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About SCAD

Facts

Founded

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

Type of institution

Independent, nonprofit, tax-exempt, accredited

President

Paula S. Wallace

Mascot

Art the Bee

Colors

Gold and black

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 2008 were graphic design, fashion, animation, film and television, and photography.

Minors

In 2008, the minors with highest enrollment were graphic design, photography, advertising design, business management and entrepreneurship, and animation.

Other programs

Athletics

Visit the SCAD Athletics web site

Intercollegiate sports		Intramural programs
Men's	Women's	volleyball
baseball	cross country	beach volleyball
cross country	equestrian	basketball
equestrian	golf	soccer
golf	lacrosse	flag football
lacrosse	soccer	softball
soccer	softball	and more...
swimming	swimming
tennis	tennis
	volleyball

Housing and dining services

Savannah	Atlanta	Lacoste
10 residence halls	Two residence halls	One residence hall
Two guest houses	One dining hall	One dining room
Nine dining options via diners,
dining halls, snack bars
One convenience store

Enrollment

More than 9,500 students from all 50 states and more than 100 countries. Approximately 10 percent of the student body is international.

Tuition

2010-11 academic year

undergraduate: $29,070
graduate: $29,520

Faculty and staff

SCAD employs more than 1,500 full and part-time employees. Of more than 600 full and part-time faculty, 75 percent hold terminal degrees.

The Savannah College of Art and Design admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the college. The college does not discriminate on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, marital or parental status, disability, religion, veteran status or status in any group protected by applicable law in administering its educational policies, admission policies, scholarships or loan programs, athletics programs or activities generally made available to students at the college.

Auxiliary services

shopSCAD
SCAD-Atlanta bookstore
Working Class Studio

Exhibition space

11 galleries in Savannah
Four galleries in Atlanta
Three galleries in Lacoste
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

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

Atlanta: ACA Library

More than 40,000 volumes
More than 370 periodicals
nearly 100,000 slides
Media center

Lacoste

The library is housed in a former boulangerie.

Student media

Student media sponsors student-run, online newspapers and radio stations in Savannah and Atlanta.

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.

Recognition

Just 4 Fun hires Charla Pettingill
Charla Pettingill (M.A., illustration, 2009) was hired as a full-time illustrator/creative designer at Just 4 Fun Corporation in Atlanta.
Tamara Garvey earns Telfair Art Fair honor
Tamara Garvey (B.F.A., illustration, 2008) was awarded honorable mention at the annual Telfair Art Fair in Savannah in November.
Cynergy Systems hires Matthew Martino
Matthew Martino (B.F.A., graphic design, 2009) accepted a position with Cynergy Systems, Washington, D.C., as a user experience lead.
Professor James Lough publishes book
Writing chair James Lough's book "Spheres of Awareness: A Wilberian Integral Approach to Literature, Philosophy, Psychology, and Art" has been published by University Press of America.