BYU College of Fine Arts and Communications
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| Type | Private coeducational |
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| Established | 1925 |
| Affiliation | The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
| Dean | Stephen M. Jones |
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Academic staff
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141 |
| Undergraduates | 3,900 |
| Postgraduates | 130 |
| Location | Provo, Utah, USA |
| Campus | Suburban, 560 acres (2.3 km2) |
| Website | http://cfac.byu.edu |
Coordinates: 40°15′2″N 111°39′8″W / 40.25056°N 111.65222°W
The BYU College of Fine Arts and Communications (CFAC) is one of nine colleges at Brigham Young University, a private university operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and located in Provo, Utah. Founded in 1925, the college has grown from a small college of the arts with minimal faculty and only 100 students to the second largest college on campus.
With more than 3,800 students and 141 full-time faculty, the expansive college has spread across the university’s campus and occupies six buildings (Franklin S. Harris Fine Arts Center, George H. Brimhall Building, Jesse Knight Building, Stephen L. Richards Building, B66, and the BYU Museum of Art).
With four departments (Dance, Theatre and Media Arts, Art, Design ) and two schools (Communications, Music), the CFAC offers 14 undergraduate degrees (with 38 emphases) and eight graduate degrees.
Since 1971, BYU performing arts groups have performed more than 14,000 shows in all 50 states and more than 100 countries of the world. World-wide audiences totaling more than 12 million people, have also included radio and TV broadcasts reaching billions.
Owned and operated by The LDS Church, BYU’s CFAC has close ties to The Church’s religious history and its members’ passion for the arts. As Mormon Pioneers crossed the plains in the efforts to reach the Great Salt Lake Valley, many pioneer men and women renewed themselves through music and dancing. Following their arrival in the valley, Church leaders established several different communities and the arts were central to the settlements they erected and were equally important to the pioneers’ individual lives.
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