艺术ists have an eye for beauty, a vision for creativity and a knack for originality and use these skills and others to create commercial or fine art pieces in various mediums. 艺术 students at Valdosta State University build their portfolios while developing the knowledge and skills necessary to pursue careers in art-related fields or to continue their studies at the graduate level. 

While images are omnipresent and influential in contemporary culture, they are rarely subjected to analysis. Course offerings in 艺术历史 teach students to analyze visual imagery – just like words and numbers – rather than simply consume the images that are all around us.​ In addition to instructing students in visual literacy, topics courses provide students with invaluable research, 论证, 写作, and prestation skills while also engaging meaningfully with important topics such as gender, 比赛, and other social issues.​ Engaging deeply and meaningfully with the images of other times and 的地方 allows students to appreciate both similarities and differences between times, 的地方, 和人民. 此外, because postmodern visual culture so often appropriates styles and images from the past, students can learn to appreciate how the original context of an image informs and enriches its reuse.

言语交际, a discipline with roots predating ancient Greece, has been one of the fastest-growing fields of study in the United States for nearly two decades. Effective communication is crucial to the success of organizations and businesses today and is central to several fields including public relations and politics. The speech communication program at Valdosta State University provides a balance of theory and practice, and students learn about communication in a variety of contexts.

跳舞rs use movement to tell stories, express themselves, provide entertainment and inspire others. There are numerous styles of dance, including ballet, tap, jazz and modern dance. The Valdosta State University dance program, one of only a handful of colleges in the state to offer a major in the field, fosters excellence in these areas of dance and prepares students to succeed as professional artists. 

Mass media refers to all forms of communication that reach large audiences. Students who study mass media at Valdosta State University are exposed to a variety of disciplines within the field of mass media, including broadcast journalism, 数字新闻, 和视频, audio and documentary production. Students with degrees in mass media are in high demand and enjoy successful careers in news, 广播, 电视, 体育广播, corporate production and more.

音乐 is the art of combining vocal or instrumental sound to evoke emotion, 创造形式美, 或者创造和谐, 旋律或节奏. Humans have been making music since the beginning of time, and music is present in some form in every culture and society around the world. The music department at Valdosta State University prepares students to have lifelong careers as musicians, music educators or professionals who work in the field of music.

Practitioners of theatre arts, whether they perform on stage or work behind the scenes, 让故事生动起来, 娱乐和启发. The theatre arts major at Valdosta State University is an all-encompassing program that emb比赛s various aspects of theatre, including theatre performance, theatre production and musical theatre. The program is designed to develop the skills, craft and imagination of students, in addition to providing them with a strong background in the history of theatre.