Artistic Review

At regular intervals, the work of each student is reviewed by the department to determine if the artistic achievement and commitment to the professional program warrants retention in the program.  Students in visual arts receive a departmental review in the spring of their sophomore and junior years.  The sophomore review enables the faculty to review and recommend each qualified student for intermediate work in a B.F.A. concentration.  The junior review, conducted by faculty in the student's studio concentration, sponsors and initiates the third-year student's plan for senior B.F.A. thesis course work.  Theater students are reviewed at midterm and the end of the term.

Artistic Probation or Dismissal

Students placed on artistic probation are notified in writing by the dean's office and must satisfy departmental requirements to remain in the program.  Students whose dismissal has been recommended by the departmental Scholastic Standing Committee for artistic reasons (deficiency in artistic production and/or quality of the work) may request transfer to other programs of the Mason Gross School of the Arts or any other college at Rutgers whose admission requirements they meet.  No guarantee of admission to another division or program can be given to students who have received an artistic dismissal, but the dean's office will assist students in completing the necessary transfer forms.  Artistic dismissal is not subject to appeal.