MA in Design for Sustainability

Graduate applicants may receive a preliminary offer of admission based upon unofficial transcripts/mark sheets from their last degree-bearing institution.

Two letters of recommendation should be provided by professors, advisers, supervisors, or community leaders who have had immediate contact with the applicant, and who have knowledge of the applicant's level of commitment and history of achievement. Recommendations should provide relevant information about the applicant's creativity, initiative, motivation, character, and achievements, thus assessing the applicant's reasonable potential for success as a student at SCAD. Recommendations may not come from friends or family members.

Portfolios should include academic and/or professional projects that clearly present purpose, scope of work, research methodology, and accomplishments. The portfolio should demonstrate the ability to define and process problems demonstrating conceptual thinking skills, reveal interest or experience in sustainability, and should demonstrate a high level of creativity and attention to detail. It should consist of five to eight samples of work, including short narratives of design processes and project development, and may contain written material in addition to a strong visual or graphic elements.

The résumé should document educational credentials as well as professional and other employment such as internships or field experience in the intended area of graduate study, and should list commissioned works, exhibitions, performances, publications, honors, memberships, interests, and activities, including volunteer work. Return to admission information

The statement should be a 500- to 750-word overview of the applicant's academic and professional accomplishments and should demonstrate a high level of interest in and a highly developed understanding of the discipline. The applicant should describe knowledge of the discipline, approach to past work, qualifications for graduate study and intended focus, as well as personal and professional goals.