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Official transcripts should be sent directly to the Admissions Office from each issuing institution. Request your transcripts at the time of or prior to submitting your application. They will be held on file if they arrive before your application form. Transcripts from international schools that are not provided in English directly from the issuing institution must be presented both in the original language form and translated into English by a translation agency or official translator.
If you have attended a non degree-granting school or program, be sure to list it on your application.
Please be aware that once submitted, all documents become the property of the College and cannot be returned to the applicant.
For all graduate programs a completed undergraduate degree must be verified prior to enrollment.
Curriculum Vitae:
Include a short resume covering educational and relevant experience.
Personal Statement:
Provide a written statement that delineates your motivation for pursuing a graduate program and your reasons for the choice of track. This should include topics and areas of interest as well as specific goals to be undertaken in the program. You should also describe specific skills and competencies you want to achieve. The statement should also include your goals beyond completion of the program and describe how a design education will relate to your career objectives.
Portfolio:
Graduate Environmental Design offers two distinct tracks of study:
Spatial Experience Design, MS degree
Furniture & Fixtures Design, MS degree
The program’s two tracks have separate portfolio requirements, demonstrating the candidate’s design abilities, outlined below:
Spatial Experience track applicants: Students should have a rich background in spatial investigation and be experienced in the exploration of spatial projects in both hand and digital skill sets. Prospective students need to submit at least three completed spatial projects. These projects should be fully documented with indication of goals, research, hand sketch development, digital and hand model making. The conceptual design process should include variations on ideas as well as demonstration of the path that led to final solutions. Related artwork can be included if it informs the understanding of your background.
Furniture and Fixtures track applicants: Students should have a background in furniture and fixture investigation and be experienced in the fabrication process in both hand and digital skill sets. Submit at least three completed full-size prototype furniture or fixture projects, including sketching, model making and documentation of the complete design development process. The latter should include variations on ideas as well as demonstration of the path that led to final solutions. Related artwork can be included if it informs the understanding of your background.