SCAD > Programs > Sound Design > Master of Fine Arts

SCAD is the only university that teaches sound design with a practical connection to film and games, as well as aesthetics and theory.
SCAD sound design students intern with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, Disney Imagineering, Pixar, LucasArts and more.
The SCAD curriculum covers a broad spectrum of sound art-from experimental music and synthesis to sound for radio, film, performing arts and games.
Meet sound design alumnus Clayton de Wet.

Offered in: Savannah

ARTH	701	Contemporary Art
FILM	710	Film and Digital Media Production Technology
SNDS	702	Sound Design Resources and Analysis
SNDS	711	Audio Signal Processing
SNDS	726	Music Theory for Sound Designers
SNDS	729	Theory and Practice in Sound Design
SNDS	736	Sound Art
SNDS	739	Sound Design Seminar
SNDS	751	Audio Systems Engineering
SNDS	755	Sound Design M.F.A. Studio I
SNDS	765	Sound Design M.F.A. Studio II
SNDS	779F	Graduate Field Internship*
SNDS	779T	Graduate Teaching Internship*
SNDS	779F	Graduate Field Internship†
SNDS	779T	Graduate Teaching Internship†
SNDS	790	Sound Design M.F.A. Thesis
	-	500- to 700-level Electives
	-	500- to 700-level Electives
	-	500- to 700-level Electives
	-	500- to 700-level Electives
Total course of study		90 hours

* Choose one of these two courses.
† Choose one of these two courses.

Consult your faculty adviser in selecting elective courses.

Course numbers and titles are subject to change.

VIEW STUDENT WORK

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SCAD Tech Pro Expo Feb 10, 2012

SCAD Day - Savannah Feb 18, 2012

Usery, Karriem launch game on Facebook

Stephanie Usery (B.F.A., graphic design, 2004) and Quran Karriem (M.F.A., sound design, 2011) student launched a new version of their Exquisite Corpse Drawing Game on Facebook.
Donaldson is sound designer at D7K Industries

Drew Donaldson (B.F.A., sound design, 2010) is a producer at Audioworks in New York City, is a sound designer at his own company, D7K Industries, and will be producing two television pilots this year in New York City.
Brent Kiser receives Emmy for sound editing

Brent Kiser (B.F.A., sound design, 2006) was honored with an Emmy for Outstanding Sound Editing For Nonfiction Programming for the History channel's "Gettysburg." He served as the production's sound effects editor. Learn more.

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