Welcome to Life and Social Sciences from Our Dean
Courses offered by the Faculty of Life & Social Sciences provide the tools for keeping up with and understanding the pace of change, as our world experiences an unprecedented rate of advancement in scientific and technological knowledge.
The Faculty's programs provide an opportunity for an integrated understanding of the interface between science, technology and society and human behaviour. It also emphasises the importance of this understanding in the education of professionals to be the future leaders of industry and society - those who will influence the way in which new technologies are developed.
The Faculty of Life & Social Sciences is one of the largest of Swinburne's six faculties, and its people are experts and leaders in their fields. It contains over 200 academic, administrative, research and technical support staff, and 3000 effective full time student load places (translating to more than 4000 enrolled students), including almost 300 postgraduate research higher degree students. There are approximately 600 international students undertaking studies in either undergraduate or postgraduate programs.
The Faculty offers a range of undergraduate and postgraduate courses in the areas of arts and humanities, health science, media, digital media, psychology, science and social sciences. It is also home to two Tier One research centres: the Brain and Psychological Sciences Research Centre, and the Swinburne Institute; two Tier Two research centres:, the Environment and Biotechnology Centre, and the Centre for Human Psychopharmacology; and the National e-Therapy Research Unit.
The Faculty's flexible undergraduate and postgraduate programs have been designed with a real world context in mind, and offer students an opportunity to achieve qualifications that will improve not only their career and communication skills, but also their employment prospects. The opportunity for students to obtain professional experience as part of their studies is one of the hallmarks of their programs, ensuring that graduates are capable in their chosen professions.
Integrating science, technology and society, the Faculty of Life and Social Sciences explores the creative potential of bridging disciplinary boundaries in its learning, teaching and research activity. This leads to new forms of knowledge and new means of expressing and presenting that knowledge. Graduates are equipped to take up active and innovative roles in the world as knowledge leaders and managers of scientific, technological and social change.
Professor
Russell Crawford
Dean,
Faculty
of Life and Social Sciences
