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The School of Art and Design (SOAD) believes your education should be as individual as you are. We place high value on creativity, critical thinking, project development, community engagement and collaboration, as well as mastery of technique and craftsmanship. Our faculty bring to the studio and classroom a commitment to the process of innovation and skill building as well as a wide range of experience as makers, collaborators, and researchers.

Degrees offered in the School of Art and Design are listed below, along with application requirements.

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School of Art and Design

Admission Requirements and Processes:
*Students interested in Interior Design must via the Acceptd platform.

For all other degrees, apply via WCU鈥檚 standard undergraduate admissions:
Undergraduate Application

*Please note that official acceptance into the Graphic Design program will depend on a competitive portfolio review in the Spring of the first year in the program.

~BFA Studio Art will require a portfolio submission around 59 credit hours. The portfolio will be submitted via an internal process. Students will be notified before the due date which is the 4^th Friday of each Fall and Spring semester.

Please visit the degree pages to find the 8-semester plans and degree checklists for specific program requirements. /learn/departments-schools-colleges/FPA/artdesign/index.aspx

Acceptance into Interior Design is competitive, so early applications via Acceptd are encouraged. Once application packages have been submitted through Acceptd, students will receive notification within 2 weeks with results of their acceptance, non-admission or if they have been waitlisted into their program of choice. Once admitted, students have 30 days to respond, in Acceptd, confirming that you will be enrolling in the program. Those not replying within the allotted 30 days will automatically be placed on the program waitlist. If you are waitlisted and a slot becomes available, you will be notified immediately.

Please visit our website at for additional information on individual program details and offerings.  Should you have any questions or require any additional information, please contact Beth Moore at bethmoore@wcu.edu or 828.227.7210.

MFA (Master of Fine Art) has a separate application process through the Graduate School.

Our programs in studio art and design focus on working with students to carve out their place in the larger cultural landscape where imagining the unknown and the unknowable is sustained and primary. We place high value on creativity, critical thinking, project development, community engagement and collaboration, as well as mastery of technique and craftsmanship.

In our program you will discover a faculty of art and design practitioners with a diverse range of creative capabilities working alongside our students. They bring to the studio and classroom a commitment to the process of innovation and skill building as well as their range of experience as makers, collaborators, and researchers.

Our well-equipped facilities, robust national visiting artist program, university research outlets, and partnerships with regional and national cultural institutions all contribute in supporting the individual and collective growth of our students. This prepares them to be competent globally-minded individuals who are capable of engaging and collaborating with professionals in a wide variety of fields and cultural contexts, to assume the challenges of our times.
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*Please be aware that all declared majors in the School of Art and Design are assessed a Fine Arts major fee of $125.00 each semester to defray the costs of equipment and supplies and for maintenance of lab and studio spaces.

*Students must declare an art major in order to enroll in upper division courses (those at 300 level or higher).