About the Faculty
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Prof Peter Goodall,
Dean (Faculty of Arts)
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Welcome to the Faculty of Arts, which offers a unique opportunity to students to study across the areas of Humanities, Communication and Creative Arts.
The Faculty teaches a wide range of disciplines from traditional areas such as Anthropology, History, Literature, Drama and Languages, to vocational areas such as Journalism, Public Relations and Counselling (Human Services), and in performance and creative practice areas such as Music, Multimedia, Acting and Visual Arts. Students are encouraged to combine theory and practice, analysis and creativity, study and experimentation. In 2009, the Faculty will introduce an exciting new undergraduate degree in Creative Arts that takes full advantage of the range of facilities, practice and knowledge available in the University and enables students the opportunity to combine study across the performing arts disciplines.
Most of the staff are based at USQ's main campus in the lovely regional city of Toowoomba, but the Faculty contributes also to the Bachelor of Applied Media program at the Springfield campus in the west of Brisbane, and to the Bachelor of Human Services program at the Fraser Coast campus in Hervey Bay. Wherever they are, and whether you study on campus or externally, you will find the academic and the general staff enthusiastic and helpful, and willing to spend time with you individually.
The Faculty of Arts offers a comprehensive choice in both undergraduate and postgraduate programs through its two Schools:
Facilities
The Faculty of Arts offers excellent facilities for students including:
| Research laboratory for analysis of archaeological materials |
Anthropology library |
| Newsroom equipped with iMac computers, internet access, newspaper archive and software to design and produce print publication |
State-of-the-art radio studios with access to digital news recording and editing equipment |
| Theatre design studio and set construction workshop with machinery, tools and equipment |
Video and audio studios with various suites including Pro Tools M-Box and Final Cut Pro |
| Television studio with a mixture of digital and video facilities |
Wardrobe department housing a significant collection of costumes |
| Language laboratory with German, Indonesian and Mandarin Chinese language learning software |
Arts Theatre with a capacity of 257, excellent acoustics and a 9' Steinway grand piano |
| Concert Hall, an air conditioned facility with orchestral pit and a 7'6" Kawai grand piano |
Large teaching studios, most of which house modern grand pianos and air conditioned practice rooms for music students |
| Ceramics studio, including damp room, glaze room, spray booth |
Printmaking rooms with relevant studio equipment |
| Textiles rooms with specialised equipment |
Multimedia lab with audio, video, 3D and 2D animation programs |
Scholarships
You may be eligible to apply for a USQ Scholarship to help you financially. Faculty of Arts scholarships for both future students and continuing students are also available to USAQ students during their degree studies.
Prizes
Prizes and awards are presented annually to outstanding students from the School of Creative Arts and the School of Humanities and Communication within the Faculty of Arts.