Students applying for the visual arts program must attend a portfolio review day, generally the first Saturday in February. At this time, applicants submit a portfolio with twenty examples of recent artwork and a sketchbook that shows personal feelings and viewpoints from observation and memory. The portfolio should show artwork in a wide range of media appropriate to being a visual artist. Out- of-state applicants may mail their portfolios. Video work should be submitted on VHS. Animation may be submitted on VHS or CD-ROM in QuickTime format. Other work created on a personal computer should be submitted as hardcopy printouts on paper, or CD-ROM with images in JPEG format on PowerPoint presentation (see www.rutgers.edu for B.F.A. portfolio). Acceptance into the B.F.A. program does not guarantee admittance into the graphic design concentration. The graphic design concentration is limited to twenty students who are selected by competitive design portfolio review during their sophomore year of the B.F.A. program. Acceptance into the visual arts B.F.A. program does not guarantee admittance to the graphic design concentration.
