B.F.A. in Architectural History
Savannah, USA
DURATION
180 Hours
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
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EARLIEST START DATE
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TUITION FEES
USD 41,130 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* total, full-time student for one academic year
Introduction
In Savannah, amid one of the nation’s best-preserved historic landscapes, SCAD offers highly valued, rarely found undergraduate and graduate degrees in architectural history. Take advantage of a hands-on curriculum that covers all major historical periods, the opportunity to travel abroad to a perfectly preserved medieval village, and access to coveted internships and resources always at your fingertips. The vast world of architectural history awaits.
Admissions
Curriculum
Foundation studies: 30 hours
- DRAW 100 Drawing I: Form and Space
- DSGN 100 Design I: Elements and Organization
- DRAW 101 Drawing II: Composition and Media
- DSGN 101 Color: Theory and Application
- SBLD 115 Graphics for the Building Arts
- SBLD 223 Form, Space, Order
General education: 65 hours
- COMM 105 Speaking of Ideas
- BUSI 110 Business I: Fundamentals
- CTXT 121 Visual Culture in Context: Pre-Modern Global Perspectives
- CTXT 122 Visual Culture in Context: Making Modernities
- ENGL 123 Ideas to Ink: Critical Concepts in Academic Writing
- DIGI 130 Digital Communication
- BUSI 220 Business II: Economic Principles
- ENGL elective
- Foreign language I*
- Foreign language II*
- Foreign language III*
- General education elective
- Mathematics/natural sciences elective
Major curriculum: 65 hours
- Examining modernity
- ARLH Modern elective
- ARLH Modern elective
- ARLH Modern elective
- ARLH Modern elective
- Discovering the non-Western world
- ARLH Non-Western elective
- ARLH Non-Western elective
- ARLH Non-Western elective
- ARLH Non-Western elective
- Exploring pre-Modern traditions
- ARLH Ancient/Medieval elective
- ARLH Ancient/Medieval elective
- ARLH Ancient/Medieval elective
- ARLH Ancient/Medieval elective
- Investigating the American hemisphere
- ARLH American elective
- ARLH American elective
- ARLH American elective
- ARLH American elective
- 300- to 400-level ARLH elective
- ARLH 400 Architectural History Research Methods
- ARLH 470 Documenting the Built Environment
- ARLH 499 Architectural History B.F.A. Thesis
- Select one of these three options:
- ARLH 479 Undergraduate Internship
- 500-level SCADpro elective
- Business-focused elective
- ARLH 479 Undergraduate Internship
- 500-level SCADpro elective
- Business-focused elective
Additional electives: 20 hours
Total course of study: 180 hours
Career Opportunities
Become a cultural resource manager. Become a historic site manager. Become an architectural critic. Architectural historians conduct research and evaluation, help manage and preserve historic artifacts, and provide preservation oversight to help restore and maintain the integrity of architectural treasures and their communities. They study the history of architecture all over the world and are thoughtful interpreters of the built environment as it relates to society.
Launch your career as a professional:
- Architectural researcher
- Architectural history interpreter
- Preservation planner/officer
- Cultural resource manager
- Digital humanities specialist
- Heritage organization administrator
- Historic foundation registrar
- Historic site manager/curator
- Real estate data analyst
Get recruited and hired by the best of the best:
- National Park Service
- The New York Landmarks Conservancy
- Restoration Hardware
- City of Denver
- Florida Bureau of Historic Preservation
- Kentucky Heritage Council
- BuildingWork
- Plum Design West