The sciences division was the corps of officers within Starfleet
who specialized in both scientific and medical research and
control functions on starbases, aboard starships, and at
Starfleet Command. Members of the sciences division specialized
in sensors, research, theoretical and physical laboratory work,
biological studies, and also as technicians, medics, and
surgeons. Officers who belonged to the sciences division
sometimes wore the division color of a department other than
that in which they specialized. For example, if a science
officer became a department head, he might have worn the colors
of command division, or if he had a dual specialty in an
operations division department, an alternate color might have
been worn. Beginning with the Earth Starfleet of the 2140s and
2150s, line officers and noncoms of science division wore blue
division stripes on their uniforms. This use of blue continued
through several uniform styles until 2260s. On starships, such
as the USS Enterprise, science division crewme