COFA O-Week

11am

Art Attack

Kensington: Library Lawn

all day

Info Stalls and Arc membership

Kensington: Main Walk

check out Clubs, join in activities, pick up your free Student Diary, and learn about the great Arc events and services available to Members all year

12 - 1pm

Arc @ COFA Welcome Lunch

Kensington: Library Lawn

meet your student organisation

1pm – 2.30pm

COFA Faculty Welcome

Kensington: Sir John Clancy Auditorium, Enter through Gate 9, High St

Welcome by the Dean, find out about academic services and facilities for COFA students, and information about the COFA redevelopment

2.30 – 5pm

COFA Student tours of Kensington campus

Outside faculty welcome

6.30pm – 7.30pm

Vice-Chancellor’s Welcome

to Parents & Students, followed by refreshments

Sir John Clancy Auditorium

9.30am - 10am

Free Pancakes provided by Yellow Shirts

COFA Courtyard

9.30am – 10am

Sign up for campus tours, library tours, computing workshops and peer mentoring

COFA Courtyard

10am - 11.30am

Degree Information Sessions

Find out about your course, meet with students and staff in your degree

Bachelor of Fine Arts (including BFA BA students)

3rd Fl, F Block

BDM

F116

11:30pm - 1pm

Campus Tours

meet outside EG02

Run by COFA Volunteers every 15 mins

11.30 - 3pm

Arc O-Week Fair

COFA Courtyard

Information stalls, music, student sounds, activities, freebies. Find out about local arts and design organisations, and useful University services

12 - 1pm

Free Lunch provided by Arc

COFA Courtyard

1.30 - 3pm

Degree Information Sessions - Bachelor of Design

EG02

Find out about your course, meet with students and staff in your degree. (Students in the combined Bachelor of Design/Bachelor of Art Education should also attend)

1.30 – 2.45pm

Screening of shorts by 2009 BDM graduates

Arc Common Room

3 – 4.30pm

Afternoon tea and COFA Peer Mentoring Welcome for BDes, BFA & BDM students

Arc Common Room

Beginning your first year at University can be challenging. The COFA Peer Mentoring Program can help you with the transition to University life and can provide opportunities for you to link up with both new and current students.

4.30 - 6.30pm

The Threads Between exhibition - drinks with the artists

Kudos Gallery, 6 Napier St. Paddington

5 - 6pm

COFA Postgraduate Coursework Student Welcome

Arc Common Room

Welcome to the Faculty for new Postgraduate Coursework students by the Dean, Professor Howard. Meet the Degree Coordinators and get an overview of student resources and facilities over a glass of wine and nibbles.

9am - 5pm

COFA Computing Workshops

Register outside room F111 on Wednesday and Thursday

These are important for everyone starting at COFA and cover general computing, printing, email, remote access and wireless networking. Workshops run for 45 minutes.

9am - 5pm

COFA Library Tours

Inside Library, A Block

Get to know the layout of the library to effectively navigate this key resource. You can also buy a photocopy card (you will need $4 plus extra for any photocopying). Tours run for 15 minutes and you must book at a spot at COFA O-Day.

10 - 11.30am

Degree Information Sessions - Bachelor of Art Education

Kensington: CLB 1

Find out about your course, meet with students and staff in your degree (students in the combined Bachelor of Design/Bachelor of Art Education should also attend)

11.30 - 1pm

Degree Information Sessions - Bachelor of Art Theory

Kensington: CLB 1

Find out about your course, meet with students and staff in your degree

1 – 2.30pm

COFA Peer Mentoring Welcome for BArtEd and BArtTh students

Kensington: CLB 1

Beginning your first year at University can be challenging. The COFA Peer Mentoring Program can help you with the transition to University life and can provide opportunities for you to link up with both new and current students.

3 - 4pm

Introduction to the COFA & UNSW Library: Learning the rules to get the marks

EG02, Main Lecture Theatre, COFA Campus

4 - 5.30pm

Screening of BDM videos and animations

EG02, Main Lecture Theatre, COFA Campus

5 - 6pm

UNSW Postgraduate Coursework Welcome

Clancy Auditorium, Kensington Campus

9am - 5pm

COFA Computing Workshops

Register outside room F111 on Wednesday and Thursday

These are important for everyone starting at COFA and cover general computing, printing, email, remote access and wireless networking. Workshops run for 45 minutes.

9am - 5pm

COFA Library Tours

Inside Library, A Block

Get to know the layout of the library to effectively navigate this key resource. You can also buy a photocopy card (you will need $4 plus extra for any photocopying). Tours run for 15 minutes and you must book at a spot at COFA O-Day.

12 - 3pm

iCinema tours

lower ground, Scientia Building, UNSW Kensington

iCinema is an Interactive Cinema Research Centre specialising in immersive technologies used for simulations and entertainment. Drop in any time between 12 - 3 today for a tour of our 360 degree 3-dimensional theatre and the iDome hemispherical projection environment.

5.30-6.30pm

COFA Dean's Welcome

3rd Floor F Block

For parents of new students. Meet the Dean, Prof Ian Howard, and Heads of Schools. Get to know COFA and UNSW, have your questions answered and have a drink.