Portfolio and Audition Submission Requirements

Submit your portfolio/audition materials

Here’s how to submit your portfolio or audition.

After submitting your application, you'll receive an email with instructions on how to access your page. You will upload your materials in the "Portfolio" section of ��Ĵ�ý Connect.

Throughout the application and enrolment process, ��Ĵ�ý Connect will always be the most up-to-date location for information about your next steps, so please bookmark or save the link: .

What should I submit?

Submit work that adheres to the requirements for your intended major. You can find detailed requirements listed by major below.

When should I submit?

You must submit your application to the college prior to uploading portfolio/audition materials.

The priority submission deadline for all degree programs is Sunday, November 1, 2026 at 11:59 p.m Central Time U.S. Final deadlines will vary by program, but it is to your advantage to meet the earlier application deadline to receive priority admission and scholarship review.

A note for students applying via the Common App

��Ĵ�ý will begin receiving data from the Common Application in late August. Once we have your Common Application data, you should receive an email with instructions for activiating your ��Ĵ�ý Connect account. You will not be able to upload your portfolio/audition materials until AFTER you activate your ��Ĵ�ý Connect account.

Still undecided about your intended major?

You may choose to submit your work under any of the major-specific requirements listed below; please note you can only select one.

Policy on AI-Generated Materials

At ��Ĵ�ý, we want your application materials to reflect your unique style and voice. They help us understand your creative journey, ambitions, perspective, and potential to thrive in our community.

We recognize that experimentation with generative AI and other emerging technologies is a valuable creative practice and an important part of the contemporary creative industries. AI-augmented work may be submitted if its use is transparent and properly credited. Applicants should indicate where AI was used, how it contributed to the work, and why it was incorporated into their creative process.

Artwork, audition materials, portfolios, and writing samples created entirely by generative AI should not be submitted for admission or scholarship review. We define fully AI-generated work as content produced entirely by a computer program from prompts or similar inputs, without drawing on the applicant's own knowledge or creative skill.

Submission Requirements by Program

Acting for Stage and Screen (BA)

1. Submit a full resume of your theatrical, educational, and community activity history.

2. Submit a video audition of two monologues. The monologues should contrast each other. Each monologue should be between 60 and 90 seconds, and the total video run time should be no more than three minutes. Video must be recorded in a well-lit environment with high-quality sound.
Acting for Stage and Screen (BFA)
Prescreening materials
- Submit a full resume of your theatrical/screen experience including name of show, role played, and venue.
- Submit a full-color headshot.
- Submit a statement of purpose with no more than 500 words. This statement should include your reasons for pursuing a BFA in Acting.
- Please prepare, record, and upload two contrasting monologues. The total time for both monologues should be three minutes (roughly 90 seconds each).
- OPTIONAL: Wild Card Video—This media can be ANYTHING you want: a special skill, an interesting story about yourself, a passionate speech, an instrument that you play, etc. “What do you want us to know about you?” This submission should be no longer than 90 seconds.
The final deadline for the Acting for Stage and Screen (BFA) is Tuesday, December 1. Applications for this program will not be accepted after that date.

What happens next?

Your pre-screen materials will be reviewed by our faculty and selected applicants will be invited to participate in a virtual or on-campus audition and interview.

Audition/Interview Expectations
- You will participate in a short conversation with faculty. Be prepared to talk about who you are, why you want to study acting, what you like about ��Ĵ�ý and the program, and how you want to grow as an actor.
- Be prepared to perform and work with faculty on ONE of the two monologues you submitted with your portfolio.
Animation and Computer Graphics (BA)

Animation and Computer Graphics, BA

Submit one work you have created (short animated clip or film), and a document in which you reflect briefly on the work you are submitting in approximately 500 words. Describe your creative process, ideas and insights about your own work, and current skills, interests, and influences. Any media not created solely by you must be credited.

Recommended work examples:

• ANIMATION: a short animated clip, or CG rendered modeling example (five minutes or less).

• VFX: A completed VFX Sequence or VFX Sequences illustrating both before and after the application of the work.

Any links you are providing (such as YouTube or Vimeo), must be public or unlisted. They cannot be private, or we will not be able to view it. Save the URL as your portfolio entry submission.
Arts and Entertainment Management (BA)
These requirements pertain to the Design Management, Film and Television Business, Live and Events Management, and Visual Arts within the Arts and Entertainment Management, BA.

Submit an essay of approximately 500 words describing why you would like to study business, entrepreneurship, and management practices in the arts, entertainment, and media fields. 

Please be sure to address the following: 
- Which major/area of concentration in the School of Business and Entrepreneurship appeals to you and why? 
- How will an education in the School of Business and Entrepreneurship help you to achieve your career goals? 
- How is digital technology (including social media) impacting the arts and entertainment industries? Please be sure to focus on your major or concentration. 
- Optional: Submit any additional work samples, such as business plans and/or examples of experiences, entrepreneurship, and management in the arts and entertainment fields. You may also feel free to submit a resume that illustrates your experiences. 
Audio Arts (BA)
The following guidelines pertain to all concentrations within the Audio Arts BA. Applicants should submit BOTH an essay AND the creative examples. 

 1. ESSAY: Choose one of the following three prompts and write an essay response, no longer than two pages. Don’t tell us about audio, tell us about yourself:
-  What makes you uniquely suited for our program?
- How does your audio work help others?
- Describe an example of someone else’s bad audio that you have experienced. Explain how you could do the job better.
 2. CREATIVE EXAMPLES: Provide 2-3 examples of your creative work with sound. Experimentation and pushing boundaries is as valuable as technical competence, artistry, and craftsmanship. Submissions may include recordings, videos, or other documentation.

 Note: Each audio or video submission should be accompanied by a short (half-page) response to the following: What was your contribution to this project? Why do you think this piece best represents your work?
Comedy Writing and Performance (BA)

1. Submit a full resume of theatrical, educational and community activity history.

2. Submit a video audition of a 60- to 90-second comedic performance of original or existing material and/or up to five pages of comedy writing.
Comedy Writing and Performance (BFA)
Resume: This can be a theatrical resume or it can be a one-page document that discusses your experience and interest in any aspect of comedy writing or performance or both.

Full color headshot or a current full color photograph of your face

A sample of your comedic work, (pick one):

1) A 2-minute video of you performing a comedic monologue written by someone else

2) A 2-minute video of you performing original comedy created by you (could be stand-up, a character monologue, or a personal comedic story). Note: if you are submitting a video of you improvising or performing with someone else, make sure to identify yourself.

3) 400-600 words of your original comedic writing (may be in the form of a sketch, an essay, or a story)

Note: Videos should start with you (as yourself) saying your name, and identifying the piece you are performing (along with the author if it is not you)

A two-to-three-minute Wild Card video:

This video can be anything that you want to share with us. It does not have to be funny. What makes you unique? What do you want to show us that the other materials don’t convey? Feel free to experiment and be creative.

A 300- 500 word double-spaced answer to one of the following questions :

If hell existed, what would be your own very specific version of hell? What would you have to do? Who would you have to spend time with? How else would you be tortured?

An undercover spy is going to have to impersonate you in every aspect of your life. What instructions do you give them?

As you put together your materials for us, keep in mind that we value voice, creativity, and effort over polish and production value.

The final deadline for the Comedy Writing and Performance (BFA) is Tuesday, December 1. Applications for this program will not be accepted after that date.
Creative Professional Studies (BA)
The Creative Professional Studies BA requires students to select two pathways from among six options.

Please complete the portfolio requirements that correspond to ONE of your desired pathways as indicated below. Please note you can only select one and you should follow them exactly as written.

Cinema and Television Studies: Please follow the portfolio requirements for the Film and Television (BA)

Creative Industries Management: Please follow the portfolio requirements for the Arts and Entertainment Management (BA)

Fashion Studies: Please follow the portfolio requirements for the Fashion Design (BA)

Communication: Please follow the portfolio requirements for the Communication (BA)

Music Business: Please follow the portfolio requirements for the Music Business (BA)

Social Media and Digital Strategy: Please follow the requirements for the Marketing (BA)
Creative Writing (BA)
1. Submit between 5-10 pages of creative writing (in 12-point font, double-spaced for fiction and nonfiction, and single-spaced for poetry) or an audio or video recording of a reading or performance of your creative work (up to 5 minutes in length). Audio files should be saved in MP3 format, and video files in MP4. Alternatively, your audio or visual work can be linked to a YouTube or Vimeo channel.

2. Write a 200-300 word explanation of your work in terms of your inspirations and writerly decisions. This brief explanation of your work should be double-spaced and composed in a 12-point font.
Dance (BA)
Submit the following two items for scholarship consideration:
1. 1. A 1–2-minute video of one solo dance piece, choreographed or improvised, in any dance style.  We are interested in seeing what you feel best represents you as a dance artist. Please frame the video so that it shows your entire body.
1. A one-page essay (200-500 words) that addresses your interest in the Dance program at ��Ĵ�ý. Specifically discuss your areas of interest (such as performance, teaching, choreography, or dance history/dance studies) and the ways you feel prepared to take on the challenges of the program.
A note about course placement: ��Ĵ�ý’s Dance curriculum includes leveled-courses in Ballet, Modern, Hip-Hop, and West-African styles of dance. Should you choose to attend ��Ĵ�ý, we will need to determine the appropriate level for your first-semester courses in these styles. If you are comfortable being placed in foundational-level courses in each of these styles, there is nothing additional to do. If you would like to be considered for more advanced level-placement, please continue reading for an additional video to submit.

Course Placement Video

Submit a 2–3-minute video demonstrating your technical skill in Ballet, Hip-Hop, Modern, and West African. Please frame the video so that it shows your entire body. Only include videos for the forms you wish to have your technique level evaluated.  Don’t worry if you do not have experience in all of the forms: 

BALLET: include an adagio, a pirouette and a petit allegro

HIP-HOP: Include a set combination and/or a freestyle. Any of the following skills are encouraged: waving, gliding/floats, isolations, tutting, dime-stopping/robot, animation, freezes, popping/hitting, footwork, and/or power-moves.

MODERN: include 1 center combination that demonstrates your ability to use your spine, such as in a contraction/release and 1 across the floor combination that demonstrates use of space, as well as moving in and out of the floor. 

WEST-AFRICAN: Include a combination or freestyle that showcases an understanding of grounded movement, flexibility of the spine, and rhythm based in West African traditions.
Entrepreneurship and Innovation (BA)
Submit an essay of approximately 500 words describing why you would like to study entrepreneurship and innovation.

Please be sure to address the following: 
- Describe what you think it means to be an innovator and entrepreneur.
- Describe your traits, knowledge, and skills related to being an innovator and entrepreneur, and what knowledge and skills in this area do you hope to improve by studying in this program?
- How will an education in this program help you to achieve your career goals? 
- What idea(s) do you have for an entrepreneurial venture, and why are you interested in this idea(s)?
- Optional: Submit additional work samples, such as business plans or examples of experiences in entrepreneurship or innovation. You may also submit a resume that illustrates your expertise. 
Fashion Design (BFA)
Portfolio Requirements
- Submit a portfolio of 10-15 pieces (captions and commentary with images are encouraged).
- Submit an essay (300 words minimum, 500 words maximum) answering the following question: How do you approach problem-solving through a critical design practice?
The final deadline for the Fashion Design (BFA) is Tuesday, December 1. Applications for this program will not be accepted after that date.

Interviews

All BFA applicants will be required to participate in a virtual interview.

Virtual Interview Process 

Virtual interview events will take place via Zoom. A link to the event will be emailed shortly before the event begins. Visit zoom.us to set up an account prior to the event. 

Interview Expectations 
- Conduct a 15-minute conversation with faculty: Be prepared to talk about your portfolio, who you are, why you want to study fashion design, what you like about ��Ĵ�ý and the program, and how you want to grow as a designer. 
Fashion Studies (BA)
The following requirements pertain to the Merchandising and Product Development concentrations within the Fashion Studies BA program.

Submit a digital portfolio in PDF format of no more than 10 annotated images that demonstrate how you like to engage with fashion as an industry or a creative practice. In the notations, please explain what you hope we will understand about your interests or practice from considering each image.

You are welcome to include a variety of media and subjects in the imagery, and are invited to showcase your process of engagement—that is, how you engage in research and investigation, ideation, development, and getting the word out about your work—in addition to the final product of engagement. The images could include drawings, styling, visual merchandising, product curation, fashion writing, color study work, materials investigation, 2D and 3D design development, construction, illustrations, sketches, paintings, digital media (including website development, photography, or fashion shows), and garments.

In reviewing your portfolio, we value originality, creativity, critical thinking, articulacy about your industry or creative practice engagement, and the demonstration of a clear design aesthetic or consumer target.
Film and Television (BA)
1. REQUIRED: Write a brief essay (approximately 250-350 words) discussing your creative process and the work you’ve submitted, whether in film, writing, visual arts, or other areas of creative endeavor. We are most interested in your ideas and gaining insights about your work and aspirations. In your essay, you may address the following topics:
- Why was it important for you to make this work?
- What kinds of stories do you wish to tell in your future projects?
- Tell us about your creative process in making the work you are submitting.
- How does your work represent issues of culture or identity that are important to you?
2. Submit one portfolio piece (either a short film or video, five minutes maximum; a short script that can be excerpts of larger works, ten pages maximum; or six to ten photographs/drawings) that provides additional perspective on your essay, either by supplementing or illustrating your reflection.
Film and Television (BFA)
Part I - The Essay

The BFA in Film and Television is a program of study with an emphasis on one particular concentration; Directing or Cinematography. This focused study, culminating in capstone work, allows for limited exploration in other areas of Film and Television, and demands a commitment to your chosen concentration. The BFA is differentiated from the BA in Film and Television which allows for a more general program of study across disciplines.

Write a brief essay (approximately 250 words) discussing your creative and professional goals and why you wish to pursue a BFA in Film and Television. Please speak to your commitment to the specific concentration you are interested in, Directing or Cinematography, include insights on your creative process, and discuss the role collaboration has played or will play in your work.

Part II – The Creative Submission (Select One)

Option 1: The Portfolio

Please submit one sample of your completed work that best demonstrates your creative efforts in your selected BFA Concentration, either Directing or Cinematography.

Option 2: The Portfolio Visualization Project

Construct a visual narrative in 8-12 frames. You can draw pictures, shoot them with a still camera, or use existing shots. If you use existing frames, from a video or from the internet, you must not simply duplicate a scene from an existing film, but must tell an original story using material from more than one source. What is important is that the pictures you use introduce and clearly define a main character and tell a clear, cohesive, original story with a beginning, middle and end. Do not use text, titles, shot descriptions or captions. This is strictly visual storytelling. Do not use more than two frames per page.

Part III – The Creative Submission Self-Assessment

Please assess your work on the portfolio sample or visualization project you submitted (250 words). What was your objective in creating this piece?  What was the Theme you explored? How successfully did you achieve your objective and articulate your Theme?  What did you learn from this process and what would you do differently?  What areas of Directing or Cinematography do you feel most confident in and what areas do you feel you most need to focus on in your studies.

The priority deadline for the Film and Television (BFA) is Tuesday, December 1. Applications for this program will be accepted after that date, but it is to your advantage to meet the earlier deadline for priority admission and scholarship review.
Fine Arts (BFA)
Part I - The Artist Statement

Submit a 250-word artist statement that describes your creative work, influences, and what you hope to explore or communicate through your art.

Part II – The Creative Submission (Select One)

Option 1: Traditional Portfolio Submission

Submit 15–20 samples of your best work in a variety of media and subjects that may include drawings, prints, digital, web, and motion graphics. Work samples should represent classroom assignments as well as independent projects. Whenever possible, work samples should demonstrate drawing from life or imagination, rather than from photographs.

Please be sure to include dimensions of your work and a one- to three-sentence description for each image.

Option 2: Alternate Portfolio Piece

If you are applying without a traditional portfolio, you may choose to complete this creative prompt instead. This is an opportunity to show us how you think, how you make, and how you communicate ideas through visual art.

Interruption
Create one original work of art in response to the idea of “interruption.”
You may interpret this concept in any way that is meaningful to you — as a visual, emotional, physical, or conceptual interruption. Consider how interruptions might appear in time, space, thought, routines, systems, conversations, images, or even in your own creative process.

There is no wrong way to approach this prompt. You can use any medium you like, including (but not limited to):
- Drawing or painting
- Photography
- Illustration (digital or traditional)
- Collage, mixed media, or sculpture
- A short video or animation
- Any other format that feels right for your idea
What to Submit:
- 1 completed artwork
- A short, written explanation (250–500 words)
  In your writing, tell us about your idea, how you interpreted the theme, the materials you used, and the choices you made during the process. We’re not looking for a polished essay — we just want to understand your thinking and creative approach.
What We’re Looking For:
- Your ability to think creatively and conceptually
- Your willingness to experiment or take risks
- Your skill in working with your chosen materials
- Your voice as a visual thinker and maker
Game and Interactive Media (BA)
For the Game Design and UX/UI Concentrations

Identify a design problem(s) with an existing game, website, app, or other interactive experience. This should not be an issue with “bad” art or music. It should be related to interactivity—that is, what the user does and how the experience functions and responds to users.

Create a two-to-five-minute video in which you describe the design issue and then propose a solution. Ideally, in proposing the solution, you can refer to and describe this solution working in other existing examples. Explain why your solution makes sense for fixing this problem. The best videos will include footage or images demonstrating the problem and the solution.

The video can be in portrait (vertical) or landscape (horizontal) format. Pick what works best for demonstrating the problem and solution you want to discuss. You can use your phone camera and/or use screen recordings to create your video. Feel free to use text and/or text to speech. It is not required to appear in the video yourself, but you can. Sophisticated video editing is not required, but feel free to demonstrate video editing skills if you have them. If you want to stand out, let your personality show through in the video and include your own narration and commentary.

Upload your video to YouTube (it can be public or unlisted, but it cannot be private or we will not be able to view it!) and share the URL as your portfolio entry submission.

For the Game Programming and Software Development Concentrations

Submit a document in which you reflect briefly on the work you are submitting (approximately 500 words), and three code excerpts from applications and/or games you have created.

Document: Include three code excerpts with screenshots of the application/game running. Code should be documented in comments to describe functionality and any additional information you wish us to consider.

Work: We are interested in seeing excerpts of your own original code. For example, an original function or class that you created. The entire application code is not needed. Any programming language is accepted. Include screenshots of the application running with excerpts of your code that you feel best reflect your programming ability. Media in your applications/games not created solely by you must be credited. Submit original code (even if it is simple); don't include excerpts of generated or open-source code.

Recommendations: Add any additional information you would like to share (such as pseudocode, flowcharts, short video of the application running, etc.).
Graphic Design (BA)
Submit 10-15 images of representative creative work that showcase your interest and skills in design through typography, applied drawing, information design, branding identity, web graphics, packaging, advertising design, and publication design. Work submitted may include drawings, digital, web, motion graphics, and experimental design. Your work samples may represent classroom assignments as well as independent projects. Please provide a brief description of the (communication) goal of each work and include materials and dimensions.
Graphic Design (BFA)
1. Submit an artist/designer statement.
2. Submit 15–20 work samples that showcase your interest and skills in design through typography, applied drawing, information design, branding identity, web graphics, packaging, advertising design, and publication design. Work submitted may include drawings, digital, web, motion graphics, and experimental design. Your work samples may represent classroom assignments as well as independent projects. Please include a brief description of materials and dimensions of your work.
Illustration (BFA)
Part I - The Artist Statement
- Submit a 250-word artist statement that describes your creative work, influences, and what you hope to explore or communicate through your art.
Part II – The Creative Submission (Select One)

Option 1: Traditional Portfolio Submission

Submit 15–20 work samples that incorporate a variety of media and subjects. Samples may include drawings, prints, paintings, photographs and lens-based media, digital media, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry, furniture, and 3D objects.

Whenever possible, drawing and painting work samples should demonstrate observation from life or imagination, rather than just from photographs. Special emphasis should be given to work that reflects your imagination and a consistent, original vision, or independent project. Please include a brief description of the materials and dimensions of your work.

Option 2: Alternate Portfolio Piece

If you are applying without a traditional portfolio, you may choose to complete this creative prompt instead. This is an opportunity to show us how you think, how you make, and how you communicate ideas through visual art.

Interruption
Create one original work of art in response to the idea of “interruption.”
You may interpret this concept in any way that is meaningful to you — as a visual, emotional, physical, or conceptual interruption. Consider how interruptions might appear in time, space, thought, routines, systems, conversations, images, or even in your own creative process.

There is no wrong way to approach this prompt. You can use any medium you like, including (but not limited to):
- Drawing or painting
- Photography
- Illustration (digital or traditional)
- Collage, mixed media, or sculpture
- A short video or animation
- Any other format that feels right for your idea
What to Submit:
- 1 completed artwork
- A short, written explanation (250–500 words)
  In your writing, tell us about your idea, how you interpreted the theme, the materials you used, and the choices you made during the process. We’re not looking for a polished essay — we just want to understand your thinking and creative approach.
What We’re Looking For:
- Your ability to think creatively and conceptually
- Your willingness to experiment or take risks
- Your skill in working with your chosen materials
- Your voice as a visual thinker and maker
Interior Architecture (BFA)
Portfolio Items
- Submit 10-15 images of your best creative work that evidences your abilities and interest, particularly in interior spaces; please be sure to include dimensions of your work and a short description for each image. You are invited to submit past projects or images that you have collected, showing evidence of thought regarding spaces, human interactions, materials, graphics/signage, furniture, lighting, etc. If you have worked on interior projects in the past, please include images of perspectives, drawings/sketches, and examples of materials.
- Additional portfolio requirement for transfer applicants: If you have taken courses in Interior Design, Architecture, and/or Interior Architecture, include examples of completed projects along with the syllabus for each course.
A minimum 2.75 high school GPA is required for all freshman applicants to the Interior Architecture BFA program.
Journalism and Communication (BA)
1. Write a 200- to 300-word self-assessment on why you are inspired to be a journalist or another kind of media communicator.
2. Submit two to three samples of your work. These can be articles you wrote that were published in print or online, yearbook stories, photos, illustrations, graphics, visual campaigns, or new videos. You might submit the work you’ve done with or on a TV or radio news programs, podcast episodes (videos and podcasts must be under five minutes), or any other format that reflects the passion and interest you have in communication overall. Also include a brief explanation of your work in general, and the pieces you are submitting.
Marketing (BA)
The following requirements pertain to the Advertising and Content Creation, Digital Strategy, Fashion Marketing and Public Relations concentrations with the Marketing BA.

Submit an essay of approximately 500 words describing why you would like to study business, entrepreneurship, sports, and management practices in the arts, entertainment, and media fields. 

Please be sure to address the following: 
- Which major/area of concentration in the School of Business and Entrepreneurship appeals to you and why? 
- How will an education in the School of Business and Entrepreneurship Department help you to achieve your career goals? 
- How is digital media and technology (including social media) impacting the arts, entertainment and media industries? Please be sure to focus on your major or concentration. 
- Optional: We strongly suggest submitting any additional work samples, such as business plans and/or examples of experiences, entrepreneurship, and management in the arts, entertainment and media fields. You may also feel free to submit a resume that illustrates your experiences. 
Music Business (BA)
Submit an essay of approximately 500 words describing why you would like to study business, entrepreneurship, and management practices in the arts, entertainment, and media fields. 

Please be sure to address the following: 
- Which major/area of concentration in the School of Business and Entrepreneurship appeals to you and why? 
- How will an education in the School of Business and Entrepreneurship help you to achieve your career goals? 
- How is digital technology (including social media) impacting the arts and entertainment industries? Please be sure to focus on your major or concentration. 
- Optional: Submit any additional work samples, such as business plans and/or examples of experiences, entrepreneurship, and management in the arts and entertainment fields. You may also feel free to submit a resume that illustrates your experiences. 
Music Composition for Media (BA)
Required
1. Submit two samples of your own original compositions, demonstrating work in varying styles and/or instrumentation. Include copies of scores and/or recordings (both, if possible; however, scores are encouraged). Handwritten scores and MIDI realizations are acceptable.
2. Submit a brief musical resume, listing experience in musical settings. This resume can include private lessons; school, church, and community ensembles; recordings; professional work; and other relevant formal or informal study and performance experiences.
3. Submit a brief statement (500 words maximum) in which you express your motivation for studying music at ��Ĵ�ý.
Optional

Submit videos of two pieces of your choice (at least one of which was composed by someone other than yourself) that best showcase your abilities as a performer, whether this be instrument, voice, or computer. At least one of your selections should reflect the contemporary music focus of the department, which includes a wide range of popular and contemporary music genres. The two pieces should be in contrasting styles or tempos and should best represent your vocal, instrumental, and/or computer music proficiency.
Music Production (BA)
Required

Submit a brief statement (500 words maximum) in which you express your motivation for studying music at ��Ĵ�ý.

Choose one

Singer-songwriters: Submit recordings or video performances of two original productions, songs, or compositions.

Artist-producers: Submit two creative samples in varying styles and techniques, produced using any available tools, including analog equipment, digital audio workstations (DAWs), and/or other sound producing/processing software.

Optional

Submit videos of two pieces of your choice (at least one of which was composed by someone other than yourself) that best showcase your abilities as a performer, whether this be instrument, voice, or computer. At least one of your selections should reflect the contemporary music focus of the department, which includes a wide range of popular and contemporary music genres. The two pieces should be in contrasting styles or tempos and should best represent your vocal, instrumental, and/or computer music proficiency.
Music Technology (BS)
The following guidelines pertain to all concentrations within the Music Technology. Applicants should submit BOTH an essay AND the creative examples:

 1. Write an essay, no longer than two pages, on “Why or how did you get interested and/or involved in audio/music technology.” Don’t tell us about audio, tell us about yourself.
1. Submit 2-3 samples of creative work, illustrating the range or diversity of your interests and activities. Experimentation and pushing boundaries is as valuable as technical competence, artistry, and craftsmanship. Examples of work eligible for consideration:
- A recording, video, or other documentation of audio production/post-production work. Also include a short (half-page) response to the following: What was your contribution to this project, and why do you think this piece best represents your work?
- Documentation of live sound reinforcement or installation projects you’ve participated in, identifying and describing key challenges you faced.
- An example of interactive art and/or media. Online media and/or interactive online work may be shown via the web. Upload a screenshot, specify the URL and title, and add a brief description of the work and its relationship to interactive art and/or media.
- An original short video or film related to interactive media (up to 10 minutes in length).
- Two original music samples in varying styles and techniques, produced using any available software tools.
Musical Theatre (BA)
Overall Note

Each piece can be filmed/uploaded as a separate piece of media or a continuous video. Please do not exceed five (5) minutes total.
Slate
There should not be a separate “slate” video—slates are to appear at the beginning of each piece. To slate for a song, share your name, the title, and show in which it appears. To slate for a monologue, share your name, the title of the play, and the playwright.

Songs & Monologues Options
1 song and monologue OR 2 songs (total of: 2 contrasting songs from the musical theater canon OR 1 song and 1 monologue)

Songs
When submitting two (2) songs: these should be contrasting pieces from the musical theatre canon.
- One song should be a ballad and one song should be up-tempo.
- One song should be written prior to 1970; the other should be written after 1970 and contrast the style of the first.
- Each song file should be 60-90 seconds. This time limit includes the slate at the beginning of the piece.
- Songs should be filmed in a ¾ shot, which means the top of the head to your knees should be visible in the frame.
Monologue
When submitting one song and one monologue: Prepare one age-appropriate contemporary monologue from a play or musical (no television shows, movies, or dialects) no longer than 60 seconds.
- This time limit includes the slate at the beginning of the piece.
- Monologues should be filmed in a “close-up” shot, which means the top of the head to the middle of your chest should be visible in the frame.
Dance

Please record and submit two (2) short dance combinations. Choose between:

1. BOTH of the combinations linked below.

-or-

2. One of the combinations linked below and an additional combination showcasing & celebrating your special style, technique: Hip-Hop, Tap, Acrobatics, West African, African-Caribbean, Bollywood, Latin, Ballroom are some examples. No barre work. Please stick to vocabulary and steps you are familiar with and can execute well. We just want to see where you are in your dance training—show us YOU through your dance.

Total running time for the dance portion of your video should be 2 minutes maximum.
Statement Video
Thirty (30) second personal artistic statement video. It may address areas of interest (such as performance, teaching, choreography, and/or actor/musicianship) or what makes you unique as an artist that would flourish at ��Ĵ�ý. ANYTHING you want: a special skill, a passionate speech, “What do you want us to know about you?” and “What makes you unique?”

Musical Theatre Portfolio Items
- A full resume of theatrical history including name of show, role played, and venue.
- A full-color headshot.
Musical Theatre (BFA)
Overall Note
Each piece can be filmed/uploaded as a separate piece of media or a continuous video. Please do not exceed five (5) minutes total.

Slate
There should not be a separate “slate” video—slates are to appear at the beginning of each piece. To slate for a song, share your name, the title, and show in which it appears. To slate for a monologue, share your name, the title of the play, and the playwright.

Songs & Monologues Options
1 song and monologue OR 2 songs (total of: 2 contrasting songs from the musical theater canon OR 1 song and 1 monologue)

Songs
When submitting two (2) songs: these should be contrasting pieces from the musical theatre canon.
- One song should be a ballad and one song should be up-tempo.
- One song should be written prior to 1970; the other should be written after 1970 and contrast the style of the first.
- Each song file should be 60-90 seconds. This time limit includes the slate at the beginning of the piece.
- Songs should be filmed in a ¾ shot, which means the top of the head to your knees should be visible in the frame.
Monologue
When submitting one song and one monologue: Prepare one age-appropriate contemporary monologue from a play or musical (no television shows, movies, or dialects) no longer than 60 seconds.
- This time limit includes the slate at the beginning of the piece.
- Monologues should be filmed in a “close-up” shot, which means the top of the head to the middle of your chest should be visible in the frame.
Dance
Please record and submit two (2) short dance combinations. Choose between:
1. BOTH of the combinations linked below.
-or-
1. One of the combinations linked below and anadditionalcombination showcasing & celebrating your special style, technique: Hip-Hop, Tap, Acrobatics, West African, African-Caribbean, Latin, Ballroom are some examples. No barre work. Please stick to vocabulary and steps you are familiar with and can execute well. We just want to see where you are in your dance training—show us YOU through your dance.
Total running time for the dance portion of your video should be 2 minutes maximum.
Statement Video
Thirty (30) second personal artistic statement video. It may address areas of interest (such as performance, teaching, choreography, and/or actor/musicianship) or what makes you unique as an artist that would flourish at ��Ĵ�ý. ANYTHING you want: a special skill, a passionate speech, “What do you want us to know about you?” and “What makes you unique?”

Musical Theatre Portfolio Items
- A full resume of theatrical history including name of show, role played, and venue.
- A full-color headshot.
The final deadline for the Musical Theatre (BFA) is Tuesday, December 1. Applications for this program will not be accepted after that date.

What happens next?

Your pre-screen materials will be reviewed by our faculty and selected applicants will be invited to participate in a virtual or on-campus audition and interview.

These will be group auditions, which will include brief acting, music, and dance sections, plus a group discussion. Be prepared to move in clothes you feel comfortable in. The vocal portion of the event will be a group vocal exercise. Please have your sheet music handy in case you are asked to sing.
Performance and Songwriting (BMus)
Portfolio Items
- Submit a brief musical resume, listing experience in musical settings. This resume can include private lessons; school, church, and community ensembles; recordings; professional work; and other relevant formal or informal study and performance experiences.
- Submit a Music Personal Statement that expresses your goals and your reasons for pursuing professional studies in Music.
- For instrumentalists and singers: Perform two pieces of your choice (written by composers other than yourself) that best showcase your abilities in your primary performance area(s). Both selections should reflect the contemporary music focus of the program, specifically styles ranging from R&B, Pop, Rock, Jazz, Gospel, Blues, Latin, Hip-Hop, American Roots, and Country, and the two pieces should be in contrasting styles and tempos.
- For singer-songwriters or writers who create music using software: Present two examples of original songs, productions, or instrumental compositions. Video performances are preferable to studio recordings and may simply be performed live with basic accompaniment. Submissions should reflect applicants’ original ideas and abilities. Generative AI should not be used, and AI use of any kind should be documented in the submission.
The final deadline for the Performance and Songwriting (BMus) is Tuesday, December 1. Applications for this program will not be accepted after that date.

What happens next?

Your pre-screen materials will be reviewed by our faculty and selected applicants will be invited to participate in a virtual or on-campus audition and interview.

Audition Expectations
- During the interview there will be a brief conversation about your resume, and you will be asked to perform repertoire and exercises in your discipline (vocal or instrumental) and demonstrate your technical and musical preparation for BMus level studies.
- The interviewing faculty will ask you to perform prepared work (this may be either the same work or different work than you submitted for your portfolio), and assess your level in sight-reading (sheet music and lead sheets) and improvisation. Due to the time limitation of the interview slot, the interviewing faculty may only be able to hear parts of work submitted or prepared. Please bear in mind that an important aspect of the interview process is to ensure that you are recommended to music courses that are best matched with your level.
Photography (BFA)
Part I - The Artist Statement
- Submit a 250-word artist statement that describes your creative work, influences, and what you hope to explore or communicate through your art.
Part II – The Creative Submission (Select One)

Option 1: Traditional Portfolio Submission

Submit 15–20 work samples that incorporate a variety of media and subjects. Samples may include drawings, prints, paintings, photographs and lens-based media, digital media, sculpture, ceramics, jewelry, furniture, and 3D objects.

Whenever possible, drawing and painting work samples should demonstrate observation from life or imagination, rather than just from photographs. Special emphasis should be given to work that reflects your imagination and a consistent, original vision, or independent project. Please include a brief description of the materials and dimensions of your work.

Option 2: Alternate Portfolio Piece

If you are applying without a traditional portfolio, you may choose to complete this creative prompt instead. This is an opportunity to show us how you think, how you make, and how you communicate ideas through visual art.

Interruption
Create one original work of art in response to the idea of “interruption.”
You may interpret this concept in any way that is meaningful to you — as a visual, emotional, physical, or conceptual interruption. Consider how interruptions might appear in time, space, thought, routines, systems, conversations, images, or even in your own creative process.

There is no wrong way to approach this prompt. You can use any medium you like, including (but not limited to):
- Drawing or painting
- Photography
- Illustration (digital or traditional)
- Collage, mixed media, or sculpture
- A short video or animation
- Any other format that feels right for your idea
What to Submit:
- 1 completed artwork
- A short, written explanation (250–500 words)
  In your writing, tell us about your idea, how you interpreted the theme, the materials you used, and the choices you made during the process. We’re not looking for a polished essay — we just want to understand your thinking and creative approach.
What We’re Looking For:
- Your ability to think creatively and conceptually
- Your willingness to experiment or take risks
- Your skill in working with your chosen materials
- Your voice as a visual thinker and maker
Sound Design for Media and Stage (BA)

Applicants should submit BOTH an essay AND the creative examples.

 1. Write an essay, no longer than two pages, on “What aspects of sound design interest you and why?” Don’t tell us about audio, tell us about yourself.

 2. Provide 2-3 examples of your creative work with sound. Experimentation and pushing boundaries is as valuable as technical competence, artistry, and craftsmanship. Submissions may include recordings, videos, or other documentation.

 Note: Each audio or video submission should be accompanied by a short (half-page) response to the following: What was your contribution to this project? Why do you think this piece best represents your work?
Theatre Arts Production and Practice (BA)
The following requirements pertain to the Theatre Stage Management, Theatre Design & Technology, Theatre Directing, and Theatre Arts concentrations within the Theatre Arts: Production and Practice, BA:
1. Submit a full resume of theatrical, educational and community activity history including name of show, your position on the show, and venue.
2. Submit any of the following examples (4-6 projects) with a written description of the process for each project, including your role in it:
- PDFs of promptbooks or annotated scripts for plays you've directed, stage managed, or assistant directed.
- Any original script(s) you've written or co-written, especially if produced.
- Portfolio containing: Images, videos, or other media that demonstrate process, realized designs, and/or construction. 
- Video clips (60 seconds max each) of theatrical productions for which you were the playwright, director, stage manager, assistant director, or designer.
1. Submit a short introductory statement of goals you wish to achieve as a Theatre Arts: Production and Practice major.
Visual Arts (BA)
Interruption
Create one original work of art in response to the idea of “interruption.”
You may interpret this concept in any way that is meaningful to you — as a visual, emotional, physical, or conceptual interruption. Consider how interruptions might appear in time, space, thought, routines, systems, conversations, images, or even in your own creative process.

There is no wrong way to approach this prompt. You can use any medium you like, including (but not limited to):
- Drawing or painting
- Photography
- Illustration (digital or traditional)
- Collage, mixed media, or sculpture
- A short video or animation
- Any other format that feels right for your idea
What to Submit:
- 1 completed artwork
- A short, written explanation (250–500 words)
  In your writing, tell us about your idea, how you interpreted the theme, the materials you used, and the choices you made during the process. We’re not looking for a polished essay — we just want to understand your thinking and creative approach.
What We’re Looking For:
- Your ability to think creatively and conceptually
- Your willingness to experiment or take risks
- Your skill in working with your chosen materials
- Your voice as a visual thinker and maker
Alternate Portfolio Option:

If you are applying without a traditional portfolio, you may choose to complete this creative promptinstead. This is an opportunity to show us how you think, how you make, and how you communicate ideas through visual art.
Undecided
You may choose to submit your work using any of the major-specific requirements listed on this page. Please note you can only select one and you should follow them exactly as written.