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Portfolio Review Guidelines

Upon completion of 60 semester hours* in the university and 27 semester hours in art, majors who intend to apply for admission to the B.F.A. degree option must register for ART 299 Portfolio Review. Students whose intent is to continue as B.A. candidates are not required to register for ART 299 Portfolio Review. In the event of unsuccessful application to the B.F.A., a student may reapply only once and after the completion of 75 semester hours of university study. A student whose second application is not successful may continue on to complete the B.A. degree.

Portfolio Review Requirements

Students must have an overall GPA of 3.0 in art and a 2.5 overall university GPA.
Students admitted to the B.F.A. degree program must re-declare their major as B.F.A. with the Office of the Registrar.
To graduate with the B.F.A. from the department, students maintain a minimum overall GPA of 2.5 and must have a minimum GPA of 3.00 in their major.
Senior B.F.A. students who have applied for graduation are required to register for ART 497 Senior Exhibition which requires an exhibition of their work and a formal faculty critique of their work.
Students are not permitted to enroll in ART 299 PortfolioReview and ART 497 Senior Exhibition in the same semester

*60 semester hours must include the core courses (ARTD 210, ART 111, ART 123, and ART 124), one art history survey (ART 101, 102, 103 or 104) and two studio art courses.