Fall 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.
- Hickory Open House: October 25, 2025
- Boone Open House: November 8, 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 Nov. 8, the College of Arts and Sciences will be centrally located on the 4th floor of the Plemmons Student Union, in the Parkway Ballroom, 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 Parkway Ballroom | |
| Biology | Plemmons Student Union Parkway Ballroom, Rankin Science Hall | Department tours offered between 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Meet at Plemmons Student Union table. |
| Chemistry & Fermentation Sciences | Plemmons Student Union Parkway Ballroom, Garwood Hall, Mountain Laurel Hall | Department information sessions and tours offered 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. from Garwood Hall 417. Fermentation Sciences facility tours offered 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. from Mountain Laurel Hall. |
| Computer Science | Plemmons Student Union Parkway Ballroom | |
| English | Plemmons Student Union Parkway Ballroom | |
| Geography & Planning | Plemmons Student Union Parkway Ballroom | |
| Geological & Environmental Sciences | Plemmons Student Union Parkway Ballroom, Rankin Science Hall | Tours offered 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. from Rankin Science South Lobby. |
| Government & Justice Studies | Plemmons Student Union Parkway Ballroom | |
| History | Plemmons Student Union Parkway Ballroom | |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | Plemmons Student Union Parkway Ballroom | |
| Languages, Literatures, & Cultures | Plemmons Student Union Parkway Ballroom, L.S. Dougherty Hall | Department representatives available at the front of L.S. Dougherty from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. |
| Mathematical Sciences | Plemmons Student Union Parkway Ballroom | |
| Philosophy & Religion | Plemmons Student Union Parkway Ballroom | |
| Physics & Astronomy | Plemmons Student Union Parkway Ballroom, Garwood Hall, Rankin Science Hall | Department information sessions and tours offered 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. from Garwood Hall 201. Astronomy Observatory (Rankin Science South 306) open from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. |
| Psychology | Plemmons Student Union Parkway Ballroom, Smith-Wright Hall | Department representatives available inside Smith-Wright Hall from 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. |
| Sociology | Plemmons Student Union Parkway Ballroom | |
| Watauga Residential College | Plemmons Student Union Solarium (1st Floor) |
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.