Spring 2025 Open House
Open House is your opportunity to learn more about App State. Meet faculty and current students, tour campus, and learn more about financial aid, scholarships, the admissions process, and what student life at App State is really like. For details and registration, visit appstate.edu/openhouse.
- Boone Open House: April 12, 2025
- Hickory Open House: April 26, 2025
Boone Open House: Academic Exploration
The Academic Exploration portion of Boone Open House provides prospective students with the opportunity to meet faculty from academic colleges and departments and gather first-hand information about our majors and programs.
At the Boone Open House on April 12, the College of Arts and Sciences will be centrally located in the Plemmons Student Union's Blue Ridge Ballroom (Room 201AB) from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Are you looking to chat with a specific department or program? See the list below for their location(s) during Open House. To view the campus map, visit maps.appstate.edu.
| Department | Location(s) | Details |
| Anthropology | Plemmons Student Union | |
| Biology | Plemmons Student Union, Rankin Science South | Tours offered at 11 a.m. and 12 p.m. from Rankin Science South Atrium |
| Chemistry & Fermentation Sciences | Plemmons Student Union, Garwood Hall, Mountain Laurel Hall | Chemistry program tours offered 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. from Garwood Hall 4th Floor. Fermentation Sciences program tours offered 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. from Mountain Laurel Hall. Students and faculty will be present at both locations to answer questions. |
| Computer Science | Plemmons Student Union, Anne Belk Hall | Tours offered from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. from Anne Belk Hall 2nd Floor Lobby. |
| English | Plemmons Student Union | |
| Geography & Planning | Plemmons Student Union | |
| Geological & Environmental Sciences | Rankin Science South Atrium | Table located in Rankin Science South Atrium with tours of the department, rock garden, and museum offered from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. |
| Government & Justice Studies | Plemmons Student Union | |
| History | Plemmons Student Union, Anne Belk Hall | Tables located in both Student Union and Anne Belk Hall Atrium. |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | Plemmons Student Union | |
| Languages, Literatures, & Cultures | Plemmons Student Union, L.S. Dougherty Hall | Tables located in both Student Union and L.S. Dougherty Hall. |
| Mathematical Sciences | Plemmons Student Union, Walker Hall | Tables located in both Student Union and Walker Hall 3rd Floor. |
| Philosophy & Religion | Plemmons Student Union | |
| Physics & Astronomy | Garwood Hall, Rankin Science South | Astronomy program table located in Rankin Science Observatory (Rankin Science South Room 306) from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Physics program table located in Garwood Hall Room 201 from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. |
| Psychology | Plemmons Student Union, Smith-Wright Hall | Tables located in both Student Union and Smith-Wright Hall 1st Floor. |
| Sociology | Plemmons Student Union | |
| Watauga Residential College | Living Learning Academic Center | Tours offered from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. at Living Learning Academic Center. |
Questions
For general Open House questions, please contact the Admissions Office by email at admissions@appstate.edu or phone at (828) 262-2120.
For Open House questions relating to the College of Arts and Sciences, please contact us by email at cas@appstate.edu or phone at (828) 262-3078.