FALL 2004 | Issue No. 1 

In This Issue:

» Front Page
» Welcome
» Admissions: The Real Story
» Transfers Win High Honors
» Transfer Treasure Hunt
» Alternatives to UW Seattle
» Choose Your Backup Major
» Competitive Major Deadlines
» Department Profile
» Tour the UW

Transfer Thursdays

Thinking about transferring to the UW? If you are, Transfer Thursday is your gateway to transfer information. At a Transfer Thursday session, you can speak to an admissions counselor who will tell you all about applying to the UW. You can also meet with an undergraduate academic advisor who will help you prepare for your intended UW major. Bring your questions and your unofficial transcript(s). It’s one-stop shopping for the prospective transfer student.

Where:
University of Washington
171 Mary Gates Hall

When:
Every Thursday
1:00 to 4:00.

Admissions sessions
begins at 2:30!

For more information:
(206) 543-2550 or click here

For Advisors:
Don’t forget the 2004 UW/CC Advising Conference!

If you are a community college academic advisor and you want learn more about what’s happening at the UW, think about attending the UW/CC Advising conference. If you are planning to attend, don’t forget to register here. Registering lets us know how many folks are actually coming out for the day!

Thanks,
Dave Sayrs
James Meadows
Co-coordinators:
UW/CC Advising Conference 2004

Credits

James Meadows
Editor

Jamie Yaptinchay
Technical Designer

Contributors to this Issue:
Peg Cheng
Beret Kischner
James Meadows
Bethann Pflugeisen
Clay Schwenn
Stephanie Swanson
Jamie Yaptinchay

The Transfer eNewsletter is a project of the UW Undergraduate Advising Gateway Center.

Undergraduate Gateway Center
171 Mary Gates Hall
Weekdays 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.

The School of Art Reintroduces Design Majors

Transfers Welcome in Three-Year Design Program

By Judi Clark, Director of Academic Advising and Student Services, UW School of Art

Three primary divisions--Art, Art History, and Design--make up the foundation of the School of Art at the UW. The Division of Art gives students the skills necessary to produce art in a studio environment and think critically about issues from an historic and cultural point of view. The Division of Art History promotes the investigation of cultures under visual, philosophic, and historic contexts through research and analysis. The Division of Design operates under the principles of visual communication and human centered needs, through graphic design and industrial design.

The UW School of Art’s Division of Design is in the process of redeveloping it’s programs. Students interested in applying to Visual Communication Design and/or Industrial Design—two programs in the Division of Design—should be aware that a new curriculum and application process will be in place autumn 2005. These changes not only enlarge the scope of design taught at the UW Seattle, but also allow us to double the number of students we can admit to these very popular, but competitive design programs. The following describes how to prepare to transfer to the UW and apply to the Design Programs and what to expect once you have been accepted into the program.

• Prepare at your present college by taking any art history class along with basic art classes that introduce you to concepts in 2-D, 3-D and/or drawing practice. It is also a good idea to complete a year of foreign language and take writing classes.
• Apply to the UW Seattle to transfer in autumn quarter. (The Design Division only accepts students in autumn.)
• Once admitted to the UW, you are eligible to participate in the Design Application Process that will be held each year in mid June (3 months before you would begin autumn quarter). This is a day-long meeting with the design faculty and constitutes your application to the Design division. The details of the review have not been finalized, but the day will probably include the completion of short visual and written assignments, personal interviews, and a review of college transcripts. Following the review, applicants will be notified by mail. (Details of this review will be accessible in May 2005 via the Art Department’s main web site: http://art.washington.edu.
• The first year of study in this new design program includes 30 credits of course work designed to introduce students to visual communication design, industrial design, and interaction design. Students will address issues of practice and theory in each concentration.
• In the second year of study, students will study visual communication design, industrial design, and design study in a more focused fashion.
• In the third year of coursework, students will work independently, in teams, and with faculty to develop their own professional voice in design. The year culminates with individual student presentations to the Seattle design community and an exhibition of work in the Jacob Lawrence Gallery.
• Students should expect to spend three years completing coursework in the design program. Students who transfer to the UW with 90 credits from a community college should expect to devote a total of five years to their undergraduate education. For this reason, prospective transfer students are encouraged to apply to the art major after earning 45 credits at the community college.

Your questions and concerns are important to us. Please contact the Academic Advising and Student Services Office in the School of Art at uaskart@u.washington.edu or call 206-543-0646. We are here to help you!

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