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How to Apply

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• Admission Requirements
• Application Process
• Fees and Tuition
• Earning the Certificate

If you are familiar with the program and application process, you can go directly to the application form.

Qualified applicants will already be skilled in the use of at least one fiber medium with which they have worked for a sufficient amount of time to produce a small body of work. This work will be documented by photocopies submitted as part of the application process.

English Proficiency: Students who are non-native English speakers are expected to have adequate English language proficiency. For details, see English Language Guidelines.

International Students: This program does not qualify as full-time study, and therefore does not meet requirements for an F-1 visa. However, if you are an F-1 student currently enrolled full-time in another program, OR you are in the U.S. on some other type of visa (not F-1), you may be eligible to take a certificate program or course. For complete details, or to contact an adviser, see Visa Information.

Application Process

The 2008-2009 program begins in September 2008. Applications are now being accepted and will be reviewed in the order they are received starting June 2 through August 25, 2008. After August 25, 2008 you are encouraged to call 206-685-8936 or e-mail us to learn if a program is still accepting applications.

To Apply: Please submit one copy of the application form with a $50 certificate program fee* and two stapled application sets, which include the following clearly labeled documents:

1. A typed (250-word maximum letter) explaining your interest and goals in taking this program.
2. Your résumé listing education and applicable experience
3. Photocopies of three works of fiber art, showing your skills in using any fiber medium (quilting, needlework, rug or textile or basket weaving, dyeing and surface design, sewing, knitting/crocheting, etc.)

Application Review: Applications are evaluated by a review committee designated by the advisory board. Applicants receive written notification of their acceptance or non-acceptance within two weeks after their application is received.

Enrollment: Applicants accepted to the program receive enrollment information for the first-term course and are encouraged to make their fall tuition payment early. Enrollment in the program is on a first-come, first-served basis, upon receipt of the first-term tuition payment.

Waitlist: Some programs maintain a waitlist for applicants accepted after the program has reached enrollment capacity. If space becomes available, waitlisted applicants will be notified and given an opportunity to enroll. If space does not become available, waitlisted applicants will be offered a space in the next program offering.

* The certificate program fee is not refundable and does not guarantee admission to, or enrollment in, the program.

Tuition is payable on a term-by-term basis. Tuition for the entire program is $1,866, excluding certificate program and registration fees and textbooks. There is a $50 nonrefundable certificate program fee to apply to this program and a $35 nonrefundable registration fee each term. First-term tuition of $622, plus the nonrefundable registration fee, is due by Sept. 16, 2008. The University's tuition exemption policy does not apply to this program. Fees and tuition are subject to change.

Information on registration and refund policies and procedures is included with registration materials.

Participants are evaluated in each course on the basis of standards established by the instructors and the advisory board. At the end of each course, participants are notified of successful or unsuccessful completion.

When the required courses are completed in this noncredit program, participants earn a certificate, which is presented at the annual UW Extension awards ceremony.