University of Sydney Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Type Public
Location Camperdown / Darlington, New South Wales, Australia
Affiliations University of Sydney
Website sydney.edu.au/arts

The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is a constituent body of the University of Sydney, Australia.

In 2011 the Faculty had a total student enrolment of 9,159 (18.7% of all students), thus making it the University's largest.[1]

History

In 2011, the Faculty was renamed from the Faculty of Arts to the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, following the inclusions of the Discipline of Economics (from the Faculty of Economics and Business, which was renamed as the University of Sydney Business School), the Centre for International Security Studies (CISS), and the Graduate School of Government (GSG).[2]

Organisation

The Faculty is divided into six schools which are collectively home to over 40 departments. The schools are:

  • School of Letters, Art and Media
  • School of Languages and Cultures
  • School of Philosophical and Historical Inquiry
  • School of Social and Political Sciences
  • School of Economics
  • Sydney School of Education and Social Work

References

  1. ↑ http://sydney.edu.au/strategic_planning/statistics/enrol/enrol.php?ci=3&type=fac&yr=2011
  2. ↑ Jones, Emily (9 December 2010). "The Faculty of Arts becomes the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences". Retrieved 31 May 2013.
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