The Department of Fine Arts offers programs leading to baccalaureate degrees and minors in music and visual art that are discipline-centered and performance based.  Students gain advanced theoretical, performance, and production competencies for careers in fine arts and graduate study.  In addition, students may seek alternative curricular offerings through the Division of Education that lead to comprehensive (K-12) teacher certification in music and art.

The major in Art consists of 43 credits including courses in art foundations, art history and studio production.  A minor in Visual Art requires a minimum of 21 credits, which include ART 131, ART 132, ART 331, and ART 332.

Faculty
Roy Belfield, Assistant Professor, B.A., M.ME.,M.M. D.M.A, Morehouse College; Florida State University;
University of Missouri-Kansas City

William E. Colvin, Chairperson and Professor, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Alabama State University; Indiana University;
Illinois State University

Charles A. Cooper, Jr., Instructor of Music and Assistant Band Director, M.Ed., B.S., Alabama State University

R.L. Guffin, Professor, B.A., M.F.A.
Mercer University; University of Georgia

Thomas Lyle, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Tennessee State University;
University of Michigan

 Deena Moore, Voice Coach, B.A., M.M., University of Tennessee

Laura E. Parsons, Assistant Professor, B.M., M.M., D.M.A., Mars Hill College; University of North Carolina at Greensboro;
further study, Brevard Music Center

Phillip Todd Westgate, Associate Professor, B.M., M.A., Ph.D., Kansas State University; Southern Illinois University, Carbondale; University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana

E. Keyser Wilson, Associate Professor, B.F.A., M.F.A., Birmingham-Southern College; University of Alabama