At SCAD, lectures, seminars and studios provide a broad range of tools for consensus seeking, place making, landscape urbanism, urban preservation, economic strategies and emerging technologies. Students examine infrastructure, landscape, building density, site adaptation and remediation, and water in the urban environment through the lens of emerging sustainable urban design practices utilized throughout the world.
Students learn the perspectives of global urban design, taking into account cultural and geophysical indices of urban form. At SCAD, students and faculty collaborate to address international issues in cities on all continents.
The city of Savannah has one of the world’s most admired urban plans, spanning vast architectural periods and providing an inspiring context for the study of urban design.
SCAD offers the Master of Urban Design degree for students with an undergraduate degree in architecture or a related design discipline. The postprofessional Master of Architecture Degree with an emphasis in urban design (see architecture section of this catalog) offers advanced design study, independent work and critical thinking in a global context for students who have completed an accredited professional degree in architecture or its equivalent.
Additional Program Information
Accreditation:
The Savannah College of Art and Design is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
Requirements:
SCAD encourages applications from students who demonstrate successful completion of appropriate coursework on the undergraduate level and adequate preparedness to undertake graduate-level study. Applicants must hold a bachelor’s degree or should anticipate completion of a bachelor’s degree before enrollment in the graduate program. All applicants are evaluated individually according to previous educational experience and level of achievement. Please see website for admission information.
International Requirements:
SCAD welcomes students from throughout the world. Please see website for international student requirements.
