Admissions

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**Applications are no longer being accepted for Fall 2023-Spring 2024 academic year.

Next academic year's (Fall 2024-Spring 2025) deadlines and guidelines will be posted in September.**

 

All studio Art and Graphic Design courses are open to Art (BA or BFA) or Graphic Design (BFA) majors only. The department requires an entrance portfolio and accepts new students into the Art and Graphic Design majors for Fall semesters only (i.e. students cannot declare an Art or Graphic Design major in Spring semesters).

 

To become an Art or Graphic Design major, prospective Freshmen and Transfer students must:

 

1. Be accepted to UNC Charlotte

2. Submit an Entrance Portfolio (digital portfolio of work using Entrance Portfolio Guidelines for intended major below) by posted yearly deadlines. You will be sent a link to submit your portfolio in SlideRoom once you have been admitted to UNC Charlotte.

3. Be accepted into the Art or Graphic Design major pending a review of the Entrance Portfolio submission 

 

Current UNC Charlotte students who wish to change their major to Art or Graphic Design must:

1. Submit an Entrance Portfolio (digital portfolio of work using Entrance Portfolio Guidelines for intended major below) via SlideRoom by posted yearly deadlines. Please request the SlideRoom submission link by filling out this google form. (Please note, links will be emailed starting in September and continuing through the Entrance Portfolio submission deadlines posted below.)

2. Have a cumulative GPA of 2.0 if currently enrolled at UNC Charlotte 

3. Be accepted into the Art or Graphic Design major pending a review of the Entrance Portfolio submission.

4. Please also read:  FAQs regarding the Change of Major process for Current UNC Charlotte Students.

 

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Entrance Portfolio deadlines for the academic year 2023-2024:

• Priority Review—February 15, 2023—NOON

• Space Available Review—April 5, 2023—NOON 

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Art Major Entrance Portfolio Guidelines 

Art Major Entrance Portfolio Example 

Graphic Design Entrance Portfolio Guidelines 

Graphic Design Entrance Portfolio Slide Examples

 

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BFA in Art with an Art Education Concentration

Students pursuing the BFA in Art with a concentration in Art Education must begin in the BA in Art program—students cannot initially apply to the BFA in Art with an Art Education Concentration. For instructions on applying to the BA in Art, please see above.  Students should contact Art Education Advisor, Tesh Ramey (Tesh.Ramey@uncc.edu), for complete admissions requirements for the Art Education concentration.

BA in Art History

New Freshmen and Transfer students should indicate his/her interest in the Art History major on the application to the university. After acceptance to the university, students will be considered Art History majors and will need to register and attend a New Student Orientation date for advising and registration.

Current UNC Charlotte Students must have a cumulative GPA of 2.0 to be accepted into the Art History major. Interested students should make an appointment with the Academic Advisor, Megan Garner, and upon confirmation of student’s cumulative GPA, a change of major form will be completed.

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Further questions regarding the admissions processes may be directed to: aahadmissions@uncc.edu