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The College is comprised of 2 schools—Music, and Journalism and Mass Communication, and 3 departments—Art & Design, Communication Studies, and Theatre & Dance.

The College of Fine Arts and Communication offers three undergraduate degrees: the Bachelor of Arts (BA), the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), and the Bachelor of Music (BM). Students may pursue master’s programs in Communication Studies, Journalism and Mass Communication, Music,  and Theatre.  The Art/Design Department now offers the College’s first “terminal” degree – the M.F.A. in Communication Design.

In addition to the college’s formal degree programs, students have the opportunity to pursue a number of co-curricular activities available to all Texas State students. Some of these activities include acting, marching band, a wide variety of music ensembles, debate and forensics, art exhibits, lectures and workshops, production work at the campus radio station KTSW, and the student newspaper The University Star.

College Highlights
o    With more than 4,100 majors  (17% of the entire University’s enrollment) we are the fastest growing College within the University.
o    The Encore Performing Arts Series continues to feature national and international artists that attract audiences from throughout south and central Texas.
o    Students in our College participate and win awards in state, regional, national and international competitions and festivals in all academic areas. 
o    The College is among the top producers of degrees for Hispanic students in the fine and performing arts in the country.
o    During four of the last five years, the Dallas National Society of Visual Communication awarded the Texas State Department of Art and Design the "Best School Award" in the area of Communication Design.
o    The School of Journalism and Mass Communication is one of 106 ACEJMC accredited programs in the country.
o    The Debate program in the Department of Communication Studies is one of only a few programs in the nation to receive invitations to the Oxford and Cambridge Intervarsity tournaments, the World Championships, as well as the national debate and individual events tournaments.
o    Texas State University is the only university in the entire southwest that offers a baccalaureate degree in sound recording technology (SRT) through the School of Music.
o    Under the guidance of Distinguished Alumnus Eugene Lee, an Emmy award-winning writer and director, the Department of Theatre and Dance sponsors an annual Black and Latino Playwrights Conference each September.