Faculties

Emily Carr has four distinct faculties which serve our undergraduate and graduate students.

Our Faculties, encompassing Art, Culture + Community, Design + Dynamic Media and Graduate Studies, form the core of our creative and scholarly identity. Each faculty offers robust undergraduate or graduate pathways, grounded in studio practice, research, cultural inquiry and interdisciplinary collaboration.

Together, they ensure students gain the skills, critical perspectives and professional insight needed to shape cultural and creative futures.

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Undergraduate studies + research

Audain Faculty of Art

The Audain Faculty of Art fosters experimentation across materials, ideas and technologies. Programs include Illustration and Visual Arts, with disciplines in ceramics, drawing, painting, print media, sculpture, photography and new media and sound arts.

Students are supported through critique, dialogue and studio culture that prepares them to shape contemporary art locally and globally.

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Undergraduate studies + research

Faculty of Culture + Community

The Faculty of Culture + Community provides the academic core for every undergraduate student, including the Foundation Year.

The faculty offers minors that connect your creative practice with community. Through applied art, design and media, students address issues of ecology, sustainability and social engagement while working with organizations, schools and citizen groups.

Courses emphasize social awareness, sustainability and collaborations with public, non-profit and community partners.

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Undergraduate studies + research

Ian Gillespie Faculty of Design + Dynamic Media

The Ian Gillespie Faculty of Design + Dynamic Media integrates human-centred design with innovation in media and technology. Undergraduate degrees include the Bachelor of Design and the Bachelor of Media Arts, with majors ranging from communication, industrial and interaction design to animation, film and new media.

Students explore how design and media shape society, culture and everyday life.

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graduate studies + research

Jake Kerr Faculty of Graduate Studies

The Jake Kerr Faculty of Graduate Studies is home to ECU’s advanced degrees: the Master of Fine Arts and the Master of Design.

Graduate students engage in research-driven studio practice, mentorship and interdisciplinary inquiry that addresses cultural, ecological and technological questions. They emerge prepared to lead as artists, designers and researchers in a global context.

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