School of Arts & Letters

 Donald R. Hinton, Dean               Lory Mattucci, Admin Assistant

Welcome to the School of Arts & Letters.

Arts & Letters classes are divided into the following divisions and departments that present you with committed teachers, engaging ideas, and personal fulfillment:
 

• Fine Arts Division
  • Fine Arts Department
    • Art Program
    • Dance Program
    • Theatre Program
  • Music Department  
• Humanities Division
  • Communication Department
  • English Department
  • Humanities & Social Science Department
•  Education Division
  • Developmental Studies Department
  • Educationn Department
    • Elementary Education Program
    • Secondary Education Program  
  • Family & Consumer Science Department 
    • Physical Education / Health & Recreation Program
  • Integrated Studies Department 

As a School, Arts & Letters provides four Bachelor's degrees:  Communication, Education, English, Integrated Studies.  Additionally interested students can complete their certification to teach in Secondary Education in combination with English and Biology.  Also Arts & Letters provides interested students with a choice of Associates of Arts, Science, or Applied Science in Early Childhood. 

While all Arts & Letters' classes may not be strictly designed to prepare you for a particular career, they will give you skills and knowledge that you'll need in a career setting. You'll learn to read, communicate, and (most importantly) to think, and employers value all of these skills highly.

In addition to these career and life skills, Arts & Letters' courses will enrich, improve, and stimulate your mind. Sure, you'll fill prerequisites and prepare yourself for further education; however, you'll also discover the satisfaction of learning for its own sake: Perhaps you'll come to understand and appreciate the family and the value of nutrition as well as the need for and how to communicate effectively.  Perhaps you'll detect an undeveloped talent for painting, dancing, acting, athletic competition, or singing. Perhaps you'll be seduced by the beauty of poetry, the profundity of philosophy, or the insights of history. The departments listed above offer you the potential to realize your personal and career goals and along the way, they'll  help you achieve other objectives as well.

Dixie's course offerings are excellent!  Rest assured that the quality of your education at Dixie State College will be as good  as at more expensive colleges or universities. With smaller class sizes,  the faculty in these courses will know your name and will be able to provide you with more personalized attention than at the larger schools.  We look forward to seeing you in class!