School of the Arts & Media

Our School offers a wide range of courses that can be studied across our degrees and also by students from others faculties as General Education or Free Electives.  Ensure to check this section for updates on new courses, summer school schedules and updated outlines. 

Study at One of the World’s Top 40 Departments of English Literature   UNSW English Literary Studies was ranked in the world’s top 40 departments of English Literature in the QS World University Rankings in 2018.

Engaging Students with Creative Approaches to Study & Research  The UNSW School of the Arts and Media consists of a rich and diverse group of interdisciplinary programs allowing students to engage in theoretical, practical, and creative

Subject Areas at the School of the Arts & Media are designed to help you excel your career and pursue your passion in a specialised area of study. Within each subject area, we combine theoretical knowledge with practical application.

Understand the World Around You Through Film   Over its 120-year history, film has evolved from a novelty item to a medium that informs every aspect of society and contemporary life.

Discover a World of Opportunity with a Career in Media  Contemporary media is dynamic, global, increasingly complex and always influential in our daily lives.

Juvenilia Press publishes early works by a variety of writers such as Jane Austen, Charlotte Brontë, Lewis Carroll, Charles Dickens, Philip Larkin and Margaret Atwood.

Our research in English Literary Studies is ranked very highly, as demonstrated in our 2012 and 2015 Excellence for Research in Australia score of 5 out of 5.

Music research at UNSW investigates music analytically, culturally, philosophically, psychologically, pedagogically, and through practice-based research. Our staff engage in diverse research projects and attract international recognition for their work.

Dance Studies at UNSW produces thinking dancers, critical movers, and creative researchers.

How to perform dotted rhythms in 17th-18th century music has an extensive literature. Normally means a ratio of 3:1 (or 0.75:0.25) between the two notes.

The Empirical Musicology Group UNSW was formed in 2004  for the purpose of studying emotion and expression in music using continuous respond methods (2004-2008). 

Booking Studio Space Rehearsal and performance spaces are available for School of Arts and Media (SAM) students for coursework related activities, during term time only. All Webster rehearsal spaces are booked through the SAM office.

The Music Performance Labs are a performance-based series of courses within the Bachelor of Music programs. All 1st and 2nd level Bachelor of Music students enrolled in a Performance Lab (MUSC1707 or  MUSC2703) will receive a subsidy on private music tutoring during the term to assist in their pr

The Creative Writing staff in the School of the Arts & Media are a highly productive and dynamic group which undertakes creative research as well as scholarly work across a range of fields.

The Media Research Nodes based in SAM are small clusters that include members from other Schools and Faculties.

Awarded to a Doctoral or Masters graduate of UNSW School of the Arts and Media (and its forerunner Schools) to either develop their thesis submission for book publication or to develop a new area of research or creative practice on an approved topic.

SAM Cells are small cross disciplinary research groups that contribute directly to enhancing the School's outreach capacity and address aspects of the UNSW strategic plan.