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.
Audain Faculty of Art
The Audain Faculty of Art fosters experimentation across materials, ideas and technologies. Programs include Illustration, Photography and Visual Arts, with disciplines in ceramics, drawing, painting, print media and sculpture.
Students are supported through critique, dialogue and studio culture that prepares them to shape contemporary art locally and globally.
Faculty of Culture + Community
The Faculty of Culture + Community provides the academic core for every undergraduate student, including the Foundation Year. Majors and minors connect theory, writing, cultural practice and community engagement with studio learning.
Courses emphasize social awareness, sustainability and collaborations with public, non-profit and community partners.
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.
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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