Faculty of Arts : Guide to courses

1. Arts: the critical faculty

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 1. Arts: the critical faculty

Arts at the University of Melbourne offers an exciting and rewarding study experience. Students are part of a vibrant academic community at one of the most established and diverse faculties in Australia. The Faculty is positioned at the forefront of teaching and research in languages, humanities and social sciences. It aims to attract the most talented students and staff to inspire original research across a wide range of new and traditional disciplines.

Arts embraces a variety of challenging and innovative study programs that offer more than 900 subjects in over 50 areas of study. This diversity reflects the continuing strengths of traditional fields of study as well as the dynamism of emergent areas of critical inquiry. Students are encouraged to tailor their academic interests and professional aspirations with a variety of course options and will develop expertise in research, critical analysis and communications. These skills are indispensable in preparing students for further research and employment in an internationally competitive environment.

The Faculty has introduced highly developed systems for the delivery of multimedia teaching and learning. These new digital technologies have been incorporated into traditional methods of teaching to equip students with the skills required to navigate an increasingly technology-oriented world. An Arts degree offers a unique combination of skills, readily transferable from one career to the next. For example, highly developed analytic and critical thinking skills. In combination with the flexible outlook and global approach encouraged by Faculty, those skills enable arts graduates to take advantage of every career opportunity.

The Faculty of Arts remains committed to providing an attractive learning, research and working environment in a stimulating collegiate atmosphere for students and staff.

 1.1. Faculty objectives

The Faculty aims to:

• advance, preserve and refine knowledge through critique and research in the languages, humanities, and social and behavioural sciences, and disseminate the results of such scholarship and research;

• provide education, including honours and postgraduate programs, in languages, the social sciences and the humanities;

• provide professional education in such fields as social work, criminology, public administration and planning, art conservation and curating, environmental studies, development studies, and applied linguistics, and provide accelerated pathways to professional qualifications in urban planning and landscape architecture;

• contribute to the intellectual and cultural life of the community through public lectures, conferences and continuing education programs.

 1.2. Arts departments, schools and centres

 1.2.1. Departments and schools

• Melbourne Institute of Asian Languages and Societies (MIALS)

• School of Creative Arts

• Department of Criminology

• Department of English

• School of Fine Arts, Classical Studies and Archaeology (FACSA)

• Department of French and Italian Studies

• School of Anthropology, Geography and Environmental Studies

• Department of German and Swedish Studies

• Department of History

• Department of History and Philosophy of Science (HPS)

• School of Languages

• Department of Linguistics and Applied Linguistics

• Department of Philosophy

• Department of Political Science

• School of Social Work

 1.2.2. Centers

• Ashworth Centre for Social Theory

• The Australian Centre

• Centre for Classics and Archaeology

• Centre for Communication Skills and English as a Second Language (CCS&ESL)

• Contemporary Europe Research Centre

• Horwood Language Centre

• Language Testing Research Centre

• Centre for Philosophy and Public Issues

• Centre for Public Policy

• Centre for the Study of Health and Society

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