About SCAD


Facts


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Founded

In 1978 by Richard G. Rowan, Paula Wallace, May L. Poetter and Paul E. Poetter

Type of institution

Independent, nonprofit, tax-exempt, accredited

President

Paula Wallace

Mascot

Art the Bee

Colors

Gold and black

Programs

Degrees offered

  • Bachelor of Arts
  • Bachelor of Fine Arts
  • Master of Arts
  • Master of Fine Arts
  • Master of Architecture
  • Master of Urban Design
  • Master of Arts in Teaching Art
  • Master of Arts in Teaching Drama

Majors

The top five majors in Fall 2011 were graphic design, animation, illustration, photography, and fashion.

Minors

In Fall 2011, the minors with highest enrollment were photography, graphic design, concept art for games, creative writing, and business management and entrepreneurship.

Other programs

Athletics
Visit the SCAD Savannah athletics web site or the SCAD Atlanta athletics website.
 
                       
Intercollegiate sports
Intramural programs
Men's Women's
volleyball
cross country cross country beach volleyball
equestrian equestrian basketball
golf golf soccer
lacrosse lacrosse flag football
soccer soccer softball
swimming swimming and more...
tennis tennis




 
 
Housing and dining services
Savannah
11 residence halls
Two guest houses
Nine dining options via diners, dining halls, snack bars
One convenience store
Atlanta
Two residence halls
One dining hall
Hong Kong
One residence hall
Many on-site dining options ranging from restaurants to supermarkets
Lacoste
One residence hall
One dining room
Enrollment
More than 11,000 students from all 50 states and more than 100 countries. Approximately 14 percent of the student body is international.
Tuition
2011-12 academic year 
  • undergraduate: $30,510 (HK$236,700)
  • graduate: $30,960 (HK$239,400)
Faculty and staff
SCAD employs more than 1,500 full and part-time employees. Of more than 720 full and part-time faculty, 75 percent hold terminal degrees.
Auxiliary services
Exhibition space
  • Learn more about the eight galleries in Savannah, the four galleries in Atlanta, the two galleries in Lacoste, and the gallery in Hong Kong.

  • SCAD Museum of Art in Savannah; special collections include the Earle W. Newton Collection of British and American Art, the Shirrel Rhoades Photographic Collection and the Walter O. Evans Collection of African American Art.
Libraries
The Savannah College of Art and Design libraries are focal points for information, learning, inspiration and research. The libraries contribute to every aspect of academic and intellectual life at SCAD by providing a broad range of services to students, faculty and staff.

SCAD Savannah: Jen Library
  • books, periodicals, multimedia resources
  • special collections of rare books, student theses and unique items
  • Visual Resources Center, including approximately 335,000 slides and approximately 30,000 digital images
  • Writing Center

SCAD Atlanta: ACA Library
  • More than 40,000 volumes
  • More than 370 periodicals
  • nearly 100,000 slides
  • Media center

SCAD Hong Kong Library
  • 5,600 volumes and 100 periodical subscriptions

SCAD Lacoste Library
  • The library is housed in a former boulangerie.
Student media
Student media sponsors student-run, online news sources and radio stations in Atlanta and Savannah.
Historic preservation
SCAD has been a leader in restoring and adaptively reusing many of Savannah's architectural treasures, and has earned recognition from the Historic Savannah Foundation, the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation, the Art Deco Societies of America, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the International Downtown Association, the Victorian Society in America and the American Institute of Architects, among others.
Service to the community
Faculty, staff and students have donated design and artistic talent and countless hours of volunteer support to organizations such as the Beach Institute African-American Cultural Center, William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum, Joel Chandler Harris Home (also known as the Wren's Nest), Center for Pupperty Arts, United Way of the Coastal Empire, American Cancer Society and many others.


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