The urban design program emphasizes sustainable strategies for the neighborhood, city and mega-city. Students consider historical patterns of urban settlement and form-making, contemporary forces impacting cities worldwide, and the legal and financial framework of urban development.
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- Architectural team manager
- Ecologist
- Engineer
- Facilitator
- Planner
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- Planning and development manager
- Preservation planner
- Principal assistant development control officer
- Principal urban designer
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- Project manager
- Senior consultant
- Senior planning services officer
- Transportation planner
- Urban designer
Annually, more than 500 national and international companies and organizations recruit SCAD students and alumni. Over the past four years, an average of 8 out of 10 SCAD alumni responding to a survey were employed in their fields or had been admitted to graduate school within six months of graduation.
Employers of SCAD alumni include:
- Bi-State Regional Commission
- California Department of Conservation
- Environmental Solutions
- HOK
- Klingmann Architects
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Metropolitan Washington Council of Governments
- Parsons Brinckerhoff
- Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
- Preservation Planning Division, City of Charlotte Planning Department
- RBF Consulting
- San Joaquin Council of Governments
- U.S. Bureau of Land Management
- Urban Engineering
