Thank you for your interest in the College for Fine Arts! Our Departments of Art and Art History, Design, Merchandising and Textiles, Theatre, School for Classical & Contemporary Dance, and the School of Music are ready to provide you with an outstanding education. You can expect small classes with experienced professors beginning in your first semester at TCU. Our faculty are dedicated teachers who combine strong academic training with years of professional experience in their disciplines. They pride themselves on their ability to convey to their students the knowledge necessary for successful lives and careers in the 21st century.
The College of Fine Arts enrolls over 900 students. Majors are in sixteen fields, and students choose from among twenty-nine concentrations. Students come from throughout Texas and over 30 states and 15 foreign countries. They represent a diversity of cultures, ethnicities, and socio-economic backgrounds that creates a stimulating and vibrant environment. Resources available to students include numerous computer labs, specialized libraries, galleries, studios, theaters, and performance and recital halls. Importantly, our programs enjoy close working relationships with the Kimbell Art Museum, the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra, the Texas Ballet Theater, and the other visual and performing arts institutions in Fort Worth. Internships, practical and diverse off-campus experiences enable students to receive the most current knowledge in their fields from a variety of arts, design, and merchandising professionals.
Our arts programs also offer a wide range of international learning experiences. This is increasingly vital to understanding life in our global community. Our college has programs in London, Budapest, Paris, and Trier, Germany to name a few. More than fifty Arts majors took advantage of these opportunities just last year. But, international study is not limited to those who can travel. In the College of Fine Arts, there are a wide range of international faculty who share their cultures in the classroom, including faculty from Korea, Columbia, Russia, China and Hungary. We also have international visiting faculty, guest artists, and performers who interact with students throughout the year enriching their learning experiences.
I hope you will consider learning more about the outstanding education awaiting you in the College of Fine Arts. We think by choosing TCU, you will discover why, more and more, our 72,000 alumni tell us their experiences here made a difference in their lives.
