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===Fine arts===
The Division of Fine Arts has the largest faculty of the university's six undergraduate schools.<ref>Of about 350 faculty members listed in the 2007–08 catalog, around a hundred, or roughly 30%, taught in the Division of Fine Arts. ''Bob Jones University Catalog, 2007–08'', 341–47.</ref> Each year, the university presents an [[opera]] in the spring semester and Shakespearean plays in both the fall and spring semesters.<ref>[http://www.bju.edu/events/fine-arts/cod/ Concert, opera, & drama series, BJU website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120217225516/http://www.bju.edu/events/fine-arts/cod/ |date=February 17, 2012 }}. In 2011 the university won second place in the professional division of the National Opera Association 2009–10 video competition for its production of ''[[Samson et Dalila]]''. [http://www.noa.org/competitions/opera-production/2009-2010-winners.html NOA website].</ref>  The Division of Fine Arts includes an RTV department with a campus radio and television station, [[WBJU]]. More than a hundred concerts, recitals, and laboratory theater productions are also presented annually.<ref name="Eternity 2008">"Investing in Lives for Eternity", BJU Advancement brochure (2008), 6, Bob Jones University Archives, Mack Library. Undergraduate university students taking six or more credit hours are required to attend the two or three Concert, Opera & Drama Series programs given each semester. [http://blogs.bju.edu/dsc/concert-opera-drama-series/attendance-expectations/ BJU website].</ref>

Each fall, as a recruiting tool, the university sponsors a "High School Festival" in which students compete in music, art, and speech (including preaching) contests with their peers from around the country.<ref>[http://www.bju.edu/collegian/index.php?issue=80&article=800 High school students to compete in Fall Festival] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330224211/http://www.bju.edu/collegian/index.php?issue=80&article=800 |date=March 30, 2012 }} Article from BJU website by Jeanne Petrizzo describing the festival</ref> In the spring, a similar competition sponsored by the [[American Association of Christian Schools]], and hosted by BJU since 1977, brings thousands of national finalists to the university from around the country. In 2005, 120 of the finalists from previous years returned to BJU as freshmen.<ref>[http://www.bju.edu/collegian/index.php?issue=44&article=384 BJU ''Collegian'' article from BJU website] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330224225/http://www.bju.edu/collegian/index.php?issue=44&article=384 |date=March 30, 2012 }}</ref>