The Faculty of Science originated as a combined Science, Arts and Education Faculty in 196667. In 1971, it acquired an independent status vide the Amiri Decree of October 20, 1971, leading to the separation of Science from Arts and Education components. The newly constituted Faculty of Science had six Departments Mathematics, Chemistry, Physics, Zoology, Botany and Geology. The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science is now among the largest departments in the University, as it provides teaching for 43 different courses every semester distributed over 139 sections. These sections not only serve the Department, but also serve the other Departments and faculties, such as the College of Petroleum and Engineering, the Faculty of Medicine, the Faculty of Allied Health, the Faculty of Education. In 1971, the University Senate ratified plans to improve the educational and administrative structures of the University by splitting the Faculty of Science, Arts and Education into two separate faculties: the Faculty of Science, that naturally included the Department of Mathematics, and another for Arts and Education.

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