Senate Doc #1989S

                                                     Approved   3/2/89



                                  APC Document #11

                       Admission to major requirements in Art





        A)  Effective Date:  Fall 1989





        B)  Add:  page 59, after second full paragraph ending in

            "necessary transfer credit equivalence." and before

            Bachelor of Fine Arts:





            Department Admission Requirements 



            Entry into either the BA or BFA program requires the

            completion of a major declaration form.  This is done through

            the student's advisor.  Initially students will declare the

            BA as the program of study within the department.  When a

            student has accumulated (transferred or UNCA credit) 24 hours

            of Art with a 3.0 in the courses taken, the student may apply

            for admission to the BFA program directly.



            BA or non-declared students who complete 24 hours in Art with

            a 3.0 GPA may apply for a change to the BFA program track.

            This is done according to "The Guide to the BFA Program"

            document.  Copies are available in the Art Office.  Only when

            the requirements for entry to the BFA as described in the

            "Guide" are met, can the student submit a major declaration

            in the BFA program track.



        C)  Delete:  page 60, D) (See "Guide for Exhibition"

            requirements).



        D)  Add:  page 60, D) "which is administered in the Spring and

            Fall semester every year".  



        Rationale, 3.0 GPA, for BFA:



        1.  In constructing the BFA track the National Association of

        Schools of Art (NASA) and the College Art Association (CAA) 1979

        Standards Report was used.  In consideration of the NASA and CAA

        Standards (these are the accrediting agencies for Art programs) we

        followed the recommendation of these accrediting associations and

        required the 3.0 average in art courses taken for entry as well as

        exit.  



        2.  The BFA is equivalent to an Honors Program in Art.  It again is

        appropriate for an Honors Program to expect at least a 3.0.  



        3.  Most graduate schools granting the MFA require a 3.0 for entry

        into their programs.  


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