Decree No. 2870 Reorganizing the Faculty of Science at the Lebanese University (issued in Decree No. 141 dated 12/1/1983)

Lebanese University

Organizational and legal texts

2000-05-03

Article 1

The Faculty of Science at the Lebanese University consists of the following five academic departments:

1. Department of Pure Mathematics.

2. Department of Applied Mathematics.

3. Department of Physical Sciences.

4. Department of Chemical Sciences.

5. Department of Natural Sciences.

Article 2

Each of the above-mentioned departments supervises the affairs of teaching the subjects prescribed in its department, and the departments cooperate with each other in teaching the common courses specified in the faculty's educational curricula.

Article 3

The Faculty of Science prepares its students for the following degrees:

1. Bachelor of Teaching (Four years of university).

2. Postgraduate Diploma.

3. PhD.

Article 4

The above-mentioned bachelor's degree is prepared in two semesters, each of which has a statutory duration of two university years.

Article 5

Pass or fail in each of the two years of the first cycle is decided on the basis of the year system.

The second cycle follows the credit system.

Article 6

The Bachelor's degree referred to in Article 3 above is granted in the following majors:

Pure Mathematics.
Applied Mathematics:

Statistics
Informatics

Physics:

General Physics
Electronics

Chemistry

General Chemistry
Life Chemistry

Biology

Zoology
Botany
Earth Science

Article 7

Each major in the bachelor's degree is based on the first episode described in the following detail:

1. Bachelor Teaching Degree in Pure Mathematics and Applied Mathematics: Joint first cycle.

2. Bachelor Teaching Degree in General Physics and Electronics: Joint first cycle.

3. Bachelor Teaching Degree in General Chemistry and Biochemistry: Joint first cycle.

4. Bachelor Teaching Degree in Natural Sciences: Joint first cycle with all majors.

Article 8

The curricula of the degrees taught by the Faculty of Science stipulated in Article 3 of this decree shall be determined by a decision of the University Council based on the proposal of the Faculty Council.

Article 9

The postgraduate and doctoral diploma system is governed by the provisions of Decree No. 900 dated 4/8/1983 (the general system of the doctoral degree at the Lebanese University).

Article 10

The equivalence between credits and academic years when a student is promoted or affiliated shall be decided by a decision of the Faculty Council.

Article 11

Decree No. 141 dated 12/1/1983 is repealed, as well as the texts that contradict the provisions of this decree or are incompatible with its content, especially those contained in Decree No. 2883 dated 16/12/1959.

Article 12

This decree shall be published and communicated where needed.

Baabda, 3 May 2000

Published by the President of the Republic

Emile Lahoud