Admission and Application Procedures and Deadlines

Undergraduate Students
Acceptance by the university is the only criteria necessary to enter the School of Art and Design. The intention to major in art should be indicated on the application to insure proper advisor assignment. Application to the University is through the Office of Undergraduate Admissions.

Application Deadlines
Deadlines for fall semester enrollment are March 15 for those applying for freshman status and April 15 for transfer students. However, you are strongly encouraged to apply by January 1. In order to be considered for the Academic Scholarship Program, you must request a scholarship application from the admissions office and submit it no later than February 1.

Graduate Students
Admission to the graduate art program requires admission to the University through the Graduate School and acceptance by the School of Art and Design on the basis of professional competency.

In addition to the bachelor's degree required for admission to the Graduate School at ECU, applicants for the Master's degree program in the School of Art and Design must have the equivalent of a Bachelor of Art degree from an accredited institution.

All University and School of Art and Design admission requirements must be satisfied by October 15 or February 15.
Admission to the Graduate School

School of Art and Design MFA Submission Process

To apply to the MFA program you will need to assemble one application package and send it to the ECU Graduate School. That application package must include your application form, your transcripts, 3 letters of reference, a statement of purpose, scores from the GRE or the MAT and a portfolio of 20 slides or a CD with 20 images of your work. The Graduate School will assess the transcript and the GRE or MAT score and make a recommendation to us. Your complete application package will be forwarded to the faculty in the area to which you are applying. They will evaluate the whole package and make the final recommendation to the Graduate School. To begin the process, follow the directions at the link below:

http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/gradschool/applicationinfo.cfm

School of Art and Design MAEd. Submission Process

To apply to our MAED program, you will need to assemble one application package and send it to the ECU Graduate School to matriculate into East Carolina University as a graduate student. That application package includes your application form, your transcripts, letters of reference, statement about why you want to be a graduate student in art education, scores from the GRE or the MAT, proof that you hold a teaching license in art education, and your portfolio of 20 slides (or a CD) of your work. The Graduate School will assess the transcripts and the GRE or MAT score and makes a recommendation to the Art Education Area. Your complete application package will be forwarded to the Art Education faculty. They will evaluate the whole package and make the final recommendation to the Graduate School. To begin the process, follow the directions at the link below;

http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/gradschool/applicationinfo.cfm

You may take up to 9 hours as a non degree seeking student that can be applied toward your degree if you are accepted into the program. You must first apply to the Graduate School for admittance as a non degree seeking student following the process described at the link below;

http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/gradschool/Nondegree-Application.cfm

Once you have done this contact me and ask for directions on how to look up graduate art courses on Banner.

We accept up to 6 hours of transfer credit, which must be approved by the Art Education Area Coordinator and with official transcripts. Unfortunately we do not grant any credit for National Board Certification.

A description of the MAED program can be seen at
http://www.ecu.edu/art/MAED.htm

We are in the process of updating our website. While this webpage has not been edited for some time, the program itself is the same we do have more course offerings.
http://www.ecu.edu/cs-cfac/soad/DE/index.cfm

The purple headlines on this page are links to tuition and fee information
http://www.ecu.edu/financial_serv/cashier/tufee.cfm

Go to The Graduate School Webpage for information about how to matriculate into the university.
http://www.ecu.edu/cs-acad/gradschool/applicationinfo.cfm

This degree can be completed online. For information about tuition and other issues go to the ECU Distance Education Options Page.
http://www.ecu.edu/options/programs/

Community College Transfer Student Information (click on link)