Architectural history
In the places we live and work, architectural historians examine how an area’s rich past informs its present and future. Creative careers. Architectural critic Architectural history educator Architectural researcher/ evaluator Cultural resource manager Heritage organization administrator Historic foundation manager Historic site manager/ curator Local/regional heritage organizer Main street program manager Preservation planner/ offcer
SCAD students explore historical treasures like Savannah’s Scottish Rite Building as part of feldwork around the region.
In Savannah, amid one of the nation’s best-preserved historic landscapes, SCAD ofers highly valued undergraduate and graduate degrees in architectural history. SCAD students are immersed in a rich variety of high-style architecture and are instructed by professors with expertise extending from the buildings of 15th-century east African civilizations to the stone, brick, and asphalt of Savannah’s lauded city grid. Faculty members are widely published, actively engaged in professional societies, and regularly tapped to deliver papers and presentations at conferences around the world. Architectural history students build their professionalism through realworld experiences. They lead on-site work at historic locations around Savannah, author National Register nominations, deliver conference papers, and intern with public organizations and private frms. Students augment their feldwork with classes in GIS, database creation, and leading software applications.
Students are also encouraged to make travel a part of their academic experience and explore university locations in the metropolis of Atlanta or the medieval village of Lacoste, France. Alumni graduate prepared for prominent roles in urban policy and practices with government agencies, design and cultural resource management frms and foundations, as well as for doctoral programs and careers in academia.
Hire education. National Park Service The New York Landmarks Conservancy Restoration Hardware City of Denver Florida Bureau of Historic Preservation Kentucky Heritage Council BuildingWork Plum Design West
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