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BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS DEGREE PROGRAM

 The BFA degree program is offered to outstanding students who are preparing for art studies, careers and professional activity beyond the undergraduate level.  Up to seventy (70) semester hours are focused in studio and art history course work, while a minimum of fifty-eight (58) semester hours are reserved for University Studies Program requirements.

APPLICATION

Formal application is made to the department for acceptance into the BFA degree program.  Favorable faculty review of the application materials and a cumulative 3.00 GPA in course work in the major and university studies are required before a student is declared a candidate for the BFA degree.

Undergraduate majors proceed with meeting USP requirements for the BA in art and balance with foundation, art history and studio core requirements in the major until formally accepted as a BFA candidate.  Application does not automatically guarantee acceptance into the BFA program.

Majors in the process of completing the fourth semester of their Foundations and Studio Core course work (16-19 hours) submit applications materials by February 1st.  Associate degree transfer students may either submit their application materials by November 1st of their first semester in the department or by February 1st of their last semester in residence at their community college. 

ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE

The BFA degree is considered the honors program of study in the Department of Art and is the preferred program for students preparing for graduate school and professional careers in the visual arts.  Academic achievement in both major and USP course work is important.  Once accepted into the program, BFA candidates maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0 each semester.  BFA candidates are placed on program probation when the semester GPA falls below 3.0.  When the GPA does not return to a 3.0 the following semester, candidates are advised to pursue the BA rather than the BFA to complete their undergraduate degree program.  BFA candidates must earn at least a B (3.0) in all courses required and counted toward the major.  Course work below a B (3.0) must be repeated to meet major requirements.

 CONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE

Upon reviewing applications, the faculty may make recommendations or require additional upper division course work in studio and/or art history for the BFA degree.  This course work may exceed the seventy (70) semester hours permitted for the major.  In this case, the BFA candidate must also complete the fifty-eight (58) hours of USP course work for the 128 semester hours in the BFA degree program.

 ACADEMIC ADVISORS

BFA candidates work closely with their academic advisors to plan a program of upper division course work to meet their artistic and professional goals and objectives and to define an area of concentration and development. 

WITH THE BFA APPLICATION INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

1.                  PORTFOLIO:

·          10-20 mounted slides of art work; in a plastic slide sheet

Label all slides with your name, title, medium, size and date.

Place a red dot in the lower left corner for proper viewing. 

            CRITERIA FOR SELECTING SLIDES:  Quality is the most important criteria.

·          select your best work from each of your Foundation & Studio Core courses

·          select work which demonstrates the level of your conceptual and aesthetic understanding and development

·          select work done independently or created for course work

·          select work done at UW and/or from other post secondary schools, if an option

Give yourself enough time to properly photograph your work.  Make sure that the slides clearly show the work.  Color shifts, unfocused images and overemphasis on the background detract from your efforts to represent your work in slide format.  Guides to photographing art work are available in art office.

2.                  STATEMENT(typed one page):  Discuss your interest in pursuing an art degree and  also state your professional goals.

3.                  ACADEMIC RECORD:  List of Foundation Core & Studio Core courses completed & dates.  List of courses for current semester.  Overall GPA and GPA for previous semester.  Use Hole in the Wall to access this information.

4.         REFERENCES:  Three letters of references submitted with application if references are not  department faculty members.  List of faculty if member of Art Department. 

DEADLINES ARE OCTOBER 1ST AND FEBRUARY 1ST

For further information and application contact:

 Department of Art

University of Wyoming

Dept. 3138

1000 E. University Avenue

Laramie,  WY  82071

(307) 766-3269

fax (307) 766-5468

E-mail faoffice@uwyo.edu