Monash University Faculty of Arts
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Monash University, Faculty of Arts
The purpose of the Faculty of Arts at Monash University is 'the pursuit, advancement and application of knowledge in the humanities, social and environmental sciences and creative and performing arts'. It offers degrees from undergraduate to PhD level. Entrance into the the undergraduate Bachelor of Arts program is competitive, as it is the most popular Arts degree among university applicants in Victoria.[1]
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[edit] History
The Faculty of Arts was one of the foundation faculties of Monash University. In 1961, the faculty enrolled about 150 students out of a University total of about 360. At the peak of enrolments in Arts in Australia in the 1970s, the faculty taught 11,000 students. Today, student enrolments number approximately 7,500.
Initially, the Faculty consisted only of the Departments of English, History, Philosophy and Modern Languages (Politics was part of the Economics Faculty). During the 1960s and 70s, this expanded to include a range of new disciplines.[2] Some of these, such as sociology and Indonesian, had never previously been taught in Australia. The Faculty's research and teaching became well known due to its depth in studies relating to Asia, which was unusual at the time for an Australian university.
With the University's expansion in the 1990s, the Faculty developed a research and teaching presence overseas, in Malaysia, South Africa, England and Italy.
[edit] Location
The home campus for the Faculty of Arts is Monash University Clayton Campus, with seven of the eight schools located on campus. However, the Faculty has a teaching and research presence at most of Monash's campuses, including Caulfield, Malaysia, South Africa, Gippsland and Berwick.
[edit] Notable Alumni
The Monash Faculty of Arts has produced a number of notable graduates who are currently leaders in their fields,[3] including:
Government, Politics and Law
- Daniel Andrews - Victorian Minister for Health
- Kevin Bell - Justice of the Supreme Court of Victoria, current President of the Victorian Civil and Administrative Tribunal (VCAT)
- Jennifer Coate - Current Coroner of Victoria; first President of the Children's Court of Victoria
- Peter Costello - Longest-serving Treasurer of Australia
- Paul Grant - President of the Children's Court of Victoria
- Ian Gray - Chief Magistrate of the Magistrates' Court of Victoria
- Felicity Hampel - Prominent human rights lawyer, now Judge of the County Court of Victoria
- Alistair Harkness - Politician
- Gavin Jennings - Victorian Minister for Environment and Climate Change
- Simon Molesworth AM QC - Chairman, Australian Council of National Trusts
- Brendan O'Connor - Australian Minister for Employment Participation
- Clare O'Neil - Youngest female Mayor in Australian history
- Robert Ray - Australian Senator and Former Defence Minister
- Tony Robinson - Minister for Consumer Affairs
- Michael Rozenes - Chief Judge of the County Court of Victoria
- Bill Shorten - Federal MP, Victorian President of the ALP, former National Secretary of the AWU,
- Sharman Stone- Former Australian Minister for Workforce Participation
- Don Watson - author, chief speechwriter to Prime Minister Paul Keating
- Beth Wilson - Victorian Health Services Commissioner
Media and Arts
- Cecilia Dart-Thornton - Author
- Lindy Davies - Actor and Dean of the Victorian College of Arts
- Laurie Duggan - Poet
- Jon Faine - Melbourne radio presenter
- Max Gillies AM - Actor/satirist
- Andy Griffiths - children's author
- Leslie Howard - Pianist and composer
- Sue Howard - Director of Radio and Regional Content, Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Michael Leunig - Cartoonist
- Eva Orner - Academy-Award winning film producer
- John A. Scott - poet
- Jo Stanley - radio personality
- Alan Wearne - Poet
Academia
- Diane Bell - Anthropologist
- Michael Clyne - Linguist
- Ben Kiernan - Leading researcher in the study of genocide, Yale University
- Stuart Macintyre - Historian
Business
- Fiona Balfour - Businesswoman, former Qantas and Telstra executive
- Tony D'Aloisio - Chairman, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC)
- Peter Ivany - Australian media mogul and billionaire
- Naomi Milgrom - Owner and CEO of Sussan Group
[edit] Schools
The Faculty's nine academic schools are responsible for the creation and dissemination of disciplinary knowledge through individual and group research and through the development of undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programs.[4]
- English, Communications and Performance Studies
- Geography & Environmental Science
- Historical Studies
- Humanities, Communications & Social Sciences
- Languages, Cultures and Linguistics
- Music - Conservatorium
- Philosophy & Bioethics
- Political & Social Inquiry
[edit] Centres
Some schools incorporate Centres which have evolved as dynamic sites for the growth of interdisciplinary knowledge.
- Australian Centre for the Study of Jewish Civilisation
- Centre for Archaeology & Ancient History
- Centre for Australian Indigenous Studies
- Centre for Biography and Life Writing
- Centre for Comparative Literature and Cultural Studies
- Centre for European Studies
- Centre for Human Bioethics
- Centre for Japanese Language Education
- Centre for Public Philosophy
- Centre for Population and Urban Research
- Centre for Research on Work and Society in the Global Era
- Centre for Studies in Religion & Theology
- Centre for Women's Studies and Gender Research
- Language & Learning Centre
- National Centre for Australian Studies
- Research Centre for New Media in Language Learning
- Centre for Palynology and Palaeoecology
- Centre for Geographic Information Systems
- Monash Climate Group
- Monash Regional Australia Project
- Monash Sustainability Enterprises
- National Urban Water Governance Program
- Bionics and Cognitive Science Centre
- Centre for Gippsland Studies
- Centre for Rural Communities
- Gippsland Research and Information Service
- Research Unit in Work & Communication Futures
- National Centre for Language Training (NCLT)
- Centre for The Book
- Centre for Postcolonial Writing
- Institute for Public History
- Global Terrorism Research Centre
- Centre for Muslim Minorities & Islam Policy Studies
