Macquarie University Faculty of Arts

Academic subdivision

Faculty of Arts

Type| Public
Established| 1964
Dean| Chris Dixon (2022)
Students| 30,249 (2021)[1]
Location|

Sydney

New South Wales

Australia

Campus| Urban
Colours|  |

Affiliations| Macquarie University
Website| www.arts.mq.edu.au

The Faculty of Arts is a constituent body of Macquarie University, in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. The faculty offers undergraduate and postgraduate coursework and research degree programmes and is home to a number of research centres. It ranked equal 101st–125 in the Times Higher Education 2022 university rankings.

## History

[edit]

Macquarie University was established in 1964, and has grown to be a major public university.[2]

### New arts precinct

[edit]

In April 2020 the Macquarie University Arts Precinct Project (MUAPP) was completed, an upgrade and expansion of existing buildings which consolidate ten departments into a cohesive precinct. It also created a new museum, incorporating the Ancient History Museum, numerous collections, Numismatics and the Australian History Museum.[3] The new building incorporates an atrium with roofing "cushions" that give protection for the weather but allow natural light into the space.[4]

The project won the Sydney Master Builders Association's Excellence in Construction Award, in the category Tertiary Buildings $100m–$200m.[3]

The new building includes a huge video wall intended for student produced videos. The first video shown on it was commissioned by the university to sell their brand, created by Hank Mango. This video was entered in the Australian Effects and Animation Festival in 2022.[5]

## Governance and structure

[edit]

Historian Chris Dixon, formerly Dean of the Macquarie School of Social Sciences and before that Head of the Department of Modern History, Politics and International Relations at the university, is dean of the faculty.[6]

### Departments and schools

[edit]

As of 2021[update] the faculty comprises five departments and three schools:[7]

* Department of History and Archaeology
* Department of Indigenous Studies – Dharug Ngurra[8]
* Department of Media, Communications, Creative Arts, Language, and Literature (MCCALL)[9]
* Department of Philosophy
* Department of Security Studies and Criminology
* Macquarie Law School
* Macquarie School of Education
* Macquarie School of Social Sciences

### Research centres

[edit]

As of 2021[update] the faculty's research centres include:[10]

Macquarie University research centres

* Centre for Ancient Cultural Heritage and Environment (CACHE)
* Centre for Agency, Values and Ethics (CAVE)

Faculty research centres

* Australian Centre for Ancient Numismatic Studies (ACANS)
* Centre for Applied History (CAH)
* Centre for Children's Learning in a Social World
* Centre for Environmental Law (CEL)
* Centre for Research in Numeracy Development and Learning (CaNDLe)
* Centre for Media History (CMH)

In October 2021, the faculty approved the creation of a Centre for Early Childhood Education Research, which will be staffed by 14 early childhood education researchers from the School of Education.[11]

## Ranking

[edit]

In 2008, the faculty was ranked as 64th among the world's university arts and humanities departments.[12]

The faculty ranked equal 101st–125 in the Times Higher Education 2022 university rankings.[1]

## Students

[edit]

In 2021, it had 30,249 students enrolled, of whom 30 per cent were international students. There is a staff-student ratio of 69.6 students to one staff member.[1]

## Publications

[edit]

### Scan

[edit]

Scan | Journal of Media Arts Culture was an inter-discliplinary peer-reviewed online journal published by the Department of Media, Music, Communications and Cultural Studies. Its subject matter covered "media studies, cultural studies, media law, information and technology studies, fine arts and philosophy... developments in new media, digital art, screen arts, music and audio arts, as well as the culture enveloping these practices and technologies".[13] Founded in 2004 by John Potts, Sherman Young and Graham Meikle, its editorial board included academics from universities across Australia and as well as the United States and United Kingdom.[14] It ceased publication after the Volume 11 Number 1 in 2014,[13][15] but all of its issues are still available online.[16][13]

## References

[edit]

1. ^ a b c "World University Rankings 2022 by subject: arts and humanities". Times Higher Education (THE). 28 October 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
2. ^ "Macquarie University on The Conversation". The Conversation. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
3. ^ a b "Macquarie University Arts Precinct". Lipman. 12 January 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
4. ^ "Macquarie University Arts Precinct". Issuu. From Australian National Construction Review. Retrieved 21 December 2021.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: others (link)
5. ^ "Macquarie University Faculty of Arts Brand Film". AEAF. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
6. ^ "Chris Dixon". Macquarie University. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
7. ^ "Departments and schools - Faculty of Arts". Macquarie University. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
8. ^ "Department of Indigenous Studies – Arts Macquarie Uni". Macquarie University. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
9. ^ "Department of Media, Communications, Creative Arts, Language, and Literature". Macquarie University. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
10. ^ "Our research – Faculty of Arts Macquarie University Sydney". Macquarie University. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
11. ^ Lucas, Freya (24 October 2021). "Macquarie University to develop new Faculty Research Centre for high-quality ECEC". Sector. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
12. ^ "QS Times Higher Education Supplement Rankings". QS. Archived from the original on 3 February 2010. Retrieved 20 September 2009.
13. ^ a b c "Journal of Media Arts Culture". Scan. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
14. ^ "Journal of Media Arts Culture". Scan. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
15. ^ "ISSN 1449-1818 (Online) - Scan". The ISSN Portal. Retrieved 21 December 2021.
16. ^ "Home". Scan. Retrieved 21 December 2021.

## External links

[edit]

* Official website

* v
* t
* e

Macquarie University

Faculties & research|

* Faculty of Arts
* Law School
* Macquarie Business School
* Faculty of Human Sciences
* Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences
* Faculty of Science and Engineering
* Australian Research Institute for Environment and Sustainability
* Centre for Policing, Intelligence & Counter Terrorism

Campus|

* Library
* Hospital
* Sport and Aquatic Centre
* Railway station
* Real Tennis Club
* Museums and galleries
* International College of Management

Colleges|

* Dunmore Lang College
* Robert Menzies College

Student organisations|

* Campus Experience

Related|

* List of Macquarie University people
* Milthorpe Lectures
* Science Reform Movement

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI

National|

* United States

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template