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SCAD furniture design students produce large- and small-scale furniture for major trade shows.
The SCAD furniture design program fosters relationships with major industry partners, developing skills and techniques to revolutionize furniture design.
SCAD partnered with the American Society of Furniture Designers to initiate the SCAD Furniture Design Summit to review the state of the industry, giving students a competitive advantage.
DesignIntelligence ranked the SCAD undergraduate and graduate interior design programs No. 1 in the U.S. for 2012.
Meet furniture design student Elizabeth Rendon-Betancur.

Offered in: Savannah

Core Curriculum
Foundation Studies		35 hours
DRAW	100	Drawing I: Form and Space
DRAW	101	Drawing II: Composition and Media
DRAW	230	Drawing for Design
DSGN	100	Design I: Elements and Organization
DSGN	101	Color: Theory and Application
DSGN	102	Design II: 3-D Form in Space
DSGN	115	Creative Thinking Strategies*
	-	Studio Elective*

General Education		55 hours
ARLH	208	Modern Architecture II: 1900-Present†
ARTH	100	Survey of Western Art I
ARTH	110	Survey of Western Art II
ARTH	207	20th-century Art†
CMPA	100	Survey of Computer Art Applications‡
CMPA	110	Advanced Survey of Computer Art Applications‡
COMM	105	Speech and Public Speaking
ENGL	123	Composition
	-	ARLH/ARTH Elective
	-	ENGL Elective
	-	General Education Elective§
	-	Natural Sciences/Mathematics§**
	-	Social/Behavioral Sciences§

Major Curriculum		80 hours
FURN	120	Survey of Furniture Design
FURN	200	Materials and Techniques I
FURN	201	Design Studio: Introduction to Furniture
FURN	232	Drawing and Presentation for Furniture Design
FURN	236	Materials and Techniques II#
FURN	238	Design Studio: Furniture and Spatial Composition#
FURN	241	Design Studio: Applied Universal Design
FURN	270	Electronic Design and Visualization
FURN	302	Materials and Processes
FURN	303	Furniture Design Merchandising Principles
FURN	305	Design Studio: Furniture Design for the Market
FURN	308	Design Studio: Electronic Furniture Design
FURN	360	Professional Practices in Furniture Design
FURN	410	Design Studio: Advanced Furniture Design
FURN	425	Design Studio: Senior Studio
	-	300- or 400-level EXHI, FIBR, FURN, IDUS Elective
	-	300- or 400-level EXHI, FIBR, FURN, IDUS Elective

Additional Electives		10 hours
	-	Free Elective
	-	Free Elective

Total Course of Study		180 hours

* Choose one of these two courses.

† Choose one of these two courses.

‡ Choose one of these two courses.

§ Consult the general education and mathematics competency requirements.

**MATH 101 Intermediate Mathematics is recommended.

# Choose one of these two courses.

Consult your faculty adviser in selecting elective courses.

VIEW STUDENT WORK

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SCAD Day - Savannah Feb 18, 2012

Signatures are for Writers: Making Your Mark Without Predicting Your Presence Feb 23, 2012

NeoCon features Gray's bike storage hybrid

M.F.A. furniture design student Matt Gray designed a innovative bench and bike storage hybrid in a sponsored class that called for the integration of DuPont™ Corian®. Bench Rack debuted at NeoCon 2011 and was named one of the show's 10 best green designs by Inhabitat.com. His work was also featured on designboom.com, a leading independent design publication. Learn more.
Matt Gray's Bench Rack debuted at NeoCon

SCAD M.F.A. furniture design student Matt Gray of Dallas, Texas, created the Bench Rack, a bench and bicycle rack in one. The innovative multi-use product, addressing the need of public transportation systems to accommodate the growing trend of bicycle commuters, debuted at NeoCon in June 2011.
Building Arts booth wins IIDA design contest

The SCAD School of Building Arts booth was named best in its category in the International Interior Design Association's competition at NeoCon, a commercial design conference. Learn more.

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