The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences is the largest of the six faculties that constitute the
University of Sydney
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. The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences comprises six Schools and approximately 40 departments and programs, and a diverse curriculum at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
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 University of Sydney Business School is the business school and a constituent body of the University of Sydney. It was established in January 2011 and formed from the School of Business within the previous Faculty of Economics and Business. T ...
), the Centre for International Security Studies (CISS), and the Graduate School of Government (GSG).
Organisation
The Faculty is divided into six schools which are collectively home to over 40 departments. The schools are:
* School of Literature, 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
External links
University of Sydney Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences
Arts and Social Sciences, Faculty of
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