Some programs require supplemental materials such as portfolios and auditions, or specific preparatory courses for admittance. Prospective applicants should review program requirements outlined.
All portfolio submissions should be sent to the following address:
Roger Williams University
Office of Undergraduate Admission
One Old Ferry Road
Bristol, RI, 02809
Portolios should all be original work from the applicant and have the following information attached:
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Name in Full (First and Last)
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Home Address
Candidates for the Architecture Program:
Architecture applicants must have completed a minimum of one year of geometry and two years of algebra in high school. Transfer students are encouraged to have successfully completed college-level calculus. Proficiency in trigonometry and physics is necessary for students to take required college-level courses in calculus and structural systems. Students who lack this proficiency are eligible to apply but must complete the necessary course work before taking calculus and structural systems. Courses taken at RWU in preparation for calculus and structural systems may not count toward degree requirements.
A portfolio of two- and three-dimensional work, showing evidence of creative ability, must be submitted by all applicants for admission. The portfolio (8-12 pieces of art work) should consist of a simple 8-1/2” x 11” folder containing the following: reproductions of original design projects, and reproductions of two- or three-dimensional work recently executed. This work may be reduced photo statically or may be photographed. Smaller pieces should be affixed to an 8-1/2” x 11” sheet. The portfolio becomes a permanent part of the candidate’s application and is not returned. Applicants are admitted on the basis of academic excellence and potential in areas relevant to the profession of architecture as demonstrated by the required materials submitted for admission. Portfolios may also be submitted on electronic media, preferably CD.
Candidates for Performing Arts Programs:
Candidates applying to these programs should demonstrate achievement and career potential in areas of dance or theatre. Dance Performance Studies applicants are required to audition for acceptance into the program. Applicants accepted into the Theatre program should be prepared to audition during the freshman year.
Candidates for the Secondary Education Program:
Effective for the fall 2011, the Rhode Island Department of Education requires a minimum SAT score of 1150 (minimum 530 critical reading and 530 math) or a minimum ACT math score of 20 and ACT reading score of 24. Students who do not meet these thresholds may be considered for admission as an undeclared education student until he/she attains the necessary scores.
Applicants must select one of the following additional majors within the Feinstein College of Arts and Sciences: Biology, Chemistry, English, Foreign Languages, History, and double major in Dance Performance Studies and Secondary Education.
Candidates for the Elementary Education Program:
Effective for the fall 2011, the Rhode Island Department of Education requires a minimum SAT score of 1150 (minimum 530 critical reading and 530 math) or a minimum ACT math score of 20 and ACT reading score of 24. Students who do not meet these thresholds may be considered for admission as an undeclared education student until he/she attains the necessary scores.
Candidates for the Graphic Design Communications Program:
Students are required to have an in-person portfolio review, a portfolio on CD or mailed slides or samples. Portfolio submissions must be 18-20 pieces. The portfolio submissions should include computer-generated graphic design work; logos, posters, publications, websites, etc. In certain situations other media may be considered.
Candidates for the Creative Writing Program:
Applicants must provide the following:
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Short Story and/or (3) poems
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A 600-900 word statement that discusses how one book has influenced you as a writer.
Candidate for the Visual Arts Program:
A portfolio of two and/or three-dimensional work demonstrating evidence of an applicant’s creative potential is required for all applicants for admission to the B.A. in Visual Art Studies program.
The intent of the portfolio requirement is to allow the school to begin to estimate your emerging potential at this earliest stage of your Arts education. Consistent with the mission of our program, Roger Williams University is interested in and celebrates the variety of expression that applicants demonstrate. Applicants come from a variety of backgrounds, and we appreciate this variety as a basis for beginning the study of Visual Art at the college level.
Submission of a portfolio of 10 to 20 recent artworks in photographic form with the admission application. Applicants may submit color prints, or digital reproductions on CDs. Powerpoint documents. All work should be labeled with the applicant’s name, the size of the original, and the medium. Admissions portfolios will not be returned.
