Admission Screening

Graphic Design is a screened concentration.

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Center for the Arts

Interested students declare the Design Studies BS/BA concentration in their first semester and apply to the Graphic Design BFA program at the end of the term in which the screening prerequisites will be completed (usually in the student’s second term). Transfer students usually qualify to screen at the end of their first semester at Towson.

Each student's overall score is determined by the combined average of their overall TU GPA and screening portfolio score. Portfolios are reviewed in a blind review process conducted by a committee utilizing a university-approved rubric

Graphic Design Screening Procedures

  1. An overall GPA of 2.67 or the equivalent from another institution.
  2. The following courses or equivalent transferred courses must be completed by the end of term in which the student applies to the Graphic Design option:
    • ART 101, 103, 104, 211, 212, and ARTH 221 or 222*
    • ART 219 or 220

    *Complete second ARTH in third semester.
  3. Submit a digital portfolio labeled with your assigned screening number during the submission period that includes: 
    •  Two pieces each from ART 103, ART 104, ART 211, and ART 212
    •  Three pieces each from ART 219/220**

    Total number of projects: 11 (a series counts as one project).
    May submit additional work, but do noit exceed 15 total projects overall.

    **ART 220 only: submit two class projects and one creative exercise.
  4. Specific screening information and deadlines are posted each semester.
  5. Students will be notified of the results via their Towson email.
  6. Students not accepted may reapply one more time.