engineering, Mining Engineering & Applied Geology, Metallurgy, Wool Technology and Textile Technology. The first meeting of the Faculty occurred on 29th June, 1956. On 9th May, 1960, Council changed the name of the Faculty to the Faculty of Applied Science (resolution 60/55). At the 2nd December, 1996 meeting of Council the Faculty of Applied Science was disestablished effective 1st July, 1997 (resolution CL96/88/4). Deans: 1956 - 1957: Professor David Phillips; 1957 - 1961: Professor Rupert Myers; 1961 - 1984: Professor Malcolm Chaikin; 1984 - 1996: Professor Gerry Govett; 1997 (Acting): Professor Judy Raper Subordinate agency: Department (1949 - 51) / School of Chemical Engineering (1) (1951 - 1979) - 14/05/1956 - 31/12/1979 Subordinate agency: Department (1) (1949 - 1951) / School of Mining Engineering (1) (1951) / Mining Engineering & Applied Geology (1951 - 1963) / Mining Engineering (2) (1963 - 1985) - 14/05/1956 - 31/12/1985 Subordinate agency: School of Mineral Resources (1986) / Mines (1986 - 1997) - 01/01/1986 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: School of Chemical Technology - 01/03/1960 - 31/12/1979 Subordinate agency: School of Wool Technology (1951 - 1967) / Wool & Pastoral Sciences (1967 - 1985) - 14/05/1956 - 31/12/1985 Subordinate agency: School of Fibre Science & Technology - 01/01/1986 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: School of Textile Technology - 14/05/1956 - 31/12/1985 Subordinate agency: School of Applied Geology - 09/09/1963 - 31/12/1985 Subordinate agency: School of Geography - 08/11/1965 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: School of Metallurgy (1952 - 1985) / Materials Science & Engineering (1986 - ) - 14/05/1956 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: School of Chemical Engineering & Industrial Chemistry (1980 - 2006) / Chemical Sciences & Engineering (2006 - 2010) / Chemical Engineering (2) (2010 - - 01/01/1980 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: School of Biological Technologies (1986 - 1988) / Applied Bioscience (1988 - 2001) - 01/01/1986 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: Co-operative Research Centre for Biopharmaceutical Research - 19/10/1992 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: Centre for Chemical Analysis - 01/07/1997 - 23/11/1999 Subordinate agency: Co-operative Research Centre for Food Industry Innovation - 01/07/1993 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: Department of Industrial Arts - 09/09/1957 - 12/09/1960 Subordinate agency: Universities' Surface Analysis Facility - 01/01/1989 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: Centre for Petroleum Engineering Studies (1984 - 1998) / School of Petroleum Engineering (1998 - ) - 20/06/1984 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: Centre for Groundwater Management and Hydrogeology (1987 - 1993) / UNSW Groundwater Centre (1993 - 2002) - 04/03/1987 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: Centre for Membrane and Separation Technology (1987 - 1992) / UNESCO Centre for Membrane Science and Technology (1992 - ) - 20/05/1987 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: Centre for Remote Sensing (1981 - 1992) / Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems (1992 - c. 2005) - 12/08/1981 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: Centre for Minerals Engineering - 20/05/1992 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: Electron Microscope Unit (2) - 23/03/1995 - 31/01/1997 Subordinate agency: Department of Safety Science - 01/01/1991 - 30/06/1997 Subordinate agency: School of Food Technology (1976 - 1985) / School of Food Science & Technology (1985) - 19/01/1976 - 31/12/1985 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 14/05/1956-30/06/1997

The formation of the Professorial Board was provided for in Chapter III of the by-laws passed by Council on 12th September, 1949 (resolution 5). These stated that the Professors and Associate Professors in the several Faculties and such other persons as Council may appoint shall form a Board, to be called the Professorial Board (III, 1). The Board was to be specially charged with the duty of furthering and co-ordinating the work of Faculties and Departments and of encouraging scholarship and research and of considering the studies and discipline of the University (III, 4, i). Specifically the Board could consider reports made to it by any faculty, appoint internal and external examiners, prescribe books and details of subjects for lectures, determine the conditions of competition for any post-graduate award, decide all questions of admission ad eundem gradum and advanced standing and submit recommendations to Council regarding teaching staff and academic standing (III, 4, ii). As well, any member of the Professorial Board was given the power to suspend any student, as long as the misconduct occurred in the Department or presence of the member (III, 5, a). The by-laws also dictated that the first Chairman of the Professorial Board would be elected in May, 1950 (III, 2). Meetings would be held at the discretion of the Chairman or at the written request of the President, Director or three members of the Board (III, 6, a). At the 13th March, 1950 meeting of Council it was determined that until July, 1950, the professors already appointed should act as a committee with authority to consider all matters which, in accordance with the provision of Chapter III of the By-laws (the Professorial Board), shall be within the jurisdiction of the Professorial Board when constituted (resolution 40ii). The first meeting of Professorial staff had in fact already taken place on 1st February, 1950, with Director A. Denning as Chairman, and meetings were held generally on a weekly basis until the end of June. Under the provision in the by-laws, on 31st May, 1950 Denning was formally elected as Chairman of the Professorial Board. The first committees of the Professorial Board were determined at the Professorial Committee's meeting on 6th June, 1950. These were Buildings & Sites, Equipment & Supplies, Research, Graduate School & Post-Graduate Studies, Publications & Library, Academic Studies & Standards and Staff & Students. The Professorial Board held its first official meeting on 4th July, 1950. At this meeting, the membership of the first seven committees named by the Professorial Committee on the 6th June was finalised. By the time of the last meeting of the Board on 7th June, 1988, approximately eighty committees had come and gone throughout the Board's existence. At the 14th September, 1987 meeting of Council changes to Chapter III of the by-laws were passed (resolution 87/99c). As a result, effective July 1988, the Professorial Board ceased to exist and the Academic Board was established in its place. Subordinate agency: Faculty of Engineering - 08/05/1950 - 30/06/1988 Each Faculty shall consider and report to the Professorial Board upon all matters relating to the studies, lectures, examinations and degrees of the faculty (UNSW By-laws 1987, Chapter IV, 6) Subordinate agency: Faculty of Arts (1960 - 1990) / Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (1990 - ) - 01/01/1960 - 30/06/1988 Each Faculty shall consider and report to the Professorial Board upon all matters relating to the studies, lectures, examinations and degrees of the faculty (UNSW By-laws 1987, Chapter IV, 6) Subordinate agency: Faculty of Law - 13/07/1964 - 30/06/1988 Each Faculty shall consider and report to the Professorial Board upon all matters relating to the studies, lectures, examinations and degrees of the faculty (UNSW By-laws 1987, Chapter IV, 6) Subordinate agency: Board of Studies in Science (1973 - 1976) / Board of Studies in Science & Mathematics (1976 - 2000) - 14/05/1973 - 30/06/1988 Subordinate agency: Faculty of Commerce (c.1954 - 1988) / Faculty of Commerce & Economics (1988 - 2006) - 12/07/1954 - 30/06/1988 Each Faculty shall consider and report to the Professorial Board upon all matters relating to the studies, lectures, examinations and degrees of the faculty (UNSW By-laws 1987, Chapter IV, 6) Subordinate agency: Board of Vocational Studies (1960 - 1973) / Board of Professional Studies (1973 - 1975) / Faculty of Professional Studies (1975 - 1996) - 12/09/1960 - 30/06/1988 Each Faculty shall consider and report to the Professorial Board upon all matters relating to the studies, lectures, examinations and degrees of the faculty (UNSW By-laws 1987, Chapter IV, 6) Subordinate agency: Faculty of Medicine - 01/05/1960 - 30/06/1988 Each Faculty shall consider and report to the Professorial Board upon all matters relating to the studies, lectures, examinations and degrees of the faculty (UNSW By-laws 1987, Chapter IV, 6) Subordinate agency: Faculty of Science (1) - 08/05/1950 - 30/06/1988 Each Faculty shall consider and report to the Professorial Board upon all matters relating to the studies, lectures, examinations and degrees of the faculty (UNSW By-laws 1987, Chapter IV, 6) Subordinate agency: Faculty of Architecture (1950 - 1993) / Faculty of the Built Environment (1993 - ) - 08/05/1950 - 30/06/1988 Each Faculty shall consider and report to the Professorial Board upon all matters relating to the studies, lectures, examinations and degrees of the faculty (UNSW By-laws 1987, Chapter IV, 6) Subordinate agency: Faculty of Technology (1956 - 1960) / Faculty of Applied Science (1960 - 1997) - 14/05/1956 - 30/06/1988 Each Faculty shall consider and report to the Professorial Board upon all matters relating to the studies, lectures, examinations and degrees of the faculty (UNSW By-laws 1987, Chapter IV, 6) Subordinate agency: Faculty of Biological Sciences (1968 - 1987) / Faculty of Biological & Behavioural Sciences (1987 - 1997) - 22/01/1968 - 30/06/1988 Each Faculty shall consider and report to the Professorial Board upon all matters relating to the studies, lectures, examinations and degrees of the faculty (UNSW By-laws 1987, Chapter IV, 6) Subordinate agency: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences - 12/07/1954 - 31/12/1959 Each Faculty shall consider and report to the Professorial Board upon all matters relating to the studies, lectures, examinations and Degrees of the Faculty (NSWUT By-laws 1949, Chapter IV, 4) Subordinate agency: Academic Studies & Standards (1950 - 1951) / Academic Standards & Studies (1951 - 1961) / Admissions Committee (1961 - 1988) of the Professorial Board - 06/06/1950 - 30/06/1988 Subordinate agency: Publications & Library (1950 - 1951) / Library (1951 - 1988) Committee of the Professorial Board - 06/06/1950 - 03/05/1988 Subordinate agency: Graduate Studies & Research (1952) / Research & Graduate Studies (1952 - 1961) / Research & Higher Awards Committee (1961 - 1988) of the Professorial Board - 12/02/1952 - 14/07/1988 Subordinate agency: Executive Committee of the Professorial Board - 10/11/1959 - 30/06/1988 Subordinate agency: Advanced & Extension Studies (1961 - 1980) / Continuing Education (1980 - 1988) Committee of the Professorial Board - 14/02/1961 - 07/07/1988 Subordinate agency: Matriculation Committee of the Professorial Board - 11/09/1962 - 30/06/1988 Subordinate agency: Joint Newcastle / Sydney Liaison Committee of the Professorial Board - 10/12/1963 - 14/05/1965 Subordinate agency: Computing Science Committee of the Professorial Board - 14/09/1965 - 06/11/1984 Subordinate agency: Computer Committee of the Professorial Board - 06/11/1984 - 30/06/1988 Subordinate agency: Ad Hoc Committee to Consider Examination Procedures of the Professorial Board - 07/02/1967 - 12/03/1968 Subordinate agency: Ad Hoc Committee to Consider Teacher Education in Science-Based Subjects of the Professorial Board - 06/08/1974 - 07/10/1975 Subordinate agency: Augmented Semester Committee of the Professorial Board - 02/10/1975 - 29/08/1979 Subordinate agency: Ad Hoc Committee on School Government of the Professorial Board - 07/09/1976 - 05/06/1979 Subordinate agency: Ad Hoc Committee on Teacher Education Scholarships of the Professorial Board - 06/12/1977 - 06/06/1978 Subordinate agency: Academic Planning Committee of the Professorial Board - 07/04/1987 - 01/07/1988 Subordinate agency: Ad Hoc Committee on the Academic Performance of Students in the First Year of the B. Sc. (Ed.) Course of the Professorial Board - 06/03/1973 - 29/08/1973 Subordinate agency: Ad Hoc Committee on the Abolition of Honours in the Faculty of Law of the Professorial Board - 06/11/1973 - 05/02/1974 Subordinate agency: Ad Hoc Committee to Review Policy Concerning the Award of Medals of the Professorial Board - 31/10/1973 - 05/03/1974 Subordinate agency: Inter Faculty Committee of the Professorial Board on Administrative Type Courses Within the University - 10/11/1964 - 14/06/1966 Subordinate agency: Ad Hoc Committee to Review Administrative Procedures (1974 - 1976) / Committee on Administrative Procedures in Relation to Professorial Board Activities (1976-1982) / Administrative Procedures Committee (1982-1988) of the Professorial Board - 31/07/1974 - 30/06/1988 Subordinate agency: Bachelor of Science (Technology) Courses Review Committee of the Professorial Board - 13/12/1966 - 11/11/1969 Subordinate agency: Board of Management of the Institute of Administration - 14/03/1960 - 14/05/1979 In academic affairs [the Board] reports to the Professorial Board (Council resolution 60/20) Subordinate agency: Interfaculty Enrolment Procedures Committee of the Professorial Board - 19/02/1957 - 30/06/1988 Subordinate agency: Committee to Review First-Year Results in Science-Based Courses of the Professorial Board - 12/11/1968 - 10/12/1979 Subordinate agency: Standing Committee on General Education of the Professorial Board - 01/03/1983 - 07/09/1988 Subordinate agency: Professorial Board Committee on Health Personnel Education - 06/11/1973 - 14/05/1984 Subordinate agency: Faculty of Military Studies - 10/07/1967 - 31/12/1985 Each Faculty shall consider and report to the Professorial Board upon all matters relating to the studies, lectures, examinations and degrees of the faculty (UNSW By-laws 1987, Chapter IV, 6) Subordinate agency: Honorary Degrees Committee of the Professorial Board - 31/07/1981 - 22/06/1988 Subordinate agency: Ad Hoc Committee of the Professorial Board to Consider the Future of Graduate Studies in Industrial Design - 04/03/1975 - 04/05/1976 Subordinate agency: Professorial Board's Committee to Consider Industrial Arts / Industrial Design Proposals - 01/06/1976 - 03/05/1977 Subordinate agency: Accreditation Committee for Staff of the Royal Australian Naval College, Jervis Bay - 10/07/1967 - 03/08/1983 Subordinate agency: Joint Advisory Committee of the University of New South Wales & the Royal Australian Naval College, Jervis Bay - 10/07/1967 - 16/12/1986 Subordinate agency: New Chairs Committee of the Professorial Board - 02/02/1965 - 30/06/1988 Subordinate agency: Interfaculty Timetables & Accommodation Committee of the Professorial Board - 18/09/1953 - 06/09/1984 Subordinate agency: Open Day (1955 - 1969) / Open Day Steering (1969 - c.1977) Committee of the Professorial Board - 13/12/1955 - 21/10/1977 Subordinate agency: Ad Hoc Committee of the Professorial Board on Postgraduate Re-Education - 04/03/1975 - 04/10/1977 Subordinate agency: Committee to Investigate the Workings of the Professorial Board - 08/12/1970 - 04/04/1972 Subordinate agency: Re-enrolment Committee of the Professorial Board - 08/08/1961 - 28/07/1988 Subordinate agency: Resources Allocation Advisory Committee of the Professorial Board - 03/05/1977 - 30/06/1988 Subordinate agency: Ad Hoc Committee on Semester System, Unit Courses & Credit Systems of the Professorial Board - 14/03/1967 - 01/04/1975 Subordinate agency: Professorial Board's Ad Hoc Committee on the Semester System - 06/05/1975 - 02/12/1975 Subordinate agency: Ad Hoc Committee of the Professorial Board on Staff Mobility & Probationary Contracts - 05/06/1979 - 03/03/1981 Subordinate agency: Professorial Board Standing Committee for Four-Year Concurrent Courses Teacher Education - 05/09/1978 - 18/12/1986 Subordinate agency: University Teaching & Student Counselling Committee of the Professorial Board - 10/10/1961 - 08/04/1969 Subordinate agency: Teacher Education Standing Committee (Science-Based Subjects) of the Professorial Board - 07/10/1975 - 10/03/1978 Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 12/09/1949-30/06/1988

When the University began teaching its Bachelor of Arts degree in 1960 students were required to complete a sequence of two subjects in science. Most chose to undertake a sequence of two subjects offered by the School of Philosophy called Scientific Thought. (The University of New South Wales c. 1961: 78) This requirement was generally unpopular (O'Farrell, P. UNSW A Portrait: 90) and was eventually removed by Council on 9 November 1970. (resolution 70/221) On 9 May 1966 Council decided that the Department of History and Philosophy of Science would become its own independent school with Professor J B Thornton becoming the foundation professor of History and Philosophy of Science and head of school. (resolution 66/86) Professor Thornton had also been foundation professor of Philosophy at the university. (59/182) On 11 May 1987 Council decided to change the name of the school to the School of Science and Technology Studies effective from 1 January 1988 (resolution 87/52). The rationale was that it reflected a broadening of activities encompassing history and philosophy of science, social studies of science and technology, and science and technology policy. (Uniken 17 July 1987: 2) At the Council meeting on 22 July 2002 Professor McConkey, President of the Academic Board, reported that the School of Science and Technology Studies wished to revert to its former name, the School of History and Philosophy of Science, as its current name was not meaningful to school-leavers and undergraduates. Council approved the change (resolution CL002/62). In 2006 the School of History and Philosophy of Science described its role as follows: Our course structure uniquely integrates the traditional HPS areas of history and philosophy of science, technology and medicine with contemporary issues in environmental studies, technology policy and the history and politics of contemporary biosciences. HPS offers critical perspectives on science, technology and environment for undergraduate science as well as humanities and social science students. The international research profile of the School is particularly high in the history and sociology of science, eco-humanities and philosophy of mind/cognitive studies. (http://www.arts.unsw.edu.au/schools/ Accessed 12 September 2006) As part of a Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences restructure, the School of History & Philosophy of Science was disestablished effective 31 January 2007. It was amalgamated with the schools of Philosophy and History to form the new School of History and Philosophy (6 February 2007 Academic Board papers). Controlling Organisation: UNSW - 09/05/1966-31/01/2007