Series consists of records relating to the administration of the Faculty of Science and includes minutes from the Faculty of Science meetings and Faculty of Science Chairmen's meetings; the Dean's correspondence with faculty departments, the B.C. Science Council, the University Research Park, TRIUMF, the University College of the Fraser Valley, the Eastern Islands University Development Project, and the Western Canadian Universities Marine Biology Society. It also contains correspondence with research institutes including the Theoretical Science Institute, the Institute for Energy, the Institute for Aquaculture Research, the Applied Mathematics Institute, and the Environmental Science Research Institute. Also included are departmental reviews and annual reports; the development of faculty policies, procedures, and curriculum guidelines; NSERC grant proposals and National Research Council awards and applications; and records on the construction of campus buildings including the South Science Building and drawings for the Science Complex.

Records include correspondence, working papers, reports, meeting agendas and minutes, grant applications, and bound architectural drawings.

Sub-sub-series consists of records filed under the "general" classification category or under a short-lived classification code and which relate to the functions and activities of the Office of the Vice-President, Academic, and which were. Activities and topics documented include the search for a Vice-President (1968-1970) and the appointment of the Associate Vice-President (1975); correspondence with external individuals and organizations (inlcuding some correspondence relating to purely personal matters of the Vice-President); the organization and administration of the VP Academic's office, and staff relations; university policy development, strategic planning, re-organization, budget allocation, the report of the Financial Resources Task Force (1981), and planning for the Fraser Valley (1989-1991); legal advice; and meetings with Vice-Presidenst, Academic from other universities. Records include correspondence, policies, reports, job descriptions, invitations, contracts and agreements, and legal services invoices and advice.