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Applied and Creative Arts

The Faculty of Applied and Creative Arts (FACA) was established in 1994 based on the university’s mission of becoming an internationally recognized institution of higher learning and the main choice among students and academicians via excellence in teaching, research and scholarship. In order to fulfill this mission FACA recognises the importance of technology and management skills in exploring creativity, through programs such as Fine Arts, Design Technology, Arts Management, Music and Cinematography towards the degree of Bachelor of Applied and Creative Arts. The faculty aims to produce graduates who can promote professional artistic growth in a dynamic and diverse work environment. Towards equipping students with fundamental skills and discipline to create and to explore creative ideas, it is the faculty’s objective to integrate the use of technology to enhance curriculum integration based on the concept of amalgamated education and cross disciplines.

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Music

The music programme prepares students to be at par with the professionals in both the public and private sectors. The application of technology in the...

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Cinematography

The Cinematography Programme is tailored to provide a comprehensive knowledge on filmmaking through theoretical...

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Drama and Theatre

The Drama and Theater Programme is among other programs that are offered at the Department of Performing Arts and Production...

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Arts Management

he Art Management programme offers a combination of core management subjects specially designed to encompass...

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Fine Arts

The Fine Arts programme emphasizes on the integration of 5 main disciplines namely painting, photography, electronic arts, print making...

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Animation

This program is designed to achieve diversified methods in student’s animation and broader scope of digital media production. Students are...

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Design Technology

Design Technology programme offers a unique approach in teaching through practical work and research. The courses offered in this....

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Bachelor of Arts in Music with Honours

UW-6-212-001
About Course
The music programme prepares students to be at par with the professionals in both the public and private sectors. The application of technology in the field of Music opens up new possibilities. Our program stresses on both theory and practice. We also prepare our students with various skills, from production technology to the art of performing music. Students in this programme will be trained through our latest state-of-the art facilities, and will prepare our graduates for professional careers in the industry.

Bachelor of Arts in Drama and Theatre with Honours

UW-6-212-002
About Course

The Drama and Theater Programme is among other programs that are offered at the Department of Performing Arts and Production Technology, Faculty of Applied and Creative Arts. The vision of this program is to strive towards a teaching, learning and research center for Drama and Theatre studies in Borneo that focuses on local performing arts. The local performing arts culture is introduced through teaching and learning of its various under graduate courses, research, publication and community engagement.

The focus of this program is experimental theatre that embeds strong roots of local culture and technology. The Drama and Theatre program emphasizes theoretical and practical performing arts knowledge integrated with technology to produce sensitive, critical, creative and confident graduates in the performing arts, specifically in theatre, whom are able to offer idea and produce creative work. This holistic learning approach enables understanding, exploration, analysis of form and structure, management, creative process and production of drama and theatre. Among courses that are offered in this program are stage design, acting, directing, design for directors, scenography, theatre management, stage management, theatre production, Malaysian modern theatre, introduction to Mise en Scene, and dramatic theory and criticism. These courses are designed to empower students with strong professional values, and critical and analytical mind in the field of drama and theatre.

The marketability of Drama and Theatre Program graduates are substantial and are not confined to Borneo, specifically Sarawak. The graduate of this program can join the professional work force as a scenographer, artistic director, actor, director, prop master, technical designer, audio designer, stage manager, event coodinator, lighting designer, production manager, event manager, cultural marketing officer, producer, academic officer at schools and higher learning institution, and cultural and arts officer.

Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts with Honours

UW-6-211-001
About Course
The Fine Arts programme emphasizes on the integration of 5 main disciplines namely painting, photography, electronic arts, print making and 3-Dimesional sculptures. The integration provides choices to students in generating creativity and innovation through the Fine Arts domain. The course curriculum was designed to be multi-disciplinary and contemporary. The educational approach of the program emphasized on the theoretical and practical aspect in providing well balanced knowledge through learning and research process. The theoretical aspect covers studies on media research, history, appreciation, interpretation, and aesthetic, and art criticism. The practical aspect focuses on the exploration of new media and technology, mastery of medium and application of relevant techniques in the studios and fieldwork. Both theory and practical aspects come with management elements that will produce a generation of students who will fulfill the demand of industry and market that is highly competitive and progressive.

Bachelor of Arts in Design Technology with Honours

UW-6-214-001
About Course
Design Technology programme offers a unique approach in teaching through practical work and research. The courses offered in this program are designed to educate students to explore and discover new idea and concept through a process of making things, creating new methods and building new theories of design. At the end of the course, students are able to design products and services that are interactive, collaborative and cross-disciplinary, integrated in all areas of specialization. The duration of Design Technology programme is 3 years. Students are required to complete a minimum of 120 credit hours in order to graduate. The uniqueness of this programme; besides learning their specialization courses, they also study other specialize courses. Hence, this programme is expected to produce students that are skilled in various disciplines.Students are introduced to the three areas of specialization:
  • Graphic Design
  • Industrial Design
  • Fashion & textile
Students must PASSED the Elements and Principles of Design (GKR1064) course AND interview at the end of semester one in order to enroll to the selected specialization. Students are required to bring their portfolio and other related materials during the interview.Learning modules offered in Design Technology programme is dynamic. For example, the Graphic Design’s module emphasizes knowledge in advertising, multimedia, corporate identity, packaging design and publication design. Industrial Design students will be exposed to: furniture design, product design, transportation design and service design. Textile and Fashion Design’s module exposes the students to pattern design in textile, fashion design and the theories of science and technology in the textile field. The academic curriculum for Design Technology programme is based on integration of arts, science, technology and management in order to fulfill the current industrial market and global creative needs.

Bachelor of Arts in Cinematography with Honours

UW-6-213-001
About Course
The Cinematography Programme is tailored to provide a comprehensive knowledge on filmmaking through theoretical and practical practises through a series of carefully designed courses. Students will learn the fundamental and principal of a visual storytelling from script- to- screen process with emphasis is on the hands-on practical through the studios practises and on location/field productions. Student will also learn and 6 apply the concept and process of a film production workflow from the pre-production – production – postproduction. Students will acquire a broad range of filmmaking skills and techniques, including scriptwriting, directing, cinematography, editing, and producing. Throughout their undergraduate years, the student will produce a variety of video, television and documentary projects.

Bachelor of Arts in Arts Management with Honours

UW-6-210-001
About Course
The Art Management programme offers a combination of core management subjects specially designed to encompass a wide range of topics in the arts including art policy, financial management, management and the arts, arts event management, marketing and organizational management. The programme also offers various theoretical and practical subjects to broaden understanding in the arts industry in Malaysia. Upon graduation, students will be able to understand, assess and contribute toward the development, evaluation and implementation of art policy both in Malaysia and abroad apart from shaping the views and appreciation towards art and culture.

Bachelor in Animation with Honours

UW-6-213-002
About Course
This program is designed to achieve diversified methods in student’s animation and broader scope of digital media production. Students are exposed to the development of character design, experimental animation, 3D production animation and 2D production. Students are taught areas of content preparation, which is integrated with movies, scripting, storytelling and post-production. The learning environment in the animation program uses the latest available technology. Students are guided to develop on local cultural into potential animation projects. Students are also exposed to knowledge sharing with employers from the industry, which indirectly build students interests to become digital entrepreneurs. Among the potential of graduates are: 3D animator, 2D animator, Storyboard artists, illustrators, previsualization artists, 3D Modeler, vfx artist, and game designers as well as digital content entrepreneurs.

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The Faculty of Applied and Creative Arts (FACA) is a dynamic and artistic innovative driven faculty formed in 1994 as part of UNIMAS’s mission and visionFACA is one of the leading Arts Institute in Borneo, with over 1000 active students. The faculty offers programmes with unique and innovative pedagogy that emphasise on creativity, theory, performance, and research to facilitate students achieve success in their academic and professional pursuits. Students also get the chances to explore and engage learning experiences via community engagement projects, entrepreneurship activities, ethical practices, and embark project from multi-dimensional disciplines that not only provide the learning of art theories, but also a channel to exercise students’ latent creativity and expression of innovative ideas. 

Surrounding View

FACA has an open space for outdoor activities, meet-ups and students' activities.

Art Gallery

Art exhibition is usually conducted in the gallery where students can showcase their arts and creativity.

Experimental Theatre

Each classroom is equipped with teaching and learning tools for a more condusive study experience.

Music Studio

The studio provides the space for students to learn and practice music.

Animation Studio

A space equipped with adequate learning facilities for condusive learning experience.
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Universiti Malaysia Sarawak,
94300, Kota Samarahan,
Sarawak, Malaysia
Email : corporate@unimas.my
Tel : +60 82 58 1000