Faculty of Arts

About the Faculty

Professor Peter Goodall

Dean's Welcome

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 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:

The Faculty's management structure is outlined in the Staff Directory.

Faculty Research

The Faculty hosts the Public Memory Research Centre, and staff research reflects a diversity of interests covering a number of disciplines.

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.