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It has come to my attention that there is some concern amongst students regarding changes to three Major offerings within the Arts Faculty. I would like to provide some clarification on this decision.

The Review of the Schools of Humanities and Social science in 2013 noted that only relatively small numbers of students were enrolled in the Gender Studies, European Studies and Medieval & Early Modern Studies majors. In implementing the recommendations of the Review the Faculty was required to conduct a further review of these majors. A working party conducted the necessary review, which was discussed several times by the Arts Teaching & Learning Committee.

This working party’s recommendation, endorsed by the Faculty of Arts Executive, was to teach out the stand alone majors in these areas, and then over the next few years to transition 11 out of the 16 units currently taught in the majors, into larger majors (mainly History and English). In effect, most of the course content will continue to be available and we believe that in many cases the units will attract more students than they do currently. A transition plan has been discussed with staff in the School of Humanities.

There are no staffing changes resulting from this process, and all students currently enrolled in the Gender Studies, European Studies and Medieval & Early Modern Studies majors will be able to complete their majors as planned.

As with all significant decisions taken by the faculty, the proposed changes will be reviewed within 3 years and as there is no change to our staffing profile, we will able to reinstate these majors should this be appropriate at that point.

If you would like further information please contact me on [email protected] .

Krishna Sen FAHA

Professor of Indonesian Studies & Dean

Faculty of Arts

Dean's Office M200

The University of Western Australia

35 Stirling Highway

Crawley, Western Australia 6009

Phone: +61 8 6488 3870   |  Fax: +61 8 6488 1059  |  Web: https://www.arts.uwa.edu.au/