Pratt Institute

Undergraduate Bulletin
2019-2020
3 About Pratt Institute Accreditation Statement
Pratt Institute is a coeducational undergraduate and graduate institution
3 Introduction
chartered and empowered to confer academic degrees by the State
4 Rankings of New York. The certificates and degrees conferred are registered by the
5 Affiliated Programs New York State Department of Education. Pratt is accredited by the Middle
8 Campuses States Commission on Higher Education, 3624 Market Street, Philadelphia,
PA 19104, 267.284.5000. The Middle States Commission on Higher Education
18 How a Pratt Education Works
is an institutional accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of
19 PreCollege Programs Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation.
20 Academic Degrees Overview
Programs in art and design are accredited by the National Association
of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). Pratt is a charter member
21 School of Architecture
of and accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design.
25 Architecture
35 Construction Management The School of Architecture’s Bachelor of Architecture is ac­credited
39 Minors by the National Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB). (For more
information on NAAB accreditation, refer to the School of Architecture
section, page 21.)
41 School of Art
45 Foundation The Master in Library and Inform­ation Science is accredited by
53 Art and Design Education the Committee on Accreditation of the American Library Association.
57 Associate Degree Programs
The Master in Art Therapy is approved by the Education Approval
65 Digital Arts (Interactive Arts, Digital (3-D) Board of the American Art Therapy Association, Inc., and as such meets
Animation and Motion Arts, 2-D Animation) the education standards of the art therapy profession. The graduate
71 Film Dance/Movement Therapy program has been approved by the American
Dance Therapy Association. Programs offered by Art and Design Education
79 Fine Arts
and the MS for Library Media Specialists (LMS) offered by the School
89 Photography of Information are accredited by RATE.
97 Minors
The BFA offered by the Interior Design Department is accredited by the
Council for Interior Design Accreditation (formerly FIDER).
101 School of Design
105 Foundation
113 Communications Design
( Graphic Design, Illustration, Advertising
Art Direction)
123 Fashion Design
131 Industrial Design
139 Interior Design
145 Minors

147 School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

151 Critical and Visual Studies
157 History of Art and Design
161 Writing
165 Classes in the Liberal Arts
169 Minors

173 Undergraduate Admissions

187 Financial Aid
199 Tuition and Fees
205 Registration and Academic Policies
221 Student Affairs
233 Libraries
235 Board of     Trustees
237 Administration
239 Academic Calendar
245 Directions
247 Course Descriptions
317 Index
Pratt Institute
Undergraduate Bulletin
2019–2020

All prospective students are

encouraged to visit Pratt. Here’s how:

Guided Campus Tours

Guided campus tours are scheduled
Mondays and Fridays at 10 AM,
12 PM, and 2 PM, and Tuesdays and
Thursdays at 10 AM and 2 PM.

Campus tours can be scheduled

online at www.pratt.edu/visit.

Call our Visit Coordinator at

718.636.3779 or 800.331.0834
to arrange a portfolio review
or email us at visit@pratt.edu.

Web
Visit Pratt through our home
page on the web. Our address is 
www.pratt.edu.

Office of Admissions
The Office of Admissions is open
weekdays from 9 AM to 5 PM
from September through May and
from 9 AM to 4 PM during June,
July, and August.

Pratt Institute
Office of Admissions
200 Willoughby Avenue
Myrtle Hall, 2nd Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11205

Phone: 718.636.3514 or 800.331.0834

Fax: 718.636.3670
 About Pratt Institute
Pratt Institute, located in Brooklyn, New York, is one of the
most prestigious art, architecture, and design schools in
the world. And New York City is home to more artists than
any other city in the world.
Founded in 1887, Pratt Institute prepares its 3,400
undergraduates for rewarding and successful careers in art,
design, fashion, architecture, and writing.
With a 25-acre campus in Brooklyn and a campus in
Manhattan, the art and literary capital of the world, as
well as an upstate extension campus, Pratt offers students
state-of-the-art facilities with the best possible
equipment, materials, software, fabrication facilities,
printing, and space for them to work, as well as access to
museums, galleries, restaurants, vintage shops, and all
that Brooklyn and Manhattan have to offer.
The Institute’s historic, landscaped campus in the
Clinton Hill neighborhood of Brooklyn is home to all of the
bachelor’s programs except Construction Management,
which is located on the Manhattan campus, where all of the
Associate Degree Programs are also located.
A wide variety of majors and concentrations—from
traditional arts to the most contemporary digital arts and
design—enables students to explore all their interests with
minors and electives in different departments, leading to
extraordinarily complex work that is influenced by different
disciplines. Pratt’s programs are consistently ranked among
the best in the country. Pratt’s faculty and alumni include
the most renowned artists, designers, and scholars in
their fields.
As one of the world’s multicultural epicenters for arts,
culture, design, technological innovation, and business,
New York City provides Pratt students with an exceptional
learning environment that extends beyond the Pratt
campuses, from internships at design firms and art galleries
to museums and concert halls.

Why Is Pratt the First Choice for So Many Students?

ll A choice of more than 25 undergraduate majors and
concentrations in four schools (Architecture, Art,
Design, and Liberal Arts and Sciences), most of which
are ranked among the top five or 10 in the country
ll The opportunity to take electives in other departments
or pursue a minor
ll A world-class faculty of successful working
professionals who connect students with internships
and jobs
ll A beautifully landscaped 25-acre Brooklyn campus
just minutes from Manhattan with historic buildings,
tree‑lined green spaces, a contemporary sculpture
park, and outstanding facilities

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ll A Manhattan campus in the heart of Chelsea’s art
district that offers Associate Degree Programs
and Construction Management
ll A beautiful upstate New York extension campus,
PrattMWP
ll A choice of multiple residence halls on campus and
on-campus dining, where 94 percent of freshmen
and 51 percent of upperclassmen choose to live
Pratt's Rankings
Ranked among the top design schools by Businessweek
and QS World University Rankings by Subject, Pratt offers
undergraduate and graduate programs that are
consistently ranked among the top five or 10 in the
country and the world.
Payscale 2014 ranked Pratt first among the best art
and design schools for the mid-career salaries of graduates.
For 2018, College Factual ranked Pratt first of 217
colleges offering design and applied arts programs.
In 2017, Webdesigndegreecenter.org ranked Pratt first
of the top 20 best art schools in the world.
Pratt was also recognized as one of the country’s
most environmentally responsible colleges in The Princeton
Review’s 2013 Guide to 322 Green Colleges.
#1 Architecture (Ranked first of 93 schools nationwide
by College Factual, 2018. Pratt’s Architecture program
was also ranked first out of nine in the state of New
York, College Factual, 2018)
#1 Fine Art and Studio Programs (Ranked first nationally
in USA Today, 2015, by College Factual)
#1 Design and Applied Arts Programs (Ranked first of 217
colleges offering design and applied arts programs,
College Factual, 2018)
#2 Interior Design (Ranked second nationally and second
on the East Coast by DesignIntelligence, 2018)
#2 Industrial Design (Ranked second regionally by
DesignIntelligence, 2016, and ninth nationally)
#2 Fashion Design ((Ranked second nationally among
private schools and colleges (top 3 percent of
schools considered), #3 nationally (top 3 percent
of schools considered)), and #3 in the East by
fashion-schools.org, 2018)
STUDENTS IN THE BROOKLYN CAMPUS ROSE GARDEN
#5 Animation ((Ranked fifth nationally (in the top three
percent of schools considered), fifth nationally among
private schools, second on the East Coast, and second
in New York by Animation Career Review, 2018))
#5 Fashion Design (Ranked fifth of the top US art
and design schools in Fashionista, 2016)
#5 Art and Design (Ranked fifth in the world for art
and design out of 50 colleges by QS World University
Rankings by Subject, 2017)
#5 Film, Video, and Photographic Arts ((Ranked fifth of 127
colleges nationwide (top five percent) offering film,
video and photographic arts, College Factual, 2018))
#6 School of Architecture (Ranked sixth among the
most prominent Schools of Architecture in the world
by arch2o.com)
#6 Fine and Studio Arts (Ranked sixth of 508 colleges,
College Factual, 2018)
#7 Graphic Design (Ranked seventh by Animation Career
Review, 2015)
#7 Communications Design BFA (Ranked seventh of the
top 20 best visual communications degree programs
by graphicdesigndegreehub.com)
#7 Architecture (Ranked seventh of the top 10 best
architecture schools by Architectural Record, 2019)
#8 Architecture (Ranked seventh nationally and fifth
on the East Coast by DesignIntelligence, 2018)
Film (Ranked one of the country’s 10 best colleges
for film in USA Today, 2014, and ranked among the top
in the nation in Variety Magazine)
Film (Ranked among the top 25 American film schools
by The Hollywood Reporter, 2018)
See a complete list of program rankings at www.pratt.
edu/request.
Cultural Partnerships in New York City
The Institute has created partnerships with a number
of major cultural institutions so students may take
advan­tage of the vast opportunities in Brooklyn and
Manhattan. Students participate in collaborative work
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as part of their curriculum or simply have class visits.
On their own, Pratt students may visit free of charge.
The Brooklyn Museum has an impressive permanent
collection that includes the Egyptian art collection
and the Asian collection. The museum puts on several
contemporary—and often local—art exhibitions each year.
The “First Saturday” of each month is a day of special
events when the museum is free to the community.
Open year-round, the adjacent Brooklyn Botanic Garden
features one of the most impressive Japanese gardens
outside of Japan, capturing nature in miniature: trees and
shrubs, carefully dwarfed and shaped by cloud pruning,
are surrounded by hills and a pond. The Cranford Rose
Garden features 5,000 bushes of 1,200 varieties of roses.
The Brooklyn Academy of Music, popularly known as
BAM, is at the vanguard of theater offerings. Productions
ranging from performance art and independent films to
stylized Shakespearean productions are available to Pratt
students at discounted rates.
In Manhattan, Pratt students also enjoy visiting these
institutions where admission fees are waived: Cooper
Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum; the Frick Collection;
the Museum of Arts and Design; the Museum of Modern
Art; and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Delaware College of Art and Design
The Delaware College of Art and Design (DCAD) in
Wilmington, Delaware, was established as a creative
part­ner­ship of Pratt Institute and the Corcoran College
of Art and Design, and is now an independent two-year
school of art and design. Established in 1998, DCAD’s
two-year associate of fine arts (AFA) program prepares
students to apply for transfer into bachelor of fine arts
degree programs at Pratt and other schools of art
and design.
For more information, visit www.dcad.edu or contact
the Office of Admissions at 302.622.8000.
Minors and Combined Degrees
Students interested in taking electives in departments
outside their majors have a wealth of options. Additionally,
Pratt offers a variety of minors. See www.pratt.edu/
academics for a full list of minors. Freshman and transfer
applicants may apply to the combined undergraduate/
graduate degree (BFA/MA) in Art and Design Education
(art teacher certification).
Study Abroad Programs
Pratt’s study abroad provides firsthand exposure to some
of the most vibrant international centers of art, design, and
architecture. Programs include Copenhagen, Havana,
STUDENTS IN CLASS
Rome, Tokyo, and Venice.
For more information on individual programs,
contact Maria Soares, Director of Study Abroad and
International Partnerships, at msoares@pratt.edu,
or go to www.pratt.edu/academics/academic-resources/
study-abroad.
Exchange Programs
Pratt maintains school exchange programs with some
of the best schools of art, design, and architecture
in the world. Pratt currently exchanges with 15 partner
schools in different countries. The Institute’s emphasis
on diversity and the global exchange of knowledge is
reflected in the selection of distinguished schools in the
Netherlands, Germany, England, Israel, Italy, Australia,
Japan, Korea, Scotland, and Sweden. They include
Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts Berlin, Gerrit
Rietveld Academy, Bauhaus University, and Musashino
Art University. Pratt students spend a semester at
the partner institution taking a program of classes in fine
arts and design or architecture uniquely tied to the
history and traditions of the country. These exchanges
are arranged on a semester basis for qualified students.
For more information, go to www.pratt.edu/oia.
If you are a Pratt student and you are interested
in an exchange program, contact Maria Soares, Director
of Study Abroad and International Partnerships, at
msoares@pratt.edu.
Commitment to Sustainability
Pratt Institute has taken a leadership role in sustain­ability
among schools of art, design, and architecture nation­wide.
At this critical moment, when our environ­ment and ways
of life are at risk, we have a responsi­­bility to ensure that
each of our graduates has a deep awareness of ecology,
environmental issues, and social justice.
In The Princeton Review’s 2013 Guide to 322 Green
Colleges, Pratt was recognized as one of the country’s
most environmentally responsible colleges. As an active
part­ici­pant in the American College and University
Presidents’ Climate Commitment (ACUPCC), Pratt seeks
to be a carbon-neutral campus. Myrtle Hall, a LEED Gold-
certified building designed by the firm WASA/Studio A,
was completed in 2010. The 120,000-square-foot building
is a testament to Pratt’s commitment to sustainability.
Regardless of discipline, our graduates must be
able to integrate best sustainable practices into their
professional lives. Within each program, Pratt students are
offered the opportunity to learn to think in new ways
about the relation­ship of designer to product, architect
to built environment, and artist to creative expression.
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The Institute is continuously working to reduce our carbon
foot­print, “greening” our dorms, facilities, and classrooms,
and creating an ongoing, living laboratory from which
our students can observe, participate, and experiment.
The Institute’s Center for Sustainable Design Strategies
(CSDS) is an active and collaborative resource for sustain­able
design at Pratt’s Brooklyn campus. Under the umbrella of
CSDS, the Pratt Design Incubator for Sustainable Innovation
provides ambitious students and Pratt alumni with a
stimulating place to launch sustainability-minded businesses,
providing office space, planning support, and access to
shop facilities. For more information, go to csds.pratt.edu.
PRATT’S CAMPUSES
Brooklyn Campus
Located just 25 minutes from midtown Manhattan, Pratt’s
main Brooklyn location is the only New York City art
and design school with a traditional campus. A 25-acre
landscaped oasis, Pratt provides a visual respite in a busy
city. Many of the Institute’s 19th-century buildings have
been designated national landmarks, including the 1897
Renaissance Revival-style Caroline Ladd Pratt House, which
serves as the official house of the Pratt president and
several students. The Pratt Library, which was built in 1896
in a similar style, boasts an interior designed by the Tiffany
Glass and Decorating Co.
Beyond this rich heritage, Pratt also has several distinctly
modern buildings that have been constructed in the
past decade. The 26,000-square-foot Higgins Hall Center
Section, designed by Steven Holl Architects and Rogers
Marvel Architects for the School of Architecture, opened
in 2006. The following year marked the opening of the
160,000-square-foot Juliana Curran Terian Design Center—
designed by Hanrahan Meyers Architects, the firm led
by Thomas Hanrahan, Dean of the School of Architecture.
Myrtle Hall, a LEED Gold-certified building designed
by the firm WASA/Studio A, was completed in 2010 and
is home to the Digital Arts programs. The 120,000-square-
foot building is a testament to Pratt’s commitment
to sustainability.
The entire 25-acre campus also comprises the
celebrated Pratt Sculpture Park, the largest in New York
City, with sculptures by artists including internationally
renowned Richard Serra and Mark di Suvero. According
to Public Art Review, it is one of the 10 best campus art
collections in the United States.
Pratt’s tree-lined neighborhood, Clinton Hill, has
a history that is intimately intertwined with that of the
Institute. A century ago, it was home to the elite of
Brooklyn. The expansive mansions lining Clinton Avenue
BROOKLYN CAMPUS
belonged to the shipping magnates and mercantile princes
of the Gilded Age. Charles Pratt, whose fortune derived
from his partnership with John D. Rockefeller in Standard
Oil, started his Institute on family land just a few blocks
from the family mansion.
Clinton Hill is one of New York’s premier Victorian-era
neighborhoods and is listed on the National Register
of Historic Places. In part because of Pratt, it boasts an
extraordinary number of creative artists, architects,
designers, illustrators, and sculptors among its residents.
Manhattan Campus
Pratt’s Manhattan campus is located at 144 West 14th Street,
within walking distance of Union Square, Chelsea’s art
district, and many other leading educational and cultural
institutions. The seven-story, 80,000-square-foot property
offers state-of-the-art facilities within a distinctive,
turn-of-the-century Romanesque Revival building. Pratt’s
Manhattan-based programs benefit from the new campus’s
cutting-edge technology and its prime location.
The Manhattan campus houses the School of Information,
the School of Continuing and Professional Studies, the
Associate Degree Programs, the graduate programs in
Design Management, and Arts and Cultural Management,
and the School of Architecture’s undergraduate
Construction Management program and graduate
programs in Facilities Management and Real Estate
Practice. The Library, exhibition space, and state-of-the-
art computer labs support the academic programs.
PrattMWP
Pratt’s upstate extension campus in Utica, New York,
is the result of an affiliation with the renowned Munson-
Williams-Proctor Arts Institute. Students take the first
two years of Pratt’s Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fine Art,
Photography, Art and Design Education, or Communications
Design on Munson’s beautiful central New York State
campus and finish the last two years at Pratt in Brooklyn.
With state-of-the-art facilities, a world-class museum,
and spacious new student apart­ments in a historic
Victorian-era neighbor­hood, PrattMWP is a wonderful
opportunity for students looking for a first‑rate art
education in a small-town setting at a significantly
lower cost.
First-year students take a set of core courses, identical
to the first-year curriculum at Pratt’s main campus,along
with required liberal arts courses. In the second year, they
begin to specialize in fine arts, photography, art and
design education, or communications design, so that in
the junior year at Pratt, they may specialize further with
a major in one of these areas.
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 Students in good academic standing have the option
to relocate for the junior year with no application process
for a virtually seam­less trans­ition, or they may apply to
transfer elsewhere. Financial aid is awarded on the basis
of both financial need and merit. For more information,
go to www.mwpai.edu or contact the Office of Admissions
at 315.797.0000 ext. 2286 or 800.755.8920 ext. 2286,
or email admissions@mwpai.edu.
Ways to Get to Know Pratt
Request information at www.pratt.edu/request,
and we’ll send you information about events, deadlines,
and programs based on your interests.
Visit: www.pratt.edu/visit
Email: admissions@pratt.edu
Call: 718.636.3514 or 800.331.0834
Twitter: @prattinstitute
Facebook: Pratt Institute Admissions
Visit us, ask questions, show us your work, and find out
why Pratt is the first choice for so many students.
Schedule your appointment online at www.pratt.edu/visit.
Pratt Institute
Office of Admissions
Myrtle Hall, 2nd Floor
200 Willoughby Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11205
A DISTINGUISHED FACULTY
Pratt’s more than 1,000 faculty members are award-winning
professional artists, designers, architects, and writers
who mentor their gifted students to achieve comparable
success. These faculty members expect that Pratt
students will meet the same high standards upheld in their
professional work. With different views, methods, and
perspectives, they all share a common desire to develop
each student’s potential and creativity to the fullest—
to graduate competent and creative professionals who
will shape the world to come. Faculty serve as important
connections when students are ready for employment
or internships.
TOOLS FOR TOMORROW
Job Placement Rates
Our latest survey of the class of 2016 indicates a 95 percent
employment rate within one year of graduation.
Internship and Career Support
The Center for Career and Professional Development
FILM/VIDEO BUILDING
offers career and internship counseling, résumé and
portfolio assistance, industry mentoring, professional
development, workshops, entrepreneurial support,
and a lifelong job search support system. New York City’s
location provides a distinct advantage for students looking
for internships or job experience. Qualified students
are offered challenging on-the-job experiences in top
art galleries, publishing houses, and architec­ture and
design firms in both Manhattan and Brooklyn, giving them
first­hand work experience as well as credit toward their
professional degree.
State-of-the-Art Technology
Pratt’s computer labs and digital output centers havethe
most current equipment available. Computer labs offer
computer workstations, color scanners, color and black-
and-white printers and plotters, digital and analog
output centers, digital photography, video and sound bays,
multimedia video projection, and multiple servers.
With access to everything from film editing and digital
animation to two- and three-dimensional rendering,
all workstations feature the latest software for the
departments using them. Those working in the three-
dimensional realm have access to 3-D printers, laser cutters,
and CNC milling machines. Pratt continually upgrades
lab equipment as industry standards change.
Exhibitions
Gallery space, both on the Brooklyn campus and at Pratt
Manhattan, is extensive, showing the work of students,
alumni, faculty, staff, and other well-known artists,
architects, and designers throughout the academic year.
Pratt Manhattan Gallery is a public art gallery that strives
to present significant work from around the world in the
fields of art, architecture, fashion, and design. The Rubelle
and Norman Schafler Gallery on the Brooklyn campus
mounts faculty and student exhibitions, as well as thematic
shows featuring the work of unaffiliated artists. In addition,
Pratt has more than 15 other galleries located on its
Brooklyn and Manhattan campuses.
Libraries
The Pratt Library on the Brooklyn campus is located in an
1896 landmark building with interiors by the Tiffany Glass
and Decorating Co. Collections and services are focused
on the visual arts, architecture, design, creative writing,
and allied fields. Additional materials support the general
education curriculum. The Library houses more than
200,000 volumes of print materials, including more than
600 periodicals, rare books, and the college archives.
The Library also includes a multimedia center, housing
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nearly 3,000 film and video titles, as well as the Visual
Resources Center, a collection of more than 120,000
circulating architecture, art, and design digital images.
The Pratt Manhattan Center Library supports visiting
researchers as well as the Pratt community. The Library
has a growing collection of monographs, serials, and
multi­media, as well as stock photography. It offers a wide
range of electronic resources, including general and
subject-specific databases, all of which are available off-site.
HISTORY OF PRATT
On October 17, 1887, 12 young people climbed the stairs
of the new “Main” building and began to fulfill the dream
of Charles Pratt as the first students at Pratt Institute.
Charles Pratt, one of 11 children, was born the son
of a Massachusetts carpenter in 1830. In Boston,
hejoined a company specializing in paints and whale oil
products. When he came to New York, he founded
a petroleum business that would become Charles Pratt
and Company. The company eventually merged with
Standard Oil, the company that made John D. Rockefeller
his millions.
Pratt’s fortunes increased and he became a leading
figure in Brooklyn, serving his community and his profession.
A philanthropist and visionary, he supported many of
Brooklyn’s major institutions. He always regretted, however,
his own limited education and dreamed of found­ing
an institution where pupils could learn trades through the
skillful use of their hands. This dream was realized when
Pratt Institute opened its doors more than 130 years ago.
To this day, members of the Pratt family are leading
supporters of the Institute.
Today, Pratt offers students more than 25 undergrad­uate
majors and concentrations—more than most other art and
design schools in the country—and more than 25 master’s
degree programs.
The energy, foresight, and spirit Charles Pratt gave to
his dream remain even today. Inscribed on the seal of the
Institute is his motto: Be True to Your Work, and Your Work
Will Be True to You.
PRATT STUDENTS
No matter which part of the world Pratt’s students come
from, most have known since childhood that they enjoy
creating things, solving problems, and share a desire to
change the world and leave an imprint.
BROOKLYN CAMPUS
Pratt receives more than 9,000 applications yearly for
its first-year class of 760. Thirty-six percent of the fresh­­man
class comes from other countries, including England, France,
Spain, Brazil, China, Canada, Singapore, Thailand, Turkey,
and Korea. Seventy‑seven percent of the undergraduate
enrollment comes from states other than New York, making
Pratt a truly national and international school.
Although it is possible to attend Pratt part-time, 100
percent of the freshman class chooses to study full-time,
reflecting a high degree of commitment. The student
body is composed of 4,806 undergraduate and graduate
students—33 percent men and 67 percent women.
Student Retention
One of the best measures of student satisfaction is the
percentage of freshmen who return the following fall.
Pratt’s retention rate of 87 percent is the second highest
in the country among private art schools.
Student Life
Pratt students can choose from more than 60 student
activities, including honor societies, clubs, sports, and
the student-run school newspaper, publications, or radio
station. Students regularly attend films, plays, lectures,
art openings, and concerts—both on campus and around
New York City. These cultural outings play an essential
role in the Pratt experience.
In addition to the residence halls and cafeteria and
cafés where students meet for meals, campus life is also
centered around the Library, the Schafler Gallery, the new
Student Union, and the Activities Resource Center, where
most sports and wellness activities take place.
Athletics and Recreation
Pratt’s athletic programs are based in the Activities
Resource Center, which has a 200-meter indoor track,
five indoor tennis courts, basketball and volleyball courts,
a weight room, dance/exercise rooms, and saunas.
Pratt is currently engaged in becoming a member of the
NCAA Division Three. Men’s and women’s varsity sports
at Pratt include outdoor and indoor track, cross-country,
basketball, volleyball, equestrian, soccer, and tennis.
Pratt also offers intramural sports, fitness and wellness,
and informal recreation. See www.pratt.edu/athletics.
Questions about participating in varsity athletics should
be addressed to wrickard@pratt.edu.
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 Living on Campus
Pratt is one of the few colleges in New York City that offer
on-campus housing. More than 90 percent of first-year
students and more than half of all students live on our main
Brooklyn campus in one of Pratt’s residence halls.
Students can choose to live in a single room, a four-
person suite, or a full apartment with one, two, or three
bedrooms. First-year students can apply to live in one
of the campus’s recently renovated historic townhouses,
which house six students. Various meal plans are available
for residential students. A new residence hall is opening for
first-year students two streets from campus for fall 2019.
The building was designed by Thomas Hanrahan, Pratt’s
Dean of the Architecture School.
Jeremy Scott, fashion designer
Tony Schwartz, creator, Alka-Seltzer commercial
Annabelle Selldorf, gallery and museum architect
Robert Siegel, architect, Gwathmey Siegel Kaufman
Pat Steir, contemporary painter and printmaker
Mickalene Thomas, contemporary artist
William Van Alen, architect, Chrysler Building
Tucker Viemeister, product designer, Oxo Good Grips
Max Weber, modernist painter
Robert Wilson, avant-garde stage director and playwright
Carlos Zapata, residential and commercial architect
Peter Zumthor, Pritzker Prize-winning architect

NOTABLE ALUMNI
What do the Chrysler Building and Scrabble have
in common? Both were designed by Pratt alumni.
Pratt has approximately 26,000 active alumni, whose
achieve­ments are a testament to the soundness
of the Institute’s educational philosophy.

William Boyer, designer of the classic Thunderbird

Shawn Christensen, Academy Award winner
Tomie dePaola, children’s book author and illustrator
Jules Feiffer, cartoonist and playwright
Harvey Fierstein, playwright and actor, Torch Song Trilogy
Steve Frankfurt, advertising innovator
Bob Giraldi, film director
Felix Gonzalez-Torres, installation artist
Michael Gross, executive producer, Ghostbusters
Bruce Hannah, furniture designer for Knoll,
named Designer of the Decade in 1990
Eva Hesse, sculptor and painter
Betsey Johnson, fashion designer
Ellsworth Kelly, minimalist painter
Edward Koren, cartoonist, The New Yorker
Naomi Leff, interior designer
George Lois, advertising designer
Robert Mapplethorpe, photographer
Peter Max, pop artist
Norman Norell, fashion designer
Roxy Paine, conceptual artist
Beverly Pepper, sculptor
Sylvia Plachy, photographer
Charles Pollock, furniture designer
Paul Rand, graphic designer, created IBM logo
Robert Redford, actor and director
Robert Sabuda, illustrator
Stefan Sagmeister, graphic designer
David Sarnoff, president, RCA Corporation

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HOW A PRATT EDUCATION WORKS SCHOOL OF CONTINUING AND PROFESSIONAL STUDIES PreCollege Program for High School Students
Dean Summer in Brooklyn
Department Programs Internships Study Abroad Senior Project/
and Emphasis Thesis Maira Seara The PreCollege summer program provides high school
students with rigorous college-level art, design,
Architecture Five-year (B Arch) Available at firms throughout Architecture and Design in Senior Project
New York Copenhagen, Architecture in Rome, required Assistant Dean and creative-thinking courses, modeled after Pratt’s
Summer Design Workshop in Beijing, Thesis optional Cristobal Stewart undergraduate offerings. High school juniors, seniors,
Summer Design Workshop in Berlin, and gap-year students from around the world attend
Pratt Summer in Paris
Assistant to the Dean classes taught by Pratt faculty committed to sharing
Art and Design Major (BFA) Available in teaching, arts Pratt Summer in Paris Thesis required Tenille McNeill their expertise in the fields of art, design, and architecture.
Education Combined BFA/MA administration, educational media (combined degree
Minor (without and design, museums, special only)
Students can choose from an area of concentration,
certificate) education, and Pratt’s Saturday Office including fine arts, animation, one of many design fields,
Art School Tel: 855.551.7727 photography, architecture, and creative writing.
Communications Communications  vailable at advertising agencies
A Architecture and Design in Senior Project prostudy@pratt.edu They learn what it’s like to be a college student, they
Design Design (BFA) and design firms throughout Copenhagen, Pratt Summer in Paris required www.pratt.edu/scps improve their existing skills, and they learn new talents
Advertising Art Direction New York while building a strong college admissions portfolio.
(not currently
offered for new
The School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS) Scholarships are available based on merit. Supervised
students) offers a wide variety of educational opportunities weekend activities are available with opportunities
Graphic Design outside of the traditional degree programs offered by to experience the cultural life of Brooklyn and Manhattan.
Illustration other schools of the Institute. Programming is designed The culminating student exhibition allows students
Construction Four-year (BPS) Available at construction Pratt Summer in Paris Senior Project for students preparing for a degree, changing or advancing to share their work with family, friends, and Pratt faculty
Management* Four-year (BS) firms throughout New York/ required
in their careers, or exploring new talents. SCPS students and administrators. The PreCollege summer program
Two-year (AAS) the tristate area
Minor obtain real-time tools with industry experts via innovative awards 4 college credits transferrable as electives to many
programming. SCPS serves more than 3,000 students colleges and universities.
Critical and Four-year (BA) Available in a wide variety of Design and Liberal Arts in Senior Project
Visual Studies cultural agencies Copenhagen, Pratt Summer in Paris required each year in more than 400 courses and special programs.
Digital Arts  igital Arts (BFA)
D Available at design firms and Pratt Summer in Paris Senior Project
Fall and Spring Weekend Program in Manhattan
3-D Animation and production companies throughout required Professional and Continuing Education Local area high school students can attend a weekend
Motion Arts the tristate area; summer internships Certificate programs in Fashion New Media, Digital Design, program on Saturdays at Pratt Manhattan in subjects
Interactive Arts available out of state UX/UI, Sustainable Design, Perfumery, and many others similar to those offered in the summer program. A focus
2-D Animation
are offered on a noncredit basis. Certificate programs is on portfolio development and exploration of the art,
Fashion Fashion Design (BFA) Required at a fashion design firm Fashion in Europe, Pratt Summer Senior Project allow students to develop an expertise that can be instantly design, and architecture fields. An exhibition at the end
in Paris required
applied in the workforce. Courses cover a wide array of each term is held on the Brooklyn campus, allowing
of topics within the areas of art, design, architecture, students to tour the campus and share their work with
Film/Video Film (BFA) Available at commercial photo Pratt Summer in Paris Thesis optional
studios, production companies, and entrepreneurship, and business. Opportunities are family and friends. Students attending the PreCollege
other major networks throughout available for students to attend studio courses, develop weekend program can choose to complete the courses
New York and other major cities a portfolio, and prepare for a graduate degree. for credit or on a noncredit basis.
Fine Arts Fine Arts (BFA) Available in a variety of areas Pratt in Venice, Architecture Senior Project
Painting and Design in Copenhagen, required Summer Intensives – Credit and Noncredit
Sculpture and Pratt Summer in Paris
Every summer, nonmatriculated college students and
Integrated Practices
Jewelry professionals are welcome to participate in an immersive
Drawing learning experience that allows students to study under
Printmaking the guidance of our prestigious faculty and takes maximum
History of Art Major (BFA) Available at museums and galleries Pratt in Venice, Pratt Summer in Paris Thesis required advantage of Pratt’s location in New York City. The Summer
and Design Minor throughout New York Intensives are available, both credit and noncredit,
Industrial Design Major (BID) Available at industrial design firms Architecture and Design in Senior Project to individuals seeking to develop or sharpen their skills
throughout New York Copenhagen, Pratt Summer in Paris required in a selected creative field for academic or professional
objectives. Credit courses carry three elective credits
Interior Design Major (BFA) Available at interior design firms Architecture and Design in Senior Project
that may be transferred to a student’s home institution.
Minor throughout New York Copenhagen, Pratt Summer in Paris required
Many courses feature renowned faculty and field trips
to the museums, galleries, design firms, and studios that
Photography Photography (BFA) Available at commercial photo Pratt Summer in Paris Senior Project
studios, production companies, required make Manhattan and Brooklyn a world destination.
and major networks throughout
New York and other major cities
The Writing Program Four-year (BFA) Available at publishing houses, Pratt Summer in Paris Senior Project
TV studios, newspapers, magazines, required
off-Broadway theaters, agents’
offices, advertising agencies, and
other arts and cultural institutions
Two-Year AOS Graphic Design/ Available at design firms in New York Pratt Summer in Paris
Illustration
Game Design and
Interactive Media
Two-Year AAS Graphic Design/ Available in a variety of areas Pratt Summer in Paris
Illustration
Painting/Drawing

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ACADEMIC DEGREES OVERVIEW

School of Architecture
Architecture B Arch 0202
Construction Management BPS 0201
Construction Management BS 0201
Building and Construction AAS 5317

School of Art
Game Design and Interactive Media AOS 5012
Graphic Design AOS 5012
Graphic Design/Illustration AAS 5012
Illustration AOS 5012
Painting/Drawing AAS 5610
Art and Design Education BFA 0831
Digital Arts BFA 1009
Film BFA 1010
Fine Arts BFA 1001
Photography BFA 1011

School of Design
Communications Design BFA 0601
Fashion Design BFA 1009
Industrial Design BID 1009
Interior Design BFA 0201

School of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Critical and Visual Studies BA 4903
History of Art and Design BA 1003
History of Art and Design BFA 1003
Writing BFA 1599

Combined Degree Programs

Art and Design Education BFA/MA 0831

STUDENTS IN THE SCULPTURE GARDEN

ARCHITECTURE STUDENTS IN HIGGINS HALL

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School of Architecture

Architecture
Construction Management
Minors

Dean
TBD

Associate Manager of
Academic Affairs
Kurt Everhart

Associate Manager of
Budget and Administration
Pamela Gill

Director of Production
Technologies
Mark Parsons

Office
Higgins Hall North, 1st Floor
Tel: 718.399.4304 
Fax: 718.399.4315
arch-dean@pratt.edu
www.pratt.edu/architecture
The School of Architecture’s mission is to educate the future
leaders of the design, planning, and management disciplines
in the professional fields of architecture, urban design, city
and regional planning, construction and facilities management,
environmental management, historic preservation, urban
placemaking, and real estate management. This effort builds upon
a strong context of professional education within an art and
design institute that stresses the relationship between intellectual
development and creative activity. The School offers a broad
cultural and analytical base in the liberal arts and sciences,
while providing the specialized knowledge unique to individual
disciplines. The importance of independent learning is emphasized
through studio-based curricula and research-oriented
thesis programs.
The balance between theory and practice is critical and
is gained only through rigorous exposure to these diverse elements.
The beauty of Pratt is that it has, in the words of one graduate,
“reached critical, cultural mass,” where the diversity and liveliness
of discussions about the how, what, and why of the profession
are always vigorous and interesting. The School of Architecture
is dedicated to maintaining the connection between design
theory and practice and to contributing to the knowledge necessary
to fully understand the built environment.
The range of programs within the School and the accessibility
of other programs within the Institute enable students to pursue
a wide variety of interests within the field. Architecture students
may take electives in fine arts, illustration, computer graphics,
industrial design, furniture design, interior design, and photo­graphy,
as well as architectural electives in advanced architectural theory,
advanced fabrication technology, and morphology.
The opportunity to learn from peers also is an invaluable part
of the educational experience. The student body includes many
international students, each of whom brings a different perspective
to the study of architecture. The School encourages transfer
students to apply and will evaluate credits from other colleges,
universities, or community colleges.
The Pratt student graduates from the Architecture program know
architecture as a discipline that gathers from the arts, sciences,
and liberal arts to produce works of value that are sensitive to the 
realities of life in cultures around the world.

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The Pratt graduate is imbued with strong ethical values and
an understanding of the architect’s ability to improve quality of life.
For its faculty, the school draws upon the world’s largest pool
of practicing architects, building professionals, theoreticians,
historians, and critics, who bring to the classroom professional
expertise, a strong theoretical base, and the high standards
to which they adhere in their work. Students are further exposed
to the professional world through optional internship programs
that place them in outstanding New York architectural firms, public
agencies, and nonprofit design institutions, giving them firsthand
work experience as well as credit toward their profes­sional degrees.
The program makes rich use of the extended resources of the
metropolitan New York community.
The School of Architecture demonstrates daily that learning
doesnot occur solely within the classroom. This is reflected in the
School of Architecture lecture series that bring some of the
most influential architects and design professionals in the world
to campus; the Center for Experimental Structures; exhibitions
and symposia organized and curated by students and faculty;
and the study abroad excursions in Asia, South America, Europe,
and our semester program in Rome.
The School of Architecture at Pratt Institute seeks to create
a culture of innovation and research in both the faculty and student
body. The School of Architecture recognizes that in the design
world of the 21st century, important research is being conducted
around the world by innovative professionals and educators,
and that traditional academic categories of research are giving
way to “research-driven practice,” particularly in the areas
of sustain­ability, digital design, material research, and community
planning. The School of Architecture can therefore play a pivotal
role in the development of this emergent research culture by creating
a flexible, adaptable, and technically supportive environment
where students are engaged in studio and research courses with
teaching professionals in their respective discipline.
The School of Architecture will maintain its commitment
to professional evaluation and accreditation standards,
but will augment these standards with educational experiences
in the form of “think tank” or “incubator” models.
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Architecture
Undergraduate Architecture is a five-year accredited
Bachelor of Architecture program that prepares students
with an early interest in architecture to become leading
professional practitioners. Students at Pratt learn that
architecture is a meaningful cultural contribution,
requir­ing both imagination and material realization within
a larger social and ethical context. The five-year design
sequence offers a thorough foundation in architecture,
integrating critical thinking, environmental resiliency,
material logics, emergent building technologies, and civic
responsibilities with design innovations.
Students strive for creative and intellectual indep­end­ence
and inspired architectural research. Firmly committed to
contemporary material practices, the program is currently
developing initiatives to integrate new techn­ologies into
the curriculum.
The Bachelor of Architecture program is a fully
accredited five-year professional program and was ranked
seventh nationally by DesignIntelligence in 2018.
The program received an eight-year reaccreditation
in fall 2016.
In the United States, most registration boards
require a degree from an accredited professional degree
program as a prerequisite for licensure. The National
Chair
Architectural Accrediting Board (NAAB), which is the
sole  agency authorized to accredit professional
Erika Hinrichs degree programs in architecture, offered by institutions
Associate Chair
with U.S. regional accreditation, recognizes three
types of degrees: the bachelor of architecture, the
Jason Lee
master of architecture, and the doctor of architecture.
Assistant Chair
Farzam Yazdanseta
A program may be granted an eight-year, three-year,
or two-year term of accredit­ation, depending
Assistant to the Chair
on the extent of its conform­ance with established
Adam Kacperski educational standards.
Doctor of architecture and master of architecture
Assistant Directors
of Student Advisement
degree programs may require a preprofessional
Juliet Medel
under­graduate degree in architecture for admission.
However, the preprofessional degree is not, by itself,
Terilyn Stewart
recognized as an accredited degree.
Administrative Clerk Pratt Institute, School of Architecture, Undergraduate
Latoya Johnson
Architecture Department offers the following NAAB-
Technician accredited degree programs: BArch (170 undergraduate
Rodrigo Guajardo credits). The next accreditation visit for all programs is 2024.
Office
Tel: 718.399.4305 
THE PROGRAM’S STRUCTURE
Fax: 718.399.4332
arch-ug@pratt.edu Bachelor of Architecture
www.pratt.edu/ug-dept-architecture The Bachelor of Architecture program is a professional
Faculty Bios
pro­gram accredited by the National Architectural
Accrediting Board (NAAB) requiring a minimum of five years
www.pratt.edu/ug-dept-
architecture/faculy of study. Most states require that individuals intending
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to become architects hold an accredited degree. construction, and emerging technologies. Within this
These professional degrees are structured to educate overview, different course offerings focus on any
those who aspire to registration and licensure combination of these topics. Since D’Arcy Thompson’s
to practice as architects. pioneering work a century ago, the generative principles
The 170 credits required for the Bachelor of Archi­tecture of form have become central to our understanding of the
degree are organized in three main categories: a core of diverse structures we encounter in nature and man-made
required courses in architectural study, liberal arts courses, constructs, physical and even conceptual. This paradigm
and electives. The core of 95 credits is primarily taken in the has percolated within many fields of knowledge since and
first three years and is designed to give basic professional guides the academic and research activities at the CES
preparation in architect­ural design, construction at Pratt Institute’s School of Architecture.
technology, graphic com­muni­cation, and the humanistic
aspects of design.
The liberal arts areas require 48 credits, of which 12
are taken within the School of Architecture (ARCH 151,
152, 251, and 252), 6 credits in English, 6 in cultural history,
6 in science, and 6 in social science. The remaining
12 credits are taken as electives selected from the liberal
arts courses offered by the School of Liberal Arts
and Sciences. The elective courses consist of 15 credits
of professional electives selected from courses
offered by the under­graduate architecture programs,
and 12 all-Institute electives, selected from courses
offered by any school in the Institute. By purposefully
selecting courses within all elective areas during their
last four semesters, students can develop their own
unique arch­i­tectural education based on their own needs
and goals. This personalized fourth-year curriculum
is directed toward culmination in the fifth-year degree
project. Individual curricula may be developed to place
more emphasis on such subject areas as design,
preservation, building technology, history and theory,
planning, construction management, and urban design
in the final two years of study.
The degree project year completes the student’s
academic architectural experience with an in‑depth
design study, preceded and accompanied by research.
The degree project is executed with guidance from
critics chosen by the student.
Undergraduate architecture students may also be
interested in a Concentration in Morphology or a minor in
Construction Management as well as options combining
the undergraduate degrees with various master’s degrees
in Planning and Facilities Management.

Concentration in Morphology
As part of the Center for Experimental Structures (CES),
the Concentration in Morphology leverages the long history
of interest in form studies with a focus on exploring the
relationship between form and space (geometry, topology),
form and force (structural morphology), form and time
(dynamic morphology) enabled by computation, fabrication,

WORK BY ADIN RIMLAND, BARCH ’18, AND BRYCE TAYLOR, BARCH ’18

Architecture 26 Architecture 27
 WORK BY CAMERON CLARK, BARCH ’22

WORK BY CYNTHIA WONG, BARCH ’18, AND NATE TIANRUN XU, BARCH ’18 WORK BY EDWARD RADEV, BARCH ’19

Architecture 28 Architecture 29
 WORK BY ANDREW HERBERT, BARCH ’22

WORK BY YESHU TAN, BARCH ’20, AND SOWON YUN, BARCH ’20 WORK BY ANN CHAI, BARCH ’18, AND CHAOYUAN NGIAM, BARCH ’18

Architecture 30 Architecture 31
 WORK BY EMMETT SUTTON, BARCH ’21 WORK BY ALESSANDRA CARRENO, BARCH ’21

WORK BY BARBARA MIGLIETTI, BARCH ’19 WORK BY MASSI SURRATT, BARCH ’18

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CURRICULA
B.Arch. in Architecture
Semester 1
ARCH-101 Design I 5
ARCH-111 Representation I 3
ARCH-131 Technics 3
ARCH-151 History and Theory of
Architecture I 3
HMS- 101B Literary and Critical Studies I 3
HMS-291B Introduction to Transdisciplinary
Writing I 1
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 2
ARCH-102 Design II 5
ARCH-112 Representation II 3
ARCH-152 History and Theory of
Architecture II 3
MSCI-110 Introduction to Physics/
Chemistry 3
HMS-201B Literary and Critical Studies II 3
HMS-292B Introduction to Transdisciplinary
Writing II 1
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 3
ARCH-201 Intermediate Design I 5
ARCH-211 Representation III 3
ARCH-231 Statics and Strength of Materials 3
ARCH-251 History and Theory of
Architecture III 3
ARCH-261 Architectural Materials 3
Credit subtotal 17
Semester 4
ARCH-202 Intermediate Design II 5
ARCH-232 Structures: Steel 3
ARCH-252 History and Theory of
Architecture IV 3
ARCH-262 Architectural Assembly Systems 3
MSCI-271 Ecology for Architects 3
Credit subtotal 17
Semester 5
ARCH-301 Comprehensive Design I 5
ARCH-331 Concrete Structures 3
ARCH-361 Building Environment 3
ARCH-363 Professional Practice 3
Liberal Arts Elective 3
Credit subtotal 17
Semester 6
ARCH-302 Comprehensive Design II 5
ARCH-362 Building Services 3
ARCH-364 Construction Documents 3
Social Science/Philosophy
Elective 3
Architecture Elective
(History/Theory) 3
Credit subtotal 17
Semester 7
ARCH-401 Advanced Design I
or
ARCH-400I Advanced Design (Rome) 5
ARCH-461 Urban Genealogies 3
CH-300 World Civilizations I 3
Liberal Arts Elective 3
Architecture Elective 3
Credit subtotal 17
Semester 8
ARCH-402
or
Advanced Design II
ARCH-400I
CH-400
Advanced Design (Rome)
World Civilization II
5
3 Semester 5
Liberal Arts Elective 3
Architecture Elective 3
All-Institute Elective 3
Credit subtotal 17
Semester 9
ARCH-403 Advanced Design III
or
ARCH-400I Advanced Design (Rome) 5
ARCH-501 Degree Project: Research 3
HMS-497B Research Writing for
Architecture Students 1
Social Science/ Philosophy
Elective 3
Architectural Elective 3
All-Institute Elective 2
Credit subtotal 17
Semester 10
ARCH-503 Degree Project: Design Studio 5
HMS-498B Advanced Transdisciplinary
Writing I 1
Architecture Elective 3
All-Institute Elective 6
Credit subtotal 15
Total credits required 170
B.Arch. in Architecture
Morphology Concentration
Semester 1
ARCH-101 Design I 5
ARCH-111 Representation I 3
ARCH-131* Technics 3
ARCH-151 History and Theory of
Architecture I 3
HMS- 101B Literary and Critical Studies I 3
HMS-291B Introduction to
Transdisciplinary Writing I 1
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 2
ARCH-102 Design II 5
ARCH-112 Representation II 3
ARCH-152 History and Theory of
Architecture II 3
MSCI-110 Introduction to Physics/
Chemistry 3
HMS-201B Literary and Critical Studies II 3
HMS-292B Introduction to
Transdisciplinary Writing II 1
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 3
ARCH-201 Intermediate Design I 5
ARCH-211 Representation III 3
ARCH-231 Statics and Strength of Materials 3
ARCH-251 History and Theory of
Architecture III 3
ARCH-261 Architectural Materials 3
Credit subtotal 17
Semester 4
ARCH-202 Intermediate Design II 5
ARCH-232 Structures: Steel 3
ARCH-252* History and Theory of
Architecture IV 3
Architecture
ARCH-262 Architectural Assembly Systems 3 Construction management (STEM) is the planning, bidding,
MSCI-271
Ecology for Architects
Credit subtotal
3
17
Construction and coordination of a project from construction drawings
to completion; its participants are the “business managers”
Management for the built environment. A construction manager may
ARCH-301 Comprehensive Design I 5 work for a large development/construction company,
ARCH-331 Concrete Structures 3
as an owner’s representative on projects, or as a specialist
ARCH-361 Building Environment 3
ARCH-363 Professional Practice 3 in one of the many roles required for the efficient,
Liberal Arts Elective 3 economically viable, and safe delivery of construction
Credit subtotal 17 projects. These con­struc­tion projects may have a
variety of purposes from housing, commercial/office
Semester 6
ARCH-302 Comprehensive Design II 5 space, recreational and urban placemaking plazas,
ARCH-362 Building Services 3 to intermodal transportation projects.
ARCH-364 Construction Documents 3 The construction manager is charged with the tasks
Social Science/Philosophy
of assembling a team for construction; contending
Elective 3
Morphology Elective 3 with numerous local, state, and federal regulations;
Credit subtotal 17 and coordinating skilled craftspeople, unions,
contractors, subcontractors, architects, engineers,
Semester 7
planners, consult­ants, and the owner/developer.
ARCH-401 Advanced Design I
or The day-to-day challenges of construction management
ARCH-400I Advanced Design (Rome) 5 make for some of the most demanding assignments
ARCH-461 Urban Genealogies 3 in the world, whether a manager is overseeing the
CH-300 World Civilizations I 3
construction of  a towering skyscraper or a public plaza.
Liberal Arts Elective 3
Morphology Elective 3 Construction management is a collaborative effort.
Credit subtotal 17 The primary relationships among stakeholders can be
represented by a triangle, with the owner at one point,
Semester 8
the architect/engineer at another, and the construction
ARCH-402 Advanced Design II
or manager at the third. Given the growing complexity
ARCH-400I Advanced Design (Rome) 5 of design and construction, whether urban, suburban,
Chair
CH-400 World Civilization II 3
Regina Ford Cahill, MS
or rural, there are no major projects built without this
Liberal Arts Elective 3
rcahill8@pratt.edu crucial team in place.
Morphology Elective 3
All-Institute Elective 3 Pratt’s School of Architecture has the distinction
Assistant to the Chair of being one of the first and one of the few urban schools
Credit subtotal 17
Philip Ramus
pramus@pratt.edu
in the nation to offer this essential degree program.
Semester 9
The Construction Management program provides
ARCH-403 Advanced Design III
or
Academic Advisers a professional education that emphasizes critical thinking
Juliet Medel and connects business management with construction
ARCH-400I Advanced Design (Rome) 5
jmedel@pratt.edu
ARCH-501 Degree Project: Research 3 tech­nology on a strong foundation in liberal arts education
HMS-497B Research Writing for
Terilyn Stewart suitable for a career in building construction.
Architecture Students 1
Social Science/ Philosophy
tstewa11@pratt.edu During their time at Pratt, students are encouraged
Elective to take advantage of the program’s industry connections
Office
3
Tel: 212.647.7524 
and participate in the many internship opportunities.
Morphology Elective 3
Fax: 212.367.2497 In addition to individual scholarships, many of the industry
All-Institute Elective 2
Credit subtotal 17
Email: cm@pratt.edu associations provide financial support for Pratt students.
www.pratt.edu/construction- Perfectly located in New York City, with a wide range
management
Semester 10 of development and construction firms, students
ARCH-503 Degree Project: Design Studio 5
Faculty Bios are encouraged to participate in experiential learning
HMS-498B Advanced Transdisciplinary
Writing I 1
www.pratt.edu/construction- and internships.
management/faculty
All-Institute Elective 3
All-Institute Elective 6
STEM designation for CM/FM
Credit subtotal 15
04.0902 Architectural and Building
Total credits required 170
Sciences/Technology
*Morphology pre-requisite
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 Graduates of the Construction Management
program should:
ll understand the roles and responsibilities
of the participants in a construction project;
ll be able to plan and organize the work of a
construction project;
ll be able to apply knowledge from English, mathematics,
science, management, and communication courses
to construction-related activities;
ll be capable of collaborating with members of a team
with an emphasis on written and verbal communication;
ll understand the importance of ethical practice;
and possess a passion for lifelong learning.
Students can apply for matriculation (acceptance into
the degree-granting program) upon admission or they
can be admitted with special, nonmatriculating status.
THE PROGRAM’S STRUCTURE
The Construction Management bachelor’s degree program
requires the completion of 121 credits.
During the first two years of study, students may take
classes during the day or in the evening. Junior- and
senior-year required courses are offered in the evening
to encourage students to engage in an internship and to
accomodate those students working in the field. Students
may vary the program through their choice of electives
that emphasize architecture, real estate, or other
construction-related roles.
Bachelor of Professional Studies in
Construction Management (BPS)
Students who graduate from this program are equipped
to immediately enter the workforce in construction and/
or project management with success. This four-year
program provides the full breadth of courses, including
leadership and financial management as well as technical
building science.
Bachelor of Science in Construction Management (BS)
This program was developed for transfer students and
students pursuing a second bachelor’s degree. Those
entering with acceptable transfer credits may complete
the program in less than four years. Applicants with
approved college credits should request an evaluation
by the department to determine if the BS degree
sequence is the appropriate path to the degree.
PROFESSOR KENT HIKIDA LECTURING ON TIME MANAGEMENT AS IT RELATES TO THE SCHEDULING AND PLANNING OF
CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN THE INTRODUCTION TO CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT COURSE
Associate of Applied Science in Building
and Construction (AAS)
Offered for students seeking a foundation in building
science and for students who may not desire to complete
the bachelor’s program, the Building and Construction
program requires the completion of 60 credits.
Construction Management Minor
The Department of Construction Management offers an
18-credit minor to undergraduate architecture and interior
design students. Students may apply to the Minor in
Construction Management program through their adviser
at any point during their academic career, beginning in
the first semester of their second year. The completion
of the minor will be noted on the student’s transcript but
will not be shown on the diploma.
Minor in Architectural Theory and Technology
The undergraduate Architecture Department offers
a 15-credit, non-studio-based minor to qualified
con­struc­tion management students pursuing a bachelor
of profes­sional studies degree. Students may apply
to the Minor in Architectural Theory and Technology
through their adviser at any point during their academic
career, beginning in the first semester of their second
year. The completion of the minor will be noted on the
student’s transcript but will not be shown on the diploma.
Admission Interviews
Admitted students may wish to talk with the Chair of
Construction Management before registration for courses.
An appointment should be made in advance. Contact:
cm@pratt.edu.
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CURRICULA
B.P.S. in Construction
Management
Semester 1
CM-111 Construction Graphics 3
CM-131 Construction: Wood and
Masonry 3
HMS-101A Literary and Critical Studies I 3
MSCI-300 Calculus I 3
Social Science ‘Global or
Thinking’ Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 2 ARCH-362 Building Services
CM-132 Construction: Concrete
and Steel 3
CM-201 Introduction to Construction
Management 3
HMS-201A Literary and Critical Studies II 3
MSCI-280 Environmental Science 3
MSCI-302 Statistics 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 3 ARCH-573A   Architectural Analysis
CM-140 Safety Management 3
CM-231 Structural Design Methods I 3
CM-233 Mechanical and Electrical
Equipment I 3
PHYS-131 Physics I 3
HMS-215 Writing for the Professional 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 4
CM-232 Structural Design Methods II 3
CM-234 Mechanical and Electrical
Equipment II 3
CM-242 Construction Surveying 3
PHYS-132 Physics II 3
HMS-261A Public Speaking 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 5
CM- 321 Project Controls 3
CM-341 Design Theory 3
CM-346 Estimating 3
MGMT-307 Introduction to Management 3
All Institute Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 6 Semester 6
CM-322 Project Controls II 3
CM-347 Planning and Scheduling 3
MGMT-303 Business Law 3
MGMT-201 Accounting 3
All Institute Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 7
CM-471 Construction Law 3
CM-461 Building Codes and Zoning 3
CM-401 Construction Management I 3
MGMT-309 Financial Management 3
MGMT-325 Managerial Economics 3
Credit subtotal 1
Semester 8
CM-402 Construction Management II 3
CM-404 Project Management 3
CM-499 Capstone 3
WAC-497A Thesis Writing 1
MGMT-308 Marketing 3
Construction Management
Professional Elective 3
Credit subtotal
Total credits required
16
121
B.S. in Construction Management
Semester 1
CM-111 Construction Graphics 3
CM-131 Construction: Wood and Masonry 3
HMS-101A Literary and Critical Studies I 3
MSCI-300 Calculus I 3
Social Science “Global” Core
Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 2
CM-132 Construction: Concrete
and Steel 3
CM-140 Safety Management 3
HMS-201A Literary and Critical Studies II 3
MSCI-280 Environmental Science 3
MSCI-302 Statistics 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 3
CM-201 Introduction to Construction
Management 3
CM-231 Structural Design Methods I 3
CM-233 Mechanical and Electrical
Equipment I 3
PHYS-131 Physics I 3
HMS-215 Writing for the Professional 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 4
CM-232 Structural Design Methods II 3
CM-234 Mechanical and Electrical
Equipment II 3
CM-242 Construction Surveying 3
PHYS-132 Physics II 3
HMS-261A Public Speaking 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 5
CM-321 Project Controls I 3
CM-341 Design Theory 3
CM-346 Estimating 3
Social Science “Thinking”
Core Elective 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
CM-322 Project Controls II 3
CM-347 Planning and Scheduling 3
Liberal Arts Post Core Electives 9
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 7
CM-471 Construction Law 3
CM-461 Building Codes and Zoning 3
CM-401 Construction Management I 3
Liberal Arts Post Core Electives 6
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 8
CM-402 Construction Management II 3
CM-499 Capstone 3
WAC-497A Thesis Writing 1
Liberal Arts Post Core Electives 9
Credit subtotal 16
Total credits required 121
A.A.S. in Building
and Construction
Semester 1
CM-131 Construction Methods and
CM-111
CM-140
Materials I: Wood and Masonry 3
Construction Graphics 3
Construction Safety Management 3
HMS-101A Introduction to Literary and
Critical Studies I 3
MSCI-300 Calculus I 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 2
CM-132 Construction Methods and
Materials II: Concrete and Steel 3
CM-201 Introduction to Construction
Management 3
HMS-201A Introduction to Literary and
Critical Studies II 3
MSCI-302 Statistics 3
Liberal Arts Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 3
CM-231 Structural Design I 3
CM-233 Mechanical and Electrical
Equipment I 3
CM-346 Estimating 3
Social Science Global Core
Elective 3
PHYS-131 Physics I 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 4
CM-232 Structural Design II 3
CM-234 Mechanical and Electrical
Equipment II 3
HMS-261A Introduction to Public Speaking 3
MSCI-280 Environmental Science 3
PHYS-132 Physics II 3
Credit subtotal 15
Total credits required 60
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Architectural Theory and Technology different course offerings focus on any
School of The Undergraduate Architecture Department
offers a 15-credit, non-studio-based minor
combination of these topics. Students can stay
within one or move among these areas of study.
Architecture to qualified construction management students
(minimum GPA of 3.0) pursuing a Bachelor
of Professional Studies degree. Students may
Students interested in the Morphology Minor
are encouraged to meet the coordinator,
Professor Haresh Lalvani, to review the course
Minors apply to the Minor in Architectural Theory
and Technology through their adviser at any
offering. Students may apply to the minor
in the first semester of their second year.
point during their academic career, begin- The completion of the minor will be noted on
ning in the first semester of their second year. the student’s transcript but will not be shown
on his or her diploma.
Students may choose from the following courses:
ARCH-252 History and Theory of Take the following required course:
Architecture IV ARCH-233 Technics: Non-Architecture Majors
ARCH-262 Architectural Assembly Systems
ARCH-361 Building Environments Take 3 credits from the required courses:
ARCH-211 Representation III
ARCH-363   Professional Practice ARCH-252 History & Theory IV
ARCH-364   Construction Documents I
ARCH-461   Urban Genealogies Take 9 credits from the following courses:
ARCH-551A Aalto ARCH-563A Research Topics(R)
ARCH-551B Frank Lloyd Wright ARCH-571A Form and Space: Analog
ARCH-551C Kahn and Venturi ARCH-571B Form and Space: Digital
ARCH-555A Islamic Architecture ARCH-571C Form and Force: Analog
ARCH-559C Critical Thinking: The Evolution ARCH-571D Form and Force: Digital
of Form ARCH-571E Form and Time: Analog
ARCH-571F Form and Time: Digital
ARCH-581A Special Topics
ARCH-581B Impact of Technology
ARCH-591A Elements of Landscape Design Please check www.pratt.edu/academics/
ARCH-593B   Urban Planning degrees/undergraduate-minors for the most
current information.
Construction Management
The Construction Management Department
offers an 18-credit minor. Students may apply
to the Minor in Construction Management
program through their adviser at any point in
their aca­demic career beginning in the first
semester of their second year. The completion
of the minor will be noted on the student’s
transcript but will not be shown on his or
her diploma.
Complete the following required courses:
CM-201 Intro to Construction Management
CM-401 Construction Managment I
CM-402 Construction Management II
Take 9 credits from the following courses:
CM-321, CM-322, CM-331, CM-343, CM-344,
CM-352, CM-440, CM-446, CM-461, CM-462,
CM-463, CM-471, MGMT-205, MGMT-307
Morphology Minor
As part of the Center for Experimental
Structures, the Morphology Minor leverages
the long history of our interest in form studies
with a focus on exploring the relations between
form and space (geometry, topology), form
and force (structural morphology), and form
and time (dynamic morphology) enabled by
computation, fabrication, construction, and
emerging technologies. Within this overview,
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 Pratt’s legacy of
delivering an agile
education grounded in
innovation and
excellence is producing
the new leaders in
architectural design
thinking.
Richard Sarrach, BArch ’00, Director
of Interdisciplinary Technology, Adjunct
Associate Professor, CCE

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School of Art

Foundation
Art and Design Education
Associate Degrees
Digital Arts
Interactive Arts, Digital (3-D),
Animation and Motion Arts,
2-D Animation
Film
Fine Arts
Drawing, Jewelry, 
Painting, Printmaking, 
Sculpture, and
Integrated Practices
Photography
Minors
Interim Dean
Jorge Oliver

Assistant Dean
Dianne Bellino

Director of Finance
and Administration
Daisy Rivera

Assistant to the Dean

Ramona Allen

Special Assistant to the Dean

Kate Barron

Office
Main Building, Fourth Floor
Tel: 718.636.3619 
Fax: 718.636.3410
dean-of-art@pratt.edu
www.pratt.edu/soa
The mission of the School of Art is to educate those who will
make and shape our built and mediated environ­ment, our aesthetic
surroundings, and our collective future.
Pratt’s School of Art is a destination for talented students with
a strong desire to explore the bound­aries of art. Young artists
from around the world come to study at Pratt’s campus, located
in the heart of historic and contemporary Brooklyn. Students join
a community of working artists who make up Pratt’s outstanding
faculty that encourages growth and experimentation.
The School of Art offers a diverse range of pro­grams in Digital
Arts, Film, Fine Arts, Photography, and Art and Design Education.
These programs are supported by studies in the liberal arts and
sciences, creating a dynamic context for stimulating intellectual
and creative inquiry. The School of Art programs are also enriched
by Pratt’s distinguished profes­sional programs in the School
of Design and the School of Architecture—all within the cultural
campus of New York City.
Two parallel objectives guide every department in the School
of Art. One is the emphasis on students acquiring a high level
of skills, techniques, method­ologies, and vocabulary required
for success as creative professionals. The second objective—
inter­twined with the first—is to balance that profes­sional
proficiency with a highly developed critical judgment based
on historical perspectives that allows students to become
effective and creative problem solvers for the world they
will graduate into.
The School of Art’s diverse collection of disciplines is dedicated
to the primacy of studio practice and the transform­­ative power
of creativity. We educate leaders in the creative professions to
identify, understand, shape, and benefit from the challenges
of a rapidly changing world. Our programs are designed to develop
critical thinking skills, deepen under­standing, enable practice,
and empower visionary action. The School of Art is dedicated
to developing creative leadership in a world that requires it.

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 Pratt Foundation is a yearlong experience that transforms
Foundation incoming students into a connected community of aspiring
artists, designers, creative makers, and thinkers.
As the gateway to Pratt for many students, Foundation
serves a critical role of introducing core concepts of
the creative practice while building community habits and
relationships that will endure well beyond the first-year
experience. Resembling today’s reality for makers and
visual thinkers, Pratt Foundation encourages students
to work collaboratively, pooling abilities, ideas, and talents
to synthesize technology and tradition into innovative,
creative outcomes. First-year students learn to rely
not only on their faculty, but also each other, for critical
feedback and support as they collectively strengthen
their abilities to enter into their chosen disciplines.
The Foundation year consists of two yearlong courses,
Light, Color, Design and Visualization and Representation
and two semester-long courses, Space, Form, Process,
and Time and Movement. Six-hour studio classes allow
for sustained and focused looking, learning, and making.
These courses focus on the fundamentals of art and design
while pushing students through a series of conceptually
challenging prompts to strengthen skills and hone their craft.
The Pratt Foundation classroom has been designed
as a laboratory that facilitates exploration and inquiry.
Students develop analog and digital skills through a series
of independently driven projects in their studio-based
classes. Projects are structured yet open-ended and allow
for self-discovery. Through successes and missteps,
Chair students learn to innovate solutions and recognize what
Leslie Mutchler it takes to be a successful artist or designer.
The Pratt Foundation year immerses students in
Assistant Chair
Natalie Moore
a world of exciting ideas, methodologies, and approaches
informed by aesthetics, history, politics, identity, and
Assistant to the Chair more. As students learn new things, they are challenged
Sabrina Lovell to reexamine preconceived notions. Pratt Foundation
Administrative Assistant
students gain practical knowledge as well as an in-depth
Julia Shinay understanding of the complexities, fluidity, and challenges
within the creative practice.
Technician
Sung Ha No

Foundation Media Lab Manager

Madeline Youngberg

Office
Tel: 718.636.3617 
Fax: 718.399.4589
fdc@pratt.edu
www.pratt.edu/foundation
IG: #PrattFoundation

Faculty Bios
www.pratt.edu/foundation/faculty

WORK BY TAKYING CHAN FOR VISUALIZATION AND REPRESENTATION

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 WORK BY LANDON HIGGINS FOR LIGHT, COLOR, DESIGN

WORK BY MOLLY WASIELEWSKI FOR TIME AND MOVEMENT

WORK BY MADELINE KNOX FOR VISUALIZATION AND REPRESENTATION

Foundation 46 Foundation 47
 WORK BY SEUNG JUN KWAK FOR LIGHT, COLOR, DESIGN

WORK BY NOA FENIGSTEIN FOR LIGHT, COLOR, DESIGN WORK BY TAKYING CHAN FOR VISUALIZATION AND REPRESENTATION

Foundation 48 Foundation 49
 WORK BY DEVIN ALEXANDER FOR TIME AND MOVEMENT

WORK BY D. MENATIAN FOR LIGHT, COLOR, DESIGN

WORK BY YUNRAN HUA FOR LIGHT, COLOR, DESIGN

Foundation 50 Foundation 51
 The BFA and BFA/MA degrees prepare students to
Art and Design approach teaching as a creative process modeled upon
and nourished by intensive studio preparation in a
Education contemporary art con­text. Students engage in fieldwork
and student teaching experiences that help them integrate
their studio work, studies in liberal arts, education
theory, and teaching practice. Throughout their teaching
experiences in K-12 schools and community-based
educational settings, students:
ll provide holistic studio learning opportunities
for young people;
ll value young people’s social and cultural assets; and
connect to young people’s families and communities.

Upon graduation, students become proficient in their

written and spoken communication about contemporary
art and design practices as they begin to advocate
for studio-based art and design programs in diverse
learning contexts.
Chair
Heather Lewis
BFA IN ART AND DESIGN EDUCATION
hlewis@pratt.edu (WITH NEW YORK STATE INITIAL CERTIFICATION,
718.636.3637 VISUAL ARTS PRE-K-12), 126 CREDITS
Within the BFA in Art and Design Education, students
Assistant to the Chair
Mirland Terlonge
can opt to pursue two different paths: one in art and design
mterlong@pratt.edu education with New York State certification and one in
718.636.3681 community art and design education. Both paths provide
the following core experiences:
Academic Adviser
Meredith Hoffheins
718.230.2609 Studio Core
Students take a sequence of 18 studio credits in an art or
Art and Design Education Office design discipline beginning in their sophomore year. Through
Tel: 718.636.3637 
Fax: 718.230.6817
individual advisement sessions, students choose the core
adeinfo@pratt.edu studio discipline based on their experiences in the foundation
www.pratt.edu/art-design- year and evolving studio interest, and examine their progress
education in the core as they move from one semester to the next.
Director, Center for Art, Design,
and Community Engagement K-12 Teaching Experience
Aileen Wilson Students pursuing both degree paths—certification
awilson2@pratt.edu and community art and design education—take courses
718.687.5602
that immerse them in fieldwork and student teaching
Deputy Director K-12 in K-12 public schools and other settings. In their junior
Tara Kopp year, students decide which path they want to pursue.
tkopp@pratt.edu Students who choose the certification path fulfill their
718.636.3654
additional student teaching requirements in public schools,
Youth Programs Office and students in the community art and design education
Tel: 718.636.3654  track fulfill their student teaching requirements in
Fax: 718.230.6876 community-based settings.
www.pratt.edu/youth

Faculty Bios
www.pratt.edu/youth/faculty

BODACIOUS TING, DONNA TRAN, BFA/MS (SENIOR)

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 Community Engagement
All students teach in Saturday Art School, a laboratory
school for students from Brooklyn’s many neighborhoods.
For over a century, Saturday Art School has provided
children and adolescents with a quality arts program.
Partnering with the Center for Art, Design, and Community
Engagement K-12, students collaborate with children and
young people attending this out-of-school program in art
and design. Students learn to integrate the knowledge, skills
and values of their studio-core or major to inform art and
design projects conceived and developed in concert
with young people. Supervised by faculty, students support
children and young people in the concep­tual­ization
and realization of studio-based projects over the course
of the semester culminating in a curated exhibition.
Integrative Capstone
Students complete a capstone course that supports
stu­dents as they integrate their studio core with their
teach­ing experi­ences through reflection and research in the
field of art and design education. The capstone course in
students’ senior year provides a space for students to reflect
and build on their learning by investigating a topic in art
and design education and developing a senior exhibition
and catalog.
COMBINED DEGREE IN ART AND DESIGN EDUCATION
(BFA/MA), 156 CREDITS
By completing both undergraduate and graduate degrees
in Art and Design Education at Pratt, students can reduce
time and cost requirements. The five-year program
provides students with opportunities to explore new areas
in the field of art and design education such as puppetry
and performance, museum education, and community art
and design education. Students also complete a thesis in
which they conduct research on a topic of their choosing.
Students need to remain in good academic standing to
Art and Design Education
continue in the five-year program. Financial aid packages,
as well as bursar and other payment situations, convert
to graduate student levels. NEED FULL
CAPTION
CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS
In order to be recommended for NYSED Initial/Professional
Certification in Visual Arts, Pre-K–12, candidates must have
completed the following procedures, workshops, and tests SUGGESTED
IMAGE
as you move through the program so that by the time you
have finished your last semester you will have comp­leted
everything you will need to apply for certification.
Please note: The fees for the workshops and tests/assess­
ments will be charged as part of your cost of tuition and will
therefore be part of your student loan package as needed.
Fingerprinting
ll You will be required to be fingerprinted in preparation
for observing and teaching in New York City’s public
schools ($135, sophomore semester, fall).
Workshops
These workshops must be taken with a provider
approved by NYSED.
ll Child Abuse Identification Workshop
($45, sophomore semester, spring)
ll School Violence Prevention and Intervention Workshop
($45, sophomore semester, spring)
ll Training in Harassment, Bullying, Cyberbullying, and
Discrimination in Schools: Prevention and Intervention
($85, sophomore semester, fall) STUDENTS PRESENTING FINAL PROJECTS IN PUPPETRY AND PERFORMING OBJECTS
Tests and Assessments:
ll Educating All Students-EAS ($92, junior semester, fall)
ll Content Specialty Test—CST ($134, junior semester, fall)
ll Education Teacher Performance Assessment—EdTPA
($300, senior semester, fall)
NEED FULL
CAPTION
SUGGESTED
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JALYZA PASCUAL, BFA/MS SENIOR, TEACHING PUPILS IN SATURDAY ART SCHOOL
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CURRICULA
B.F.A. in Art and Design Education
Semester 1
FDC-140 Visualization/Representation 3
FDC-150 Space, Form, Process 3
FDC-160 Light, Color, Design Lab 3
HMS-101A Critical and Literary Studies I 3
HAD-111 Themes in Art & Culture I 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 2
FDC-141 Visualization/Representation/
Concept 3
FDC-161 Light, Color, Design Studio 3
FDC-180 New Form/Time and Movement 3
HAD-112 Themes in Art & Culture II 3
Social Science “Global”
Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 3
ADE-201 Youth in the City 3
HAD 346 Art Since the Sixties 3
Social Science “Thinking”
Core Elective 3
Studio Core 6
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 4
ADE-200 From Studio to Classroom I 3
SS-212 Child and Adolescent
Development 3
HMS-201A Literary and Critical Studies II 3
Math/Science Core Elective 3
Studio Core 6
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 5
ADE-300 From Studio to Classroom II 3
ADE-301 The Inclusive Classroom 3
ADE-302 Media and Materials I 3
Pratt Integrative course 3
History of Art and
Design Elective 3
Studio Core 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 6
ADE-303 Media and Materials II 3
ADE-304 Teaching in the NYC Public
Schools 3
SPAN-501 Conversational Spanish 3
Liberal Arts Post Core Elective 3
Studio Core 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 7
ADE-402 Photo and Community
Collaboration SPAN-501 Conversational Spanish 3
or
ADE-403 Professional Practices 3
ADE-401 Community Matters
or
ADE-404 Student Teaching 3
ADE-405 Saturday Art School I 3 ADE-402 Photo and Community
Liberal Arts Post Core
Elective (300/400 Level) 3
All Institute Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 8
ADE-406
ADE-407
Saturday Art School II
Curating Learning
3
3
Liberal Arts Post Core
Elective (300 400 Level) 3
All Institute Electives 6
Credit subtotal 15
Total credits required 126
B.F.A./M.A. in Art and
Design Education
Semester 1
FDC-140 Visualization/Representation 3
FDC-150 Space, Form, Process 3
FDC-160 Light, Color, Design Lab 3
HMS-101A Literary and Cultural Studies I 3
HAD-111 Themes in Art & Culture I 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 2
FDC-141 Visualization/Representation/
Concept 3
FDC-161 Light, Color, Design Studio 3
FDC-180 New Form/Time and Movement 3
HAD-112 Themes in Art & Culture II 3
Social Science “Global”
Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 3
ADE-201 Youth in the City 3
HAD 346 Art Since the Sixties 3
Studio Core 6
Social Science “Thinking”
Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 4
ADE-200 From Studio to Classroom I 3
SS-212 Child and Adolescent
Development 3
HMS-201A Literary and Critical Studies II 3
Math/Science Core Elective 3
Studio Core 6
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 5
ADE-300 From Studio to Classroom II 3
ADE-301 The Inclusive Classroom 3
ADE-302 Media and Materials I 3
Pratt Integrative course 3
History of Art and Design Elective 3
Studio Core 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 6
ADE-303 Media and Materials II 3
ADE-304 Teaching in the NYC Public
Schools 3
Liberal Arts Elective 3
Studio Core 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 7
Collaboration
or
ADE-403 Professional Practices 3
ADE-401 Community Matters
or
ADE-404 Student Teaching 3
ADE-405 Saturday Art School I 3
Art and Design Education
Liberal Arts Elective 3
All Institute Elective
Credit subtotal
3
15
Semester 8
ADE-406 Saturday Art School II 3
ADE-407 Curating Learning 3
Liberal Arts Elective 3
All Institute Elective 6
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 9
ADE-618 Contemporary Museum Education 3
ADE-632 Community Arts: The
Networked City 3
ADE-635 Puppetry and Performing
Objects: 3
ED-660A Thesis 1 3
GR Art and Design Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 10
ADE-628 Avant Guard Museum Education 3
ADE-633 Community Arts: The City as
Living Lab 3
ADE-636 Puppetry and Performing
Objects: 3
ED-660B Thesis II 3
GR Art and Design Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Total Credits Required 156
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THE PROGRAM’S STRUCTURE
Associate Degree Pratt’s Associate Degree Programs offers an exciting
educational opportunity to traditional and nontraditional
Programs students through two-year Art and Design degree
programs. These programs allow students to immerse
themselves in an intensive two-year, career-track
associate of occupational studies (AOS) or transfer-track
associate of applied science (AAS) education.
Located in Manhattan, at the center of the art and
design community, students have immediate access to the
world’s leading design studios, museums, and galleries.
This sophisticated location provides excellent opportunities
for field trips, guest speakers, and internship placement.
Location, opportunity, and diversity—with students of
varied ages from across the country and around the world—
combine to create a unique educational experience.
The faculty members, which include some of New
York’s leading artists and designers, bring a combination of
expertise and dedication to the classroom. They work
diligently to provide students with professional experience
and to inspire the confidence students require to continue
their education or pursue their chosen careers. Class sizes
are small and faculty members work closely with each
student, helping to refine and build their skills to a
professionally competitive level.
In all majors, there is a strong emphasis on teaching
traditional skills and a commitment to providing students
with access to the most advanced technology.
The curriculum begins with rigorous foundation
courses for all majors, followed by major-specific
upper-level courses, and culminates in professional
portfolio development, internship opportunities,
and capstone projects.
Chair ASSOCIATE OF OCCUPATIONAL STUDIES (AOS)
Susan G. Young
Assistant to the Chair
Graphic Design, Illustration, and Game Design
Chandra Singh and Interactive Media
The AOS program is a professional degree designed
Assistant Chair for high school graduates and adults with or without
Zach Whitehurst
previous college experience. This is an intensive,
Academic Adviser two-year, all art-and-design-based curriculum, offering
Zachary Lucero a strong foundation in design along with capstone
courses, internship opportunities, and a professional
Office
Tel: 212.647.7375 
portfolio upon graduation. The program attracts
Fax: 212.367.2480 highly motivated students who, upon completing their
aos@pratt.edu studies, move quickly into the fields of graphic design,
www.pratt.edu/associate-degree advertising, illustration, web design, game design,
Faculty Bios
package design, and publishing, as well as an array
www.pratt.edu/associate-degree/ of interactive media fields.
faculty
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ASSOCIATE OF APPLIED SCIENCE (AAS)
Graphic Design/Illustration and Painting/Drawing
The AAS program is a preprofessional degree program
providing the student with the first two years of a four-year
bachelor of fine arts course of study. Upon comp­letion,
students graduate with an AAS degree and have the option
of entering an arts profession or applying for transfer into
a four-year BFA program at Pratt or another school of their
choice. The program offers a strong foundation, advanced-
level art and design courses, and a liberal studies component,
all combined to create a comprehensive transfer degree.
FILING DATES
While Pratt’s Associate Degree Programs have a rolling
admissions policy for all applicants, which means that there
is no specific deadline for applying to the program, we
encourage all applicants to submit their application by
January 5.
APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS
Freshman Applicants
ll Submission of the electronic application (www.pratt.edu/
apply) with $50 application fee paid by check or credit
card; International student application fee is $90
ll Essay/statement of purpose
ll One letter of recommendation
ll Official high school transcript
ll Portfolio, which should be uploaded to
pratt.slideroom.com
Transfer Applicants
ll Basic application form
ll Application fee, $50 ($90 for international students)
ll Essay/statement of purpose
ll One letter of recommendation
ll Official transcripts from all previous colleges attended
ll Portfolio, which should be uploaded to
pratt.slideroom.com
ll Transfer students who have completed fewer
than 48 college credits must also submit their high
school transcripts
To receive feedback on your work, you may schedule
a portfolio review by visiting www.pratt.edu/admissions,
by calling 718.636.3779, or by calling the Associate Degree
Office at 212.647.7375 to schedule an appointment.
Associate Degree Programs
Acceptance Procedures
Candidates are notified by mail as to their acceptance
or rejection. Decisions will be mailed about six weeks after
all materials are received. Deposit forms will be sent with
the decision letter. Deposit forms should be completed
and returned with a $300 nonrefundable admissions
deposit and an optional $300 housing deposit. Please note
that the $300 admissions deposit will be applied to the
first semester’s tuition.
Financial Aid
Pratt tries to ensure that no student is prevented from
completing his or her education due to a lack of funds.
Pratt offers a large number of grants, scholarships, loans,
and work awards. Many awards are based on academic
achievement; others are based on financial need.
All financial aid packages are awarded based on both
academic achievement and need.
International Students
All students whose first language is not English are required
to submit a Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
score for admission. In addition, all students upon arrival at
Pratt must take the Pratt English Proficiency Exam. If it is
determined that a student is not proficient in English, he or
she will be required to take Intensive English courses at
Pratt Institute. International students must submit the
electronic I-20 Request forms found at www.pratt.edu/oia
in order to obtain a visa.
Part-Time Enrollment
A part-time student is any student who takes fewer than
12 credits per semester. Part-time students may be eligible
for some financial aid and may participate fully in all Pratt WORK BY MICHAEL HSU, AOS GAME DESIGN ’18
programs and activities.
Housing
Students wishing to live on Pratt’s Brooklyn campus must
submit the $300 deposit form by May 1 for fall entrance
and December 1 for spring entrance. Contact the Office of
Residential Life and Housing at 718.399.4551 for more
information.
School Visits
Visits by interested students are always encouraged.
We would love to meet with you to discuss how our
department may help you reach your career goals. Please
call us at 212.647.7375 to schedule a personal tour.
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Associate Degree Programs
CURRICULA
A.A.S. in Graphic Design/
Illustration
Semester 1 Credit subtotal 15
ASFD-143 Drawing I 3
ASFD-168 Light, Color and Design I 3
ASFD-157 Materials and 3 Dimensional Form 3
HAD-111 Themes in Art & Culture I 3
HMS-101A Critical and Literary Studies I 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 2
ASCG-100 Digital Media 3
ASFD-144 Drawing II 3
ASFD-169 Light, Color and Design II 3
HAD-112 Themes in Art & Culture II 3
HMS-201A Literary & Critical Studies II 3
Social Science “Global”
Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 3
ASDG-109 Typography I 3
ASGR-101 Communications Design I 3
ASIL-101 Illustration I 3
Social Science “Thinking”
Core Elective 3
Math/Science Core Elective 3
History of Art and Design Elective 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 4
ASCG-212 Pre-Press and Print Production 3
ASGR-102 Communications Design II 3
ASIL-102 Illustration II 3
Departmental Elective 3
All Institute Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Total credits required 66
A.A.S. in Painting/Drawing
Semester 1
ASFD-143 Drawing I 3
ASFD-168 Light/Color/Design I 3
ASFD-157 3-D Design 3
ASIL-100 Painting I 3
HAD-111 Themes in Art & Culture I 3
HMS-101A Critical and Literary Studies I 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 2
ASFD-144 Drawing II 3
ASFD-169 Light/Color/Desing II 3
ASDG-206 Painting II 3
HAD-112 Themes in Art & Culture II 3
HMS-201A Literary & Critical Studies II 3
Social Science “Global”
Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 3
ASDG-207 Drawing III 3
ASDG-225 Painting III 3
ASPR-205 Printmaking 3
History of Art and
Design Elective 3
Social Science “Thinking”
Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
62
Semester 4 ASGM-222 Game Production II 3
ASCG-100 Digital Media 3 Credit subtotal 18
ASFA-241 Fine Arts Seminar 3
ASFA-242 Fine Arts Studio 3 Semester 4
Math/Science Core Elective 3 ASGM-240 Interactive Media Portfolio 3
All Institute Elective 3 ASGM-242 Game Production III 3
ASGM-243 Collaboration Studio 3
Total credits required 66 ASGM-245 Mobile Application Design 3
All Institute Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
A.O.S. in Graphic Design Total credits required 66
Semester 1
ASFD-143 Drawing I 3 A.O.S. in Illustration
ASGR-101 Communication Design I 3
ASDG-109 Typography I 3 Semester 1
ASFD-168 Light/Color/Design I 3 ASCG-100 Digital Media 3
ASCG-100 Digital Media 3 ASFD-143 Drawing I 3
ASDG-101 Photography 3 ASFD-168 Light/Color/Design I 3
Credit subtotal 18 ASGR-101 Communications Design I 3
ASIL-100 Painting I 3
Semester 2 ASIL-101 Illustration I 3
ASFD-144 Drawing II 3 Credit subtotal 18
ASGR-102 Communication Design II 3
ASDG-211 Typography II 3 Semester 2
ASGR-270 Digital Design 3 ASDG-109 Typography I 3
ASCG-212 Pre-Press & Print Production 3 ASDG-206 Painting II 3
Credit subtotal 15 ASFD-144 Drawing II 3
ASIL-102 Illustration II 3
Semester 3 ASIL-215 Digital Illustration I 3
ASGR-201 Graphic Design I 3 Credit subtotal 15
ASGR-207 Package Design I 3
ASCG-101 UI/UX Interactive Media I 3 Semester 3
ASDG-212 Typography III 3 ASCG-101 UI/UX Interactive Media I 3
ASGR-203 Advertising Design I 3 ASDG-207 Drawing III 3
Departmental Elective 3 ASDG-225 Painting III 3
Credit subtotal 18 ASIL-201 Illustration III 3
ASIL-216 Digital Illustration II 3
Semester 4 All Institute Elective 3
ASGR-202 Graphic Design II 3 Credit subtotal 18
ASGR-208 Package Design II 3
ASCG-201 UI/UX Interactive Media II 3 Semester 4
ASGR-204 Advertising Design II 3 ASFA-242 Fine Arts Studio 3
ASGR-240 Portfolio 3 ASGR-240 Portfolio 3
Credit subtotal 15 ASIL-202 Illustration IV 3
Total credits required 66 ASIL-240 Illustration Business 3
All Institute Elective 3
A.O.S. in Game Design and Credit subtotal 15
Total credits required 66
Interactive Media
Semester 1
ASFD-143 Drawing I 3
ASCG-101 UI/UX Interactive Media I 3
ASGM-101 Collaborative Game Design 3
ASGM-102 Game Analysis & Strategy 3
ASGM-103 Storytelling & Interactive
Narrative Design 3
ASGM-104 Animation & Motion Graphics I 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 2
ASGM-105 3D Modeling & Animation I 3
ASGM-121 Object-Oriented Programming 3
ASGM-122 Game Production I 3
ASGM-123 Immersive Sound Design 3
ASCG-201 UI/UX Interactive Media II 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 3
ASGM-201 Mobile Gaming 3
ASGM-204 Animation & Motion Graphics II 3
ASGM-205 3D Modeling & Animation II 3
ASGM-206 Advanced Worldbuilding 3
ASGM-207 Serious and Subversive Games 3
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 What is a digital artist?
Digital Arts A visual thinker. A researcher.
A programmer. An inventor.
A builder. A storyteller.
A visionary.

One of the most exciting aspects of being an artist in the

21st century is the ability to digitally alter any medium to
express an idea.
Pratt’s Digital Arts program offers three distinct areas
of emphasis: digital (3-D) animation and motion arts, 2-D
animation, and interactive arts. In interactive arts, students
find their creative voices in the exploration of digitally
mediated installations, apps, and sculptures. 3-D animation
involves bringing the inanimate to life in a virtual world,
while 2-D animation explores the immediacy and joy of
tactile media. In each area, students have access to a wide
variety of high-quality technology in an environment that
can only be described as invigorating and innovative.
The Digital Arts program is populated with a faculty of
talented, leading professionals in the field. Many write for
trade and professional journals, and several have authored
trendsetting books. Their works are widely published and
exhibited both nationally and internationally.

THE PROGRAM’S STRUCTURE

BFA in Digital Arts

This program helps students master the new tech­nologies
that are reshaping the way people interact, communicate,
and create new forms of expression. The curriculum
prepares students for professional positions in the arts and
Chair
Peter Patchen
creative industries that currently employ this technology:
interactive media, digital animation, and experimental fine
Assistant Chair arts. Living and studying in New York City affords students
Carla Gannis access to galleries and production facilities that few cities
Assistant to the Chair
can rival. Our students routinely continue to expand their
Victoria Smolinsky skills and make career-changing contacts working as interns
in leading studios and galleries.
Academic Adviser The four years culminate in a senior project that is
Gwen Shockey
exhibited/screened in senior shows. Students create
Lab Managers traditional portfolios, demo reels, and websites that are
Sharlene Medina used as a part of graduate school applications, gallery
Demetrius Peña and festival entries, and job applications.
Office
This 126-credit program may be completed in four
Tel: 718.636.3411  calendar years.
Fax: 718.399.4494
dda@pratt.edu AREAS OF EMPHASIS
www.pratt.edu/digital-arts
Students are able to select one of three tracks: interactive
Faculty Bios arts, digital (3-D) animation and motion arts, or 2-D animation.
www.pratt.edu/digital-arts/faculty

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 Interactive Arts
Students use computer-human interaction to convey
meaning in the form of physical installations, interactive
objects, and online artworks. This includes the combin­
ation of video, animation, text, audio, and imagery in an
interactive environment. Courses include graphics
programming, interface design, interactive installation,
robotics and physical computing, ActionScript, and more.
Recommended electives include courses in sculpture,
history of new media, video editing, programming,
video installation, online media, electronic music, and
audio editing.

Digital (3-D) Animation and Motion Arts

Students focus on self-expression using form and motion,
time-based narrative, live action, and digital animation
techniques. Courses include 3-D modeling, 3-D animation,
character design, rigging, character animation, story­
boarding and storytelling, motion dynamics, lighting and
rendering, video editing, and audio editing. Recom­mended
electives include contemporary issues in film and video,
history of animation, 2-D animation, character design
and rigging, scripting, audio and video, compositing and
special effects, 3-D printing, and advanced digital
animation techniques. DAN RAN, BFA ’17, ACTION WITHOUT ACTION, INTERACTIVE DUAL SCREEN
INSTALLATION, 84” X 52.5” X 28” CHRIS RUTLEDGE, BFA ’18, THE LOAF ZONE, ANIMATION STILL

2-D Animation
Animation courses are constructed to afford a wide
exposure to all aspects of animation production and to
allow students to focus on the areas of greatest interest.
Courses in animation history, character development,
storyboarding, and storytelling enhance the animation
production courses. The junior workshops are advanced
studies in animation production using traditional and
digital tools.

KARL MUNSTED, BFA ’18, QUEERTOPIA, IINTERACTIVE AMY XU, BFA ’18, MELTDOWN, ANIMATION STILL
INSTALLATION AND GAME

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TARYNN ORITZ, BFA ’18, MASCARA, ANIMATION STILL
CLYDE CANBANBAN, BFA ’18, THE DEVICE, ANIMATION STILL
Digital Arts
CURRICULA
B.F.A. in Digital Arts
(Interactive Arts)
Semester 1 Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective
FDC-140 Visualization/Representation 3
FDC-160 Light, Color, Design Lab 3
FDC-150 Space, Form, Process 3
HAD-111 Themes in Art & Culture I 3
HMS 101A Literary and Critical Studies I 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 2
FDC-141 Visualization/Representation/
Concept 3
FDC-161 Light, Color, Design Studio 3
FDC-180 New Forms/Time and Movement 3
HAD-112 Themes in Art & Culture II 3
Social Science “Global”
Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 3
DDA-250 Coding for Artists 3
DDA-251 Interactive Media 3
DDA-252 Interactive Studio I 3
HAD-551 History and Theory of New Media 3
Social Science “Thinking”
Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 4
DDA-253 Coding Interactive Sculpture 3
DDA-254 Physical Computing 3
DDA-255 Interactive Studio II 3
HMS-201A Literary and Critical Studies II 3
Math/Science Core Elective 3
All Institute Elective 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 5
DDA-360 Coding for Installation 3
DDA-361 Interactive Studio III 3
DDA-325 Digital Arts in Context 3
Departmental Elective 3
Pratt Integrative Course 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 6
DDA-363  erformance and Electronic Media 3
P Semester 5
DDA-390 Senior Project Development 3
Departmental Elective 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective 3
History of Art and Design Elective 3
All Institute Elective 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 7
DDA-400 Senior Projects I 3
HMS-440J Key Concepts in Net Art 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective
(300/400 Level) 3
Departmental Elective 3
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All Institute Elective 3 Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15 Pratt Integrative Course 3
All Institute Elective 3
Semester 8 Credit subtotal 18
DDA-410 Senior Projects II 3
DDA-415 Professional Practices 3 Semester 7
DDA-400 Senior Projects I 3
(300/400 Level) 3 Departmental Elective 3
Departmental Elective 3 Math/Science Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 12 Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective 3
Total credits required 126 All Institute Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
B.F.A. in Digital Arts Semester 8
(2-D Animation) DDA-410 Senior Projects II 3
DDA-415 Professional Practices 3
Semester 1 Departmental Elective 3
FDC-140 Visualization/Representation 3 Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective
FDC-160 Light, Color, Design Lab 3 (300/400 level) 3
FDC-150 Space, Form, Process 3 All Institute Elective 3
HAD-111 Themes in Art & Culture I 3 Credit subtotal 15
HMS 101A Literary and Critical Studies I 3 Total credits required 126
Credit subtotal 15
B.F.A. in Digital Arts
Semester 2
FDC-141 Visualization/Representation/
(3-D Animation)
Concept 3
Semester 1
FDC-161 Light, Color, Design Studio 3
FDC-140 Visualization/Representation 3
FDC-180 New Forms/Time and Movement 3
FDC-150 Space, Form, Process 3
HAD-112 Themes in Art & Culture II 3
FDC-160 Light, Color, Design Lab 3
Social Science “Global”
HAD-111 Themes in Art & Culture I 3
Core Elective 3
HMS 101A Literary and Critical Studies I 3
Credit subtotal 1
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 3
Semester 2
DDA-230 Drawing for Animation I 3
FDC-141 Visualization/Representation/
DDA-231 Animation Studio I 3
Concept 3
DDA-270 Video Editing 3
FDC-161 Light, Color, Design Studio 3
HAD-343 History of Animation 3
FDC-180 New Forms/Time and
Social Science “Thinking”
Movement 3
Core Elective 3
HAD-112 Themes in Art & Culture II 3
Credit subtotal 15
Social Science “Global”
Core Elective 3
Semester 4
Credit subtotal 15
DDA-232 Drawing for Animation II 3
DDA-233 Animation Studio II 3
Semester 3
DDA-234 2-D Character Animation I 3
DDA-240 3D Modeling I 3
DDA-280 Audio Editing 3
DDA-241 3D Animation I 3
HMS-201A Literary and Critical Studies II 3
DDA-242 Animation Studio I 3
HMS-320S Screenwriting 3
HAD-343 History of Animation 3
Credit subtotal 18
Social Science “Thinking”
Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
DDA-325 Digital Arts in Context 3
DDA-339 Compositing + SFX 3
Semester 4
DDA-340 Animation Studio III 3
DDA-243 3D Modeling II 3
DDA-341 2-D Character Animation II 3
DDA-244 Lighting and Rendering 3
HMS-430S Animation Narrative 3
DDA-245 Animation Studio I 3
Credit subtotal 15
DDA-270 Video Editing 3
HMS-320S Screenwriting 3
Semester 6
HMS-201A Literary and Critical Studies II 3
DDA-342 Post Production for 2D
Credit subtotal 18
Animation 3
DDA-390 Senior Project Development 3
History of Art and Design
Elective 3
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Semester 5 You can’t escape the moving image. Whether in theaters
DDA-350
DDA-351
3D Animation II
Animation Studio III
3
3
Film and art galleries or on television, smartphones, YouTube,
DDA-325 Digital Arts in Context 3 building façades, and cabs, movies are everywhere. The
DDA-280 Audio Editing 3 magic of cinema, which shocked audiences at its inception,
HMS-430S Animation Narrative 3 is now fully integrated into our daily lives. With near universal
History of Art and
access, the medium is constantly evolving and reinventing
Design Elective 3
Credit subtotal 18 itself. How can you, as a young artist, make the most of this
moment? How can you explore all the exciting new possibil-
Semester 6 ities of film and video, while still becoming skilled in the
DDA-352 Post Production for 3D
relevant traditions?
Animation 3
DDA-390 Senior Project Development 3 Pratt’s BFA in Film is designed to grow the next generation
Departmental Elective 3 of innovators in time-based media. Housed within the
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective 3 School of Art, the program offers a unique approach to the
Pratt Integrative Course 3
fundamentals of filmmaking, with extensive technical and
All Institute Elective 3
Credit subtotal 18 conceptual training in both traditional and nontraditional
forms. At Pratt, there are no limits. Fiction or nonfiction?
Semester 7
ASHLEY ZAMBRANO, BFA ’17, ROADSIDE, ANIMATION STILL Commercial or art world? These may be boundaries you
DDA-400 Senior Projects I 3
choose to move beyond. Your classes will take you through
Departmental Elective 3
Math/Science Core Elective 3 all modes of film and video (narrative, documentary, and
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective 3 experimental), encouraging intellectual cross-fertilization
All Institute Elective 3 and allowing you to shape your own artistic vision. While
Credit subtotal 15
our program provides students with professional training in
Semester 8 all current tech­nol­ogies, our priority is creative expression.
DDA-410 Senior Projects II 3 In our curriculum, award-winning film/video artists and
DDA-415 Professional Practices 3 industry professionals teach an exciting range of courses,
Liberal Arts Post-Core
from first-semester Film Fundamentals and Technical
Elective (300/400 level) 3
All Institute Elective 3
Chair Practices to the culminating Senior Project, in which each
Jorge Oliver student makes a short film, video, or installation as their
Credit subtotal 12
Total credits required 126
Assistant Chair
senior thesis.
Kara Hearn Throughout the program, students create, write, direct,
and edit as “total filmmakers,” rather than focusing on one
Assistant to the Chair area. We provide a core curriculum of rigorous required
Eric Trenkamp
courses, while simultaneously encouraging students to
Film/Video Operations Manager follow their own interests as they choose electives, which
Matthew Hysell include dynamic film/video topics as well as inter­disci­plin­
ary collaborations with students in other majors.
Assistant Lab Manager
Joey Carducci
For example, consider an elective in Dreams, Memories,
and Hallucinations, a nontraditional animation and After
Technicians Effects class, or collaborate with fashion design students
John Crowe in Film + Fashion, and explore the rich interaction of
Lorenzo Gattorna
Natalie Tsui
costume and the moving image. Challenge yourself to learn
from your peers and your environment, as well as from
Academic Adviser your professors.
Erich Kuersten Access is key. In the Film program, starting freshman
Office
year, students shoot with digital cinema cameras, quality
Tel: 718.636.3633 microphones, and digital audio recorders. Students edit in
Fax: 718.636.3478 our digital editing facilities, manipulating images and audio
filmvideo@pratt.edu with the latest postproduction software. The members
www.pratt.edu/film-video
of the Film/Video Department (administrators, faculty,
Faculty Bios and technical support staff) are all active, accomplished
www.pratt.edu/film-video/faculty filmmakers, enthusiastic to share their experiences with

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you, which is critical to your development. Upon graduation, students will have produced their
As a Film major, you will have access that extends senior project as well as compiled a sample reel of
beyond Pratt into New York City itself. Your options for personal work, which can be part of a graduate school
identifying new directions in the field are not limited to application, be submitted to galleries and festivals,
your Ways of Seeing Cinema class. You can visit cutting- or serve as a demonstration of students’ skills for entry
edge galleries and micro-cinemas, world-class museums into the professional landscape.
and film festivals—it’s happening all over the city.
Opportunities for preprofessional experiences abound.
You can join a film crew shooting on the streets of
Brooklyn—or intern at places like the Museum of Modern
Art, Saturday Night Live, or one of the countless
independent companies that shape New York City’s
thriving creative scene.
The future of the moving image is unpredictable and
wide open. At Pratt, we’re excited by the possibilities.
Our mission is to provide you with tools and techniques,
an understanding of history, and a complex yet flexible
interdisciplinary arts education, allowing you to guide us
into that future.
Our recent graduates are already leading the way with
their infectious pioneering spirit. They are directing films
that have premiered at Cannes, the Toronto International
Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, Miami’s Art Basel,
and numerous other festivals. Some alumni work as video
editors and producers at prestigious media outlets
including MTV, USA Networks, Entertainment Weekly,
The New Yorker, People, and Time, while others are
directors for estab­lished commercial production
companies or have formed their own successful media
businesses. We celebrate their accomplishments and
look forward to yours.

THE PROGRAM’S STRUCTURE

In the first semester of freshman year, Film majors take
Film Fundamentals and Technical Practices, two rigorous
and comprehensive courses, which provide essential
foun­da­tional training. Students then delve into various
modes of filmmaking in Fiction I, Nonfiction, Expanded
Cinema, and Fiction II. In the junior year, in addition to our
core technical courses, the curriculum opens up to
more electives, more collaborations with students across
majors, and deeper study in the student’s chosen mode.
The culmination of the program is a guided but self-
defined senior project, publicly screened in New York City
(in recent years, at Brooklyn Academy of Music).
Students learn in an intimate workshop setting through
screenings, readings, technical demonstrations, production
exercises, class critiques, and visiting professionals, as well
as through internship programs in the many film, video, and GRACE ZHANG, BFA ’20, FILM STILLS
postproduction studios throughout the city.

Film/Video 72 Film/Video 73
CONOR CALLAHAN, BFA ’20, FILM STILLS

TAHA AZIZ, BFA ’20, FILM STILLS

Film/Video 74 Film/Video 75
 CURRICULUM Liberal Arts Post-Core Electives
(300/400 level) 6
Pratt Integrative Course 3
B.F.A. in Film Credit subtotal 16

Semester 1 Semester 8
FDC-140 Visualization/Representation 3 FVID-402 Senior Studio II 3
FDC-160 Light, Color, Design Lab 3 FVID-426 Thesis Post-production Sound 1
FVID-105 Film Fundamentals 3 FVID-427 Thesis Final Sound Mix 1
FVID-106 Technical Practices 3 All Institute Electives 6
HAD-111 Themes in Art & Culture I 3 Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective
HMS 101A Literary and Critical Studies I 3 (300/400 level) 3
Credit subtotal 18 Credit subtotal 14
Total credits required 126
Semester 2
FDC-141 Visualization/Representation/
Concept 3
FDC-161 Light, Color, Design Studio 3
FVID-110 Fiction I 3
HAD-112 Themes in Art & Culture II 3
HAD-362 History of Film 3
Social Science “Global”
Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 18

Semester 3
FVID-201 Nonfiction 3
FVID-211 Ways of Seeing Cinema 3
FVID-220 Sound for Film/Video 3
HAD-361 History of Documentary 3
Social Science “Thinking”
ANGIE NICHOLAS, BFA ’20, FILM STILL Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15

Semester 4
FVID-205 Expanded Cinema 3
FVID-261 Screenwriting 3
HMS-201A Literary and Critical Studies II 3
Math/Science Core Elective 3
History of Art and
Design Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15

Semester 5
FVID-302 Fiction II 3
FVID-305 Cinematography & Lighting
Design 3
Departmental Elective 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective 3
All Institute Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15

Semester 6
FVID-321 Editing & Post 3
FVID-312 Professional Practices 3
Departmental Electives 6
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15

Semester 7
FVID-401 Senior Studio I 3
FVID-425 Thesis Pre-production Sound 1
Departmental Elective 3

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 “I’d rather have my voice be powerful and profound
Fine Arts and courageous and reach an audience through my art.
My voice is my art.”—Mickalene Thomas, BFA ’00

Pratt’s major in Fine Arts offers a deep and sustained

dialogue between imagining and making. Embedded in a
curriculum of required and elective courses in art history
and the liberal arts and sciences, fine arts studio courses
impart the modes of creative problem-solving, technical
skills, and risk taking that transform students into
accomplished artists who have confidence in their ideas
and can take their work to the next level.
Pratt’s excellent shop facilities and dedicated tech­
nical staff generously support students’ ambitions as they
develop their visions and give them form. Sources of
inspir­ation and nourishment are close at hand; all students
have free access to the Museum of Modern Art, the
Whitney Museum of American Art, the Brooklyn Museum,
the Museum of Arts and Design, and the Frick Collection.
Graduates of the BFA program pursue diverse creative
and professional lives as studio artists, community artists,
art educators, gallerists, entrepreneurs, museum curators,
arts administrators, art critics, and art historians. Pratt’s
location in New York’s thriving art comm­unity offers
students many opportunities for integrating their Pratt
education with professional networking through internships,
contacts with visiting artists and critics, gallery visits, and
exhibitions of student work that are open to the public.
Every Pratt student and graduate has access to the
Institute’s career development and counseling resources,
including databases of jobs and paid internships in New
York City, the creative capital of the United States.
Chair
Jane South
THE PROGRAM’S STRUCTURE
Assistant Chairs
Dina Weiss BFA in Fine Arts
Nat Meade
All first-year students take the Foundation program’s
Assistant to the Chair core curriculum, along with required art history and liberal
Lisa Banke-Humann arts courses, and begin the fine arts major curriculum
in the fall of the second year. While continuing with their
Technicians
Adam Apostolos
required  art history and general education coursework,
Aubrey Hillman second-year students take more focused courses in their
Yasu Izaki chosen area of emphasis, whether painting, drawing,
Caitlin Riordan printmaking, sculpture and integrated practices, or jewelry.
Federico Savini
Jason Segall
In addition to their studio requirements, all fine arts students
Christopher Verstegen take a series of departmental seminars that address social,
Sky Yoon historical, and critical issues in contemporary art.
Beyond their major requirements, students may use
Office
Tel: 718.636.3634 
elective credits to take courses of their choosing, to pursue
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a self-directed body of work for the senior thesis
exhibition in the spring semester. Departmental courses
in professional practice help students prepare
their portfolios and make a realistic plan for sustaining
their careers after graduation through approaching
funders, galleries, residency opportunities, and employers.

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CURRICULA
B.F.A. in Fine Arts
(Emphasis in Drawing)
Semester 1 PHOT-210 Digital Photography
FDC-140 Visualization/Representation 3
FDC-150 Space, Form, Process 3
FDC-160 Light, Color, Design Lab 3
HMS 101A Literary and Critical Studies I 3
HAD-111 Themes in Art & Culture I 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 2
FDC-141 Visualization/Representation/
Concept 3
FDC-161 Light, Color, Design Studio 3
FDC-180 New Form/Time and Movement 3
HAD-112 Themes in Art & Culture II 3
Social Science “Global”
Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 3
DRWG-205 Drawing I 3
DRWG-211 Life Study I 3
FAU-241 Fine Arts Seminar 1 3
Departmental Elective
Painting/Printmaking/2-D Tech 3
Social Science “Thinking”
Core Elective 3
History of Art and
Design Elective 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 4
DRWG-206 Drawing II
or
DRWG-212 Life Study II 3
DRWG-323 Drawing: Materials and Methods 3
HMS-201A Literary and Critical Studies II 3
Departmental Elective Credit subtotal 12
Sculpture/3-D Tech 3
Math/Science Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 5
DRWG-305 Drawing III 3
FAU-341 Fine Arts Seminar 2 3
DRWG Choose any 300 level DRWG
Course
or FDC-160 Light, Color, Design Lab 3
TECH-501 Drawing Anatomy I 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective 3
History of Art and Design Elective 3
All Institute Elective 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 6
DRWG-306 Drawing IV 3
WAC-495A Studio Writing I 1
DRWG Choose any 300-Level Drawing
Course
or Core Elective 3
TECH-501 Drawing Anatomy I
or
TECH-502 Drawing Anatomy II 3
Choose one:
DDA-500 Augmented Reality
DDA-514 Story Boarding and Story Telling
DDA-555 Subverting Digital Media
DDA-577 Advanced Video Editing
FVID-251 FX Tricks and Pix
FVID-370 Multimedia Installation
COMD-230 Introduction to CommD
Imaging
COMD-411 After Effects
COMD-461 Visualizing the Idea
COMD-477 Motion Design
COMD-481 Digital Painting
TECH-574 Digital Tools for Object Making
JWLR-221 Perspective in Jewelry 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective
(300/400 level) 3
Credit subtotal 16
Semester 7
DRWG-405 Drawing V 3
FAU-441 Fine Arts Seminar 3 3
FA-310 Professional Studies 3
WAC-495B Studio Writing II 1
Pratt Integrative Course 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective
(300/400 level) 3
Credit subtotal 16
Semester 8
DRWG-406 Drawing VI 3
WAC-495C Studio Writing III 1
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective
(300/400 level) 3
All Institute Electives 6
Credit subtotal 13
Total credits required 126
B.F.A. in Fine Arts
(Emphasis in Jewelry)
Semester 1
FDC-140 Visualization/Representation 3
FDC-150 Space, Form, Process 3
FDC-160 Light, Color, Design Lab 3
HAD-111 Themes in Art & Culture I 3
HMS 101A Literary and Critical Studies I 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 2
FDC-141 Visualization/Representation/
Concept 3
FDC-161 Light, Color, Design Studio 3
FDC-180 New Form/Time and Movement 3
HAD-112 Themes in Art & Culture II 3
Social Science “Global”
Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 3
JWLR-205 Jewelry I 3
FAU-231 Ideation & Conceptualization
for Jewelers 3
Department Electives
(Painting/Printmaking/Drawing
or Sculpture) 6
Social Science “Thinking”
Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 4
JWLR-206 Jewelry II 3
JWLR-221 Perspectives in Jewelry
CAD/CAM 3
TECH-223 Lost Wax Casting for Jewelry
or
TECH-225 Jewelry Beyond Metal 3
HAD-551 Jewelry Design and Material
Culture 3
HMS-201A Literary and Critical Studies II 3
Math/Science Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 5
JWLR-305 Jewelry III 3
JWLR-311 2D Digital + Design for Jewelers 3
TECH-323 Metalsmithing for Table Top
or
TECH-325 Color on Metal 3
Pratt Integrative Course 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective 3
All Institute Elective 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 6
JWLR-306 Jewelry IV 3
JWLR-329 Jewelry Bench Skills and
Mechanics 3
FAU-331 Theory & Criticism of
Contemporary Jewelry 3
History of Art and
Design Elective 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective 3
All Institute Elective 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 7
JWLR-405 Jewelry V 3
JWLR-411 Jewelry Concepts and
Collections 3
FAU-441 Fine Arts Seminar 3 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective
(300-400 level) 3
All Institute Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 8
JWLR-406 Jewelry VI 3
JWLR-431 Professional Practices: Jewelry 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Electives
(300-400 level) 6
Total credits required 126
B.F.A. in Fine Arts
(Emphasis in Painting)
Semester 1
FDC-140 Visualization/Representation 3
FDC-150 Space, Form, Process 3
HAD-111 Themes in Art and Culture I 3
HMS-101A Literary and Critical Studies I 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 2
FDC-141 Visualization/Representation/
Concept 3
FDC-161 Light, Color, Design Studio 3
FDC-180 New Form/Time and Movement 3
HAD-112 Themes in Art and Culture II 3
Social Science “Global”
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 3
PTG-205 Painting I 3
FAU-241 Fine Arts Seminar 3
History of Art and
Design Elective 3
Social Science “Thinking”
Core Elective 3
Departmental Elective (Drawing
or Printmaking) 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 4
PTG-206 Painting II 3
TECH-507 Painting Processes 3
HMS-201A Literary and Critical Studies II 3
Departmental Elective (Drawing
or Printmaking 200/300 level) 3
Departmental Elective
(Sculpture or 3D Tech) 3
Math/Science Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 5
PTG-305 Painting III 3
FAU-341 Fine Arts Seminar II 3
Departmental Elective Drawing
Course (200/300 Level) 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective 3
History of Art and Design Elective 3
All Institute Elective 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 6
PTG-306 Painting IV 3
WAC-495A Studio Writing I 1
Departmental Elective (Painting
Course 300 level) 3
Choose one:
DDA-500 Augmented Reality
DDA-514 Story Boarding and Story Telling
DDA-555 Subverting Digital Media
DDA-577 Advanced Video Editing
FVID-251 FX Tricks and Pix
FVID-370 Multimedia Installation
COMD-230 Introduction to CommD Imaging
COMD-411 After Effects
COMD-461 Visualizing the Idea
COMD-477 Motion Design
COMD-481 Digital Painting
PHOT-210 Digital Photography
TECH-574 Digital Tools for Object Making
JWLR-221 Perspective in Jewelry” 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective
(300/400 level) 3
Credit subtotal 16
Semester 7
PTG-405 Painting V 3
FAU-441 Fine Arts Seminar V 3
FA-310 Professional Practices 3
WAC-495B Studio Writing II 1
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective
(300/400 level) 3
Pratt Integrative Course 3
Credit subtotal 16
Semester 8
PTG-406 Painting VI 3
WAC-495C Studio Writing III 1
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective
(300/400 level) 3
All Institute Electives 6
Credit subtotal 13
Total credits required 126
B.F.A. in Fine Arts
(Emphasis in Printmaking)
Semester 1 Choose one:
FDC-140 Visualization/Representation 3
FDC-150 Space, Form, Process 3
FDC-160 Light, Color, Design Lab 3
HAD-111 Themes in Art and Culture I 3
HMS-101A Literary and Cultural Studies I 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 2
FDC-141 Visualization/Representation/
Concept 3
FDC-161 Light, Color, Design Studio 3
FDC-180 New Forms/Time and Movement 3
HAD-112 Themes in Art and Culture II 3
Social Science “Global”
Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 3
FAU-241 Fine Arts Seminar I 3
PRNT-203 Intaglio I
or
PRNT-204 Lithography I
or
PRNT-211 Silkscreen I
or
PRNT-212 Relief I 3
Departmental Elective
(Painting or Drawing course) 3 Semester 7
Social Science “Thinking”
Core Elective 3
History of Art and
Design Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 4
PRNT-205 Print I 3
HMS-201A Literary and Critical Studies III 3
PRNT-203 Intaglio I
or
PRNT-204 Lithography I
or All Institute Electives 6
PRNT-211 Silkscreen I
or (300/400 level) 3
PRNT-212 Relief I
or Total credits required 126
PRNT-303 Intaglio II
or
PRNT-304 Lithography II
or (Emphasis in Sculpture and
PRNT-311 Silkscreen II
or
PRNT-312 Relief II 6
Departmental Elective
(Sculpture or 3-D Tech Course) 3
Math/Science Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 5
PRNT-305 Print II 3
FAU-341 Fine Arts Seminar 2 3
DRWG-307 Drawing III: Expanded Field
or
FA-311 Studio in Social Practice
or
PRNT-320 Agit Prop 3
History of Art and
Design Elective 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective 3
All Institute Elective 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 6
PRNT-306 Print III 3
WAC-495A Studio Writing I 1
DDA-500 Augmented Reality
DDA-514 Story Boarding and Story Telling
DDA-555 Subverting Digital Media
DDA-577 Advanced Video Editing
FVID-251 FX Tricks and Pix
FVID-370 Multimedia Installation
COMD-230 Introduction to CommD
Imaging
COMD-411 After Effects
COMD-461 Visualizing the Idea
COMD-477 Motion Design
COMD-481 Digital Painting
PHOT-210 Digital Photography
TECH-574 Digital Tools for Object Making
JWLR-221 Perspective in Jewelry” 3
PRNT-303 Intaglio II
or
PRNT-304 Lithography II
or
PRNT-311 Silkscreen II
or
PRNT-312 Relief II 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective
(300/400 Level) 3
Credit subtotal 16
PRNT-405 Print IV 3
FA-310 Professional Practices 3
WAC-495B Studio Writing II 1
FAU-441 Fine Arts Seminar 3 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective
(300/400 level) 3
Pratt Integrative Course 3
Credit subtotal 16
Semester 8
PRNT-406 Print V 3
WAC-495C Studio Writing III 1
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective
Credit subtotal 13
B.F.A. in Fine Arts
Integrated Practices)
Semester 1
FDC-140 Visualization/Representation 3
FDC-150 Space, Form, Process 3
FDC-160 Light, Color, Design Lab 3
HAD-111 Themes in Art and Culture I 3
HMS 101A Literary and Critical Studies I 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 2
FDC-141 Visualization/Representation/
Concept 3
FDC-161 Light, Color, Design Studio 3
FDC-180 New Forms/Time and
Movement 3
HAD-112 Themes in Art and Culture II 3
Social Science “Global”
Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 3
SCU-205 Sculpture I 3
FAU-241 Fine Arts Seminar I 3
TECH-509 Ceramics I
or
TECH-519 Woodworking I
or
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TECH-525 “I am proud of the fact that I attended Pratt. There is a
or
TECH-527
Plastics I
Casting and Moldmaking I
Photography purity of intent that I learned about art-making and a way of
or trusting my eye first.” —Philip Gefter, BFA Photography
TECH-531 Metal Fabrications, Welding, and Painting ’73
and Forge 6
HAD-414 History of Sculpture 3
New York City is the focal point of the photography world
Social Science “Thinking”
Core Elective 3 and Brooklyn is the center of the contemporary art
Credit subtotal 18 community. Our program provides students opportunities
to develop photography techniques and concepts—in
Semester 4
other words, the freedom to create powerful, meaningful
SCU-206 Sculpture II 3
HMS-201A Literary and Critical Studies II 3 images. Our methodology works. Consider our alumni,
Departmental Elective who have gone on to work for publications such as
TECH Courses (500-level) 6 The New York Times, Harper’s Bazaar, National Geographic,
Departmental Elective
and VICE. Graduates of the program have pursued
(Painting/Drawing or
Printmaking) 3 careers as photo editors, editorial photographers, gallerists,
Math/Science Core Elective 3 museum directors, fashion industry executives, and
Credit subtotal 18 pro­fes­sors of the medium. Our graduates are in demand
precisely because they are trained as both artists
Semester 5
SCU-305 Sculpture III 3 and professionals.
FAU-341 Fine Arts Seminar II 3 New York City has an abundance of internship and
History of Art and job opportunities for photography students. Past students
Design Elective 3
have interned with well-known fine art and commercial
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective 3
Departmental Elective 3 photographers such as Gregory Crewdson, David
Credit subtotal 15 LaChappelle, Annie Leibovitz, and Taryn Simon; for museums
such as The Metro­politan Museum of Art and the Whitney
Semester 6
Museum of American Art; for book publishers such as D.A.P.
SCU-306 Sculpture IV 3
WAC-495A Studio Writing I 1 and the Eakins Press Foundation; and for photography
Choose one:  companies such as Impossible Project and Lomography.
DDA-500 Augmented Reality
Chair
With working photographers, curators, and publishers
DDA-514 Story Boarding and Story Telling as teachers, students have access to some of the most
Shannon Ebner
DDA-555 Subverting Digital Media
DDA-577 Advanced Video Editing respected photographic professionals in New York City.
Assistant Chair Our photo­graphy faculty includes Guggenheim fellows,
FVID-251 FX Tricks and Pix
Tori Purcell
FVID-370 Multimedia Installation Emmy winners, fine art book publishers, high-end commercial
COMD-230 Introduction to CommD Imaging photographers, and artists whose work can be found in
Assistant to the Chair
COMD-411 After Effects
COMD-461 Visualizing the Idea
Ashley Clark the collections of The Los Angeles County Museum of Art,
COMD-477 Motion Design The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern
Photography Labs Manager
COMD-481 Digital Painting
Andy Todd
Art, and the Whitney Museum of American Art.
PHOT-210 Digital Photography Accessibility to facilities and equipment is extremely
TECH-574 Digital Tools for Object Making
JWLR-221 Perspective in Jewelry” 3
Technicians important. Photography facilities include lighting studios,
Fortunato Castro black-and-white darkrooms, fully equipped state-of-the-
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective 3
Martin Lennon
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective
John O’Toole
art digital labs, and large-format digital printing studios.
(300/400 level) 3 Film and digital cameras, lighting gear, tablets, and more are
Lauren Roeder
All Institute Elective 3
Credit subtotal 16
available for checkout from our equipment room. Recently
Academic Adviser renovated labs, classrooms, and a lecture hall provide
Nicholai Patchen
Semester 7 students with premier learning facilities. A new photography
SCU-405 Sculpture V 3 gallery hosts exhibitions by world-renowned artists and
Office
FAU-441 Fine Arts Seminar III 3
WAC-495B Studio Writing II 1
Tel: 718.687.5639  photography students alike.
photo@pratt.edu
FA-310 Professional Practices 3
www.pratt.edu/photography
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective
(300/400 level) 3
Faculty Bios
Pratt Integrative Course 3
www.pratt.edu/photography/faculty
Credit subtotal 16

Semester 8
SCU-406 Sculpture VI 3
WAC-495C Studio Writing III 1
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective
(300/400 level) 3
All Institute Electives 6
Credit subtotal 13
Total credits required 126

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THE PROGRAM’S STRUCTURE
The Department of Photography is committed to the
education of artists and professionals who have acquired
a comprehensive understanding of the artistic and pro­fes­
sional opportunities in the field. The curriculum provides an
extensive photographic education through a series of core
classes that promote students’ technical and conceptual
development. Photography majors move from a highly
structured program in their freshman and sophomore
years to a more flexible program in their junior and senior
years in which students choose from a variety of electives
in photography, other studio disciplines, and in the
humanities. This approach is intended to facilitate the
transition from student to independent artist and professional.
Completion of the curriculum culminates with an exhibition
in the Pratt Photography Gallery, as well as a group show in
a New York City gallery, and a collaborative photography
pub­lication. Small class sizes help to promote a strong sense
of community in the intimate setting of Pratt’s Brooklyn
campus. Students are given opportunities to meet
artists and critics through the Pratt Photography Lectures,
visiting critiques, and artist studio and museum visits.
This access can help students build contacts and relation­
ships with influential professionals in the field. Like a
small town within a big city, we look to give students their
own voice, so they can employ it in whichever direction
they choose.

BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS IN PHOTOGRAPHY

Undergraduates establish strong photographic practices
and discourses through the study of analog and digital
processes, the history and theory of photography, and the
development of critical thinking and writing skills through
required and elective courses in photography, other
creative disciplines, and the liberal arts. Participating in
this experience prepares students to actively contribute
to culture and society as leaders in the photographic
arts and applied industries, as well as to pursue graduate
studies in related fields. Graduates are expected to
demon­strate excellence in artistic vision, professional
skills, innovation, and a contextual understanding of their
work in contemporary culture.

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CURRICULUM
PHOT-406
PHOT-407
B.F.A. in Photography
Semester 1
FDC-140 Visualization/Representation 3
FDC-150 Space, Form, Process 3
FDC-160 Light, Color, Design Lab 3
PHOT-105 Black and White Photography 3
HMS-101A Literary and Critical Studies I 3
HAD-111 Themes in Art and Culture I 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 2
FDC-141 Visualization/Representation/
Concept 3
FDC-161 Light, Color, Design Studio 3
PHOT-210 Digital Photography 3
HAD-112 Themes in Art and Culture II 3
Social Science “Global”
Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 3
PHOT-211 Intermediate Digital Photography 3
PHOT-220 Large Format Photography 3
HAD-360 Survey of Photography 3
Social Science “Thinking”
Core Elective 3
Math/Science Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 4
PHOT-205 Sophomore Critique 3
PHOT-212 Digital Photography Expanded 3
PHOT-222 Lighting I 3
SS-255 Between Image and Word 3
HMS-201A Literary and Critical Studies II 3
HAD-346 Art Since the Sixties 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 5
PHOT-305 Junior Research I 3
PHOT-340 Contemporary Issues in
Photography 3
Departmental Elective 3
History of Art and
Design Elective 3
Pratt Integrative Course 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 6
PHOT-306 Junior Research II 3
PHOT-390 Professional Practices 3
PHOT-490 Photography Lectures 1
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective
(300/400 level) 3
All Institute Elective 3
Credit subtotal 16
Semester 7
PHOT-405 Senior Thesis I 3
WAC-497A Thesis Writing 1
Departmental Elective 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective
(300/400 level) 3
All Institute Elective 3
Credit subtotal 13
Semester 8 Community Art and Design Education
Senior Thesis II
Thesis Book
3
1
School of Art The Department of Art and Design Education
offers a dynamic and cross-disciplinary 15-credit
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective
(300/400 level)
All Institute Electives
3
6
Minors minor for students from across the Institute.
Through coursework, fieldwork research, and
practicum experiences, students learn to con­
Credit subtotal 13 ceive and develop educational experiences
Total credits required 126 in a variety of community settings and explore
participatory practices in the public sphere.
The minor further opens up opportunities
beyond the gates for students and expands their
capacity to engage in the creative industries.
Complete 9 credits from the following:
ADE-405 Saturday Art School I 3
ADE-406 Saturday Art School II 3
ADE-401 Community Matters 3
Choose 6 credits from the courses below:
SS-512 Art, Culture and Community
Development 3
SS-369 Perception and Creativity 3
SS-212 Child and Adolescent
Development 3
SS-456 Social Psychology 3
SS-430 Methods of Cultural Analysis 3
PHIL-307 Philosophy and Contemporary
Theory 3
HAD-367P History of Costume: Fashion 3
HAD-362 History of Film 3
HAD-364 History of Interior Design 3
HAD-360 Photography Survey 3
HAD-363 History of Industrial Design 3
HAD-346 Art Since the Sixties 3
HAD-361 Documentary Film 3
HAD-551 The Art of Social Invention 3
Museum and Gallery Practices Minor
The Museum and Galleries Practices Minor is
a unique, integrated, and cross-departmental
minor that allows students to become familiar
with a range of professional activities within
the museum and gallery fields. Students will
acquire a general understanding of various areas
of practice and can tailor their selection of
courses to con­cen­trate on more specific areas
of interest such as curation, museum education,
or exhibition design.
Complete 3 credits of Museum Education from
the courses below:
ADE-418 Contemporary Museum
Education 3
ADE-428 Museum Education:
Collaboration and Innovation 3
Complete 3 credits of Museum Theory and
History from the courses below:
HAD-474 Museology 3
HAD-473 Curating Culture 3
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Complete 3 credits of Curation and Installation
from the courses below:
FA-486 The Artist as Curator 3
FA-310
FASD-34
Artworld Professional Practices
Contextualizing Fashion
PHOT-460 Photography: Curatorial
3
3
Practices 3
INT-481 Options Lab 3
FVID-370 Multimedia Installation 3
Complete 6 credits of Contemporary
Perspectives from the courses below:
ADE-418 Contemporary Museum
Education 3
ADE-428 Museum Education:
Collaboration and Innovation 3
HAD-346 Art Since the Sixties 3
HAD-474 Museology 3
HAD-473 Curating Culture 3
HAD-475 Museums Seen 3
HAD-468 Leisure and The Empire City 3
FA-486 The Artist as Curator 3
FA-310 Artworlds 3
FASD-345 Contextualizing Fashion 3
PHOT-460 Photography: Curatorial
Practices 3
INT-481 Options Lab 3
HMS-432A Modernism and Postmodernism 3
PHIL-307 Philosophy/Contempory Cultural
Theory 3
ARCH-557A Architectural Creativity 3
ARCH-559C Critical Thinking: The Evolution
of Form 3
FVID-370 Multimedia Installation 3
Photography
The Photography Minor enables students
from all majors to gain a conceptual, critical,
and technical grounding in contemporary
photographic practice. The minor consists of
one required core course, Digital Photography,
followed by six additional photography credits
from a select menu of options in the Photo­
graphy Department, and six credits from a select
menu of options in Liberal Arts and/or History
of Art and Design. A substantial menu of courses
and the flexible structure of the minor allow
students to determine a specific area of focus
within the medium. Please see the Photography
Department website for more information.
Take the following required course:
PHOT-210 Digital Photography
Take 6 credits from the following courses:
PHOT-205 Sophomore Critique
PHOT-206 Intermediate Black & White
PHOT-220 Large Format Photography I
PHOT-211 Intermediate Digital Photography
PHOT-222 Lighting I
PHOT-212 Digital Photography Expanded
PHOT-413 The Photo Book
PHOT-415 Non-Silver Processes
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PHOT-416 Platinum/Palladium Process
PHOT-422 Lighting II
PHOT-340 Contemporary Issues in Photo
PHOT-345 Lensless Photography
PHOT-443 Photography: Theory & Practice
PHOT-455 Digital Monochrome
PHOT-460 Photography: Curatorial Practices
PHOT-465 Editorial Photography
PHOT-466 Fashion Photography
PHOT-470 Socially Engaged Media
PHOT-490 Photography Lectures
PHOT-491 Photography Lectures
PHOT-492 Photography Lectures
Take 6 credits from the following courses:
SS-255 Between Image and Word
HAD-360 Survey of Photography:
1839 to Present
HMS-340E Documentary Image
HMS-431A Modernism & Postmodernism
HMS-404E Photography & American Literature
HMS-493A Writing as Photography
Film/Video
Students who minor in Film/Video will graduate
with the fundamental skills to express themselves
creatively with film and video technology. The
Film/Video Department offers a 15-credit
minor to undergraduates from all departments,
consisting of nine studio-based credits in the
Film/Video Department and six history/theory
credits. Students should contact the Film/Video
minor coordinator for more information about
the application process.
Complete the following required courses for the
Film/Video Minor:
FVID-105 Film Fundamentals
FVID-106 Technical Practices
Complete 1 of the following FVID electives:
FVID-110 Fiction I
FVID-201 NonFiction Video 1
FVID-205 Expanded Cinema
FVID-220 Sound for Film/Video
FVID-251 FX Tricks Pix
FVID-253 The Material of Film
FVID-270 Strange Loop Video Gesture
FVID-302 Fiction Video 2
FVID-305 Cinematography & Lighting Design
FVID-310 Screenwriting
FVID-321 Editing & Post
FVID-350 Dreams, Memories & Hallucinations
FVID-360 Crime & the Uncanny
FVID-370 Multimedia Installation
FVID-371 Film + Fashion
FVID-380 YouTube Theory into Practice
Complete 1 of the following History of Art and
Design courses:
HAD-362 History of Film
HAD-361 History of Documentary Film
Complete 1 of the following Humanities and
Media Studies courses:
HMS-340B Myth into Film
HMS-340D Cinema New Media
HMS-432A Feminist Film Theory
HMS-440A Documentary Film
HMS-440B Cinema & the City
HMS-440E Poetics & Cinema
HMS-440F Women in International
Cinema
HMS-440K Intensive Film Theory
HMS-440I Film Sound
HMS-440S Deleuze & Cinema Time Images
HMS-441A Global Cinema
Ceramics
A Ceramics Minor offers students the
opportunity to work in depth with clay through
its many forms and techniques. Students gain
valuable technical skills as well as strengthen
their conceptual knowledge within the field of
ceramics. Students with a serious interest in
ceramics in any major have the opportunity to
add this minor to enrich their degree by gaining
a deeper understanding of this versatile medium.
Complete the following required courses for the
Ceramics Minor:
TECH-509 Ceramics I
TECH-510 Ceramics II
TECH-511 Ceramics III
Complete 6 credits from any of the following
elective courses:
TECH-515 Clay & Glazes
TECH-521 Slipcasting I
TECH-522 Slipcasting II
TECH-563 Clay as Canvas
Please check www.pratt.edu/academics/
degrees/undergraduate-minors for the most
current information.
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 It was because of Pratt
that I became a
photographer. Through
Pratt, I not only learned
and found my source
of nourishment and
creative field but I also
learned about life.
Sylvia Plachy, BFA Graphic Arts
and Illustration ’65, internationally
renowned photographer

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School of Design

Foundation
Communications Design
Graphic Design
Illustration
Advertising Art Direction
Fashion Design
Industrial Design
Interior Design
Minors

Dean
Anita Cooney

Assistant Dean
T. Camille Martin

Director of Finance
Jerry Risner

Assistant to the Dean

Donna Gorsline

Office
Juliana Curran Terian Design Center
Steuben 304
Tel: 718.687.5744 
Fax: 718.687.5722
sod@pratt.edu
www.pratt.edu/sod
Pratt provides one of the most comprehensive design educations
available, supported by a distinguished faculty and exceptional
resources, and located in the borough of Brooklyn, New York’s
design and cultural epicenter.
Gifted students from across the United States and around the
world collaborate and learn at Pratt, weaving creative energy and
opportunity into an unmatched educational experience.
The faculty consists of professional designers, artists, and
practi­tioners, including numerous recipients of prestigious awards,
such as Tiffany, Fulbright, and Guggenheim Fellowships. The
faculty’s works, projects, and publications are recognized and
respected around the world.
The School of Design offers degrees in Communications Design,
Fashion Design, Industrial Design, and Interior Design. The intensive,
studio-based programs of study are paired with studies in the
liberal arts and sciences, creating a dynamic context for stimulating
intellectual and creative inquiry.
The School of Design programs are also enriched by Pratt’s
dis­ting­uished programs in the School of Art and the School of
Architecture—all within the broader cultural campus of New
York City.
Two parallel objectives guide every program at Pratt. The first
is an emphasis on professional development. Students gain the
techniques, skills, methodologies, and vocabulary they require to
succeed as productive artists, designers, and scholars. The second
objective recognizes that this technical experience only takes root
within a complex cultural context. Therefore, students in the
School of Design also develop the critical judgment and historical
perspective they need to become creative problem solvers in the
international arena.
The mission of the School of Design is to educate those who
will make and shape our built and mediated environ­ment, our
aesthetic surroundings, and our collective future. We are dedicated
to the primacy of studio practice and the transformative power
of creativity. We educate leaders in the creative professions to
identify, understand, shape, and benefit from the challenges of
a rapidly changing world. Our courses are designed to develop
critical thinking skills, deepen understanding, enable practice,
and empower visionary action. The School of Design is dedicated
to developing creative leadership in a world that requires it.

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 Pratt Foundation is a yearlong experience that transforms
Foundation incoming students into a connected community of aspiring
artists, designers, creative makers, and thinkers.
As the gateway to Pratt for many students, Foundation
serves a critical role of introducing core concepts of
the creative practice while building community habits and
relationships that will endure well beyond the first-year
experience. Resembling today’s reality for makers and visual
thinkers, Pratt Foundation encourages students to work
collaboratively, pooling abilities, ideas, and talents to
synthesize technology and tradition into innovative, creative
outcomes. First-year students learn to rely not only on
their faculty, but also each other, for critical feedback and
support as they collectively strengthen their abilities to
enter into their chosen disciplines.
The Foundation year consists of two yearlong courses,
Light, Color, Design and Visualization and Representation
and two semester-long courses, Space, Form, Process, and
Time and Movement. Six-hour studio classes allow for
sustained and focused looking, learning, and making. These
courses focus on the fundamentals of art and design
while pushing students through a series of conceptually
challenging prompts to strengthen skills and hone their craft.
The Pratt Foundation classroom has been designed
as a laboratory that facilitates exploration and inquiry.
Students develop analog and digital skills through a series
of independently driven projects in their studio-based
classes. Projects are structured yet open-ended and allow
for self-discovery. Through successes and missteps,
Chair students learn to innovate solutions and recognize what
Leslie Mutchler it takes to be a successful artist or designer.
The Pratt Foundation year immerses students in
Assistant Chair
Natalie Moore
a world of exciting ideas, methodologies, and approaches
informed by aesthetics, history, politics, identity, and
Assistant to the Chair more. As students learn new things, they are challenged
Sabrina Lovell to reexamine preconceived notions. Pratt Foundation
Administrative Assistant
students gain practical knowledge as well as an in-depth
Julia Shinay understanding of the complexities, fluidity, and challenges
within the creative practice.
Technician
Sung Ha No

Foundation Media Lab Manager

Madeline Youngberg

Office
Tel: 718.636.3617 
Fax: 718.399.4589
fdc@pratt.edu
www.pratt.edu/foundation
IG: #PrattFoundation

Faculty Bios
www.pratt.edu/foundation/faculty

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WORK BY ABBY KLEIN FOR LIGHT, COLOR, DESIGN

WORK FOR VISUALIZATION AND REPRESENTATION

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WORK BY JOHANNA ANGELE-KUEHN FOR LIGHT, COLOR, DESIGN WORK BY ADAM BLUFARB FOR LIGHT, COLOR, DESIGN

Foundation 108 Foundation 109

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WORK BY S. RAPPAPORT FOR LIGHT, COLOR, DESIGN

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 Our program prepares communications design students
Communications to be versatile and astute communicators; critical and
conceptual thinkers; and inspired and responsible
Design cultural producers.
Housed inside the School of Design on Pratt’s historic
campus in Brooklyn, the Department of Undergraduate
Communications Design is a recognized leader in the field.
Students learn to engage audiences, explore technologies,
develop visual languages, challenge preconceptions,
redefine problems, and identify opportunities through the
Graphic Design lens of communication design.
Our location allows students to participate and find
Illustration inspiration in New York City’s dynamic visual culture and
Advertising Art Direction thriving creative industries. Our graduates leave equipped
to pursue a spectrum of exciting career paths as creative
professionals. Our alumni continue to distinguish them-
selves in design studios, cultural institutions, branding
agencies, and independent enterprises, making significant
contributions to the fields of art and design, publishing,
education, film, gaming, advertising, and many more.

THE CURRICULUM
The Communications Design curriculum embraces the
multifaceted and interdisciplinary nature of communication
design practice. Our courses and projects promote the
rich exchange embodied in a studio culture that values the
development of individual perspectives, critique, visual
literacy, media fluency, experiential learning, and innovative
Chair
formal outcomes.
Jessica Wexler Second-year coursework introduces fundamental
theories, methodologies, and skills central to comm-
Assistant Chairs unication design. Courses prompt students to define and
Pirco Wolfframm
Philip Graziano
explore a design process that engages research, historical
and contemporary contexts, experimentation, audience,
Assistant to the Chair technology, and play in the construction of meaningful
Alicia Pearce visual forms.
Imaging Facility Manager
Upper-level studio courses prompt students to engage
Puja Chodha in increasingly complex projects that introduce time-based
media, visual systems, branding, and installations. Beginning
Imaging Technician in the third year, students develop an individual focus or set
Patrick Mahony
of interests inside the larger discipline through courses in
Academic Advisers their chosen area of emphasis: graphic design, illustration,
Megan Kincheloe or advertising art direction. Electives both inside the depart-
Nicholai Patchen ment and throughout the Institute supplement the core
Office
curriculum, allowing students to explore ways of thinking
Tel: 718.636.3594  and making throughout the visual arts.
www.pratt.edu/ The department hosts a weekly visiting artist and
ug-communications-design designer lecture series and invites guest critics to
Faculty Bios
participate in open critiques, taking full advantage of the
www.pratt.edu/ug-communications- wealth of talent that New York City has to offer. The
design/faculty program also supports international exchange and study

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abroad programs for students who are interested in
expanding their learning experience abroad.

Graphic Design Emphasis

Students who select the Graphic Design Emphasis take a
series of upper-level studio courses that explore topics
and modes of practice, such as typographic and identity
systems, visual rhetoric, interactivity, experience design,
sustainability, and inclusivity. Projects encourage critical
inquiry, collaborative processes, and experimentation with
multiple technologies and platforms. Electives provide
opportunities to explore a wide spectrum of specializations
in graphic design, including user experience, motion
graphics, type design, independent publishing, data
visualization, and post-artifact books.

Illustration Emphasis
Students who select the Illustration Emphasis take a
series of upper-level studio courses that explore topics
particularly relevant to image-based communication,
such as advanced storytelling, socio-political commentary,
and authorship. Courses throughout the major encourage
experimentation with multiple technologies, platforms,
and techniques. Electives provide opportunities to explore
a wide spectrum of contemporary illustration practice,
including graphic novels, animation and 3D modeling,
independent publishing, editorial illustration, children’s
books, concept art, and illustrated typography.

Advertising Art Direction Emphasis*

Students who select the Advertising Art Direction Emphasis
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will focus on creative projects, strategies, and research
across a variety of media platforms particularly relevant to
branding and contemporary advertising campaigns. Students
explore the technical, formal, conceptual, and historical
concerns surrounding the creation of meaningful brands and
innovative ad campaigns through two-, three-, and four-
dimensional applications, including print, motion, objects,
products, wayfinding systems, exhibitions, and installations.

*This emphasis is not open to entering students for

fall 2019.

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AUGMENTED REALITY CONVERSATION WITH PORTRAITURE. WORK BY ROSEMARY ARPINO, SAGE LILLY, PUBLICATION SPREADS BY SOPHIE ABADY, BFA ’18
JAIDEN WOOD, OLIVER BUIKA, TARA PAJOUHESH AND SUKYUNG YOO, BFA ’20

Communications Design 116 Communications Design 117

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Communications Design 118 Communications Design 119


DIGITAL POSTERS BY ROSEMARY ARPINO, BFA ’20
Communications Design
CURRICULA
B.F.A. in Communications Design
(Emphasis in Illustration)
Semester 1 Departmental Elective 3
FDC-140 Visualization/Representation 3
FDC-150 Space, Form, Process 3
FDC-160 Light, Color, Design Lab 3
HAD-111 Themes in Art and Culture I 3
HMS 101A Literary and Critical Studies I 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 2
FDC-141 Visualization/Representation/
Concept 3
FDC-161 Light, Color, Design Studio 3
FDC-180 New Forms/Time and
Movement 3
HAD-112 Themes in Art and Culture II 3
Social Science “Global”
Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 3
COMD-240 Research, Analysis and Process 3
COMD-241 Image as Communication 3
COMD-242 Process and Production 3
HAD-365 History of Communication
Design 3
Social Science “Thinking”
Core Elective 3
Math/Science Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 4
COMD-250 Typography and Information
Design 3
COMD-251 Dynamic Imagery 3
COMD-252 Digital Prototyping 3
HMS-201A Literary and Critical Studies II 3
History of Art and
Design Elective 3
All Institute Elective 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 5
COMD-370 Branding and Messaging 3
COMD-371 Integrated VisCom I: Cross
Platform 3
CDILL-377 Illustration Intensive 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective 3
All Institute Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 6
COMD-380 Product, Environment,
Materials 3
CDILL-401 Illustration Senior Project 3
CDBAD-401 Branding and Art Direction
Senior Project
or
CDGD-401 Graphic Design Senior Project 3
Pratt Integrative Course 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 7
COMD-381 Integrated VisCom 2,
New Forms 3
CDILL-402 Illustration Advanced Senior
Project 3
Departmental Elective 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Electives
120
(300-400 level) 6
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 8
CDILL-403 Illustration Senior Thesis 3
COMD-405 Professional Practice 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective
(300-400 level) 3
All Institute Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Total credits required 126
B.F.A. in Communications
Design (Emphasis in Advertising
Art Direction)
Semester 1 Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective
FDC-140 Visualization/Representation 3
FDC-150 Space, Form, Process 3
FDC-160 Light, Color, Design Lab 3
HAD-111 Themes in Art and Culture I 3
HMS 101A Literary and Critical Studies I 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 2
FDC-141 Visualization/Representation/
Concept 3
FDC-161 Light, Color, Design Studio 3
FDC-180 New Forms/Time and Movement 3
HAD-112 Themes in Art and Culture II 3
Social Science “Global”
Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 3
COMD-240 Research, Analysis and Process 3
COMD-241 Image as Communication 3
COMD-242 Process and Production 3
HAD-365 History of Communication Design 3
Social Science “Thinking”
Core Elective 3
Math/Science Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 4
COMD-250 Typography and Information Design 3
COMD-251 Dynamic Imagery 3
COMD-252 Digital Prototyping 3
HMS 201A Literary and Critical Studies II 3
History of Art and Design Elective 3
All Institute Elective 3 Math/Science Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 5
COMD-370 Branding and Messaging 3
COMD-371 Integrated VisCom 1: Cross- COMD-251 Dynamic Imagery 3
Platform 3
CDBAD-375 Branding and Art Direction
Intensive
or All Institute Elective 3
CDBAD-379 3-D Design and Branding Intensive 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective 3
All Institute Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 6
COMD-380 Product, Environment, Materials 3
CDBAD-401 Branding and Art Direction
Senior Project 3
CDGD-401 Graphic Design Senior Project 3
or
CDILL-401 Illustration Senior Project 3
Communications Design
Pratt Integrative Course 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 7
COMD-381 Integrated VisCom 2: New Forms 3
CDBAD-402 Branding and Art Direction
Advanced Senior Project 3
Departmental Elective3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Electives
(300-400 level) 6
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 8
CDBAD-403 Branding and Art Direction
Senior Thesis 3
COMD-405 Professional Practice 3
Departmental Elective 3
(300-400 level) 3
All Institute Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Total credits required 126
B.F.A. in Communications Design
(Emphasis in Graphic Design)
Semester 1
FDC-140 Visualization/Representation 3
FDC-150 Space, Form, Process 3
FDC-160 Light, Color, Design Lab 3
HAD-111 Themes in Art and Culture I 3
HMS 101A Literary and Critical Studies I 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 2
FDC-141 Visualization/Representation/
Concept 3
FDC-161 Light, Color, Design Studio 3
FDC-180 New Forms/Time and Movement 3
HAD-112 Themes in Art and Culture II 3
Social Science “Global”
Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 3
COMD-240 Research, Analysis and Process 3
COMD-241 Image as Communication 3
COMD-242 Process and Production 3
HAD-365 History of Communication Design 3
Social Science “Thinking”
Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 4
COMD-250 Typography and Information Design 3
COMD-252 Digital Prototyping 3
HMS 201A Literary and Critical Studies II 3
History of Art and Design Elective 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 5
COMD-370 Branding and Messaging 3
COMD-371 Integrated VisCom I:
Cross-Platform Design 3
CDGD-376 Graphic Design Intensive
or
GDGD-378 Interaction Design Intensive 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective 3
All Institute Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
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Semester 6
From Pratt Institute's inspirational campus in Brooklyn, the
COMD-380
CDGD-401
Product, Environment, Materials 3
Graphic Design Senior Project 3 Fashion Design Depart­ment of Fashion offers students a concept-led,
CDBAD-401 Branding and Art Direction craft‑based education at the heart of one of the world’s
Senior Project cultural epicenters.
or
Pratt’s BFA in Fashion Design is transdisciplinary in nature,
CDILL-401 Illustration Senior Project 3
Pratt Integrative Course 3 closely allied with illustration, photography, film, perform­
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective 3 ance, visual studies, and material culture. The practice of
Credit subtotal 15 fashion is taught as one’s cultural embodiment within a
social framework and learned through rigorous attention to
Semester 7
COMD-381 Integrated VisCom 2: New Forms 3 production, craft, and contemporary aesthetics. Students
CDGD-402 Graphic Design Advanced build a vision and a language through conceptual processes
Senior Project 3 emphasizing curiosity, imagination, improvi­sation, and play.
Departmental Elective 3
They communicate that vision through proficiency in
Liberal Arts Post-Core Electives
(300-400 level) 6 construction and illustration skills, fluency with materials,
Credit subtotal 15 traditional techniques, and digital tech­nologies, as well
as synthesis of germane research. Inter­disc­iplinary and
Semester 8
collaborative classroom opportunities set the program
CDGD-403 Graphic Design Senior Thesis 3
COMD-405 Professional Practice 3 apart, offering students tools and creative engagement
Departmental Elective 3 beyond the fashion milieu.
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective One of the world’s most prestigious independent
(300-400 level) 3
colleges of art and design, Pratt is globally recognized for its
All Institute Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15 distinguished academic record. Graduates in fashion design
Total credits required 126 carry the hallmarks of the department into the working
world, where they are recognized for a commit­ment to
ingenuity, authenticity, creativity, and personal vision, as well
as an informed versatility. Their artistic vision both reflects
and challenges the needs of contemp­orary culture.

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Chair
Jennifer Minniti
Assistant Chair
Emily Mader
Assistant to the Chair
Sandrine Delattre
Academic Adviser
Gwen Shockey
Office
Tel: 718.636.3415  Public critiques with faculty, peers, and outside design
Fax: 718.399.4566
fashiondesign@pratt.edu
www.pratt.edu/fashion
Faculty Bios
www.pratt.edu/fashion/faculty
A Fashion Program in the Fashion Capital
Pratt uses the city of New York and the borough of
Brooklyn as its urban laboratory, offering students a wealth
of opportunities to gain crucial experience beyond the
classroom environment. Museums, archives, and design
studios familiarize students with design processes and
histories; internships at top design companies such as
Thom Browne, Zero Maria Cornejo, The Row, Altuzarra,
Maryam Nassir Zadeh, Oscar de la Renta, and Creatures of
the Wind offer hands-on experience and professional
networking. All Pratt fashion design students participate in
annual design competitions sponsored by the Council of
Fashion Designers of America and YMA Fashion Scholarship
Fund. Competitions sponsored by companies such as
Joe’s Blackbook and Levi’s Made + Crafted are integrated
into the curriculum, providing avenues for scholarship
support and exposure within the fashion community.
authorities help students crystallize and articulate their
design visions. A mandate to show work publicly—in gallery
environments, on the street, in showrooms—instills
appreciation for the true spectacle of fashion. The Fashion
Design faculty is composed of esteemed professional

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practitioners from across the industry, including designers
at top houses, artists, historians, and curators—Susan
Cianciolo, Daryl Kerrigan, Mike Echkaus of Eckhaus Latta,
and Beverley Semmes are among them. Faculty work
has been featured in a wide range of publications including
Vogue, WWD, Artforum, Interview, Wallpaper, The New
Yorker, New York Magazine, The New York Times, and
countless others.
Guest practitioners from all fashion backgrounds join
faculty in the classroom as visiting lecturers, advisers,
and critics. Each semester, a full roster of fashion experts
is invited to talk theory and practice with Pratt students.

The Curriculum
The Fashion Design curriculum fosters development of
indivi­dual identity within a collaborative environment,
inform­ed by self-reflection and engaged critique. A pro­
fessionally active and accomplished faculty challenges
students to seek beyond the conventional. Students are
prompted to have an ongoing dialog between sketch,
flat 2-D patternmaking, and 3-D drape. They are expected
to work consistently—executing the fashion idea through
the making of innovative collections.
The Department of Fashion offers a wide variety of
elective and advanced courses in topics such as accessory,
NOSO technology, and advanced topical courses to
complement the core curriculum. The department offers
international exchange programs and intensives abroad.

Internship WORK BY ELIE ROMERO, BFA ’19

Pratt students are required to complete three credits of

internship during their senior year. Students have the
opportunity to explore different aspects of the New York
fashion design industry through their choice of internships.
The internship experience provides them with job search­
ing and interview skills, as well as practice in how to write
a résumé and present their portfolio. A Pratt faculty adviser
guides each student throughout the experience, making
sure the students’ learning objectives are met.

Alumni
Pratt Fashion graduates go on to do remarkable things in
the industry. Many develop their own collections and labels,
and virtually all find placement at top design houses in New
York and beyond. Pratt alumni design for Calvin Klein, Oscar
de la Renta, Monse, Thom Browne, Creatures of the Wind,
Maryam Nassir Zadeh, Adam Selman, Opening Ceremony,
Creatures of Comfort, Ralph Lauren, and countless others.

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WORK BY TORI PACHIANO, BFA ’19 WORK BY KYRA FENG (JINGYI), BFA ’19 WORK BY ALANNA JOSEPHINE BENEROFF, BFA ’19

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WORK BY KATIE JIANG, BFA ’19 WORK BY KARA WRIGHT EMIG, BFA ’19

Fashion Design 128 Fashion Design 129

CURRICULUM
B.F.A. in Fashion Design
Semester 1
FASD-110 Fashion Studio: Concepts &
Criteria 3
FASD-113 Drawing: Figure & Form 3
FASD-121 Drape & Construct I 3
HAD-111 Themes in Art and Culture I 3
HMS 101A Literary and Critical Studies I 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 2
FASD-114 Fashion Illustration I 3
FASD-122 Drape and Construct II 3
FASD-145 Contextualizing Fashion 3
HAD-112 Themes in Art and Culture II 3
Social Science “Global”
Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 3
FASD-210 Fashion Studio: Materiality &
Design 3
FASD-213 Fashion Illustration II: Digital 3
FASD-221 Drape and Construct III 3
HAD-368 Contemporary Fashion 3
Social Science “Thinking”
Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 4
FASD-211 Hand Knitwear 3
FASD-217 Fashion Design I 3
FASD-222 Drape and Construct IV 3
HMS-201A Literary and Critical Studies II 3
Pratt Integrative Course 3
Math/Science Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 5
FASD-317 Fashion Design II 3
FASD-301 Shape and Form I 3
FASD-333 Advanced Methods in Fashion
Construction 3
Departmental Elective 3
History of Art and
Design Elective 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 6
FASD-318 Fashion Design III 3
FASD-302 Shape and Form II 3
Departmental Elective 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective
(300/400 Level) 3
All Institute Elective 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 7
FASD-401
FASD-441
Senior Collection I
Portfolio Development
3
3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective
(300/400 Level) 3
All Institute Electives 6
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 8
FASD-402 Senior Collection II 3
FASD-490 Internship 3
Departmental Elective 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective
(300/400 Level) 3
Credit subtotal 12
Total credits required 126
Fashion Design
In the last few years, the field of industrial design has gone
Industrial Design through dramatic changes.
We have seen the revolution in digital technology, which
allowed billions of people around the globe to connect,
communicate, and share information.
We have witnessed a wave of mass creativity, which
started to erase the old distinction between consumers,
producers, and designers by allowing wider audiences
to participate in the creative process.
We have observed the convergence of industrial design
with scientific research—from biology and genetics to
artificial intelligence and robotics—allowing things from the
realm of science fiction to take shape in real life.
We have at last begun to address problems of the
“other 90 percent” of the world, trying to solve problems
of poverty, hunger, energy, health, and other troubling
issues of the disadvantaged world population by design.
We have come to realize our responsibility for the
planet’s climate and limited resources, and for our handling
of the environment, industry, and agriculture.
The Industrial Design program at Pratt is set to prepare
students to become professional designers of the 21st
century, capable of tackling these momentous changes.
Whether working with industry or acting as entre­pre­
neurs, students will be able to create products, systems,
and environments that help to innovate and improve
everyday objects and situations.
To become professionals, students learn aesthetic
values of visual abstraction, from line and color to
develop­­ment of complex three-dimensional form.
Students study to practice design as an iterative process
that includes ideation, sketching, prototype making,
and testing of their projects. Hands-on skills learned in
a model shop are complemented with digital skills
practiced in computer labs. From their sophomore year
Chair
Constantin Boym on, students are taught the importance of critical
thinking: the art of observation and discovery, and the
Assistant Chair ability to uncover and formulate real-world problems
Matte Nyberg
in need of design solutions.
Assistant to the Chair Faculty members in the Department of Industrial
Marcia Brown Design are professional educators and designers; many
of them are principals of their own successful businesses
Academic Adviser
and recipients of prestigious industry awards. Through­
Mike Farnham
out their years of study, students are exposed to the
Office cultural richness and diversity of New York City, with its
Tel: 718.636.3631  world-class museums, galleries, and art and design
id@pratt.edu
events. Brooklyn, in particular, has recently become
www.pratt.edu/ug-industrial-design
a hot spot for entre­preneurial craft and design culture.
Faculty Bios Students can learn a great deal from immersing them­
www.pratt.edu/ug-industrial-design/ selves in the activities of this bustling contemporary
faculty
design scene.
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 Four years at Pratt will set each student on a path
toward a rewarding and culturally relevant career, which
can be tailored to specific interests and abilities.

THE PROGRAM’S STRUCTURE

Pratt BID alumni are designers, artists, educators,

entrepreneurs, researchers, and corporate leaders.
This diversity comes from a program of study that allows
freedom to explore. In the freshman and sophomore
years, students take core courses, which provide grounding
in drawing, color, 3-D form, model making, and digital
computer skills. At the same time, they take design studios
that introduce them to critical thinking, problem solving,
and environmental responsibility. A variety of studio
options are open in the junior and senior years when
students can take specialized studios that respond to
their individual interests and skills, such as:
ll Product design
ll Furniture
ll Tabletop and food design
ll Shoes and athletic gear
ll Exhibition design
ll Interdisciplinary design

By the end of senior year, students complete a cap­

stone studio, which follows students’ choice of subject
and delineates the direction of their future careers.
The capstone studio project is presented at the annual WORK BY CASEY BERGNER, BID ’19 TABLEWARE FROM ARTFOOD PROJECT BY ADITI KEDIA, BID ’18
design show, a public event attended by industry leaders
and potential employers.
The department offers study-abroad exchanges with a
number of leading European design schools and a summer
program in furniture making in Copenhagen through the
Danish International School.

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 BENCHES DESIGNED BY BID STUDENTS’ FOR BROOKLYN MUSEUM

BRIM CHAIR, ZHIJIAN XIONG, BID ’18 SNAP AND GO, HAA-YOUNG LEE, BID ’18

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 RED OAK, ZILAN CHEN, BID ’19

ASSEMBLER BENCH, CHAN SUNG LEE, BID ’19 WORK BY SICHENG FU, BID ’17

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CURRICULUM
B.I.D. in Industrial Design
Semester 1 Semester 8
FDC-140 Visualization/Representation 3
FDC-150 Space, Form, Process 3
FDC-160 Light, Color, Design Lab 3
HMS-101A Literary and Critical Studies I 3
HAD-111 Themes in Art and Culture I 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 2
FDC-141 Visualization/Representation/
Concept 3
FDC-161 Light, Color, Design Studio 3
FDC-180 New Form/Time and Movement 3
HAD-112 Themes in Art and Culture II 3
Social Science “Global”
Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 3
IND-201 Design Studio I 3
IND-211 3D Representation I 3
IND-245 2D Representation I 3
Social Science “Thinking”
Core Elective 3
HAD-361 History of Industrial Design 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 4
IND-202 Design Studio II 3
IND-212 3D Representation II 3
IND-246 2D Representation II 3
HMS-201A Literary and Critical Studies II 3
Math/Science Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 5
IND-301 Design Studio III 3
IND-311 3D Representation III 3
IND-320 Design Engineering 3
Pratt Integrative Course 3
History of Art and Design Elective 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 6
IND-302 Design Studio IV 3
IND-312 3D Representation IV 3
IND-321 Design Engineering 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective
(300/400 level) 3
All Institute Elective 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 7
IND-401 Design Studio V 3
IND-450 Design Theory and Research 3
Departmental Elective 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective
(300/400 level)
All Institute Elective
3
3
Interior Design
Credit subtotal 15
IND-402 Capstone Design Studio 3
IND-441 Professional Practice 3
Departmental Elective 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective
(300/400 level) 3
All Institute Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Total credits required 126
Chair
TBD
Assistant Chair
Tania Sofia Branquinho
Assistant to the Chair
Aston Gibson
Office
Tel: 718.636.3630 
Fax: 718.399.4440
int@pratt.edu
www.pratt.edu/interior-design
Faculty Bios
www.pratt.edu/interior-design/
faculty
Pratt Institute’s BFA in Interior Design is located within
the ultimate learning environment of New York City—
the interior design capital of the United States. Over the
last decade, DesignIntelligence has consistently ranked
our undergraduate and graduate programs in the top three
in the country. As one of the most prominent under­
graduate programs in the country, we inspire our students
to become leaders by setting high standards for critical
thinking, exemplary expression, professional aptitude, and
responsible action in enhancing and transforming the
human environment. Pratt’s program was one of the first
in the country to educate about interior design and
we continue to be a leading innovator in the discipline
by presenting an inspiring and challenging course of
study in an expanding and dynamic discipline. Our alumni
have made significant contributions to the quality and
character of our built environment, and it is certain that
tomorrow’s graduates will continue to make a sustainable
impact on our culture and sense of place.
Our Interior Design program is an architecturally oriented
program with emphasis on various spatial explorations that
bridge the exterior with the interior, in a largely urban context.
All aspects of the interior designed environment are
studied in relation to their effects on the human spirit and
experience. After a required year of Foundation studies,
students begin their work in interior design in the sopho-
more year in a stimulating studio setting that encourages
a nurturing, competitive, and cooperative atmosphere.
Our curriculum begins with the fundamentals of space, scale,
proportion, and configuration with relation to the human
body. The complexities of design are explored and
taught through building an understanding of coursework
in materials, color, and light, as well as architectural
drawing, computer graphics, building construction, environ-
mental qualities, sustainability, and professional practices.
Students work closely with their professor on projects that
develop in size and complexity through the six semesters
of design studio and supporting coursework. Students are
also encouraged to take advantage of the many courses
available to them across Pratt’s campus to enable them to
fully develop their interests and talents. The senior year
culminates with a thesis project where students develop
a body of critical research on a particular interior issue in
the fall semester, that is then developed into a design project
in the spring semester. The BFA course of study is designed
to enhance the student experience through a balance
of intellectual exploration and the development of skills and
practical experience needed to become successful profes­
sionals and leaders in the field. Students are integrated into
the professional world through professional practice
coursework and internships that serve to prepare students

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for certification. Pratt students create important
relationships in school and become part of the larger
alumni network when they graduate.

THE PROGRAM’S STRUCTURE

BFA in Interior Design

BFA in Interior Design students have the opportunity
to study interior design as an integral element of the
built environment by generating creative solutions that
integrate an understanding of light and color, craft and
making, material research, changing technologies, sustain-
able practice, and current issues, including knowledge
about global cultural history and diverse contexts. The
program prepares students to engage in critical inquiry
and at an explorative capacity that will establish them as
innovators in the field of interior design, pointing to
the larger potentials of professional practice, design
education, and research affecting the interior environment.
At Pratt, students focus on a variety of interior design
projects that grow more complex as the curriculum
proceeds. Students begin their study of interior design
in the sophomore year upon completion of a required
year in Foundation. During the BFA coursework, interested
students may apply to spend the spring term of the junior
year at the Danish International School (DIS), studying interior
architecture in Copenhagen. The program at DIS includes
extensive study tours throughout Scandinavia. Individuals inter-
ested in transferring to Pratt from other institutions are
also encouraged to apply. The structure of the 126-credit
program, prepares graduates for a leadership role in
an established profession. To support our commitment to
technological excellence, personal laptop computers
are required for all undergraduate students. For more
information, please refer to www.pratt.edu/academics/
technologyresources/laptop-programs/interior.

Minor in Interior Design

The Department of Interior Design offers a 15-credit minor
to undergraduate architecture, construction management,
and industrial design students, as well as interested
students in other fields of study. Students may apply to
the minor after meeting with the department as early
WORK BY STELLA WIDJAYA, BFA ’19
as the first semester of the sophomore year. Determina-
tion of the required studio level and other courses to
complete the minor will be based upon a review of the
student’s transcript (and portfolio). The completion
of the minor will be noted on the student’s transcript but
will not be shown on the diploma.

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WORK BY ELVIN OU SONG, BFA ’18 WORK BY FAN MO, BFA ’18

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CURRICULUM
B.F.A. in Interior Design
Semester 1
FDC-140 Visualization/Representation 3
FDC-150 Space, Form, Process 3
FDC-160 Light, Color, Design Lab 3
HAD-111 Themes in Art and Culture I 3
HMS-101A Literary and Critical Studies I 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 2
FDC-141 Visualization/Representation/
Concept 3
FDC-161 Light, Color, Design Studio 3
FDC-180 New Form/Time and Movement 3
HAD-112 Themes in Art and Culture II 3
Social Science “Global”
Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 3
INT-201 Design I 3
INT-233 Language of Drawing I 3
INT-217 Assemblies and Environments 3
HAD-364 History of Interior Design 3
Social Science “Thinking”
Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 4
INT-202 Design II 3
INT-234 Language of Drawing II 3
INT-218 Color Materials Lighting 3
HMS-201A Literary and Critical Studies II 3
Math/Science Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 5
INT-301 Design III 3
INT-325 Emergent Platforms 3
INT-326 Materials Method Meaning 3
All Institute Elective 3
History of Art and Design Elective 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 6
INT-302 Design IV 3
INT-342 Time Culture Context 3
Pratt Integrative Course 3
Departmental Elective 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective
(300/400 level) 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 7
INT-401 Design V 3
INT-405 Design Research Strategies 3
INT-419 The Working Set 3
All Institute Elective 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective
(300/400 level) 3
Semester 8
Credit subtotal 15
INT-402 Design VI Thesis 3
INT-441 Positioning Practice Portfolio 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective
(300/400 level) 3
All Institute Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Total credits required 126
Interior Design
Fashion Minor Complete 6 credits from the following elective
School of Design The Fashion Minor enables students pursuing
any discipline to gain a working knowledge and
courses:
INT-217 Assemblies and Environments
Minors skill set in the practice of fashion design, with
particular attention to collection development,
construction, and an understanding of situating
INT-233
INT-234
INT-342
Language of Drawing I
Language of Drawing II
Time Culture Context
one's design work in a larger sociopolitical and INT-325 Emergent Platforms
cultural context. Beyond the required core INT-456 Special Projects
curriculum, minor students will be able to deter­ HAD-364 History of Interior Design
mine their own focus of further study within INT-481 Interior Options Lab
the medium by selecting 6 credits from a menu INT-485 Taste
of electives.
Please check www.pratt.edu/academics/
Complete the following required 9 credits: degrees/undergraduate-minors for the most
FASD-121 Drape and Construct I current information.
FASD-122 Drape and Construct II
FASD-345 Contextualizing Fashion
Complete one of the following required 3-credit
courses. Placement is based on departmental
recommendation:
FASD-217 Fashion Design I
FASD-317 Fashion Design II
FASD-318 Fashion Design III
Complete one of the 3-credit elective courses:
FASD-306 Advanced Construction Techniques
FASD-334 Leather Goods
FASD-362 Leather and Fur Design and
Construction
FASD-363 Millinery
FASD-364 Shoe Design
FASD-365 Advanced Flatbed Knitting
FASD-368 Experimental Surface Design
FASD-391 Accessories Collection
Interior Design
The Department of Interior Design offers a
15-credit minor to undergraduate architecture,
construction management, and industrial design
students, or interested students with a related
background. Students may apply to the minor
after meeting with the chair or assistant chair
of interior design, as early as the first semester
of their sophomore year. Determination of
studio level to take—INT‑301, 302, 401—will be
based upon a review of a student’s transcript
and portfolio.
Take the following required courses to complete
the Interior Design Minor program:
INT-218 Color Materials Lighting
INT-326 Materials Methods Meaning
Complete one of the following required
courses. Placement is based on departmental
recommendation:
INT-201 Design Studio I
INT-202 Design Studio II
INT-301 Design Studio III
INT-302 Design Studio IV
INT-401 Design Studio V
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 Pratt was an amazing,
amazing experience in
my life. We had top
faculty that inspired us.
I use the foundation
that I received at Pratt,
but I take it in many
different directions.
Samuel Botero, BFA Interior Design ’68,
renowned interior designer;
principal, Samuel Botero Associates, Inc.

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School of Liberal
Arts and Sciences

Critical and Visual Studies

History of Art and Design
Writing
Classes in the Liberal Arts
Minors

Dean
TBD

Assistant to the Dean

Sincere Brooks
sbroo397@pratt.edu

Office
Tel: 718.636.3570 
Fax: 718.399.4586
www.pratt.edu/las
The mission of the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences (SLAS)
is to enable students to explore areas of knowledge and to reflect
critically and creatively on aesthetic forms and on intellectual
and cultural practices. Students conduct research, substantiate
arguments, and communicate in the broadest possible socio-
historical, literary, and scientific contexts. The school’s primary
goal is for students to make continuing contributions as critical
thinkers and creative professionals.
SLAS plays two major roles in the undergraduate curriculum.
First, it provides a well-rounded education for students in the
professional programs, offering a general education curriculum
in humanities and media studies, mathematics and science,
social science, and cultural studies. With both depth and breadth
unequaled by other colleges of art and design, SLAS also offers
a suite of minors to complement the professional degrees: Cinema
Studies, Creative Writing, Cultural Studies, History of Art and
Design, Literature and Writing, Media Studies, Performance and
Performance Studies, Philosophy, Psychology, and Sustainability.
Second, the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences offers three
undergraduate degrees: the BA in Critical and Visual Studies, the
BFA in Writing, and the BFA in the History of Art and Design.
The Critical and Visual Studies program is for the curious and
imaginative student who wants to pursue studies in the liberal arts
and sciences while immersed in Pratt’s unique environment of
creative openness and intellectual experimentation. At the core
of the program is the understanding that the integration of theory,
method, and experience is crucial to learning. Here, every aspect
of social life—from street art to political systems, from international
media to the global economy—is a potential subject of study.
The program provides a unique interdisci­plinary framework
within which our students explore the liberal arts through the study
of the artistic, social, and political meanings of cultural and
aesthetic production.
The chief goal of the undergraduate writing degree is the grad­
uation of creative writers who are well-versed in literature,
literary theory, and other modes of critical thinking. At the center
of the curriculum are creative writing studios in which a range of
forms are explored. The studios are complemented by core courses
that focus on essential, but too often neglected, aspects of the
literary arts—word choice, grammar, logic, exposition, and critical

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thought. The location of the program in New York City is taken
full advantage of, primarily in Writer’s Forum, a course that invites
writers, editors, and literary agents to campus to address the
writing majors, and the Internship Program, in which students can
select from an array of internships, from St. Mark’s Poetry Project
to Saturday Night Live.
The undergraduate degree in the History of Art and Design offers
students the chance to study on a campus that attracts leading
artists. Students have the opportunity to study 17th‑century frescoes
in Venice, 19th-century Dogon figures in the conservation
laboratory at the Brooklyn Museum, and 21st‑century performance
art as curatorial interns at the Guggenheim Museum. History
of  Art and Design students bring a wide array of experiences and
backgrounds to their studies and graduate the program with
new knowledge, experience, and a professional network to inform
and support their careers for many years.
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Critical and
Critical and Visual Studies (CritViz) is a bachelor of arts
program for imaginative, interdisciplinary students seeking
to pursue a liberal arts degree while immersed in Pratt’s
Visual Studies uniquely vibrant, creative environment.
Students are afforded the opportunity to pursue
individually tailored paths of study grounded in a core
curriculum emphasizing both theoretical foundations and
practical applications. CritViz therefore provides unparal-
leled opportunities to explore the liberal arts through the
lens of visual and material culture, while emphasizing
the artistic, social, and political meanings of cultural and
aesthetic production. In our program, every aspect of social
life—from street art to political systems, music and cinema
to high fashion, and underground media to the global
economy—is therefore a potential subject of study.
The Liberal Arts and Sciences Context at Pratt:
Strong Foundations, Individualized Programs
CritViz features a first-year foundational curriculum,
grounded in both classic and innovative texts of critical
theory, visual studies, philosophy, social science, and
the humanities. Students then choose from a diverse
offering of electives and concentrations from within
the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, and across the
Institute in architecture, art history, art and design, and
planning. The fundamental goal of the faculty in Critical
Chair and Visual Studies is to provide students with an education
Macarena Gómez-Barris that helps them become critical, articulate, widely read,
mgomezba@pratt.edu
intellectually flexible, and culturally savvy. The program will
Assistant Chair offer students:
Rosa Cho ll a critical understanding of culture grounded in
rcho62@pratt.edu philosophy, history, the social sciences, and humanities;
Assistant to the Chair
ll training in social theory, analytical research methods;
Sophia Straker-Babb and various techniques of communication;
ss@pratt.edu ll the ability to develop and critically integrate written,
oral, visual, and spatial expression;
Critical and Visual Studies
Coordinators
ll the flexibility to pursue in-depth studies and make links
May Joseph between academic work and the wider world through
mjoseph@pratt.edu internships in everything from art galleries and media
publications to production houses and nonprofit
Josh Karant
jkarant@pratt.edu
agencies; and
ll a faculty whose work and teaching is on the cutting edge
Academic Advisement Coordinator of scholarship and cultural criticism.
Megan Kincheloe
mkinchel@pratt.edu
Office
Tel: 718.636.3567 
Fax: 718.399.4575
www.pratt.edu/critical-visual-studies
Faculty Bios
www.pratt.edu/critical-visual-studies
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 Significantly, CritViz also allows students to take
electives in traditional studio arts and new media courses,
encouraging hands-on training while providing further
opportunities to apply liberal arts training to explore
diverse forms of material culture, developing critical and
writing skills while working in a variety of media experi­
mentally to integrate the verbal and visual, creating new
combinations of word and image.
Similarly committed to a wide range of intellectual
disciplines and creative practices, CritViz faculty are united
in dedication to a new approach to the liberal arts and
sciences that emphasizes education—not simply
“schooling” or training—as a process of “learning to learn.”
We therefore aim to provide our graduates with a
foundation for independent lifelong learning, preparing
them to thrive in a future economy where they will need
critical and analytical skills to move seamlessly among
changing economic sectors and evolving career paths.
The faculty’s diverse teaching and research interests
include philosophy, sociology, ethnography, cultural
studies, media studies, urban studies, social practice,
aesthetics and visual culture, globalization, imperialism,
colonialism and post-colonialism, critical theory, psycho­
logy, gender and sexuality, world history, history and
historiography, cinema and documentary film, literature
and creative writing, theater and per­form­ance studies,
environmental studies, sustainability, and the sociology of
science and technology. The faculty’s area specialties
include the Americas, Africa, the Mediterranean, Central
Asia, the Middle East, the Pacific Rim, and the Indian Ocean.
Our students and faculty participate in the dynamic
array of cultural events and institutions offered by New York
City. Students immerse themselves in the intellectual life
of the city, both outside the gates of the Institute and by
participating in a rich array of on-campus events including:
ll The Departmental Speaker Series, which brings
renowned scholars and intellectuals to Pratt and gives
our students the opportunity to meet and interact
with them. Past speakers have included: Nora Alter,
Alain Badiou, Robin Blackburn, Susan Buck-Morss,
Tina Campt, Simon Critchley, Jim Czarnecki, Gina
Dent, Robert Gooding-Williams, Anna Grimshaw,
Timothy Hall, Saidiya Hartmam, Randy Martin, Tom
McCarthy, Gyan Prakash, Vicente Rafael, Martha Rosler,
Sukhdev Sandhu, Michael Taussig, and Wendy Woon.
ll The Scholar-in-Residence Program, which brings a
major contemporary thinker or artist to campus for an
extended residency. Past scholars-in-residence have
included Stanley Aronowitz, Patricia Clough, Juan Cole,
Susan Meiselas, and Laura Mulvey.
PROFESSOR IN CLASS
ll Film Screenings, which offer provo­cative forums for timely
debates about current social, political, and aesthetic
issues. Filmmakers accom­pany their film screenings and
ad­dress interested students after­ward, making for lively
discussions that extend beyond the classroom.
ll The Wallabout Film Festival, a student film festival
produced and curated by an interdisciplinary team of
students from Pratt, showcases films by innovative
student filmmakers from around the world.
ll Field trips to see current museum and gallery exhibi­
tions; to network with artists, architects, designers,
critics, and curators; and to engage with the city
at large.
ll Senior Thesis Presentations, which are public
presentations by seniors of their yearlong written and
creative work, allowing students the opportunity to
present their work to the broader Pratt community.
These presentations and discussions are a chance for
students to get to know the work of peers and to gain
perspective on their own intellectual development.
THE PROGRAM’S STRUCTURE
The First Year: Foundation
The first year of the program provides students with a
foundation in history, philosophy, critical theory, and social
sciences. The centerpiece is a first-year seminar in which
students become acquainted with the range of subjects,
methods, and theories from which, later in their careers at
Pratt, they will be able to assemble their own specialized
paths of study.
The Second Year: Free Electives,
“Symposium,” and “Moderation”
The second year of the program is rich in elective offerings
that permit students to explore and expand the interests
they discovered in their first year of study. The second year
is anchored by the two-course sequence of “Symposium”
and “Moderation.” In “Symposium,” accomplished scholars
in the liberal arts, some from the Institute and some from
outside, lecture and lead a seminar in which students
gain exposure to the standards of professional intellectual
work. In “Moderation,” students are guided by a faculty
committee to reflect on their studies during semesters one
through three. “Moderation” enables students to take
stock of their initial experiences in the program, examine
their goals and interests, evaluate their performance,
establish their commitment to a course of study, and chart
their final two years of college.
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 The Third Year: Guided Electives and CURRICULUM
the Pursuit of a Focus of Study
In the third year of the program, students use their indivi­ B.A. in Critical and Visual Studies
dual interests, as dis­cover­ed and refined in “Moderation,”
Semester 1
to pursue an independent concentration. The concen­
CST-100 First Year Seminar 3
tration can follow a standard course of study in the liberal SS-203G World History I 3
arts, such as anthropology, art history, history, philosophy, PHIL-208 History of Philosophy, Ancient
or psychology; an interdisciplinary course of study, such or
PHIL-209 Modern Philosophy 3
as cultural studies, gender studies, urban studies, or visual
HMS-101A Literary and Critical Studies I 3
studies; or an individually designed course of study, such MSWI-210C Science and Society 3
as mass media and society, psychology and the arts, CST-190 Beyond Google I: Basic
or war and culture. Students can also add minors in studio Information Literacy 1
Credit subtotal 16
art to their programs.
Semester 2
The Fourth Year HMS-201A Literary and Critical Studies II 3
SS-204G World History II 3
In the fourth year, students round out their education All Institute Electives 9
by taking all-Institute electives in which they explore Credit subtotal 15
topics and problems outside of their core areas of study.
Semester 3
At the same time, students complete their individual SS-225 Symposium 3
concent­rations with the capstone courses “Senior Project” All Institute Electives 12
and “Senior Thesis,” in which they are guided through the Credit subtotal 15
process of developing, researching, and writing a grad­
Semester 4
uate school-level essay supplemented by original creative SS-299 Moderation 3
work. The senior thesis, which is the end product of this Theory and Practice Electives 3
All Institute Electives 9
experience, hones students’ abilities to express Credit subtotal 15
themselves, argue their ideas, and make fresh sense of the
broader social and cultural worlds they research. This is a Semester 5
CST-390 Beyond Google II: Thesis and
unique opportunity for direct study and for pursuing Information Research 1
original visual and qualitative research. All Institute Electives 15
Credit subtotal 16
STUDENTS IN CLASS STUDENT WORKING ON THE BROOKLYN CAMPUS
Semester 6
All Institute Electives 15
Credit subtotal 15

Semester 7
CST-440 Senior Seminar 3
All Institute Electives 12
Credit subtotal 15

Semester 8
CST-480 Senior Thesis/Project 3
All Institute Electives 12
Credit subtotal 15
Total credits required 122

Critical and Visual Studies 154 Critical and Visual Studies 155
 Pratt Institute is an exceptional place to study the history
History of Art of art and design. Our landmarked campus attracts
leading artists, designers, historians, and theorists and is
and Design only minutes from the studios, galleries, private collections,
libraries, and museums that make New York a premier
center of art and design.
Our faculty is composed of distinguished scholars
and mentors who focus on the intellectual growth of our
students. They bring a broad range of expertise and
different methodologies to the classroom. Their expertise,
dedication, and original thinking are evident in our curricu­
lum and in the academic opportunities faculty members
create for their students, and most importantly, are
reflected in the quality of our students’ work.
Students come from a wide range of backgrounds,
and leave with knowledge and experience, that will inform
and support their careers for many years.
Every art and design history student’s program
includes “behind-the-scenes” experiences, not only at
exhibitions and museums but also in the Institute itself.
Connections with other departments in all areas of fine
arts and design—interior, industrial, communications,
and fashion—offer a unique platform for an interaction
between practitioners and theoreticians. We strongly
encourage students to be active artists and makers in
addition to their historical studies.
The History of Art and Design Department offers exciting
lectures and seminars with a wide range of approaches,
from geographically and chronologically oriented studies
to the most recent theoretical approaches. Frequent
excursions result from our extensive working relationships
with the city’s museums, galleries, and cultural organ­iz­ations
and are a crucial part of the curriculum.
Chair
John R. Decker, PhD History of Art and Design Degree
Program’s Philosophy
Assistant Chair
Degrees in the History of Art and Design have been
Evan Neely, PhD
developed with a keen sense of Pratt’s history as a tech­nical
Assistant to the Chair school. In the context of a school long devoted to the
Jill Song practicing artist, designer, architect, and librarian, the
historical perspective is attached to the concrete example.
Academic Adviser
Evan Neely, PhD Its theory is developed from the specific to the general.
At Pratt, the definition of art history is broad. It includes
Office design history of clothing, interiors, communi­cation,
Tel: 718.636.3598
industrial products, photography, film, and animation, as
ha@pratt.edu
www.pratt.edu/history-of-art-design well as urban design and the history of painting, sculpture,
For more information on departmental architecture, and graphic arts. These courses have been
news: www.HADPratt.pratt.edu developed to respond equally to the needs of the art/
design student and to aspiring historians.
Faculty Bios
www.pratt.edu/history-of-art-design/
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THE PROGRAM’S STRUCTURE

The History of Art and Design Department provides

courses and a foundation of studies for all Pratt students.
All undergraduates in the School of Art and the School
of Design are required to take 12 credits of art and
design history, including introductory survey courses that
cover prehistory to the 20th century. The surveys are
complemented by elective courses in a wide range of fields,
which are designed to enhance specific interests of the
varied majors within the Schools of Art and Design.
The department offers undergraduates a unique program
that includes studio courses.
Students entering with an Advanced Placement score
of four or five in art history may apply for exemption from CLASS TRIP TO THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK
the first semester survey and are allowed to substitute
an elective in the survey area for the second semester
of survey.

BFA in History of Art and Design

The BFA program affords a grounding in the philosophy,
literature, and criticism of the history of art and design.
Students will take specially designed foundation courses
and the survey classes. They will continue with additional
credits in liberal arts (English, humanities, sciences, social
sciences, and foreign language), studio, and electives.
Majors will take upper-level electives in film and design,
architecture, non-Western, pre-Renaissance, Renaissance
to Rococo, and 19th-, 20th-, or 21st-century art. Theory
and Methodology, Chemistry of Art, and a Senior Seminar
are requirements for completion of the degree.

History of Art and Design Minor

Undergraduates at Pratt who choose to minor in the
History of Art and Design are required to complete 18
credits of art or design history, or 6 (including one
500-level course) beyond the requirement of 12 credits.
Prospective minors should see the department chair
for advisement on appropriate choice of courses.
All undergraduate students in the department
are encouraged to pursue an internship at a major
New York institution.

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CURRICULUM
B.F.A. in History of Art and Design
Semester 1 (400 Level) 3
FDC-140 Visualization/Representation 3
FDC-150 Space, Form, Process 3
FDC 160 Light, Color, Design 3
HAD-111 Themes in Art and Culture I 3
HMS-101A ­Introduction to Literary and
Critical Studies I 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 2 Writing BFA takes full advantage of its location in Brooklyn
FDC-141 Visualization/Representation/
Concept 3
FDC-158 Foundation Design Studio 3
FDC-180 New Forms Time & Movement 3
Social Science “Global” Core
Elective 3
HAD-112­­ Themes in Art and Culture II 3
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 3 well-rounded writers. At the heart of the curriculum are
Social Science “Thinking” Core
Elective 3
Art History Elective 6
Studio Elective 6
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 4
HMS-201A Introduction to Literary and
Critical Studies II 3
Art History Elective 9
­Studio Elective 3 and colloquia.
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 5
MSCI-330 Chemistry for Art History 3
History of Art and Design Elective
(300/400 Level) 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective 3
Studio Elective 9
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 6
HAD-402 Theory and Methodology 3 Assistant to the Chair
History of Art and Design Elective
(300/400 Level) 3
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective 3
Studio Elective 6
Credit subtotal 15
Semester 7
History of Art and Design Elective
(400 Level) 6
Studio Elective 6
­­Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective
(300/400 Level) 3
Pratt Integrative Course 3
Credit subtotal 18
Semester 8 At Pratt, Writing BFA majors start writing on the first day
HAD-405
or
Senior Thesis
HAD-406 Senior Seminar 3
History of Art and Design Elective
Liberal Arts Post-Core Elective
(300/400 Level) 6
Studio Elective 3
Credit subtotal 15
Total credits required 126
History of Art and Design
Writing of their first semester and continue for the next four years,
completing a book-length work of poetry, fiction, or non-
fiction for their senior thesis. They learn by doing and by
having their efforts rigorously responded to in critiques by
hardworking peers and inspiring, accomplished instructors.
Along the way, Writing majors read widely and deeply
in contemporary and classical literatures; they enjoy
opportunities to study the other arts offered at Pratt; and
they have the chance to take courses and minors in subjects
ranging from film to social justice to performance. The
and New York City, offering a wide array of valuable
internships to writing students and creating opportunities
for students to closely engage with distinguished
visiting writers.
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Writing
The chief goal of the Writing BFA Program is the creation of
the Writing Studios, through which students progress from
elements of style and clarity of expression to more
advanced narrative and poetic forms and specialized genres,
culminating in the creation of a book-length work of prose,
poetry, or experimental form. The practice of writing is
reinforced by studies in literature, cultural studies, science
and history; by explorations of other art forms; and by
opportunities for professional development via internships
Chair
Beth Loffreda
Andrea Bott
abott33@pratt.edu
Academic Advisement Coordinator
Erich Kuersten
ekuerste@pratt.edu
Academic Adviser
Erich Kuersten
Office
Tel: 718.687.5770
www.pratt.edu/writing
Faculty Bios
www.pratt.edu/writing/faculty
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CONFESSIONS BY ALISTAIR CHEW, BFA ’20 YELLOW BY MILES HOLLAND, BFA ’20

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CURRICULUM Semester 7 Pratt provides a well-rounded edu­cation in the liberal arts
WR-420

Senior Project
Liberal Arts Elective
4
6
Classes in the that encompasses humanities and media studies,
B.F.A. in Writing mathematics and science, and social science and cultural

Semester 1


Studio Elective
Social Science/Philosophy
2
3 Liberal Arts studies. In addition, the Institute supports international
Credit subtotal 15 students in gaining the English language skills they need to
WR-101 Writer’s Studio I 4
pursue their education and to interact as vital members
WR-110 Critical Thinking and Writing I 3 Semester 8
WR-120 Word, Usage, Style I 3 WR-421 Senior Project 4 of the community.
WR-300 Writer’s Forum 1 HMS Elective 3
HMS-203A World Literature Survey I 3 Elective 6 Humanities and Media Studies
MSCI–270 Ecology Studio Elective 2
The Humanities and Media Studies (HMS) Department
or Credit subtotal 15
MSCI-221P Conceptual Physics 3 Total credits required 130 offers innovative and cross-disciplinary training at
Credit subtotal 17 the intersection of aesthetics, politics, and theory.
History of Art and Design Social Science and
Chair Cultural Studies Our curriculum explores how art, culture, literature, and
Semester 2
John R. Decker, PhD Chair media form and transform our densely interconnected
WR-102 Writer’s Studio II 4
WR-111 Critical Thinking and Writing II 3
Macarena Gómez-Barris world. HMS students acquire creative and critical tools
Assistant Chair mgomezba@pratt.edu
WR-121 Word, Usage, Style II 3 with which to analyze global, cultural, and socio-political
Evan Neely
WR-300 Writer’s Forum 1 contexts. In our classrooms, we emphasize the histories
eneely@pratt.edu Assistant Chair
HMS-203B World Literature Survey II 3
Rosa Cho and processes of social formation such as race, gender,
HMS Elective 3
Credit subtotal 17
Assistant to the Chair rcho62@pratt.edu sexuality, class, and ability. We are distinguished by our
Jill Song
methodologies, which include multisensory and embodied
Assistant to the Chair
Semester 3 learning, collaboration and play, textual and visual analysis,
Faculty Bios Sophia Straker-Babb
WR-201 Writer’s Studio III 4
www.pratt.edu/history-of-art- ss@pratt.edu critical ethnography, and experimental archival research.
WR-300 Writer’s Forum 1
CH-300 World Civilizations I 3
design/faculty In addition to the Humanities Core and Architecture
Faculty Bios Writing Programs, the department offers undergraduate
HMS-304B Perspectives on U.S. Literature 3
www.pratt.edu/social-science/
Social Science/Philosophy 3
Humanities and Media Studies faculty minors in Performance and Performance Studies, Media
Studio Elective 4
Chair Studies, Literature and Writing, and Cinema Studies.
Credit subtotal 18
Arlene R. Keizer, PhD HMS also houses a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program in
akeizer@pratt.edu Intensive English Program Performance and Performance Studies and a Master of
Semester 4
Director
WR-202 Writer’s Studio IV 4
Acting Assistant Chair Nancy Seidler Arts (MA) program in Media Studies. Our award-winning
WR-300 Writer’s Forum 1
Emily Beall nseidler@pratt.edu faculty includes writers, scholars, media artists, architects,
WR-320 Special Topics 3
CH-400 World Civilizations II 3
ebeall@pratt.edu and multidisciplinary performers of national and
Certificate of English international stature.
HMS Elective 3
Assistant to the Chair Proficiency Coordinator
Studio Elective 2
Nkechi Ebubedike Nada Gordon
Credit subtotal 16
hms@pratt.edu dgordon@pratt.edu Mathematics and Science
Semester 5 The mission of the Department of Mathematics and
Faculty Bios Assessment and Educational Science is threefold. The first goal is to acquaint students
WR-300 Writer’s Forum 1
www.pratt.edu/humanities/ Technology Coordinator
WR-301 Writer’s Studio V 4
faculty Rachid Eladlouni with scientific methodologies, critical thinking, and the
WR-320 Special Topics 3
reladlou@pratt.edu history of scientific thought. The second is to address
WR-330 The Professional Workplace 2
HMS Elective 3 the interface between science and art, architecture, and
Mathematics and Science Enrollment and Advisement design, whether it is through the physics of light, the
Math/Science 3
Chair Coordinator
Credit subtotal 16
Helio Takai Fanny Lao chemistry of color, the biology of form, or the mathematics
htakai@pratt.edu hlao@pratt.edu of symmetry. The third is to educate students so that
Semester 6
WR-302 Writer’s Studio VI 4
cep@pratt.edu they can respond intelligently and critically to today’s new
Assistant to the Chair developments in science and technology and make
WR-320 Special Topics 3
Margaret Dy-So Faculty Bios
WR-390 Internship/Seminar 3
sci@pratt.edu www.pratt.edu/intensive- informed decisions regarding current scientific matters
HMS Elective 3
english/faculty that affect public policy issues and ethics.
Social Science/Philosophy 3
Laboratory Technician
Credit subtotal 16
Megan Welchel Writing Social Science and Cultural Studies
Assistant to the Chair
Faculty Bios Andrea Bott The Department of Social Science and Cultural Studies
www.pratt.edu/mathematics/ abott33@pratt.edu trains students to bring critical and analytical skills to
faculty bear on the social world and on their professional and

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artistic work. Through the perspectives of social science,
history, philosophy, and cultural studies, students
explore the cultural achievements of humankind and
the social forces that have influenced the development
of culture and human personality. A core curriculum
develops understanding of historical relationships
among world cultures, ideas, and institutions. Electives
provide interdisciplinary approaches and intellectual
diversity that foster critical examination of the political,
social, and economic forces at work in the processes
of cultural production.
The department offers minors in Cultural Studies,
Philosophy, Psychology, Sustainability Studies, History, Social
Justice/Social Practice, and Gender and Sexuality Studies.
UNDERGRADUATE LIBERAL ARTS
REQUIREMENTS
The general education requirements consist of a core
and post-core, each consisting of five classes or 15 credits
for a total of 10 classes or 30 credits.
In the core, students will take two humanities core
courses, Humanities and Media Studies 101A & 201A.
They will choose two social science classes from a menu
of classes, one of which will focus on global issues and
the other on ways of knowing, thinking, and doing. Finally,
for the core classes, students will choose one class from a
menu of math and sciences. Four of these five core classes
must be writing intensive. For the post-core, students
may choose to take a Liberal Arts and Science minor, or a
selection of five classes that are thematically linked.
RESOURCES IN THE SCHOOL OF
LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES
Intensive English Program
Pratt Institute and the School of Liberal Arts and Sciences
welcome inter­national students and offer an array of
programs and services to improve English language skills
and academic readiness. The Intensive English Program
(IEP) provides academic English language instruction to
matriculated graduate and under­graduate students.
In addition, two certificate programs run under the IEP’s
umbrella: the Certificate of English Proficiency (CEP) and
Summer Certificate Program (SCP). The Intensive English
Program also oversees the freshman English sequence for
non-native English-speaking students, ENGL 100 and 102.
These credit-bearing courses fulfill the same requirements
as the HMS 101 and 201 sequence.
The mission of all programs in the IEP is to support
successful matriculation and progress toward graduation
for international students by providing appropriate
STUDENTS IN CLASS
English language instruction. Internal assessment and
advise­ment ensure students’ proper placement in English
language courses, as well as successful matriculation and
degree attainment.
Good communication skills are essential to academic
success at Pratt Institute. Instruction in the IEP emphasizes
language use for general academic and specific purposes
in the professions in which Pratt specializes: art, design,
architecture, and information and library science.
IEP faculty are trained and experienced in teaching English
as a second language, as well as in integrating art and
design content into their courses. Our classes are small
(eight to 12 students per session), and enrolled inter­
national students benefit from their use of the Language
Resource and Writing and Tutorial Centers for additional
language learning practice.
All international students with TOEFL scores below
600 (PbT), 250 (CBT), or 100 (iBT)—including transfer students
—whose first language is not English must demon­strate
proficiency in English by taking an English placement exam.
The English placement exam consists of a reading
test, a writing test, and a personal interview with an IEP
faculty member. Students assessed at the exempt level of
English proficiency satisfy their Intensive English require­
ment and may enroll in all Institute courses without
restriction. Students who are assessed as being in need of
English instruction must register in consecutive Intensive
English courses (including summer IEP classes should they
wish to take other Institute courses during those sessions)
until they achieve exempt status based on IEP exit
proficiency criteria.
Students whose proficiency is assessed at or below
Level 5 are required to enroll full-time in the Certificate
of English Proficency (CEP) program. Any undergraduate
international student who has been enrolled in three
Intensive English courses without having exempted from
(passed) the program will be moved to probationary status
during his/her fourth semester.
If the undergraduate student fails to be exempt from
the IEP at the end of the fourth semester of study,
they will be advised of the reasons for being placed on
IEP probation then offered the option of: (1) voluntary
withdrawal from the Institute or, (2) full-time enrollment in
the Summer Certificate Program (SCP), and/or Certificate
of English Proficiency (CEP) program in order to meet the
Institute English require­ment of exemption. After meeting
the language requirement, affected students are eligible
to return to full‑time degree study.
For information on the Test of English as a Foreign
Language (TOEFL) requirements at Pratt, please refer to
the catalog listing for particular schools and departments.
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New inter­national students are strongly encouraged to Cinema Studies
enroll in our eight-week Summer Certifi­cate Program (SCP) School of Liberal The Cinema Studies Minor is for students who
want to gain an understanding of film from a
in order to be fully prepared for the academic require­
ments of their degree programs. Arts and Sciences humanities perspective. Emphasizing interpre­
tation, theory, history, and cultures of film
across the world, it’s a perfect complement
The Certificate of English Proficiency Program Minors for film/video majors or other majors who want
to develop a critical understanding of cinema,
The Certificate of English Proficiency (CEP) program at including its relation to new screen and moving
Pratt is a one‑year, English language program located image cultures in a global context. The minor
at our Brooklyn campus. Students whose TOEFL scores involves a required course (Intensive Film Theory)
and 4 electives. It may be declared at any time.
fall below the admission minimums established by the
Institute’s degree programs may apply to the CEP for full- Take the following required course:
time English language instruction. At the end of the HMS-440K Intensive Film Theory
two-semester program of English study, those students
Take 12 credits from the following
completing CEP coursework receive a certificate
elective courses:
of English language proficiency. HMS-240A, HMS-320S, HMS-340A, HMS-340B,  
Courses focus on speaking, listening, reading, and HMS-340D, HMS-340E, HMS-340S, HMS-341A,   Global/Comparative Histories
writing within the context of art and design. For more HMS-341B, HMS-341S, HMS-342S, HMS-432A,
HMS-440A, HMS-440B, HMS-440E, HMS-440F,   CH-300 World Civilizations I
information on Pratt’s Intensive and Certificate of
HMS-440H, HMS-440I, HMS-440S, HA-341, HA-  CH-400 World Civilizations II
English programs, contact IEP administrative offices at 342, HA-343, HA-425, HA-517, SS-490, AIC-101
718.636.3450, visit the IEP website at www.pratt.edu/iep,
or email IEP at cep@pratt.edu. Creative Writing
The Creative Writing Minor is designed for Pratt
students who seek to deepen their commitment
Laboratories and Computer Facilities to the composition of fiction, poetry, creative
The science laboratories (chemistry, physics, biology), nonfiction, and other forms. The core of the
located in the Activities Resource Center, are inter­ minor consists of admission into Writing Studios,
a Special Topics class (WR-320), the Writer’s
disciplinary research facilities. Sophisticated instru­ments
Forum, and one more elective. The minimum
and equipment are available, and undergraduates number of credits required for the minor is 15.
are encouraged to use them under faculty supervision. All students wishing to enroll in the minor must
STUDENT STUDYING ON THE LAWN
Computer facilities are available for use by all students submit a writing sample to the program director.
of the Institute. Spe­cialized facilities are employed in
Take 2 of the following studio courses:
the sciences. WR-201 Writer’s Studio III
WR-202 Writer’s Studio IV
Writing and Tutorial Center WR-301 Writer’s Studio V
The Writing and Tutorial Center provides free tutoring WR-302 Writer’s Studio VI
for all Pratt students in English, math, physics, art history, Take the following courses:
thesis preparation, and other academic areas. Special WR-320 Special Topics in Writing
assistance is provided for students for whom English is WR-300 Writer’s Forum
a second language. Small-group and regularly scheduled
Cultural Studies
one-to-one conver­sation sessions are also offered. Cultural Studies Minor provides students with
The Writing and Tutorial Center staff consists of an understanding of human experience through
a director, faculty and staff tutors, and trained student the critical analysis of contemporary and
peer tutors. The director coordinates scheduling and historical material expressions—objects, comm­
unities and identities, media, institutions,
appointments in all areas. Any faculty member, staff technologies, and environments—of the social
member, or adviser may recommend students who world. It provides you with a critical perspective
need assistance. on a world in flux and on the future that you
The Writing and Tutorial Center is located in North will be called upon to create. The Minor in
Cultural Studies strengthens a student’s grasp
Hall 101. Appointments can be made by phone, Skype IM, of the dynamics of social life and devel­­ops their
or in person. ability in critical analysis and its application
in the arts, architecture, design, and the liberal
arts. Students develop insight into how fields
of scholar­ship and  modes of creative expression
emerge, influence each other, and change.
Complete the following required courses:
SS-330 Cultural Studies
SS-430 Methods of Cultural Studies
SS-510 Controversies in Cultural Theory
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Take 9 credits from the following electives:
PHIL-207, PHIL-307, SS-200, SS-202, SS-209,
SS-210, SS-250P, SS-251P, SS-318, SS-320P,
SS-340,SS-343, SS-350, SS-355, SS-369, SS-460,
SS-463, SS-472, SS-480, SS-485, SS-537, SS-560
History Minor
The History Minor will provide students with
the skills to analyze and understand the past
through a variety of theoretical perspectives,
historiographical methods, and a working
understanding of empirical approaches to
historical inquiry including the use of primary
and secondary sources. Students will engage
in rich content material in studying the histories
of the world and its regions while developing
a focused understanding of selected topics
or themes.
Complete 3 credits from this group:
SS-220 Islamic Muhammad Great Kahns
SS-292 Epidemic Disease in History
SS-314 Piracy/Smuggling on the High Seas
SS-340 Middle East Society and Culture
SS-343 Latin American Society
SS-480 Africa: Society and History
Take 6 credits in one area of
concentration below:
Environmental
SUST-310 Global Environmental History
SUST-311 American Envornmental History
SUST-410 Nature and Technology
Gender
SS-320 Gender and Capitalism
SS-321 Queer/Transgender/Transfeminist
Studies
SS-322 Women in Muslim Worlds
SS-431 Ancient Bodies/Ancient Cities
HMS-331A History of Sexuality
Islam
SS-220 Islam from Muhammad to
Great Khans
SS-340 Middle East Society and Culture
SS-420 Islamic Philosophy
SS-421 Merchants Scholars and Mystics
SS-423 Merchants Trade and Empire
SS-480 Africa: Society and History
Maritime
SS-314 Piracy/Smuggling on the High Seas
SS-366 The Caribbean Experience
SS-421 Merchants Scholars and Mystics
SS-422 Great Port Cities of the World
SS-423 Merchants Trade and Empire
United States
SS-243 Story of Freedom in the US
SS-272 History of the 1970s
SS-435 American Civil War and
Reconstruction
SS-485 African-American Society
and Culture
Urban
SS-422 Great Port Cities of the World
SS-424 Who Built New York City
SS-431 Ancient Bodies/Ancient Cities
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Take 3 credits in one of the capstone courses
listed below:
SS-420 Islamic Philosophy
SS-421 Merchants, Scholars, Mystics
SS-422 Great Port Cities of the World
SS-423 Merchants, Trade, and Empire
SS-424 Who Built New York City
SS-431 Ancient Bodies/Ancient Cities
SS-435 American Civil War and
Reconstruction
SUST-410 Nature and Technology
Take 3 credits of elective courses from the
list below:
CH-300, CH-400, SS-220, SS-292, SS-314,
SS-340, SS-343, SS-480, SUST-310, SUST-311,
SUST-410, SS-322, SS-431, HMS-331A, SS-220,
SS-340, SS-420, SS-421, SS-423, SS-480,
SS-314, SS-366, SS-422, SS-243, SS-272,
SS-485, SS-424, SS-431, SS-420, SS-421,
SS-422, SS-423, SS-424, SS-431, SUST-410,
ARCH-251, ARCH-252, ARCH-292V, ARCH-565,
ARCH-582, ARCH-461, HA-304, HA-323,
HA-327, HA-360, HA-341, HA-342, HA-350,
HA-454, HA-470, HA-501, HA-502, HA-504,
HA-507, HA-509, HA-510, HA-512, HA-515,
HA-516, HA-520, HA-522, HA-529, HA-531,
HA-532, HA-533, HA-553, PHIL-208, PHIL-209
History of Art
Minoring in History of Art is a great way to
strengthen your degree, no matter which field
of study you choose. The minor consists of 18
credits in History of Art and Design, including
the 12 credits required of all undergraduates
in the Schools of Art and Design (10 credits of
art history survey and one elective course).
In addition to the 10 credits of art history
survey, you need to complete a total of 8
credits of electives, including at least one
500-level course. To de­clare the minor, simply
stop by the History of Art and Design office (no
appointments necessary) or email us at ha@
pratt.edu with your questions.
Complete 18 credits of art history courses.
Literature and Writing
The Minor in Literature and Writing enables
students of all majors to build a knowledge and
skill base in both the study of literature and
the practice of writing, choosing 5 courses from
a broad range that includes literature, writing,
and theory/criticism courses. Writing majors may
substitute additional literature/criticism/theory
courses for the writing component. The minor
may be declared at any time; courses already
taken can be counted.
Take 6 credits from the courses listed below:
HMS-203A, HMS-203B, HMS-203C, HMS-204A,
HMS-205A, HMS-205B, HMS-208A HMS-208B,
HMS-225A, HMS-225B, HMS-231A, HMS-231B,
HMS-230A
Take 9 credits from the following courses:
HMS-300A, HMS-300B, HMS-300C, HMS-300D,
HMS-300S, HMS-301A, HMS-301B, HMS-301S,
HMS-303S, HMS-304A, HMS-304B, HMS-304S,
HMS-308A, HMS-308B, HMS-308S, HMS-310S,
HMS-400A, HMS-400S, HMS-401S, HMS-403S,
HMS-404A, HMS-404B, HMS-404C, HMS-404D,
HMS-404E, HMS-404F, HMS-405A, HMS-405S,
HMS-410A, HMS-410S, HMS-432S, HMS-320A,
HMS-320B, HMS-320C, HMS-320S, HMS-325A,
School of Liberal Arts and Sciences Minors
HMS-325B, HMS-325S, HMS-420A, HMS-420B,
HMS-420S, COM-301, HMS-430A, HMS-430S
Media Studies
The Media Studies Minor is designed for students
who want to develop their knowledge of how
media shapes our identity, culture, and society.
It includes a study of a wide range of media
from various theoretical, historical, and creative
approaches. The minor involves 1 required
course, Contemporary Media Theory, 4 electives,
and a qualifying paper/project. You may declare
the minor at any point; courses already taken
can be counted.
Take the following required course:
HMS-440C Contemporary Media Theory
Take 12 credits from the following courses:
HMS-290A, HMS-331C, HMS-340A, HMS-340B,
HMS-340D, HMS-340E, HMS-340S, HMS-341A,
HMS-341B, HMS-341S, HMS-342S, HMS-390S,
HMS-404E, HMS-430B, HMS-430C, HMS-432A,
HMS-440A, HMS-440B, HMS-440E, HMS-440F,
HMS-440H, HMS-440I, HMS-440S, HMS-490A,
HMS-491A, HA-341, HA-343, HA-425, HA-517,
HA-551, SS-355, SS-370P, SS-490
Performance and Performance Studies
The Performance and Performance Studies Minor
is designed for students who want to incorporate
performance perspectives into their primary
art/design/architecture/writing practice and to
learn new ways of understanding how all kinds of
performance—from theater, media, and music
to everyday life performances—affect how we
see and engage the world. The minor involves
2 required courses and 3 electives; it may be
declared at any time.
Complete the following required courses:
HMS-360C Introduction to Performance
Practice
HMS-360D Introduction to Performance
Studies
Take 9 credits from the following courses:
HMS-261A, HMS-262A, HMS-301B, HMS-308A,
HMS-320C, HMS-320S, HMS-331C, HMS-360A,
HMS-360B, HMS-360S, HMS-460S, HMS-430S,
HMS-490S
Philosophy
A Minor in Philosophy at Pratt introduces the
formative ideas of Western thought, from beauty
and justice to bioethics and possible worlds.
With a grounding in the historical foundations
(Plato, Aristotle, Descartes), students shape
their own program, selecting courses in
aesthetics, ethics, politics, metaphysics, logic,
and/or epistemology, depending on their
individual interests. The minor can be combined
with any undergraduate major and requires
the completion of 15 credits in philosophy.
Complete 1 of these courses for minor:
PHIL-208 History of Philosophy: Ancient to
Medieval
PHIL-209 History of Modern Philosophy
Complete 3 credits from the following courses:
PHIL-200 Problems in Philosophy
PHIL-210 Ethics and Social Issues
PHIL-265 Aesthetics
PHIL-301 Logic
Complete 9 credits from the following courses
including any of the courses listed above:
PHIL-307 Philosophy and Contemporary
Culture Theory
PHIL-311 Philosophy of Literature
PHIL-312 Philosophical Ethics
PHIL-320 Existentialism
PHIL-350 Metaphysics
PHIL-355 Theories of Knowledge
PHIL-356 Environmental Ethics
PHIL-400 Phenomenology
PHIL-450 Advanced Topics in Philosophy
SS-460 Modern Political
CH-442 Romanticism to Existentialism
Psychology
Psychology is a study of human mental
processes, emotions, behaviors, and activities.
The goal of the Psychology Minor at Pratt
is to provide students with a deep grounding
in diverse theoretical perspectives and a
working understanding of empirical research
methodologies in order to scaffold creative,
critical, and psychologically mindful proces­ses
of artistic production, design, urban planning,
and architecture. This minor can be combined
with any undergraduate major and requires
the completion of 15 credits.
Take the following required course:
SS-210 General Psychology
Take 3 credits from the following courses:
SS-357 Psychology of Gender/Sex Roles
SS-359 Cognitive Psychology
SS-391 Child and Adolescent Development
SS-444 Abnormal Psychology
SS-456 Social Psychology
Take the following required course: 
 Complete the following required course:
SS-430 Methods of Cultural Analysis
Take 3 credits from the following courses:
SS-369 Perception and Creativity
INT-332 Environmental Theory
PHIL-355 Theories of Knowledge
HMS-330A Freud and Lacan
Take 3 credits from the following courses: complex interrelationships between humans
SS-357 Psychology of Gender/Sex Roles
SS-359 Cognitive Psychology
SS-391 Child and Adolescent
Development
SS-444 Abnormal Psychology
SS-456 Social Psychology
SS-369 Perception and Creativity
INT-332 Environmental Theory
PHIL-355 Theories of Knowledge
HMS-330A Freud and Lacan
Social Justice/Social Practice Minor
The Social Justice/Social Practice Minor is
designed to enable students to bring critical
and transformative perspectives to their studio
and design practice, their fields of special­
ization at Pratt, and their studies in liberal
arts and sciences. Attending to the equity
aspects of public practice, the minor contributes
to Pratt’s commitments to engage with the
community “beyond the gates” supporting artists
and creative professionals to be responsible
contributors to society.
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Take 12 credits from the lists below. At least
1 course must be drawn from each area. No more
than 6 credits can be earned toward the minor
at the 200 level.
Area A: Critical, Theoretical, Historical
SS-320 Queer, Transgender,
Transfeminist Studies
SS-321 Gender and Capitalism
SS-560 Space and Power
SS-370 Hip Hop Culture
SUST-420 Environmental Justice
SUST-311 American Environmental History
SS-469 Human Animal Relationship
HA-541 Activism, Ecology, and the Image
of Nature
HMS-332S Bad Girls in Music, Art and
Literature
ARCH-252 History and Theory of Architecture
MSCl-203 Subversive Mathematics
MSCl-270 Ecology
Area B: Making, Thinking, Doing
SS-333 Social Justice Think Tank
SS-339 I Heart/Break New York
SS-512 Art, Culture and Community
Development
SS-433 Community-Based Praxis
HMS-340S Digital Interventions
HMS-360B Performing the Spectacular
PHOT-470 Socially Engaged Media
FA-311 Studio in Social Practice
ADE-215 B Fieldwork in Art and Design
ADE-521/522 Saturday Art School
COMD-361 Design Corps
and 362
or
COMD-463 Design Corps
and 464
SS-434 Social Justice Praxis Lab
Sustainability Studies Minor
The Sustainability Studies Minor at Pratt
deepens the understanding of the inter­disc­i­
plin­ary approach to sustainable environmental,
economic, and social practices, providing
students with a broad understanding of the
and ecosystems, and the best practices for
protecting environmental quality and fostering
social equity. The minor can be combined
with any undergraduate major and requires
the completion of 15 credits approved in
sustainability studies.
Complete the following 3-credit minor
requirement:
MSCI-270 Ecology
MSWI-270C Ecology Environment and
Anthropocene
MSCI-271 Ecology for Architects
MSCI-280 Environmental Management for
Construction Management
Complete 12 credits from the following electives
for the minor:
SS-201T Sustainable Core
SUST-310 Global Environmental History
SUST-311 American Environmental History
SUST-319P Sustainability
SUST-401 Power Pollution and Profit
SUST-405 Production Consumption and Waste
School of Liberal Arts and Sciences Minors
SUST-410 Nature and Technology in History Complete final 3 credits by taking any course
SUST-420 Environmental Justice listed above.
SUST-430 Planet Ocean
SUST-440 Environmental Economics Minor in Gender and Sexuality
SUST-445 Sustainable Technology The Gender and Sexuality Studies Minor invites
PHIL-356 Enviromental Ethics students to explore issues of gender, sexuality,
IND-487 Sustainability and Production desire, reproduction, and the body through
INT-456 Interior Options Lab:Biomimicry a diversity of critical traditions, emphasizing
MSWI-210C Science and Society interdisciplinary, comparative, and intersectional
MSCI-381 Green Building Science approaches. Students learn about the history of
MSCI-438 Chemistry of Modern ideas and social movements that have shaped
Polymeric Materials the field and gain context-specific knowledge on
WR-493 Ecopoetics issues of gender and sexuality in relation to dif-
SS-222P Making/Faking Nature ferent sociohistorical forces such as colonialism,
SS-339 Gentrification/Urban Change slavery, global capitalism, migration, race, class,
SS-358 Environmental Psychology and struggles for social equality and justice.
SS-382 Politics of Climate Control
SS-409 Walking New York Complete one of these courses as part of the
SS-411 Concepts of Materiality minor:
SS-469 Human/Animal Relationship SS-261G Sexual Politics in Modern Society
SS-262 Contemporary Theories of Gender
Please check www.pratt.edu/academics/ HMS-332S Special Topics in Gender Studies
degrees/undergraduate-minors for the most
current information. Complete 4 courses from the following minor
electives:
The Book Minor SS-320 Gender and Capitalism
The Book Minor at Pratt is a unique offering SS-322 Women in Muslim Worlds
that brings together courses in design, history, SS-431 Ancient Bodies/Ancient Cities
art, and theory to investigate the forms and SS-560 Space and Power
functions of the book in our society. Exposure HMS-330A Topics in Literary Theory
to both critical theory and physical construction HMS-360S Special Topics in Performance/
techniques prepare students to explore their Performance Studies
interests in the history and theory of the book, HMS-404D Girl in American Literature/Art
as well as book design and book arts. HMS-432A Feminist Film/Theory
HMS-432S Special Topics in Gender Studies
Theory/Practice HMS-440F Women in International Cinema
Students must take at least one of the following HMS-440S Special Topics in Cinema and Media
3-credit courses: Studies
TECH-545 Art of the Book I HAD-507 Art by Women: 15th Century to
HMS-491 The Artist’s Book Present
HAD-552 Women in Photography
Art & Making
Students must take at least one of the following
3-credit courses:
TECH-546 Art of the Book II
PRNT-563 Letterpress: Text and Image
TECH-500 Companion Forms: Artist’s Book
PHOT-413 Narrative Forms: The Photo Book
PHOT-414 Publishing: The Photo Book
Design Elements
Students must take at least one of the following
3 -credit courses:
COMD-220 Introduction to Illustration
COMD-214 Introduction to Typography
TECH-516 Pop-up Paper Engineering
COMD-319 Illustrated Typography
CDILL-330 Illustrated Media
Narratives and Histories
Students must take at least one of the following
3-credit courses:
HMS-300A Children’s Literature
WR-325A Prattler I
WR-325B Prattler II
WR-320 The Book as a Unit of Composition
HMS-492A Animation Narratives
SSWI-225T Telling Tales: Narrative and Meaning
in the Humanities
CH-250 Between Image & Word
HAD-462 History of Comics
HAD-408 Telling Stories with Pictures
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Enrollment Management International Admissions
Dustin Liebenow Casey Inch
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Director of Admissions Office of Undergraduate

Operations and Technology Admissions
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The Office of Admissions is open weekdays from 9 AM to
5 PM from September through May, and from 9 AM to 4 PM
in June, July, and August. It is located in Myrtle Hall, 2nd
Floor, Brooklyn campus. Myrtle Hall is the first left past the
main gate entrance.
Pratt Institute
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
200 Willoughby Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11205
Visiting Pratt
We invite all prospective students and their families to
visit the Pratt campus. The Office of Admissions, located
on the Brooklyn campus, provides information sessions,
campus tours, individual portfolio reviews, and National
Portfolio Days.
Campus Tours
Brooklyn campus tours are offered all year except for
mid-December to mid-January. General tour times for the
Brooklyn campus are Mondays and Fridays at 10 AM,
12 PM, and 2 PM, as well as Tuesdays and Thursdays at 10 AM
and 2 PM. The tour is a general tour that includes most
academic departments. It also usually includes a residence
hall room, if available. Schedule campus tours online at
www.pratt.edu/visit.
Manhattan tours are scheduled by the individual
academic department.
The Admissions Office recommends that prospective
applicants visit as early as the spring of their junior year
to allow ample time to prepare portfolio work. Admissions
counselors are available from April 1 to December 1
each year. Call our Visit Coordinator at 718.636.3779 or
800.331.0834 to schedule a portfolio review. You may
also email a request to visit@pratt.edu.
Information Sessions
These are scheduled throughout the year. Please check our
website at www.pratt.edu/visit for a schedule.
Department-Specific Sessions
These consist of a general information session in
the morning, individual department presentations in the
afternoon, and a campus tour. These are offered twice
each fall. Information on the scheduling of all events can
be found online at www.pratt.edu/visit.
Undergraduate Admissions
National Portfolio Days
Representatives from Pratt Institute attend National
Portfolio Days throughout the country to meet with
prospective students and offer advice about preparing
portfolios. A list of the events we attend can be found
online at www.pratt.edu/visit.
Off-Campus Appointments
Pratt’s admissions counselors visit with applicants and their
families by appointment throughout the United States
during the fall each year. If you are interested in meeting
with an admissions counselor to have your work reviewed
or to discuss Pratt, please call our Visit Coordinator at
718.636.3779 or write to visit@pratt.edu. The schedule is
available at www.pratt.edu/visit.
Website
Visit www.pratt.edu/request to request a catalog and
sign up to receive emails throughout the year about ad­mis­
sions events, require­ments, deadlines, and your financial
aid package.
Applying to Pratt Institute and PrattMWP
Applications are welcome from all qualified students.
The Admissions Committee bases its decisions on a careful
review of all credentials submitted by the applicant.
Acceptance decisions shall be made without regard to
race, color, sex, marital status, age, ethnic or national
origin, religion, creed, sexual orientation, or status as a
veteran, political beliefs, genetic information, or citizenship
in accordance with federal, state, and local laws. Admissions
files are not considered complete and will not be
reviewed until all required materials have been received.
CollegeNET hosts Pratt Institute’s undergraduate
app­lic­ation. The online application, as well as various require­
ments, may be found at www.pratt.edu/apply. Visual and
writing portfolios must be uploaded and submitted at pratt.
slideroom.com. See www.pratt.edu/apply for instructions on
submitting your application and supporting documents.
Title IX Statement
It is the policy of Pratt Institute to comply with Title IX of
the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits
discrimination based on sex (including sexual harassment
and sexual violence) in the Institute’s educational pro­
grams and activities. Title IX also prohibits retaliation for
asserting claims of sex discrimination. Pratt Institute has
designated Esmilda Abreu as its Title IX Coordinator to
coordinate Pratt Institute’s compliance with and response
to inquiries concerning Title IX and sexual misconduct.
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She can be reached at 200 Willoughby Avenue, Main
Building 008B, Brooklyn, NY 11205, or eabreu26@pratt.edu,
or 718.636.3639.
A person may make inquiries or file a written complaint
with the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights
regarding an alleged violation of Title IX by visiting www.
2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/complaintintro.html or
calling 800.421.3481.
Fall Admission Deadlines
Early Action:
November 1 (high school applicants only; nonbinding)
Regular Admission:
January 5 (high school applicants)
February 1 (transfers)
Spring Admission Deadlines:
September 1 (international applicants)
October 1 (domestic applicants)
Two-year associate’s degree applicants may apply on
a rolling admissions basis throughout the year but are
encouraged to apply by the priority deadlines.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR HIGH SCHOOL
APPLICANTS
Checklist:
1. Application form with fee (online)
2. Official transcripts from each high school attended or
official GED scores
3. SAT or ACT test scores (Not required for international
students unless submitted instead of TOEFL, IELTS, or
PTE. See details below. Also not required for Associate
Degree Programs.)
4. Optional letter of recommendation
5. Visual or writing portfolio: Submit to pratt.slideroom.
com (Not required for Construction Management.
Architecture applicants whose GPA is a 3.7 or 90 or
higher, weighted or unweighted.)
6. Essay (part of application form)
7. TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language), PTE, or
IELTS (International English Language Testing System)
exam results (international applicants only) may be
submitted by permanent residents instead of SAT
(code: 2669)
Undergraduate Admissions
All mailed materials must be sent to:
Pratt Institute
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
200 Willoughby Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11205
All supporting documents, including portfolio if required,
should be submitted by the application deadline.
Transcripts should be mailed or submitted within two
weeks of the application deadline.
Official High School Transcripts
A high school diploma or equivalent is required for
admission to Pratt Institute’s undergraduate programs.
High School Equivalency
Applicants who have received high school equivalency
diplomas are required to have official High School
Equivalency Examination (GED) scores sent to the
Admissions Office in addition to official transcripts from
all high schools attended.
International Transcripts
International applicants must submit official transcripts
(academic records) of all secondary school studies as well
as any postsecondary studies. Applicants also must submit
official results of all external examinations. These include
General Certificate of Education, Hong Kong School
Certificate of Education, Israeli matriculation or Bagrut,
Secondary School Certificates, and Baccalaureate Part I
and Part II. Transcripts must be translated into English.
Test Scores (SAT or ACT)
All high school applicants applying to any of Pratt’s four-
year bachelor degree programs must submit official results
from either the SAT or ACT. International applicants are
encouraged to submit TOEFL, IELTS, or PTE in addition to the
SAT or ACT, however only one of these tests is required.
To ensure that we receive scores by our posted dead­lines,
students should take the tests as early as possible but no
later than one month before the application deadline. Please
be sure to have your scores sent directly to Pratt. The writing
section is optional for the ACT. The SAT essay is optional.
SAT code is 2669
CLEP code is 2669
AP code is 2669
ACT code is 2862
ACT and SAT test requirements may be waived for any
first-time freshman applicants if they have graduated from
high school five or more years prior to their application.
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 Letter of Recommendation
Letters of recommendation are optional. See details at
www.pratt.edu/apply.
Portfolio
All high school Art, Design, and Architecture applicants,
including photography and fashion applicants, must submit
a visual portfolio consisting of 12–20 images of two- or
three-dimensional work. Portfolios must be submitted by
the application deadline. Photography applicants are not
required to submit the three to five observation drawings
and may submit a photography portfolio. BFA in Film
applicants and applicants to the two-year AOS in Game
Design and Interactive Media program should see the
sections below for portfolio requirements for these majors.
Architecture high school applicants with a GPA of 3.7 or 90
or above, weighted or unweighted, are not required to
submit a portfolio.
The visual portfolio should consist of a variety of
media and approaches. It can include assignment-based
projects, self-directed work, or pieces of a collaborative
nature. The portfolio does not need to be specific
to the discipline to which you are applying. The portfolio
must include at least three to five pieces of work from
observation. Examples might include a landscape, still life,
figure, interior, or self-portrait. Applicants should
avoid including work that copies photographs, uses the
grid system, or directly replicates any other artist’s work
(including replicating anime drawings, cartoons, or video
game character designs). Please indicate in the description
section for each image on SlideRoom if the work is your
own or was done by a group. See additional details at
www.pratt.edu/apply.
Portfolio for Film Applicants
Film applicants must choose from either Option 1 or Option
2, but all film applicants must submit the writing sample
described in C.
Option 1
A visual portfolio consisting of 12–25 examples of two- or
three-dimensional work. The work should consist of a
variety of media and approaches; applicants may include
a three-minute-maximum video for which the applicant
has primary creative control in addition to work in other
media. Work may include assignment-based projects,
self-directed work, or pieces of a collaborative nature.
The portfolio does not need to be discipline-specific.
The portfolio must include at least three to five pieces of
work showing observational drawing; examples might
include a landscape, still life, self-portrait, life drawings, etc.
Undergraduate Admissions
Applicants should avoid including work that copies
photographs, uses the grid system, or directly replicates
any other artist’s work (including replicating anime
drawings, cartoons, or video game character designs).
OR
Option 2
Visual Sample: Applicants submit either A or B below, and
all must submit C (the writing sample).
A. Video: A three- to five-minute video in which you had
primary creative control. This may be fiction,
documentary, or experimental in approach, and it may
be silent or include sound, but it must reflect your
aesthetic, intellectual, and emotional interests. (Should
be submitted on SlideRoom at pratt.slideroom.com.)
OR
B. Graphic Series: A series of photographs you have
taken or drawings you have made that, when viewed in
a sequence, tell a simple story or portray an original
character or place. Include a brief written narrative
(less than one page) about the character, place, or story
you’ve created. (Should be submitted on SlideRoom
at pratt.slideroom.com.)
AND
Writing Sample (All Film applicants must submit C below.)
C. Provide a one- to two-page essay based on one of the
following questions:  Please upload the writing sample to either the media
1) Write about a milestone, an unexpected encounter,
or an event that was a turning point in your life. And then
include some strategies you might use to tell that story
through image and sound.
OR
2) Describe in detail a moment from a film or any other
art form that you find particularly moving. What was
its effect on you? How has it influenced you? What
techniques do you feel the filmmaker/artist used to
accomplish such impact?
Please upload the writing sample to either the media
section of SlideRoom in PDF format or to the
attachments section as a Word document.
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Portfolio for AOS in Game Design and Interactive
Media Applicants
Applicants to the Game Design and Interactive Media
two-year program must choose from either Option 1 or
Option 2 below, but all Game Design applicants must
submit the writing sample in C below.
Option 1
A visual portfolio as previously described under Portfolio
on the preceding page.
OR
Option 2
Game Proposal: Applicants may submit an original game
proposal including at least 3 of the following 5 elements.
The proposal can be for any sort of game.
1) Characters
2) Narrative
3) Strategy
4) Rules
5) World/Visual Descriptions
AND
Writing Sample (required for all Game Design applicants):
Describe in detail the impact that a game has made on you.
Applicants may write about any aspect of the game that
impacted them the most. What effect did it have on you?
How has it influenced you? What techniques do you feel
the game developers use to achieve this impact?
section of SlideRoom in a PDF format or to the attachments
section as a Word document.
Submitting Your Visual Portfolio
Applicants must submit their portfolios online at pratt.
slideroom.com by the application deadline. You will be
able to edit your portfolio online until you press the
“submit” button, and you will receive immediate
confirmation that we received your work. Please submit
by the application deadline. Do not send originals.
All submitted materials, including the portfolio, become
the property of Pratt Institute. Portfolios in any format
will not be returned or held for pickup. We do not review
personal websites unless you indicate your request on
SlideRoom. There is a $15 charge to submit your portfolio
on SlideRoom.
Undergraduate Admissions
Admissions advisement sessions and reviews done
during National Portfolio Days or by appointment off
campus do not fulfill the applicant’s visual requirement.
They are for guidance only.
About Your Portfolio
Some of the most frequent questions we receive are
about what should be included in the portfolio. Visit us at
www.pratt.edu/apply for information on what you should
include. Click on your level—high school applicant or
transfer—for more information on your portfolio.
If you want additional advice on your work, please feel
free to contact our Visit Coordinator at visit@pratt.edu
or 718.636.3779 to set up an appointment with one of our
admissions counselors. Our admissions counselors are all
active artists and designers who are happy to give potential
applicants feedback on their work and their application
portfolio. Admissions counselors meet with students
across the country and are also available weekdays at our
Brooklyn Admissions Office. Applicants seeking portfolio
feedback from admissions counselors should contact the
office between April 1 and December 1.
Portfolio for Writing
Applicants are required to submit a writing portfolio of
recent writing (no more than 10 pages). Writing applicants
may submit poetry, short stories, and excerpts from
novels, articles, and essays. Please submit one sample of
analytical writing (essay, term paper, or article). We
encour­age you to submit several examples of your writing
in different genres. If you submit poetry, you must also
submit some prose. Please upload writing samples online
at pratt.slideroom.com to either the media section in PDF
format or to the attachments section as a Word document.
Portfolio for Critical and Visual Studies
Applicants should submit examples of analytical writing
(no more than 10 pages) at pratt.slideroom.com. Upload to
either the media section in PDF format or to the
attachments section as a Word document.
At this time, feedback on writing portfolios is not
available through the Admissions Office.
Essay
The essay is uploaded on the last page of the online
application. It should be 250–500 words. Topic: Describe
when and how you became interested in art, design,
writing, architecture, or the particular major to which you
are applying. Describe how this interest has manifested
itself in your daily life.
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for International Applicants
TOEFL, IELTS, or PTE
International applicants whose first language is not English
must submit the results of the Test of English as a Foreign
Language (TOEFL), the International English Language
Testing System (IELTS), or Pearson Test of English (PTE) and
have the results sent by the application deadline. Register
online at www.toefl.org. International students who
have taken the SAT or ACT test may submit SAT or ACT test
scores instead of the TOEFL. A minimum TOEFL score of
550 (paper) or 79 (internet) is required for four-year
programs. The two-year Associate Degree Programs
require a minimum TOEFL score of 530 (paper), 71
(internet), or 197 (computer). Pratt’s TOEFL code is 2669.
Pratt will accept the IELTS in lieu of the TOEFL. The
required score is 6.5 for four-year programs and 6 for the
Associate Degree Programs. The required minimum PTE
score is 53 for four-year programs and 48 for
two-year programs.
Applicants from China and Korea
In order to provide an in-person interview opportunity
for all Chinese and Korean applicants interested in Pratt
Institute, we have partnered with Vericant. Vericant
will conduct video interviews and short writing samples
with our applicants in Mainland China. Vericant does
not evaluate candidates but, instead, posts the interviews
online for our admissions team to review. The Vericant
interview will form part of your application package if you
opt to be interviewed. Although the Vericant interview
is not mandatory, we highly recommend it, as it will give
you an excellent opportunity to showcase your skills and
profes­sionalism to our admissions team.
To learn more about Vericant and to schedule
an interview, please visit Vericant’s website at students.
vericant.com.
Vericant provides interviews in the following cities:
Beijing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Guangzhou,
Hangzhou, Hong Kong, Nanjing, Qingdao, San Francisco,
Seoul, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Wuhan, Xi’an, and Zhengzhou.
Additional Required Material for
Home‑Schooled Applicants
Pratt Institute welcomes applications from home-schooled
students. In the absence of conventional high school
records, submitting the items below will help us to evaluate
your readiness for the programs that we offer. Home-
school transcripts should include:
ll course titles
ll course grades
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ll units of credit for courses
ll grading scale (if other than A–F letter grades)
ll signature of the home-school administrator (the parent
or other person who organized, taught, and evaluated
your home school coursework)
In the absence of a traditional transcript, you may present
a portfolio of the work you consider most indicative
of your academic achievements (this is in addition to the
regular visual portfolio requirement). This may contain
records such as grades from community college or
other postsecondary-level courses that you may have
taken, scores from AP tests (these are also administered
independently of schools), recommendations from
qualified tutors or teachers, examples of independent
research, or descriptions of books and other curricular
materials used in preparation for college-level work.
Proof of High School Graduation
This requirement may be satisfied by supplying any of
the following:
1. Scores from the official High School
Equivalency Examination (GED)
2. A letter from your local superintendent of schools as
proof of your readiness to enter college and that your
home schooling was conducted in accordance with
state laws
3. Certificate of graduation from a diploma-granting
organization or nontraditional school
Recommended High School Coursework
The following subjects are strongly recommended for
admission to specific Pratt programs.
Architecture, Writing, and Critical
and Visual Studies Programs
English 4 units
Social Studies 1 unit
College Prep Math 3–4 units
Science 2 units D
Academic Electives 3 units A
General Electives 2 units B
Construction Management Program
English 4 units
Social Studies 1 unit
College Prep Math 4 units C
Science 2 units E
Academic Electives 5 units
General Electives 2 units B
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Art and Design Programs
English 4 units
Social Studies 1 unit
College Prep Math 1 unit
Science 1 unit
Academic Electives 3 units
Notes:
A. May include additional units in social studies, science, math,
foreign language, or any combination of these
B. Should include studio art
C. Should include trigonometry and advanced algebra
D. Should include chemistry, physics, or biology
E. One unit must be in either chemistry or physics, preferably physics
Advanced Placement Credit Policy
See AP Policy at www.pratt.edu. Search “Advanced
Placement Credit Policy.”
International Baccalaureate Policy
See IB Policy at www.pratt.edu. Search “International
Baccalaureate Policy.”
Two-Year Associate Degree Applicants
Requirements for the Associate Degree Programs are similar
to the high school applicant requirements, including the
portfolio requirements, except that the test scores (SAT/ACT)
are not required. See the high school applicant section for
details. If you would like feedback on your portfolio, you may
have it reviewed at the Brooklyn campus by calling
718.636.3514, or you may schedule an appointment and
campus tour at the Manhattan campus (where the
programs are located) by calling 212.647.7375 or by emailing
aos@pratt.edu. Applicants to the BFA programs in
drawing or Painting, Graphic Design, or Illustration who do
not meet the qualifications for the BFA may be accepted
instead to the Associate Degree Programs.
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS FOR TRANSFER STUDENTS
Submit all documents postmarked no later than the
application deadline of February 1. The online application,
as well as various requirements, may be found at www.
pratt.edu/apply. Writing and visual portfolios must be
uploaded to pratt.slideroom.com by the February 1
deadline. See www.pratt.edu/apply for instructions on
submitting your application and supporting documents.
Checklist
1. Application form with fee
2. Official transcripts from each high school attended or
official GED scores. A high school transcript is not
required of students who have attended at least four
Undergraduate Admissions
semesters of college full-time or have earned at least
48 credits by the semester for which they are applying.
3. Official transcripts from each college attended. Upload
official transcripts to the online application.
4. Optional letter of recommendation
5. Portfolio
6. Essay (part of application form)
7. Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL),
International English Language Testing System (IELTS), or
Pearson Test of English (PTE) exam results (international
applicants only)
All mailed materials must be sent to:
Pratt Institute
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
200 Willoughby Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11205
Detailed information on the requirements follows.
Application Form with Fee
All applicants to undergraduate degree programs must
complete the Pratt undergraduate application with the
appropriate nonrefundable application fee ($50 for U.S.
citizens and permanent residents, $90 for international
applicants). Applications must be completed online at
www.pratt.edu/admissions/applying.
Completing your undergraduate application form
online is the required method. Fees may be paid by credit
card or electronic check.
In cases of extreme financial hardship, applicants
may request a fee waiver. The fee wavier may be found at
www.pratt.edu/apply.
Official High School Transcript(s)
Transfer applicants are required to submit high school
transcript(s). Note: A high school transcript is not required
of students who have attended at least four semesters of
college full-time or have earned at least 48 credits by the
semester for which they are applying. Upload to the
online application or ask your high school to send it
electronically or by mail.
Official College Transcript(s)
Transfer applicants must submit official transcripts from
each college attended by uploading all official transcripts
to the online application. If you are accepted and choose
to enroll at Pratt, you will be required to submit your final
official transcripts as soon as your semester is complete
and grades are availalble.
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International applicants must submit official transcripts
(academic records) of all secondary school studies as well
as any postsecondary studies. (See note under Official High
School Transcripts.) Applicants also must submit official
results of all external examinations. These would include
General Certificate of Education, Hong Kong School
Certificate of Education, Israeli matriculation or Bagrut,
Secondary School Certificates, and Baccalaureate Part I
and Part II. Transcripts must be translated into English.
Transfer students who have studied outside the
US (other than Japan and Korea) are required to submit
a World Education Services (WES) evaluation of their
transcript(s) to expedite their application processing.
WES evaluations do not include translations. The document
must be officially translated into English before it is
submitted to WES or any other reputable education
evaluation service, e.g., your embassy.
Final Official Transcripts
If you are accepted and decide to enroll at Pratt, you may (if
you attended college in the US) request your transcript from
the National Student Clearinghouse or from your college.
Letter of Recommendation
Letters of recommendation are optional. See details at
www.pratt.edu/apply.
Transfer Portfolio Guidelines
Visual or Writing Portfolio
The transfer portfolio requirements are the same as the
freshman requirements if you have not taken studio
courses in your previous college or if you have not taken
our undergraduate first-year courses and will enter as
a first-year student. Transfer applicants who have taken
art courses should include examples of work that reflect
all studio experiences at their previous college in order
to be reviewed for credit. No more than 45 images may
be submitted.
Architecture
All Architecture transfer applicants must submit a visual
portfolio. Applicants who have not taken architecture
design studio courses in their previous postsecondary
school should submit a portfolio according to the freshman
requirements and will automatically be placed into the
first year of design. Transfer applicants who have taken
architecture design courses should include examples
of work that reflect all design projects at their previous
school. The number of images in the architecture portfolio
will reflect the number of projects completed. Archi­tecture
students seeking the transfer of studio credit must use
SlideRoom to upload their images at pratt.slideroom.com.
Submitting Your Visual or Writing Portfolio
Portfolios should be uploaded using SlideRoom at
pratt.slideroom.com, following instructions on the site.
You will receive immediate confirmation that your work
has been received. You may edit images until you hit the
“submit” button. There is a charge of $15 for submission.
Admissions advisement sessions and reviews at National
Portfolio Days or by appointment off campus do not fulfill
the applicant’s visual requirement. They are for guidance
only. Please submit your work by the deadline (February 1
for fall and October 1 for spring).
Do not send work to the Admissions Office. All work
must be submitted on SlideRoom. All submitted materials,
including the portfolio, become the property of Pratt
Institute. Portfolios in any format will not be returned or
held for pickup.
Portfolio for Writing and Critical and Visual Studies
Applicants are required to upload a writing portfolio of
recent writing (no more than 10 pages) to SlideRoom at
pratt.slideroom.com. Writing applicants may submit
poetry, short stories, and excerpts from novels, articles,
and essays. Please submit at least one sample of analytical
writing. We encourage you to submit several examples
of your writing in different styles. If you submit poetry, you
must also submit some prose. Critical and Visual Studies
applicants should submit examples of analytical writing.
At this time, feedback on writing portfolios is not available
through the Admissions Office.
Essay
The essay is uploaded on the last page of the application.
It should be between 250 and 500 words. Topic: Describe
when and how you became interested in art, design,
writing, architecture, or the particular major to which you
are applying. Describe how this interest has manifested
itself in your daily life.
Additional Required Admissions Materials for
International Applicants
International applicants whose first language is not English
should take the Test of English as a Foreign Language
(TOEFL) exam or the International English Language Testing
System (IELTS) and have the results sent by the application
deadline. Register online at www.toefl.org for the TOEFL.
International students who have taken the SAT or ACT
test may submit SAT or ACT test scores instead of the
TOEFL. A TOEFL score of 550 (paper), 79 (internet), or 213
(computer) is required for four-year programs. The
two-year Associate Degree Programs require a TOEFL
score of 530 (paper), 71 (internet), or 197 (computer).
Pratt’s TOEFL code is 2669. Pratt will also accept the IELTS
in lieu of the TOEFL. The required score is 6.5 for four-year
programs and 6 for the Associate Degree Programs.
Applicants from China and Korea
In order to provide an in-person interview opportunity
for all Chinese and South Korean applicants interested in
Pratt Institute and to process your application faster,
we have partnered with Vericant. Vericant will conduct
video interviews and short writing samples with our
applicants in Mainland China. Vericant does not evaluate
candidates but, instead, posts the interviews online
for our admissions team to review. The Vericant interview
will form part of your application package if you opt to
be interviewed.
Although the Vericant interview is not mandatory, we
highly recommend it, as it will give you an excellent
opportunity to showcase your skills and professionalism
to our admissions team.
To learn more about Vericant and to schedule an interview,
please visit Vericant’s website at students.vericant.com.
Vericant provides interviews in the following cities.
Main cities (three): Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen; Secondary
cities (10): Chengdu, Chongqing, Dalian, Guangzhou,
Hangzhou, Nanjing, Qingdao, Wuhan, Xi’an, and Zhengzhou.
Transfer Credit/Placement
Transfer credit may be granted for coursework that is
comparable to Pratt’s coursework and is completed
at a school accredited by an accrediting agency or state
approval agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary of
Education or the international equivalent.
Credit may be awarded for courses in which (1) a grade
of C or higher is earned from domestic institutions (or 70 or
higher from international institutions, as determined by a
reputable education evaluation service) and (2) the course
corresponds to the specific course requirements of the
applicant’s proposed program of study. Courses with grades
lower than C (including C-) or less than 70 are not transferable.
Students seeking transfer credits for studio courses in art,
design, or architecture are required to submit a portfolio
reflective of their studio coursework comp­leted at their prior
college as part of the admission application. Transfer credit
shall be granted for courses taken at another institution only
when the coursework involved and the level of the transfer
applicant’s achieve­ment permit the student to complete the
remaining coursework successfully.
All students petitioning for transfer credit(s) must
submit official transcript(s) from all colleges attended.
Credit evaluations will be completed only after acceptance.
AP credit will also be considered. Please request that
your official AP scores be sent to Pratt during the summer
before you enroll. See page 206 for more details.
Prior to registration, the transfer student receives an
estimate by the Office of the Registrar of the credit that can
be expected for work done at his or her previous college(s).
Additional supporting documents may be requested
by the Office of Admissions (bulletin, course hours, syllabi
etc.). The Pratt program is planned with the appropriate
art and design academic adviser using the estimate as a
guide for the required work to be completed. After all
final official transcripts have been received, a comp­lete
evaluation of transfer credit will be sent to the student.
Transfer credit is not included in the scholastic index.
If less than 50 percent of a student’s credits are earned
at Pratt, the student will not be considered for honors.
Search “Transfer Credit” at www.pratt.edu for details.
Accepted International Students
All enrolling international students need to submit
international student forms to the Office of International
Affairs. International students include both students who
need an I-20 for the F-1 student visa and international
students in other immigration statuses. (U.S. permanent
residents are not considered international students.)
Requesting the I-20
To request the I-20, first submit your enrollment deposit to
the Office of Admissions. See instructions for submitting an
I-20 request at www.pratt.edu/oia under New Students on
the left of the web page. The request and documents are
submitted online.
Pratt Institute
Office of International Affairs
200 Willoughby Avenue
Brooklyn, New York 11205
USA
English Exam for Enrolling Students
All international students must meet Pratt Institute’s English
requirement. The English exam determines if you meet the
Institute’s English requirement or if you will need Intensive
English Program (IEP) courses to meet the requirement.
If your TOEFL score is 100 iBT (or 600 pBT or 250 cBT)
or higher, or if English is your native language, then you will
not need to take the exam because you meet the English
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 English Language Placement Exam Waivers
Exam waivers automatically will be given to students who:
ll are native English speakers and who are citizens of
countries where English is a national language;
ll have submitted a TOEFL score equal to or higher than
100 iBT;
ll have submitted a combined IELTS score of 7.5 or higher;
ll have graduated from a four-year college or university
degree program in the US or other English-speaking
country within the last 12 months with grades of B or
higher in Liberal Arts courses;
ll have a score of 4 or higher on the AP English exam;
ll have submitted a score of 620 or higher on the SAT
Verbal section;
ll are participants in the Fulbright or Humphries scholars
programs; or
ll have an International Baccalaureate diploma and have
received a 4 or higher on the HL English Language A:
Language and Literature exam.
Please note: TOEFL waivers for the admissions process do
not automatically waive the English Placement Exam
requirement. Students who have taken the SAT in lieu of the
TOEFL for admission are required to take the English
Placement Exam unless they meet one of the waiver criteria
listed above.
If your TOEFL score is less than 100 iBT (or 600 pBT
or 250 cBT), you will be required to take Pratt’s in-house
English exam before orientation. According to the test
results, you either will be placed in an IEP class or will be
considered “exempt” from IEP classes. Students either
will take IEP courses until they exempt out (pass), or will be
exempt after taking the test and will not need to take any
IEP courses. Students who scored below 100 iBT (or 600
pBT or 250 cBT) on the TOEFL are strongly encouraged
to enroll in the Summer Certificate Program (SCP) in English
proficiency. Please refer to www.pratt.edu/iep.
Students participating in the SCP will request an I-20 for
the SCP and the degree program at the same time (choose
SCP + Degree); therefore, you must apply for the SCP before
requesting the I-20 from Pratt. Pratt will issue the I-20 for
SCP first. Pratt will issue the I-20 for the degree after you
complete the SCP. Some programs do not permit students
to enter in the spring; you may be required to take the full
year of English for that reason.
Admission to Associate Degree Programs
at Pratt Manhattan
Transfer applicants to the Associate Degree Programs at
Pratt’s Manhattan Center should use the online application at
www.pratt.edu/admissions/applying. Please follow the same
requirements listed for high school applicants or transfer
Undergraduate Admissions
students to the BFA. The SAT/ACT is not required. Applicants
to the BFA programs in Fine Arts or Communications Design
who do not meet the qualifications for the BFA may be
accepted instead to the associate’s degree.
Admissions Decisions
Admissions decisions are issued as follows for applicants
who submitted complete applications. Early action
decisions will be made by mid-December. January 5
deadline decisions will be made by April 1. Spring decisions
will be made by November 15. Admissions files are not
considered complete and will not be reviewed until all
required materials have been received.
Deposit Deadlines
Accepted students who plan to enroll at Pratt for the fall
term are required to make a deposit of $300 by May 1,
the official candidate’s reply date. Accepted students for
the spring term must submit their deposit by December 1
or two weeks after acceptance, whichever is later.
International students should submit their I-20 request
forms as soon as possible after the deposit deadline.
The full amount of the nonrefundable deposit is credited
to the student’s first semester tuition. Housing application
deposits are also due on the above mentioned dates.
Deposits should be made at payments.pratt.edu.
Financial Aid
Domestic applicants who intend to file for financial aid
for fall 2019 will be able to access the Free Application
for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) on October 1, 2018, and
can use their 2017 income tax statements. The FAFSA
should be submitted electronically. See all instructions
at www.pratt.edu/aid. If you wish to have the IRS populate
your FAFSA in seconds, click on the button asking for
permission. This greatly expedites the completion of this
form. You should submit the FAFSA before February 1 for
fall enrollment and by October 31 for spring enrollment.
Please make sure that the email address you gave Pratt’s
Office of Admissions is the email address you use.
ll FAFSA code is 002798
ll Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) school code for
New York State residents: 0615—undergraduate
Readmission
Baccalaureate degree candidates seeking readmission
should submit an Application for Readmission (available
in the Office of the Registrar or at www.pratt.edu/
admissions/applying) to the Office of the Registrar.
The Application for Readmission should be accompanied
by a brief statement outlining the student’s reasons for
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wishing to return to Pratt and official transcripts from other
schools attended after leaving Pratt. Deadline dates for
filing applications for readmission are June 1 for the fall term
and December 1 for the spring term. Any student who did
not file for an approved leave of absence and who, during
the preceding term, either was not registered at Pratt
or did not complete the term is required to apply for
readmission. Requests from students who left the Insti-
tute while not in good standing may be reviewed by  the
Committee on Academic Standing of the school to which
readmission is sought. Notification of final action and
registration instructions are sent to the student by the
Office of the Registrar.
Every student, once matriculated as a freshman or a
transfer student, is expected to complete his or her degree
requirements at Pratt both in professional areas and in
liberal arts and sciences. Credit earned at other accredited
institutions by readmitted students who were previously
matriculated will be evaluated for transfer to the Pratt
record by the Office of the Registrar. Readmitted students
are expected to meet the degree requirements that are in
effect at the time of readmission.
Changing Schools within Pratt
Students who wish to transfer from one school to another
within the Institute should complete a Change of School
Transfer Application at pratt.slideroom.com. Students
must meet the admissions criteria for the program to which
they are applying. A limit of one transfer between schools
will be considered. Students requesting a second transfer
will be required to obtain additional approval from the
deans of both schools.
Nonmatriculated/Special Students
Nonmatriculated or special students are not candidates
for a degree from Pratt Institute. They may take no more
than 6 credits per semester and may register only if space
is available in a class after matriculated students have
registered. Acceptance as a nonmatriculated or special
student is based on the applicant’s background and ability
to successfully complete the coursework. No more than
18 credits may be accumulated by a nonmatriculated
student. International students holding a student visa
must meet with the international student adviser before
submitting an application. Additional information is ava-
ilable from the Office of Admissions. A nonmatriculated/
special student who plans to apply for admission as a
matriculated student should meet with the chair of the
program to which they wish to apply. A nondegree form
is available at www.pratt.edu/admissions/applying.
Undergraduate Admissions
PrattMWP College of Art and Design (Extension Center)
PrattMWP College of Art and Design (Extension Center),
Munson-Williams-Proctor, is located in upstate New York.
To apply, visit www.mwpai.edu for a description of
requirements, or check off PrattMWP on Pratt’s application.
Students take the first two years at PrattMWP in Utica
and finish the remaining two years in Brooklyn. PrattMWP
offers Fine Arts, Photography, Art Education (teacher
certifi­cation), and Communications Design. Students may
apply to both Pratt in Brooklyn and PrattMWP in Utica
on the Pratt application at the same time. Note that
students are not permitted to relocate to the Brooklyn
campus early. Students must complete the full curriculum
at PrattMWP before relocating to Brooklyn to finish
their degree.
Intellectual Property
Pratt is committed to fostering the artistic and intellectual
creativity of our community. The products of our creativity
are both the physical property we create—paintings, designs,
and manuscripts—as well as the intellectual ideas these works
represent. The latter is called intellectual property. Pratt’s
Intellectual Property Policy applies to all of our community
members and is intended to respect the value of creators,
whether students, faculty, or staff. It also provides for sharing
our creative products to further the knowledge and
academic growth of our collective community. Knowledge
of intellectual property rights is an important responsibility
of all members of our community and an important part of
the intellectual life of every creative professional. Pratt’s
complete Intellectual Property Policy can be found on the
web at www.pratt.edu/provost.
The Arthur O. Eve Higher
Education Opportunity Program
Director
Amanda Diaz
adiaz208@pratt.edu
Pratt Institute is committed to providing access to higher
education for all capable students. Pratt tries to ensure
that no student is prevented from completing his or her
degree due to a lack of funds. The Arthur O. Eve Higher
Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) provides an
opportunity to offer admission and support to talented
New York students who have not reached their full
academic potential due to barriers in their educational,
economic, or personal background. Applicants must
be New York State residents who meet New York State’s
Arthur O. Eve HEOP income guidelines.
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 The Arthur O. Eve HEOP students are Pratt students.
They attend the same classes, live in the same residence
halls, participate in the same extracurricular activities,
have access to the same resources, and pursue the same
careers as other Pratt students. The Arthur O. Eve HEOP
provides additional supportive services designed to assist
students with academic, financial, social, and personal
matters. This includes tutoring, counseling, and financial
aid for students throughout their college careers.
The ultimate goal of the program is to make higher
education possible for students who are inadmissible under
regular admissions guidelines, but who have the potential
and motivation for academic success.
Applicants who feel that they may be eligible for the
Arthur O. Eve HEOP should contact the Office of Admis­
sions for further information and check off the Arthur
O. Eve HEOP on the admissions application. The Arthur
O. Eve HEOP office is located on the first floor of the
Information Science Center (ISC), Room 104, and is open
Monday through Friday, 9 AM to 5 PM. Summer hours are
9 AM to 4 PM. The telephone number is 718.636.3524.
Check the HEOP page at www.pratt.edu/heop for
instructions on applying to the program and submitting
your financial information.
Undergraduate Admissions
Financial Aid
Manhattan Campus
144 West 14th Street, 3rd Floor
New York, NY 10011
Senior SFS Counselor
Sonya Chestnut
schestnu@pratt.edu
212.647.7788
Brooklyn Campus
200 Willoughby Avenue
Myrtle Hall, 6th Floor
Brooklyn, NY 11205
Senior SFS Counselor
Leonor Santillana
lsantill@pratt.edu
718.399.4491
HEOP
Associate Director of Student
Financial Services
Savior Wright
swright@pratt.edu
718.636.3563
Student Financial Services
www.pratt.edu/financing
www.pratt.edu/financial-aid
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Choosing a college should be based on the quality and
reputation of the program rather than on finances.
We understand, however, that many families face concerns
when choosing a highly regarded college such as Pratt.
We are committed to providing sufficient financial
assist­ance to make the costs more affordable for each
family. Our commitment is directly reflected by the large
amount of gift money awarded each year. In fact, more
than 86 percent of our students receive some type of
financial assistance.
Each family is also responsible for a contribution,
which is determined in part by the family’s income, assets,
benefits, and size. In addition, the student is expected
to pursue scholar­ships, grants, and/or loans from private
sources to help defray the cost of education.
Pratt offers various kinds of assistance, ranging from
academic merit–based scholarships to need-based
financial aid. Included in that list are tuition scholarships,
grants, work-study employment, and loans. By combining
federal, state, and institutional funds, we make every
effort to assist students and their families in meeting the
increasing cost of a college education. Through the collab­
orative benefits of alumni gifts, endowments by private
industries, other endowments, and government agency
programs, we are able to support our student body.
HIGH SCHOOL APPLICANTS AND OTHER
ENTERING STUDENTS
To be considered for financial assistance, high school
applicants and transfer students must submit the Free
Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) to the
Department of Education Federal Student Aid Programs
(www.fafsa.ed.gov or call 800.433.3243). The FAFSA
application may be accessed through Pratt’s website (www.
pratt.edu/financing) or from secondary school guidance
counselors. Do not submit more than one application.
The FAFSA should be submitted no later than February 1.
A FAFSA filed after February 1 will delay the awarding of
financial aid and may jeopardize the student’s eligibility for
Pratt grants or scholarships.
Students are automatically considered for all types
of financial aid after an admissions decision has been made
and their FAFSA information has been received by Pratt.
If requested, and required by the federal government,
other documents, such as federal tax returns, are due at
the Office of Student Financial Services by May 15.
After financial need has been established and adequate
funds are available, an aid “package” will be granted.
It might consist of a combination of grants, scholarships,
loans, and employment. Outside awards that might be
forthcoming are taken into consideration when Institute
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aid is offered. It is the responsibility of the student and/or
family to notify the Office of Student Financial Services of
any outside awards. These outside awards may reduce
or change the student’s original award package from the
Institute. Students do not need to write and request
specific types of financial aid, since they will automatically
be considered for any source of Pratt financial aid for
which they qualify. A student’s financial aid package may
also include a Direct Stafford Loan and/or Parent Loan.
New York State residents can apply for the Tuition
Assistance Program (TAP) by completing the FAFSA and
returning the Express TAP Application to the New York
State Higher Education Services Corporation.
PRATT INSTITUTIONAL PROGRAMS
Presidential Merit-Based Scholarships
What is the purpose of the program?
To attract academically and visually gifted students and
help them defray some of the costs of attendance through
institutional funds.
How much are the awards?
The awards range from $9,000 to $26,000 for each
academic year.
How much do I have to pay back?
No repayment is required.
When do I need to apply?
No application is needed. Freshmen and transfer applicants
who submit completed admissions applications by the
deadline are automatically considered for these awards.
How do I apply for a scholarship?
There is no application. All incoming students will be
considered for a merit-based scholarship. We encourage
all students to submit a financial aid application to ensure
that they receive all the need-based aid (both outside
and institutional) to which they are entitled. Students who
qualify for a Presidential Merit-Based Scholarship and also
file a FAFSA and demonstrate need may receive institutional
funds in addition to the merit-based scholarship awards.
The awards are continued for four years (five for
architecture) as long as the student remains enrolled
full-time and maintains a cumulative GPA of 2.0 for any
students who enrolled fall 2005 or earlier. Incoming
freshmen and transfer students receiving a Presidential
Merit-Based Scholarship after fall 2006 are subject to
the following requirements.
Students must:
1. maintain continuous full-time student status at
the Institute;
2. achieve a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.50 by the end
of their first year of studies at Pratt; and
3. maintain a minimum cumulative GPA of 2.50 during the
remainder of their studies at the Institute.
Students failing to meet these requirements will have
their Presidential Merit-Based Scholarship automatically
withdrawn for the remainder of their studies at Pratt.
Entering international students are eligible for
our international merit-based scholarships. International
students do not qualify for need-based aid. There is no
application for the merit-based scholarships awarded
to incoming students, and all accepted applicants are
considered automatically. To qualify for merit-based
scholarships, you are not required to submit a FAFSA.
These scholarships are based on your portfolio (if required
by your major), your high school or college GPA, and test
scores (SAT, ACT, TOEFL, or IELTS) to some extent.
The scholarships range from $9,000 to $26,000 each year
for four years (five for architecture). The criteria for
renewal are identical to the criteria for the Presidential
Merit-Based Scholarships.
Pratt Grant Programs
What is the purpose of the program?
To provide funds from institutional sources to help meet
a student’s tuition costs.
How much are the awards?
The awards vary based on need for the academic year.
When do I need to apply?
Before February 1.
Who can receive this money?
Students who have applied for aid in a timely fashion
and have demonstrated financial need and are making
satisfactory academic progress.
How much do I have to pay back?
No repayment is required.
How do I apply?
All students must submit the FAFSA. Other documents may
be required based on a student’s particular situation.
Please read the instructions in the introductory section
on financial assistance.
Pratt Restricted and Endowed
Awards and Scholarships
What is the purpose of the program?
To provide funds derived from Institute endowments
and restricted gifts granted to students according to the
wishes of the donor and on the recommendation of
the appropriate dean or department chair. These awards
are made for one year only.
How much are the awards?
The awards start at $1,000 for the academic year and are
based on the availability of funds in any given year.
Who can receive this money?
Full-time students meeting donor specifications who have
applied for aid, have demonstrated financial need, and
are making satisfactory academic progress. Some awards
are based on academic merit only, and all are based on
departmental recommendations.
How much do I have to pay back?
No repayment is required.
How do I apply?
All students applying for financial aid with the FAFSA
are considered. There are no special application forms for
restricted and endowed scholarships. Recipients are
selected by the dean or department chair based on criteria
established by the donors. These awards are made for
one year only and are based on the availability of funds in
any given year.
Pratt Student Employment Program
Student employment is funded entirely by Pratt Institute
and offers an opportunity for qualified students to work
part-time on campus to help pay for educational
expenses. Applicants for student employment assistance
must complete registration online and submit all required
documents in order to qualify. These funds are paid
directly to students for campus job assignments and are
not deducted from the student tuition bill. Students
are responsible for submitting signed time sheets using our
online system. Time sheets are managed online by students
and supervisors, with support from the Payroll office.
Employment forms such as the W4 and the I-9 must be
completed prior to working. More information may be
found at www.pratt.edu/financing.
FEDERAL PROGRAMS
Federal Pell Grants
How do I apply?
Application materials are available at the Office of Student
Financial Services at Pratt Institute. Students may apply for
the Federal Pell Grant program by filing the FAFSA. Comp­
leted applications should be submitted for processing
according to the application instructions. Based on the
Institutional Student Information Record (ISIR), the amount
of the applicant’s award is determined by Pratt’s Office of
Student Financial Services. On the first day of class, funds
will be credited to a new student’s institutional account
according to federal regulations.
Selection of Recipients
Who is eligible?
The applicant must be enrolled as an undergraduate
student working on a first degree and must show eligibility
as determined by FAFSA. Financial need is determined by
a formula applied to all applicants. The family contribution
is calculated using this formula, which was developed by
Congress and is reviewed periodically. Federal Pell Grant
awards are available only until completion of the first
baccalaureate degree.
Effective the 2012–2013 academic year, the duration
of a student’s eligibility to receive a Federal Pell Grant
has been reduced from 18 semesters to 12 semesters.
Semesters are counted based on full-time semester
enrollment and half-time enrollment is counted as half of
a semester toward the 12-semester limit. This change in
the duration of students’ Federal Pell Grant eligibility is not
limited only to students who received their first Federal
Pell Grant on or after July 1, 2008, as previously provided
when the duration of eligibility was 18 semesters.
Federal Supplemental Educational
Opportunity Grants (SEOG)
What is a Federal SEOG?
A Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant is a
federal grant administered and awarded by the Office of
Student Financial Services at Pratt. It is a grant requiring no
repayment, initiated to help undergraduate students with
the greatest financial need.
Application Procedures
All undergraduate students must submit the FAFSA before
a determination on eligibility will be made. Please read
the instructions in the introductory sections on financial
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The applicant must (1) demonstrate maximum need; (2) NOT
hold a previous baccalaureate degree; (3) NOT be in default
of a student loan.
Award Schedule
The award at Pratt usually ranges from approximately
$500 to $900 annually for completion of the first
baccalaureate degree.
Rights and Responsibilities of Recipients
The student must be making satisfactory academic
progress and must not owe any refunds on Federal Pell
Grants or other awards paid, or not be in default on
repayment of any student loan.
Federal College Work-Study Program (FCWS)
What is FCWS?
Federal College Work-Study is a federally assisted employ­
ment program that offers qualified students a chance to
earn money to help pay for educational expenses. These
funds are paid directly to students for job assignments and
are not deductible from the Institute’s bill.
Application Procedures
All students must submit the FAFSA before a determination of
eligibility will be made. Please read the introductory sections
on financial assistance. At Pratt, student employment is a
partnership between the following offices: Budget, Financial
Aid, the Center for Career and Professional Development
(CCPD), Human Resources, Payroll, the Bursar, and the
supervisors in each department or office who oversee
student employees. Eligible students may contact CCPD for
guidance prior to initiating employment. More information
may be found at www.pratt.edu/financing.
Selection of Recipients and Allocation of Awards
Pratt makes employment reasonably available to all eligible
students who are in need of financial aid. In the event that
more students are eligible for FCWS than there are funds
available, preference is given to students who have greater
financial need and who must earn a part of their
educational expenses.
Award Schedule
Pratt arranges jobs on or off campus, up to 20 hours per
week. Factors considered in determining eligibility under
this program are financial need, class schedule, academic
progress, and specific skills. Level of salary must be at least
the minimum wage; maximum wage is dependent on the
nature of the job and the applicant’s qualifications.
Financial Aid
Rights and Responsibilities of Recipients
Satisfactory academic progress must be maintained.
Students must not owe any refunds on Federal Pell Grants
or any other awards paid, or not be in default on any
student loan. Students are responsible for submitting
signed time sheets electronically. More information may be
found at www.pratt.edu/financing. Employment forms
such as the W4 and the I-9 Employment Authorization form
must be completed prior to working.
Federal Perkins Loan
Per federal regulation, the authority for schools to make
new Perkins Loans ended on Sept. 30, 2017, and final
disbursements were permitted through June 30, 2018.
As a result, students can no longer receive Perkins Loans.
FEDERAL DIRECT LOAN PROGRAMS
Federal Subsidized Loan Program
Application Procedures
Students may obtain a loan application from Pratt’s website,
www.pratt.edu/financing. This must be completed online
and submitted to the Department of Education. The FAFSA
must be filed and received by Pratt before eligibility for the
loan can be determined.
Selection of Recipients and Allocation of Awards
To be eligible for a Federal Direct Subsidized Loan,
a student must:
1. be a U.S. citizen or a permanent resident;
2. be enrolled in or admitted as at least a half-time
undergraduate matricu­lated student at Pratt
Institute; and
3. not owe refunds on Federal Pell Grants or any other
awards paid, or not be in default on any student loan.
Federal Unsubsidized Loans
The same terms and conditions apply to this loan as to the
Stafford Loan, except that the borrower is responsible for
interest that accrues during deferment periods (including
in school) and during the six-month grace period. This
program is open to students who may not qualify for
subsidized Federal Direct Loans. (Combined total cannot
exceed Stafford limits.)
Origination/Insurance Fee
Borrowers pay a combined origination fee of 1.062 percent
for loans first disbursed on or after Oct. 1, 2018, and before
Oct. 1, 2019.
Interest Rate
Interest rates as of July 1, 2018: 5.05 percent
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Loan Schedule
Annual Loan Limits–after July 1, 2007:
Subsidized Unsubsidized
$3,500 $2,000 first year
$4,500 $2,000 second year
$5,500 $2,000 other undergraduates
$20,500 graduate and professional students
The annual loan limits for students enrolled in a program of
study less than one academic year in length are prorated.
Aggregate Loan Limits
$31,000 dependent under­graduates (no more than
$23,000 can be subsidized)
$57,500 independent undergraduates
$138,500 undergraduate and graduate combined
Note: All student loans will be disbursed in two installments
(including one semester).
Rights and Responsibilities of Recipients
All borrowers are required to submit a Master Promissory
Note (MPN) to apply for a Federal Direct Stafford Loan
(subsidized or unsubsidized). The MPN is an application
for the Stafford Loan Programs and is valid for 10 years
from the time that the student originally signs and submits.
Students must also submit a Loan Confirmation Form.
The student will still have to submit the FAFSA each year by
February 1. The Office of Student Financial Services will
notify the student of loan eligibility via the electronic
financial aid award letter. Students should keep all of the
letters received from the Office of Student Financial
Services in order to keep track of loan amounts. If there
are any changes made to the student’s financial aid, a new
electronic letter with the most current information will be
emailed. Borrowers pay variable interest,* beginning six
months after the student ceases to be enrolled half-time.
Six months after ceasing to be at least a half-time
student, the borrower must make formal arrangements
with the service to begin repayment. The following
regulations apply:
1. The minimum monthly payment will be $50 plus interest.
2. The maximum repayment period is 10 years.
3. The maximum period of a loan from date of the original
note may not exceed 15 years, excluding authorized
deferments of payments.
4. Repayment in whole or part may be made at any time
without penalty.
Financial Aid
Parent Loan for Undergraduate Student (PLUS)
The Federal PLUS Loan may be used to offset expected
family contribution and any unmet need remaining in
the aid package, but in no case can the amount of the
loan exceed the student’s cost of attendance minus the
student’s other financial aid. Applicants may obtain an
application from our website: www.pratt.edu/financing.
Annual Loan Limits
Cost of attendance minus other aid.
Aggregate Loan Limits
No aggregate limit.
Interest Rate
Currently 7.6 percent fixed.
Origination Fees
4.248 percent for loans first disbursed on or after October
1, 2018, and before October 1, 2019.
Credit Check
Only parents who have no adverse credit history are eligible
for PLUS loans.
Disbursements
All loans will be disbursed in two installments and
repayment begins after the second disbursement.
STATE GRANT PROGRAMS 2019-2020
General Requirements
The Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) is an entitlement
program. There is no repayment, as in the case of a loan.
The applicant must:
ll be a New York State resident for at least 12 months
prior to attending college and a U.S. citizen or a
permanent resident alien;
ll be enrolled full-time (minimum of 12 credits) and
matriculated at an approved New York State
postsecondary institution as an undergraduate student;
ll be charged a tuition of at least $200 per year; and
ll make satisfactory academic progress.
Note: Where any question of eligibility exists, the student
or prospective student should see the TAP certification
officer. The following information pertains only to New
York State residents. Students from other states should
check with the appropriate agency in their state for
further information.
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518.474.6475
Application Procedures
A student can apply by completing the FAFSA application
and an Express TAP Application. The Higher Education
Service Corporation (HESC) determines the applicant’s
eligibility and mails an award certificate directly to the
applicant indicating the amount of the grant. The applicant
may present the institutional copy of the certificate at
the time of payment of tuition to the Office of the Bursar.
Award Allocation
The TAP award is based on the applicant’s and his or
her family’s New York State net taxable income during the
2017 tax year and on the tuition charge at Pratt during
2019-2020. TAP (combined with any Regents Scholarship/
Fellowship, Child of Veteran Award, or Child of Deceased
Police Officer/Firefighter Award) cannot exceed the
amount of tuition. The schedule used to calculate the
award is determined by:
ll whether the student is financially independent of his
or her parents;
ll marital status and tax filing status; and
ll the number of previous TAP payments received by
the applicant.
TAP Financial Independence
Financial independence for TAP is defined in New York State
law. This definition applies only to TAP and differs from other
aid programs, such as Federal Pell Grant. The current
definition of independent status is as follows:
ll 35 years of age or older on June 30, 2019, or
ll 22 years of age or older on June 30, 2019, and not:
A. a resident in any house, apartment, or building owned
or leased by parents for more than six weeks in
calendar years 2017, 2018, 2019;
B. claimed as a dependent by parents on their federal or
state income tax for 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019;
C. a recipient of gifts, loans, or other financial assistance
in excess of $750 from parents in the calendar year or
under 22 years of age on June 30, and meeting
all other requirements above, and in addition able to
meet at least one of the following requirements:
A. married on or before December 1, 2018;
B. both parents deceased, disabled, or incompetent;
C. receiving public assistance other than Aid to
Dependent Children (ADC) or food stamps; award
of the court; or
D. unable to ascertain parents’ whereabouts.
Financial Aid
Award Schedule
Currently, awards range from $500 to $5,165. The amount
of the award will be affected by costs of attendance and
full- or part-time enrollment status.
Rights and Responsibilities of Recipients
The student must continue to make satisfactory academic
progress in the program in which he or she is enrolled.
The student must not owe any refunds on Federal Pell
Grants or other awards paid, and not be in default of
any student loan.
Duration of Award
For each semester of TAP awarded, 6 TAP eligibility points
are used. Undergraduates in four-year programs receive
a maximum total of 48 points. Undergraduates in five-year
programs (Architecture and HEOP only) receive a maximum
total of 60 points.
Aid for Part-Time Study (APTS)
What is APTS?
Aid for Part-Time Study is a grant program financed by
New York State in conjunction with participating
educational institutions throughout the state. The program
provides up to $2,000 per year to help part-time under-
graduate students meet their educational expenses.
Who is eligible for APTS?
To be considered for an award, a student must:
ll be working toward an undergraduate degree or enrolled
in a registered certificate program as a part-time
student enrolled for at least 3 but less than 12 semester
hours per semester;
ll maintain good academic standing;
ll be a resident of New York State 12 months prior to
attending college;
ll be either a U.S. citizen, a permanent resident alien,
or a refugee;
ll not have used maximum Tuition Assistance Program
(TAP) eligibility;
ll have a tuition charge of at least $100 per year; and
ll not be in default of a Federal Family Education Loan.
What are the income limits?
Income means the net taxable income taken from the prior
year New York State income tax return.
ll If you were claimed as a tax dependent by your parents
in the prior year, family income (i.e., New York net
taxable income of student and parents) cannot exceed
$50,500.
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ll If you were not eligible to be claimed as a tax dependent regarding the certification for New York State aid can
by your parents in the prior year, income (i.e., net be obtained by contacting a Pratt financial aid counselor.
taxable income of student and/or spouse, if married as
of December 31 of the prior year) cannot exceed Out-of-State Programs
$34,250. Other state scholarship programs and where to apply:
If you were not eligible to be claimed as a tax dependent Maryland
by your parents in the prior year but you were eligible to Higher Education Commission
claim dependents of your own other than yourself and/or Empowering Higher Education
your spouse, income (i.e., net taxable income of student 6 North Liberty Street
and spouse) cannot exceed $50,550. APTS applications Baltimore, MD 21201
are available from the TAP Certification Officer in the 800.974.0203
Registrar’s Office.
Vermont
Allocation of Awards Vermont Student Assistance Corp.
APTS recipients should be aware that the award will be P.O. Box 2000
revoked if they do not receive a term GPA of at least 2.0. Winooski, VT 05404
Students will be responsible for any amount owed to the 888.253.4819
Student Accounts Office.
Virgin Islands
Financial Assistance Standards Board of Education
Pratt applies New York State minimum academic standards P.O. Box 11900
to all students receiving Pratt aid, state and federal aid, and St. Thomas, VI 00801
loans insured or guaranteed by the federal government. 340.774.4546
Review Policies Washington, DC
The Office of Student Financial Services will periodically Office of the State Superintendent of Education
review the GPA and number of credits earned by each 810 1st Street NE, Third Floor
financial aid recipient using his or her academic transcript. Washington, DC 20002
Credits earned includes only those for courses with grades 202.727.2824
of A through D.
A student not meeting these standards will be placed on These state and district programs are available only to
financial aid probation for one semester. After the grades residents. Pratt knows of no other states that make awards
for the probation semester are calculated, the student’s to students at a New York college.
transcript will be reviewed. If the student still fails to meet
the standards, all of his or her financial aid will be revoked State Education Agencies
beginning with the semester following the probation Alaska
semester. Once the student meets the minimum standards, Alaska Commission on Post-Secondary Education
he or she may reapply for financial aid. It is the student’s PO Box 110505
responsibility to advise the Office of Student Financial Juneau, AK 99811-0505
Services if he or she has had grade changes that bring the 800.441.2962
cumulative GPA back up to the minimum standard.
A student who does not meet the requirements for Arkansas
TAP may apply for a waiver. A waiver may be granted only Department of Higher Education
once on the undergraduate level. A waiver may be granted 423 Main Street, Suite 400
only after the student has met with the Executive Director Little Rock, AR 72201
of Student Financial Services and Compliance and the TAP 501.371.2000
Certification Officer.
To receive a waiver, the student must be able to provide
documentation of unusual circumstances that have
affected his or her academic progress. Further information
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California New York number of attempted credits for his/her degree program, Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP), and will remain eligible
California Student Aid Commission New York State Higher Education he/she will no longer be eligible for financial aid (grants or for financial aid with this status during the next semester of
P.O. Box 419026 Services Corporation loans) during any future semesters. enrollment. At the end of the proba­tionary semester, he/
Rancho Cordova, CA 95741-9026 99 Washington Avenue she is expected to meet the SAP requirements to remain
888.224.7268 Albany, NY 12255 ll The maximum number of “attempted credits” for eligible for financial aid in future semesters.
888.697.4372 completion of a four-year undergraduate degree Unsatisfactory—A student will receive this flag if the
Connecticut (excluding writing degree) is 201 credits. SAP requirements are not met after one semester of
State Scholarship Program Pennsylvania ll The maximum number of “attempted credits” for probation, making him/her ineligible for financial aid.
Commission for Higher Education Pennsylvania Higher Education completion of a writing four-year under­graduate Please note that a student must meet all SAP criteria (GPA,
39 Woodland Street Assistance Agency State Grant degree ONLY is 195 credits. completed credits, and maximum time frame) to regain
Hartford, CT 06105-2326 and Special Programs Division ll The maximum number of “attempted credits” for eligibility for aid once he/she is flagged as unsatisfactory.
800.842.0229 1200 North 7th Street completion of a five-year undergraduate degree is
Harrisburg, PA 17102 263 credits. How Can a Student Regain Financial Aid Eligibility
Delaware 800.692.7392 ll The maximum number of “attempted credits” for after Failing to Meet SAP Requirements?
Delaware Post-Secondary completion of a two-year undergraduate degree is Students who fail to meet the qualitative and/or
Education Commission Rhode Island 104 credits. quantitative standards outlined in the Satisfactory
Carvel State Office Building Rhode Island State Scholarship Academic Progress Chart can:
820 North French Street, 5th Floor 560 Jefferson Boulevard What Is Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)? ll Enroll in a summer session, in order to complete the
Wilmington, DE 19801 Warwick, RI 02886 Federal regulations require that Pratt Institute monitor necessary credits and/or improve the GPA needed to
800.292.7935 401.736.1100 the qualitative or quantitative standards of academic meet the SAP requirements.
progress for students who apply for and/or receive federal
Florida Texas financial aid. To remain eligible for financial aid at Pratt, United States Bureau of Indian Affairs Aid to Native
Office of Student Financial Assistance Texas Higher Education recipients are required to show Satisfactory Academic Americans Higher Education Assistance Program
325 W. Gaines Street Coordinating Board Progress (SAP) toward a degree according to the guidelines Application Procedures
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400 1200 E. Anderson Lane listed in the Satisfactory Academic Progress Chart (see Application forms may be obtained from the Bureau of
888.827.2004 Austin, TX 78752 Registration and Academic Policies section). Indian Affairs. An application is necessary for each year
800.242.3062 of study (an official needs analysis from Pratt’s Office of
Illinois What Are Qualitative or Quantitative Standards? Student Financial Services also is required each year).
Illinois Student Assistance Commission Federal regulations require the Office of Student Qualitative Measure: Each first-time applicant must obtain tribal enrollment
500 West Monroe, 3rd Floor Financial Services to monitor the pro­gress of each student Each student receiving financial aid is expected to certification from the bureau, agency, or tribe that
Springfield, IL 62704 (receiving financial aid) toward degree completion successfully complete all of his/her classes with good records enrollment for the student’s tribe.
800.899.4722 on two measures (1) Qualitative (cumulative grade point grades to continue receiving financial aid payments.
average) and (2) Quantitative (completion of credits Selection of Recipients and Allocation of Awards
Massachusetts required). Students who fall behind in their coursework or Quantitative Measure: To be eligible, the applicant must:
American Student Assistance Corporation fail to achieve minimum standards for qualitative and In order to maintain financial aid eligibility, the maximum ll Be at least one-fourth American Indian, Eskimo,
100 Cambridge Street quantitative measures may lose their eligibility for all types number of attempted credits and length of time for or Aleut;
Boston, MA 02114 of federal and state aid and institutional aid administered. completion of a particular degree is 150 percent. ll Be an enrolled member of a tribe, band, or group
800.999.9080 recognized by the Bureau of Indian Affairs;
Qualitative Measure: How Does SAP Work? ll Be enrolled in or accepted for enrollment at Pratt,
New Hampshire Each student receiving financial aid is expected to The Office of Student Financial Services determines this pursuing at least a four-year degree;
New Hampshire Higher Education successfully complete all of his/her classes with good eligibility after the submission of spring semester grades ll Have financial need.
Assistance Foundation grades to continue receiving financial aid payments. (once a year). Undergraduate and graduate students who
4 Barrell Court A student must maintain at least the minimum cumulative do not meet the minimum requirements for continuance Rights and Responsibilities of Recipients
Concord, NH 03301 GPA for his/her particular degree of study to be consist­ on federal aid according to this policy will be notified of For grants to be awarded in successive years, the student
800.719.0708 ent with the requirements for graduation. their status by the Office of Student Financial Services must make satisfactory progress toward a degree and
during the month of June. show financial need. Depending on availability of funds,
New Jersey Quantitative Measure: grants also may be made to graduate students and summer
New Jersey Higher Education In order to maintain financial aid eligibility, the maximum What Are the Statuses If a Student Fails to Meet the session students. Eligible married students also may
Assistance Authority number of attempted credits for completion of a degree is SAP Requirements for Financial Aid? receive living expenses for dependents. Students must not
P.O. Box 545 150 percent of the required credits for that particular Probation—A student will receive this flag the first time  owe any refunds on Federal Pell Grants or any other awards
Trenton, NJ 08625 degree. Pratt will review each student’s eligibility at the end he/she fails to meet the minimum requirements for paid, or be in default of any student loan.
800.792.8670 of each year. If the student has exceeded the maximum

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Application Procedures
Application forms may be obtained from the Native
American Education Unit, New York State Education
Department, Albany, NY 12230. The completed
application form should be forwarded by the applicant
to the Native American Education Unit along with the
following materials:
ll Official transcript of high school record or photocopy
of General Equivalency Diploma
ll Letter(s) of recommendation from one or more leaders
in the community attesting to the applicant’s personality
and character
ll Personal letter, setting forth clearly and in detail,
educational plans and desires
ll Signatures of the parents of minor applicants, approving
education plans
ll Official tribal certification form
Selections of Recipients and Allocation of Awards
The applicant must:
ll be a member of one of the Native American tribes
located on reservations within New York State;
ll have graduated from an approved high school, or have
earned a General Equivalency Diploma, or be enrolled
in a program in an approved postsecondary institution
leading to degree-credit status and the General
Equivalency Diploma; and
ll be enrolled in an approved postsecondary institution
in New York State. State Aid to Native Americans is
an entitlement program. There is neither a qualifying
examination nor a limited number of awards.
Award Schedule
The award is $1,000 per year for a maximum of four years of
full-time study, a minimum of 12 credit hours per semester.
Rights and Responsibilities of Recipients
Students are responsible for notifying the Native American
Education Unit in writing of any change in student status or
program or institutional enrollment.
Source:
Native American Education Program Unit
State Education Department
Room 475 EBA
89 Washington Ave
Albany, New York 12234
Phone: 518.474.0537
Fax: 518.474.3666
Financial Aid
Veterans Administration (VA)
Educational Benefits
Application forms are available at all Veterans Admin­istr­
ation offices, active duty stations, and American embassies.
Completed forms are submitted to the nearest VA office.
(See Veterans Assistance under Registration.)
FINANCIAL AID INSTRUCTIONS AND SCHEDULES
All application materials are available at www.pratt.edu/
financing or in the Office of Student Financial Services
(Myrtle Hall, 6th Floor). Students must submit the following
to be considered for federal, state, and Pratt Institute
aid for the next academic year:
1. Financial Aid Forms for 2019-2020
Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
Student must file this form in order to become eligible
for any type of federal or state aid.
2. If requested only, IRS tax transcript 2017 (parents
and students).
Mail to:
Office of Student Financial Services
Myrtle Hall, 6th Floor
Pratt Institute
200 Willoughby Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11205
Deadline: May 15, 2019, for tax transcripts, if required.
1. Federal Direct Loans (Subsidized and Unsubsidized)
Loan applications are available to the student and parent
at www.studentloans.gov. We can notify students of
their loan eligibility only in an award letter. Notifying the
student of his or her loan eligibility levels in an award
letter is only the first step. Continuing students who wish
to apply for a loan should file the FAFSA by February 1.
Last year, if you filed the Master Promissory Note (MPN),
you don’t have to submit another MPN.
2. New York State Residents Only
Students can apply for a grant from the Tuition
Assistance Program (TAP) by filling out a Free Application
for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The state began
processing these forms in May 2016. They will mail the
student an Express TAP Application (ETA), which he or
she must complete, sign, and return to New York State
Higher Education Service Corporation.
3. Other Information We Request
A financial aid counselor may ask for additional
information when the student’s application is reviewed.
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It is important to respond quickly. Aid cannot be Services. Those who have any outstanding debts
finalized until we receive the requested information. with Student Financial Services will not be considered.
4. Apply Early D. You must submit copies of bank statements for the
Call us with questions at 718.636.3599 or email us at past six months; telephone, utility, and rent bills; and
sfs@pratt.edu. Filing deadline is February 1. Filing after this a budget for the academic year.
deadline may jeopardize eligibility for Pratt scholarships E. If you are sponsored, you must submit proof of your
and grants. sponsor’s inability to continue with the financial
commitment.
OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT MAY BE REQUIRED, F. You must submit a statement outlining your academic
DEPENDING ON STUDENT’S SITUATION goals at Pratt, what contributions you have made as
ll Application for a Federal Stafford or Federal PLUS an international student to the campus life, and why
Loan. Recommended submission date: May 20. you need the scholarship.
Late submissions may not be processed in time for G. You must submit a letter of recommendation.
September payment of bills. H. If you are receiving Pratt’s financial assistance, your
ll Citizenship documentation if student is not a U.S. citizen. travels will be restricted.
ll Documentation on outside scholarships.
ll Various verification requirements, such as tax returns, The above-listed documents must be submitted as proof
only if requested. of unforeseen economic need to the Office of International
ll Copy of driver’s license and Social Security card. For the Affairs, attention: Director of International Student Affairs.
2019-20 academic year, please refer to the financial aid
section of the Pratt website: www.pratt.edu/financing.
RESTRICTED GRANTS AND SCHOLARSHIPS
These scholarships and grants are awarded on the basis of
academic achievement and/or financial need. There are
no special financial aid forms for Restricted and Endowed
Scholarships. Recipients are determined by the Office of
Student Financial Services, with input from the deans or
department chairs based on criteria established by the
donors. These awards are generally made to continuing
students in the spring semester for one year only, and
are based on the availability of funds in any given year.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS
The International Student Scholarship for the academic
year 2019–2020 will be available to those enrolled students
who have encountered financial hardship. Students must
demonstrate unforeseen economic need. A Financial Aid
Committee will determine the eligibility of the applicant.
The scholarship funds are very limited. Since the award is
based only on unforeseen economic need, there is no
application deadline. The scholarship, if awarded, is to be
used for tuition and fees only.
You Must Follow These Guidelines:
A. You must be in good academic standing and must
submit the latest copy of your transcript.
B. You must have been enrolled at Pratt for at least one
academic year.
C. You must have clearance from Student Financial
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Tuition and Fees
Director, Student Financial
Services and Collections
Yvette Mack
ymack@pratt.edu
Assistant Director, Accounts
Receivables and Cash Controls
Loretta Edwards
ledwards@pratt.edu
Assistant Director, Student
Financial Services
Madeline Vega-Mourad
mvegamou@pratt.edu
Office
Tel: 718.636.3539
Fax: 718.636.3740
sfs@pratt.edu
STUDENTS COLLABORATING ON A PROJECT
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COSTS
The following approximate costs are in effect at the time
of publication. They are subject to change by action of
the Board of Trustees. The Institute reserves the right to
change regulations at any time without prior notice; it also
reserves the right to change tuition and fees as necessary.
Tuition and fees are payable in full at the time of
registration.
Undergraduate
Credits 1–11 $1,670 per credit
Credits 12–18 $51,754 annually
Credits 19+ $51,754 plus $1,670 per credit in
excess of 18 credits
Fees
Fees vary according to program. For a complete listing
of fees, see the next page. Please refer to the graduate
bulletin for graduate tuition and fees.
Books and Supplies
$3,000 per year, depending on the program.
Other Expenses
For resident students (students living away from home in
either on-campus or off-campus housing), an estimated
$600 per month (for a nine-month period) should be
allowed for food, housing, clothing, and other personal
needs. For commuter students (students living at home),
an estimated $250 per month should be allowed for
personal expenses and transportation.
Students provide their own textbooks and instructional
and art supplies. These books and supplies may be pur­
chased either online or at local art supply stores. Bookstore
expenses are not chargeable to the student’s Institute
tuition account. For those students who have a third party
book voucher, they must purchase their books up front and
provide the voucher with eligible copies of the receipt in
order to be reimbursed.
TUITION PAYMENT
Students are charged tuition according to their enrollment
status. An undergraduate student taking a graduate course
applicable to his or her undergraduate degree is charged at
the undergraduate rate. A graduate student taking an under-
graduate course is charged tuition at the graduate rate.
TERMS OF PAYMENT
Bills are payable by personal or certified check, money
order, VISA, Mastercard, American Express, Discover, debit
cards featuring the NYCE symbol, or wire transfer in advance
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of each term. We will no longer accept credit cards in
person or over the phone. All credit card transactions will
be accepted online only. All credit and debit card payments
must be made online through the myPratt portal. Checks
should be made payable to Pratt Institute. Payment is also
accepted online. There is a 2.5 percent convenience fee
charged with each credit card transaction. Library fines, lost
ID cards, and fees not charged to your student account do
not incur the fee. Pratt Card transactions also do not incur
the fee. E-checks are free.
DEFERRED PAYMENT PLAN (FALL AND SPRING*)
The Tuition Installment Plan, managed by Tuition
Management Systems (TMS) of Warwick, Rhode Island,
provides a way to pay educational expenses through
manageable monthly installments instead of paying one
lump sum. TMS is not a loan; therefore, no interest is
charged. The fee is $115 per semester. Open enrollment
begins April 15 and you have a choice of the 3-, 4-, or
5-month plans.
The monthly installments can be automatically drafted
from the student’s bank checking account, eliminating
the need to write a check each month. TMS will provide the
student with an easy-to-use worksheet to assist in budget­
ing educational expenses for the year. A semester-based
plan is also available. For further information, call or write:
Tuition Management Systems
171 Service Avenue, Second Floor
Warwick, RI 02886
800.722.4867
www.afford.com/pratt
Please notify Student Financial Services at the following
address or phone number if you are using TMS.
Pratt Institute
Student Financial Services
200 Willoughby Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11205
718.636.3539
sfs@pratt.edu
General Fees
$50 Application fee
$90 Application fee, international students
$300 Acceptance deposit
$300 Residence deposit
Tuition and Fees
Activities Fee Each Term
$155 Undergraduate activities fee each fall and spring
term: full-time students
$92 Undergraduate activities fee each fall and spring
term: part-time students (11 or fewer credits)
Student activities funds are used for student publications
and the expenses of student organizations.
Academic Facilities Fee
$350 Each fall and spring term: full-time students
$195 Each fall and spring term: part-time students
$195 Each summer term for all students
TBD Mandatory health insurance fee per semester.
May be waived each semester with proof of
personal health insurance.
$100 Full-time international student fee per semester
$75 Part-time international student fee per semester
This fee is targeted to improve facilities, equipment, and
materials that directly enhance instruction.
Technology Fees
$325 Each fall and spring term: full-time students
$165 Each fall and spring term: part-time students
$165 Each summer term for all students
Architecture Fees
$50  Architecture shop fee. Each fall, spring, summer
term: full-time and part-time students
Health Services Fees
$200 Each fall and spring term: full-time students
$102 Each fall and spring term: part-time students
Miscellaneous Fees
$100 Shop Safety Certification Class (School of Art
and School of Design)
$35 Fee for issuance of duplicate diploma
$55 Readmission fee
$20 Leave of absence fee
$100 Portfolio/work experience deposit
$100 Library thesis submittal fee (per copy)
$501 Portfolio/work experience fee per
undergraduate credit evaluated. Fee: 30
percent of undergraduate per credit rate.
$25 Lost/stolen ID card replacement fee
Lock/Key Replacement Fees
$20 Lock (core) replacement—Residential Life
$3 Key replacement—Residential Life
$25 Unreturned mailbox key—Mailroom
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Auditing Courses
A. Students and community pay 50 percent of the
published “per credit” tuition rate for each course.
B. Pratt alumni pay 40 percent of the published “per
credit” rate for each course.
C. All persons auditing courses are charged 100 percent of
all fees.
Zero-Credit Internships
A. Zero-credit internships may have billing credits, which
are charged at 30 percent of the “per credit” rate.
B. All zero-credit internships are charged 100 percent of
all fees.
Late Payment Fees
A late fee of $195 will be charged for any unpaid balances
after the due date.
Returned Check Fees
$25 Fee for checks returned for insufficient funds
Transcript Request Fees
$7.50 By internet, www.pratt.edu/registrar
$10 By internet, www.pratt.edu/registrar for
express service (transcript leaves Pratt within
one working day of receipt on campus)
$15 In-person requests
$18.50 UPS Service
Digital Arts Lab Fees
$45 per course All 100/200/300-level DDA courses
$55 per course All 400/500-level courses
$65 per course All 600-level courses
FINE ARTS STUDIO REFUNDABLE DEPOSITS
BFA Senior Painting and Drawing
Refundable Studio Deposit
$10 Deposit for the entire year
Deposits are paid to Student Financial Services and
refunded by check.
BFA Sculpture Refundable Key Deposit
$10 For combined junior and senior year
BFA Printmaking Senior Refundable Studio Deposit
$20 Studio deposit for the entire year
Tuition and Fees
Deposits are paid to Student Financial Services and
refunded by check.
Film/Video Student Fees
$50 Basic lab fee for a single 100–400-level course
$10 Fee per each additional 100–400-level course
Fine Arts Shop Fee (per course) Fall and Spring
$60 All 200–600-level courses in sculpture
$50 All 200–600-level courses in ceramics
$45 All 200–600-level courses in jewelry
$45 All 200–600-level courses in printmaking
Students not enrolled in ceramics courses, but requesting
use of facilities and clay: $75
Photography Student Fees
$60 Basic lab fee for 100-400-level courses
Fee provides students access to checking out equipment
and use of the black-and-white darkrooms. This fee is
paid once per semester regardless of the number of PHOT
100-400-level courses in which a student is enrolled.
$100 Digital printing fee required for PHOT-210
Fee provides students access to digital labs and unlimited
printing on small-format inkjet printers.
$250 Digital mural printing fee required for PHOT-310,
PHOT-410, PHOT-455
Fee provides students access to all digital labs and
unlimited printing on inkjet printers including large-format
inkjet printers.
$75 Non-silver photo lab fee required for PHOT‑415,
PHOT‑416
Fee provides students access and chemistry materials for
the non-silver lab.
$ 75 Lighting studio fee required for PHOT-322,
PHOT‑422
Fee provides students access to lighting studios
and equipment.
Students not enrolled in photography courses but request­
ing use of photography labs may do so with departmental
approval and payment of associated fees listed above.
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 BFA Senior Jewelry Refundable Studio Deposit
$25 Deposit for the entire year, paid to Student
Financial Services
LIBRARY REPRODUCTION FEES
Image Fees Summary
$10 Already digitized ($10 handling fee for up to
5 images, after that $1 add’l per image)
$25 New digital files per image ($25 set up fee
that covers up to 5 images, after that $1 add’l per
image)
$25 Handling for fragile/rare materials (add’l $50 per
hour, with a haf hour minimum of $25)
Rush fees (additional 50 perent of total fee)
CD or DVD (additional $5 per order plus variable shipping/
delivery fee)
Library Late Fines
$0.2 Circulating books—per day
$0.2 Picture files—per day per envelope
$2 Course reserve items—per hour or
portion thereof
$5 Interlibrary loan items—per day
$1 Film and videos, DVDs—per day
$5 Film and videos, 16mm—per day
$12 Multimedia equipment—per day
$0.5 35mm slides—per day per box
Library Lost Item Replacement Fees
$90 Circulating books ($15 add’l may be charged if a
softcover is replacing a hardcover book)
$25 Picture files
$90 Course reserve items
$90 One-day loans
Interlibrary loan items—Lending library determines
replacement costs
Film and videos—DVDs and 16mm—replacement cost
Multimedia equipment—replacement cost
35mm slides—determined by department
Friends of the Library Fees
$100 General public (for library access privileges
and book borrowing–2 books limit)
$50 Alumni
Tuition and Fees
COURSE WITHDRAWAL REFUNDS
Procedures for official withdrawals are as follows:
Students who want to withdraw must fill out the official
withdrawal form (available in the student’s academic
department), have the form signed by the Office of Student
Financial Services and submit it immediately to the Office
of the Registrar. Refunds are determined by the date the
drop/add or complete withdrawal form is signed by the
Office of the Registrar.
For all students, the following course withdrawal penalty
schedules apply:
PRATT INSTITUTE REFUND POLICY
Full Refund: Withdrawal prior to and including the opening
day of term
85 Percent Tuition Refund: Withdrawal from the 2nd
through 8th day of the term
70 Percent Tuition Refund: Withdrawal from the 9th through
15th day of the term
55 Percent Tuition Refund: Withdrawal from the 16th
through 22nd day of the term
No Refund: Withdrawal after the 22nd day of the term
Federal Refund Policy
For students receiving Title IV funds who withdraw officially
or unofficially from all classes, the federal refund
calculation will be based on the amount of Title IV earned,
based on the amount of time the student has been in
attendance.
Examples of the application of each of these policies
are available in the Office of the Bursar. Where a refund is
required to be returned to Title IV funds, payments will be
made in the following order:
1. Unsubsidized Federal Direct Stafford Loan
2. Subsidized Federal Direct Stafford Loan
3. Federal Direct Plus Loan
4. Federal Perkins Loan
5. Federal Pell Grant
6. FSEOG
7. Other Title IV aid
8. Other federal sources
9. State, private, institutional aid
Student individual fees are not refundable after the first
day of the term. Once the student’s request is received,
processing takes approximately 14 working days. Liability is
computed from the date the form is signed by the registrar
staff. Withdrawals may not be made by telephone. Check
registration schedules and the Institute’s calendar for exact
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liability deadline dates each semester. Withdrawal from
courses does not automatically cancel housing or meal
plans. Penalties for housing and meal plans are calculated
based on the date the student submits a completed
Adjustment Form to the Office of Residential Life.
REFUNDS ON CREDIT BALANCES
A credit balance on a student’s account after applying Title
IV funds (Federal Student Aid Funds) will be automatically
refunded, and a refund will be sent to your preferred
method (either direct deposit, check, or debit card) within
14 days of the later of any of the following dates: (1) the date
the credit balance occurs; (2) the first day of classes of a
payment period of enrollment; or (3) the date the student
rescinds his or her authorization to apply Title IV funds to
other charges or for the institution to hold excess funds.
BANKING FACILITIES
There is no bank on campus. Students can cash personal
checks at the local TD Bank branch on Myrtle Avenue with a
Pratt ID and a goverment issued ID such as driver’s license
or passport.
BILLING
A “billing” address may be established, changed, or deleted
at any time by writing to or visiting the Office of the
Registrar.
BILLING SCHEDULE
For those students who have registered, fall semester bills
are available online during the second week of July, and
spring semester bills are available online during the first week
of December. Summer bills are available online in May.
Bills are no longer mailed. They are available online
through the My.Pratt portal once you are registered. Each
semester, several emails are sent to alert students to view
their bills online. Consult the costs section and the
student’s housing license if an earlier estimate is needed.
Consult the annual Academic Calendar and Academic
Guide for exact payment deadlines.
NOTICE OF IRS FILING
For any cash amount paid totaling $10,000 or more made
within a 12-month period, the IRS form 8300 will be
completed and sent to the IRS. Please be sure to present
photo ID.
PAYMENTS
Payments must include the student’s name and ID number.
Checks and money orders should be made payable to Pratt
Institute in U.S. dollars and drawn on a U.S. bank. Checks
Tuition and Fees
drawn on an international bank may delay credit to the
student’s account and may be subject to a collection fee
imposed by Pratt’s bank. Students may pay in person and
receive a receipt by presenting the invoice and payment to
Student Financial Services, Myrtle Hall 6th floor, between
9 AM and 5 PM, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday. Evening
hours are scheduled on Thursdays. Payment online or by
mail avoids waiting in line. Please allow five working days for
mail delivery and a minimum of three weeks for processing.
RETURNED CHECKS
The Institute charges a processing fee of $25 when a
check is returned by the student’s bank for any reason.
Any check in payment of an Institute charge that is returned
by the bank may result in a late payment charge as well as
a returned check charge.
REGISTRATION (FIRST DAY OF CLASS)
We reserve the right to restrict registration eligibility for
students with high balances.
COLLECTION ACCOUNTS
The student will be responsible for all collection costs
associated with delinquent accounts forwarded to an
outside collection agency because of nonpayment.
ADJUSTMENTS
We strongly recommend that you view your bill online
periodically. In addition, we recommend giving parents or
any third party payer access to the Parent Module so they
can view/pay your bill online. If a student contests a portion
of the bill, he or she should pay the uncontested portion
by the due date and immediately contact the appropriate
office to request an adjustment. Adjustments should be
pursued and resolved immediately to avoid a hold on
registration or grades.
DIRECT LOANS (STAFFORD, PLUS)
Loan funds are sent to Pratt by the federal government
electronically (EFT). Funds will be disbursed in accordance
with federal regulations, and a signature may be required.
Alternative Loan Checks
In some instances, lenders disburse Alternative Loans in
paper check form, which may require a signature. Loan
checks are made payable jointly to Pratt Institute and the
student. Payees must endorse the checks before they can
be applied to the student’s account. The student will be
held responsible for the loan portion of the balance on his
or her account whether or not he or she receives the loan.
It is the student’s responsibility to contact the federal
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government when delays occur. A student whose Institute
bills are overdue will not be allowed to register to the
Institute, receive grades, transcripts, or diploma, or have
enrollment or degrees confirmed until financial obligations
are paid in full.
PLUS loan checks are sent to the parent directly unless
a parent gives written consent to have any PLUS loan excess
returned to the student.
PRATT TUITION REFUND DISBURSEMENTS
Parntering with Tuition Management Systems, all current
students will have the opportunity to choose how they want
their tuition refund. Pratt Institute is always looking for ways
to accommodate the busy and demanding lives of our
students. You can receive your money in either of these
forms:
ll Electronically transfer money to any checking and/or
savings account (direct deposit funds available 2–3 days)
ll Choose the debit card option with the ability to make
purchases anywhere Discover Cards are accepted.
(Funds typically available immediately once card is
received and loaded.)
If no choice is made, you will receive a physical check
from TMS. (This option takes the longest to receive your
funds (7–10 days). For more information regarding refunds,
please visit www.afford.com/pratt.
The ATM located in the the Juliana Curran Terian Design
Center is the free ATM where no charges are assessed for
withdrawing funds.
You can also transfer the available funds to your
personal checking/savings account or request a paper
check be mailed to you, at no cost.
Please contact Student Financial Services directly at
sfs@pratt.edu.
FLYWIRE FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS
Pratt Institute is always looking for ways to accommodate
the busy lives of our students. The Institute has recently
partnered with FlyWire to offer an innovative way to
streamline your international tuition payments. Developed
by an international student, peerTransfer offers a simple,
secure, and cost-effective method for transferring and
processing education payments in foreign currencies.
By offering favorable conversion rates unmatched
by larger financial institutions, FlyWire enables Pratt’s
international students to pay from any country and any
bank while saving a significant amount of money.
Tuition and Fees
Furthermore, students will be able to:
A. track the progress of their payment throughout
the transfer;
B. be alerted when their payment is received; and
C. track the progress of their tuition payments via an
online dashboard and be assured that their payments
are going to the correct account.
You can find the link to the FlyWire solution at
www.pratt.edu/student-life/student-services.
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In order to attend any course at Pratt Institute,
Registration and a student must:
1. Be formally approved for admission.
Academic Policies ll Matriculated students will receive an acceptance
letter/email that includes a oneKey (username)
and ID number (initial password). It may also include
additional requisites required for admission to
a program.
ll All final and official college and high school
transcripts (indicating date of graduation) must be
submitted to the Institute prior to enrollment.
ll Non-matriculated students will be provided this
information once they submit a nonmatriculated
student application in the Registrar’s Office and
pay the fee. They do not have to follow steps two
and three.
2. Meet with an academic adviser and have a program
of courses approved by that adviser on Academic
Tools—the portion of www.pratt.edu/myPratt that
allows students to register for classes, add or drop
sections, view their grades, and review their degree
audit. Your academic adviser and your appointment
dates for advisement and registration are listed on your
degree audit. Students should contact their adviser
for assistance.
3. Register for the approved courses online during the
designated registration period. A student’s registration
date is displayed under the student’s name when
he or she logs in to www.pratt.edu/myPratt. Online
registration is done on Academic Tools.
4. Pay tuition and fees to the Student Financial Services
Registrar Office. Students—and persons approved by that
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student via the Parent Module—can view the bill on
Associate Registrar www.pratt.edu/myPratt. See the Tuition and Fees
TBA section of this bulletin for more information.
Assistant Registrars
Marcia Approo
Students are fully responsible for tuition and fees after
mapproo@pratt.edu they complete Steps 1 through 3 above. If students do not
complete Step 4 before the first day of class, their unpaid
Lillian Gooden registrations may be canceled according to the payment
lgooden@pratt.edu
schedule. Responsibility for a correct registration and a
Juliet Lee correct academic record rests entirely with the student.
jlee170@pratt.edu Students are responsible for knowing regulations regarding
withdrawals, refund deadlines, program changes, and
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coutlaw@pratt.edu
academic policies.
Instructors will not admit students to classes in which
Nicholas Scott they are not official­ly registered. Proof of official registration
nscott@pratt.edu may be obtained in the Office of the Registrar or through
Office
myPratt. Any stu­dent who attends a class without valid
Tel: 718.636.3663 registration (i.e., he or she is not on the official class roster)
reg@pratt.edu will not have credits or a grade recorded for that course.
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IDENTIFICATION CARDS AND SERVICES
As part of orientation, new students are issued identifi­
cation cards. Students must present their PrattCard
to receive services and privileges, gain entry into
campus buildings, and identify themselves to Institute
officers as necessary. People who cannot, or will
not, produce a student identification card are not
recognized as students and are not entitled to student
services. To find out more about the PrattCard, log
in at www.pratt.edu/myPratt (the PrattCard is on the
left side of the dashboard). The PrattCard Office is
located in the Activities and Resource Center (ARC),
Lower Level, Room A-109.
PRATT EMAIL ACCOUNTS AND MYPRATT ACCESS
The portal www.pratt.edu/myPratt is Pratt’s interactive
student gateway. It provides access to grades, schedules,
bills, applications for graduation and transcripts, as well
as other academic information.
No additional applications or activations are necessary.
All student user names are automatically assigned by the
Information Technology Office. Pratt email and myPratt
accounts are assigned to all students at the time of admission.
The Admissions Office mails a letter to all deposited students
with their Pratt email address and ID number.
Pratt online accounts must be used for all official
Institute communication, as an individual’s Pratt email
address is the only way to validate the authenticity of the
requester. No official requests will be fulfilled from any
email address that does not end with a pratt.edu suffix.
Likewise, all official Institute communications sent
electronically are emailed to this address. Some notices
are only sent electronically. Students are responsible
for the information sent to their Pratt email.
STUDENT REGISTRATION
New Student Initial Registration
Entering new students may be required to go online
and choose courses during the new student registration
time period. The Registrar’s Office will provide detailed
registration instruction materials for entering new
students. Some departments provide advisement in a
group setting; others complete advisement by phone
or email. Contact advisers for further information.
Payment of tuition and fees must be completed before
August 1 to avoid a late fee.
All new students are required to participate in the
orientation program before the start of their initial
semester. Contact the Office of Student Involvement
for published schedules.
Continuing Student Registration
Continuing students are assigned a registration date based
on their degree progress. Official registration dates can
be found in the Academic Calendar or in the Academic
Guide for Students (emailed to all students each fall).
To avoid late fees, all registered students who plan to
continue in subsequent semesters are required to register
during the open registration period. This regis­tration
period closes at the end of the previous semester. Failure
to register during the open registration period and make
payment in advance may result in late fees. Late registrations
will also severely jeopardize a student’s chances of obtaining
his or her preferred academic course schedule.
Late Registration
Late registration periods are subject to a late fee.
The amounts and timing of these fees are described in
the Tuition and Fees section of this bulletin and the
Academic Calendar. Registration or reinstatement after
the published add period requires a written appeal to
the Office of the Registrar.
Admission to Class
It is the responsibility of each student to obtain an official
schedule (printout of registered course, section, credit,
and time) on myPratt after completion of the registration
process. Students are strongly cautioned to review and
confirm all data. If any course/section/credit correction
is necessary, the student can make adviser-approved
changes on myPratt through the first two weeks of classes
(drop/add period) only. Students may also alter their
schedule with the assistance of their department or with
a Drop/Add form available in academic offices or the
Office of the Registrar.
VETERANS AFFAIRS
Pratt Institute participates in the following Veterans
Administration Benefits:
ll Chapter 33 Post 9/11 GI Bill
ll Chapter 30 Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB)
ll Chapter 1606 Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB-SR)
ll Chapter 31 Veterans Vocational Rehabilitation
Because the New York Regional Veterans Administration
(VA) will not accept certification of enrollment before the
first class day of any session, students planning to enroll
under any of the VA programs should initiate the
certification procedure by making an appointment to see
the veterans’ adviser in the Office of the Registrar after
registration is completed. Depending on the Chapter,
students receive monthly checks from the VA or the VA
will send the check directly to Pratt six to eight weeks
after certification. Failure to request certification upon
completion of registration may result in a four- to six-week
delay in the receipt of the first benefit check. As of
January 1976, those students receiving survivor’s benefits
(children of deceased veterans) are no longer required
to be certified by the school. Appropriate forms may be
obtained at the student’s VA Regional Office. New
transfer students who have already received educational
benefits should bring their VA claim number to the
veterans’ adviser.
New students who have been in active military service
must submit a certified copy of their DD 214 (discharge
papers). Students in Active Reserve should be certified
by their commanding officer, and the signature of
the Pratt veterans’ adviser should be obtained from the
Registrar’s Office. Students who support spouses, children,
or parents should submit birth certificates or marriage
cert­ifi­cates as appropriate. Students in the Reserve (Chapter
1606) seeking to obtain educational benefits should see
their commanding officer for eligibility counseling and forms
and, if eligible, should then see the Pratt veterans’ adviser for
certification. All students receiving benefits under Veterans’
Vocational Rehabilitation (Chapter 31) should contact their
counselors at the VA, who will forward an “authorization
form” to Pratt’s veterans’ adviser. These veterans should then
go to the Registrar’s Office after having been programmed
by their respective departments in order to present a signed
copy of the authorization to the Office of Student Financial
Services. Only after receiving this signed authorization
will the Office of Student Financial Services validate tuition
payment. Veterans receiving an allocation for books should
note that Pratt Institute does not maintain the campus
bookstore. The VA should be notified accordingly. Final and
official author­ization cannot be forwarded to the VA until the
student has completed registration. Pratt Institute serves
only as a source of certification and information to the VA
Regional Office. The student must carry out all financial
transactions with the VA directly. All transactions are carried
out with the Buffalo Office:
P.O. Box 4616
Buffalo, NY 14240
The New York Regional Office is at:
245 W. Houston Street (at Varick Street)
New York, NY 10014
Residency Requirement
Every undergraduate must complete at least 50 percent
of the credits required for graduation—including final 30
credits—at Pratt. Credits earned through approved study
abroad programs will be considered to be earned in
residence. To be considered for graduation honors, a
student must have completed a minimum of 50 percent
of the credits required to complete the degree at Pratt.
TRANSFER CREDITS
Transfer Credit Prior to Matriculation
Transfer credit is granted for courses that are appropriate
to the program curriculum at Pratt. Only a grade of C or
higher from a school accredited by an accrediting agency
or state approval agency recognized by the U.S. Secretary
of Education or the international equivalent, and only
a numeric evaluation of 70 or higher from international
institutions, will be considered accep­table for transfer
to the Pratt record. Grades of lower than C (including C-)
or less than 70 are not acceptable for transfer credit
evaluation. Institutions accredited by the New York State
Board of Regents will be individually evaluated, and credits
will be awarded according to articulation agreements.
Credits may be awarded for courses in which (1) a grade
of C or higher is earned from domestic institutions (or 70
or higher from international institutions as determined by
an official international credit evaluation service) and
(2) the courses correspond to the specific course require­
ments of the applicant’s program of study. Grades lower
than C (including C-) or less than 70 are not transferable.
Grades of transfer credit are not included in the GPA.
Students seeking transfer credits for studio courses in
art, design, or architecture are required to submit a
portfolio reflective of their studio course­work completed
in a prior institution as part of the admission application.
International students may be required to submit
additional class hour documentation to determine a U.S.
semester hour equivalency or have their credentials of
international credit hours evaluated by an official inter­
national credit evaluations service. Pratt accepts
international credit evaluation from any member of the
National Association of Credit Evaluation Services (NACES).
Pratt accepts up to 9 credits for Advanced Place­ment
(AP) with a score of four or five and the International
Baccalaureate (IB) Higher Level with a score of five or
greater (details are presented in the Admissions Section).
Credit may also be awarded for College Level Equivalency
Program (CLEP) tests with acceptable scores. Only tests
taken prior to matriculation at Pratt will be considered.
Credit evaluations will be comple­ted only after accept­
ance. Students petitioning for transfer credit(s) must
submit to the Admissions Office an official transcript from
each college attended prior to enrollment. Additional
transcripts will not be accepted for transfer credit

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evalu­ation after the beginning of the student’s first
semester at Pratt. Accepted students who seek AP, IB, or
CLEP credit must submit official copies of score reports
to the Admissions Office prior to enrollment.
Prior to registration, the transfer student receives an
estimate by the Office of Admissions of the credit that can be
expected for work done at previous college(s). Additional
documents may be requested by the Office of Admissions
(bulletin, course hours, syllabi, etc.) in order to complete
the estimated evaluation. Deposited students should mail all
education records to the Office of the Registrar. After all
final transcripts have been received, a complete evaluation
of transfer credit will be sent to the student.
Transfer Credit after Matriculation
Baccalaureate Programs
After initial matriculation, students may earn up to 6 credits
at another accredited institution if approved by the depart-
ment chair. Studio courses must have the approval of the chair
of the student’s program. Liberal arts courses must have the
approval of the appropriate department chair in the School of
Liberal Arts and Sciences. Students who leave Pratt (either by
taking a leave of absence or by withdrawing) and take courses
at other institutions should be mindful of this limit.
The type of credit to be received at Pratt must be speci-
fied in advance on the permission form. To be accepted for
transfer credit, the course must be recognized for credit by
the other accredited institution and must be passed with a
grade no lower than C. A grade of C- is not acceptable for
transfer purposes. Final grades of all transferred credits are
not included in the GPA.
Associate Programs
After initial matriculation, students may earn up to 3 credits
from another accredited institution. The type of credit
to be received at Pratt is specified in advance on the
permission form and approved by the department chair.
Graduate Programs
After initial matriculation, students may earn up to 6 credits
at another accredited institution. Graduate students need
to be mindful of the residency requirement.
PORTFOLIO/WORK EXPERIENCE CREDIT
Based on previous work experience and/or portfolio, credit
may be granted for undergraduate professional courses
in the School of Architecture, School of Art, and School of
Design. When applying for admission, the student should
indicate his or her intention to seek credits for work experi-
ence. Students must submit the following documentation
for credit consideration:
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ll Résumé
ll Professional portfolio
ll Letters from employers detailing responsibilities and
areas of expertise
To apply for portfolio/work experience credit, the following
steps must be followed.
How to Petition
ll Petition in person at the office of the appropriate chair.
You will be advised as to the feasibility of your request
and given a Statement of Intent to be completed.
You should keep a copy of the document and be sure
another is in your permanent file.
ll Present a copy of the Statement of Intent to the
Registrar’s Office with a $100 deposit. The Office of the
Registrar will give you an application form, which should
be returned to that office after completion. When
the entire process is complete, the Registrar’s Office
will apply the deposit to a fee schedule of 30 percent of
the regular per-credit tuition rate per credit evaluated.
ll Submit documentation as described above to the
appropriate departmental chair. Please allow one week
for evaluation.
ll Return the application with the proper authorization
to the Office of the Registrar to complete the process.
You will be billed accordingly. Payment is due upon
billing. A maximum of 32 credits can be evaluated for
those programs requiring fewer than 150 credits
for graduation and up to 42 credits for those programs
requiring more than 150 credits for graduation. Credits
earned through this procedure are not included in the
GPA. They will not count toward the Institute’s minimum
residency requirement.
STUDENT STATUS
Full-Time Undergraduate
To be classified as a full-time student, undergraduate
students must enroll for 12 or more semester credits (or an
equivalent combination of credits and activities recognized
as applicable). Students registered for Intensive English are
considered registered in activities equivalent to two credits
for each section.
Part-Time Undergraduate
Undergraduate students are classified as part-time if they
schedule or drop to fewer than 12 credits (or equivalent,
see above) of registered coursework.
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Attendance Policy
Pratt Institute understands that students’ engagement in
their program of study is central to their success. While no
attendance policy can assure that, regular class attendance
is key to this engagement and signals the commitment Pratt
students make to participate fully in their education.
Faculty are responsible for including a reasonable
attendance policy on the syllabus for each course they
teach, consistent with department-specific guidelines, if
applicable, and with Institute policy regarding reasonable
accommo­dation of students with documented disabilities.
Students are responsible for knowing the attendance policy
in each of their classes; for understanding whether a class
absence has been excused or not; for obtaining material
covered during an absence (note: instructors may request
that a student obtain the material from peers); and for
deter­mining, in consultation with the instructor and ahead
of time if possible, whether makeup work will be permitted.
Consistent attendance is essential for the completion
of any course or program. Attending class does not earn
students any specific portion of their grade, but is the
precondition for passing the course, while missing class may
seriously harm a student’s grade. Grades may be lowered a
letter grade for each unexcused absence, at the discretion
of the instructor. Even as few as three unexcused absences
in some courses (especially those that meet only once per
week) may result in an automatic “F” for the course. (Note:
Students shall not be penalized for class absences prior
to adding a course at the beginning of a semester, though
faculty may expect students to make up any missed
assignments.)
Pratt Institute respects students’ requirements to
observe days of cultural significance, including religious holy
days, and recognizes that some students might need to miss
class to do so. In this or other similar, circumstance, students
are responsible for consulting with faculty ahead of time
about how and when they can make up work they will miss.
Faculty are encouraged to give consideration to students
who have documentation from the Office of Health and
Counseling. Reasonable accommodations for students with
disabilities will continue to be provided, as appropriate.
ENROLLMENT VERIFICATION LETTERS
Students can generate a watermarked PDF record of
their periods of enrollment and current status at Pratt
Institute online through the National Student Clearinghouse.
This service can be accessed at any time through
www.pratt.edu/myPratt:
1. Log in with your OneKey at www.pratt.edu/myPratt;
2. Click on “Academic Tools” on the left side of the page.
Click on “log in” under “Verifications and Transcripts.”
Registration and Academic Policies
Through the Self-Service menu, a student may also:
ll Obtain a Good Student Discount Certificate.
ll View the enrollment information on file with the
National Student Clearinghouse. (Enrollment
information is provided to the National Student
Clearinghouse by many postsecondary institutions.
Enrollment in those schools is included.)
ll View the student loan deferment notifications that the
Clearinghouse has provided to your loan holders
(lenders and guarantors).
ll View the proof(s) of enrollment that the Clearinghouse
has provided to your health insurers and other
providers of student services or products.
ll Order or track a transcript.
ll View specific information about your student loans.
A student may request an enrollment verification letter on
Pratt Institute letterhead several ways:
ll Through the Academic Tools student menu (under
My Courses).
ll A written request including ID number and mailing/fax
destination from a student’s Pratt email account.
ll In person at the Registrar’s Office with a Pratt ID.
ll A written request by fax with copy of student ID and
signature.
In all cases where the student is not the direct recipient,
the student must provide written permission to release the
information as well as the name and address of the company
or person that is to receive the verification letter.
CHANGES AND WITHDRAWALS
Program/Major Changes
Each student must follow the program and major for
which she or he has been admitted to Pratt. The Institute
will not recognize a change of major as official unless the
change is processed with the appropriate approvals and
recorded in the student information system. A student
who wants to change a major must first speak with
his or her academic adviser. Course requirements for the
new major reflect the current catalog year. Hence, a
change in major may result in more credits being required
to graduate. It may also have an effect on the number of
transfer credits allowed.
Applying for a Change of Major (Same School)
If the departments are in the same school, a Change of
Major form (available in the Registrar’s Office) needs to be
completed and signed by the student and the chairs of
both the current and new department.
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A. Meet with an academic adviser to review the effect the
change of major will have. Be sure to print out a degree
audit for the new major before the meeting to see the
difference in the requirements.
B. Pick up an application for a change of major in the
Office of the Registrar; complete and sign the form.
C. Turn in the completed form, with required signatures,
to the Registrar’s Office.
Applying for a Change of Major (Different Schools)
If the departments are in different schools, students must
apply for this change in the Admissions Office (for example,
School of Architecture to School of Art or School of Design).
Course/Section Changes
The Institute recognizes no change of course(s) or section(s)
as official unless the change is processed online through
Academic Tools or with a Drop/Add form submitted with
the appropriate approvals to the Registrar’s Office. Courses
and course sections may be changed online during the
first two weeks of each semester. Once this add period is
over, no courses may be added to the student’s schedule.
Students paying by the credit who drop a course on or
after the first day of the term will be charged a percentage
of the course fee. (See refund period schedule below.)
It is the responsibility of the student to officially with­­draw
from any registered course or section. This decision must be
completed online through Academic Tools or by filing a pro-
perly completed Drop/Add form with the Regist­rar’s Office.
Failure to attend classes, to notify the instructor, or to make
or complete tuition payment does not constitute an official
withdrawal. A student who does not officially withdraw from a
registered course will receive a Withdrawal Failing (WF) for non-
attendance. Students who stop attending a course without
having officially dropped the course during the published
refund period will not be eligible for a retroactive refund.
Students may withdraw from a course during the first
11 weeks of the fall or spring semesters. A class that is
dropped from a student’s schedule after the second week of
the semester will remain on the student’s academic record
with the noncredited designation of WD (withdrawal).
No course withdrawal will be accepted after the
published deadline. WD grades earned via the official
with­drawal procedure cannot be changed.
Fall
Last day to add a class or change sections Sep. 9
Last day to drop a class with 100% refund Aug. 26
Last day to drop a class with 85% refund Sep. 2
Last day to drop a class with 70% refund Sep. 9
Last day to drop a class with 55% refund Sep. 16
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Spring
Last day to add a class or change sections Feb. 3
Last day to drop a class with 100% refund Jan. 21
Last day to drop a class with 85% refund Jan. 28
Last day to drop a class with 70% refund Feb. 4
Last day to drop a class with 55% refund Feb. 11
Summer
Last day to add a class or change sections May 24
Last day to drop a class with 100% refund May 18
Last day to drop a class with 55% refund May 25
Withdrawal from the Institute
Students who are leaving Pratt without graduating are
required to fill out a Permanent Withdrawal form. This form
permits the Registrar to drop or withdraw a student from all
registered classes. The form also serves to advise relevant
offices that a student is no longer enrolled. Students who
withdraw need to be advised about any financial obligations
and any academic repercussions of their actions.
The Permanent Withdrawal form is available online at
www.pratt.edu/registrar. The date that the form is
received to the Registrar’s Office is the official date used
for withdrawal. This date determines eligibility for WD
grades and a student’s charges for the term of withdrawal.
Only the submission of a Permanent Withdrawal form will
deactivate your status as a currently enrolled student.
Until that time, registration and billing stay in effect and
grades of WF will be issued for class absences.
None of the following actions causes an official
withdrawal or reduces financial liability for a semester:
ll Notifying a faculty member, department chair,
or academic adviser that you wish to withdraw.
ll Failing to pay the student account.
ll Failing to attend classes.
Students who are not enrolled during either the fall or
the spring semester and have not completed a Permanent
Withdrawal or Leave of Absence form will be officially
withdrawn from the Institute and will need to apply
for readmission.
LEAVE OF ABSENCE
A student in good academic and financial standing may
request a leave of absence for not more than two consecu­
tive semesters (excluding summer sessions). The Leave of
Absence form is available online at www.pratt.edu/registrar.
ll Students must apply for a leave of absence on or
before the last day to withdraw from classes for any
given semester.
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ll Only students in good academic and financial standing
will be approved.
ll A leave of absence will not be granted once a student’s
thesis is in progress.
ll International students must obtain authorization from
the Office of International Affairs.
ll Students applying for a leave of absence must pay a
$20 processing fee.
ll A student who wishes to register after an
undocumented leave must apply for readmission.
ll Students requesting leave for medical reasons must
obtain authorization from Health and Counseling.
Readmission
Students who do not attend Pratt for a semester or
more without receiving an official leave of absence must
apply for readmission. Applications for readmission
are available from the Registrar’s Office. Those applying
for readmission must submit a $55 application fee
payable to Pratt Institute.
Degree requirements are updated to reflect the
current catalog when a student is readmitted to a program
(rather than the one used in the initial acceptance).
The readmission application deadlines for each semester
are below.
Application Deadlines
Fall—August 15
Spring—December 15
Summer—May 1
PERSONAL DATA CHANGES
All personal data changes must be made in written form
only by the student. Students are responsible for report­
ing the following personal data changes to the Office of
the Registrar:
ll Change of name (requires legal documentation)
ll Change of address
ll Change of major
Note: Consult the Office of the Registrar for procedural
details on reporting these changes.
PREFERRED/CHOSEN NAME
It is the policy of the Institute to provide all members of
our community with the opportunity to use a name that is
different from their legal name where possible. In some
instances, the Institute is obliged to use a person’s legal
name and cannot use a chosen or preferred name. Such
instances include but are not limited to: employment and
payroll records, health insurance records, billing records,
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financial aid documents, reimbursements, travel and
purchasing authorizations, official transcripts, etc.
Preferred/Chosen names are limited to alphabetical
characters, a hyphen (-), and a space. Only one chosen
name may be in effect at a time. You may always revert
back to using your legal name instead of using a preferred/
chosen name.
The Institute reserves the right to remove a preferred/
chosen name if it is used inappropriately, including but not
limited to: names used for the purpose of misrepresentation,
names that are disruptive, or names used to attempt to
avoid a legal obligation.
Setting a preferred/chosen name will not change a
person’s legal name in Institute-related systems
PARENT MODULE
Students can authorize parents, guardians, or sponsors
to view current schedules, grades, degree progress and/or
access the tuition bill to see the current balance and
make payments. Students manage (grant or rescind) these
permissions through their Academic Tools. Parents and
sponsors can then access the system and log in at parents.
pratt.edu. To access the module:
1. Log in with your OneKey at www.pratt.edu/myPratt;
2. Click on “Academic Tools” on the left side of the page,
and click “log in”;
3. After the system logs you in, click on the “Students”
menu on the sidebar;
4. Through “Grant Parent/Sponsor Rights” (listed under 
“My Personal Information”), students decide which
information they allow each account to see or even
rescind previously given access. Students can request to
add people not listed on this screen by returning to the
Students menu and clicking “Request New Parent/
Sponsor” (under “My Personal Information”).
If a person is missing an email address or other important
information, a request to update his or her account
can be made through the same process.
TRANSCRIPT GENERAL POLICIES
ll The Registrar’s Office must have the student’s
written request or authorization to issue a transcript.
Parents cannot authorize the Registrar’s Office to
mail a transcript.
ll Official transcripts bear the Institute’s seal and
Registrar’s signature.
ll Partial transcripts are not issued. A transcript is
a complete record of all work completed at Pratt.
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ll Allow five (5) business days after receipt of the transcript
request for the transcript to be mailed. At certain peak
times, such as registration and Commencement, the
processing time may be longer.
ll Transcripts are not released until a student’s account
has been paid in full. Copies of transcripts from other
schools that were attended must be requested directly
from those schools. The Registrar’s Office cannot
release or copy transcripts in a student’s file.
TRANSCRIPTS
Unofficial Transcripts
Currently enrolled students can view and print an unofficial
transcript through Student Planning.
Official Transcripts
Official transcripts may be ordered in three ways: online,
by mail, or in person. (Note: Records containing financial
holds will not be processed until the hold is cleared.)
All transcript requests must have the following information
to be processed:
ll Name while attending Pratt Institute
ll 9-digit social security number or 7-digit Pratt ID number
ll Date of birth
ll Telephone number
ll Dates of attendance and/or graduation date
ll Destination information where transcript is to be mailed
Online
The easiest and most affordable way for students and
alumni to order an official Pratt transcript is through
the National Student Clearinghouse. This requires a valid
credit/debit card to place your order. Regular service
(three to five business days) is $7.25 per copy. Expedited
services are available for an additional cost. You can upload
additional forms to accompany your transcript if needed.
By Mail
Official transcripts may be ordered by mail by completing a
Transcript Request form available on our website. Delivery
and pricing information is available on the request form. Send
your request form with a check or money order (no cash) to:
Pratt Institute
Office of the Registrar
200 Willoughby Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11205
Registration and Academic Policies
In Person
Official transcripts may also be ordered in person at the
Office of the Registrar, Myrtle Hall, 6th Floor, during
registrar window hours. We can only accept cash or checks.
(A credit card payment can be charged at the financial
services window adjacent to the Registrar’s window.)
Requests for immediate processing and pick up are $15 per
copy. Requests to send official transcripts by regular
mail service (leaves Pratt in three to five business days)
are $10 per copy.
TRANSCRIPT NOTATION FOR VIOLENT OFFENSES
—TRANSCRIPT NOTATION PROCESS
As required by New York State Legislation Article 129-B,
effective October 5, 2015, Pratt Institute will denote
conduct outcomes on academic transcripts of students
found in violation of any policy violation that is deemed
a violent offense as defined by CLERY reportable crimes.
Transcript notations are applied at the conclusion of
the conduct proceedings and appeals processes.
The following are examples of language that may appear
on an academic transcript:
ll “Expelled after a finding of responsibility for a code of
conduct violation”
ll “Suspended after a finding of responsibility for a code
of conduct violation”
ll “Withdrew with conduct charges pending”
Transcript notations for a student suspended or who
chooses to withdraw pending conduct investigation will
remain on a transcript for a minimum of one year.
After one year’s time, a student may request to have the
transcript notation removed by filing an appeal with
the Vice President for Student Affairs. If an appeal is not
filed, the notation will be removed after seven years.
TRANSCRIPT NOTATION APPEALS PROCESS
To file an appeal to have the transcript notation
removed from an academic transcript, a student must
submit in writing to the Vice President for Student
Affairs the following:
ll A statement describing the incident and what was
learned over the time away from the institution.
ll Documentation of successful completion of an in/out
patient program or therapy to address the conduct.
ll Students who withdrew from the Institute prior to
resolution of the conduct process will need to
fulfill the sanctions found in absentia before being
permitted to appeal.
ll Transcript notations for students expelled are
permanent and cannot be appealed.
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WITHDRAWAL PRIOR TO CONDUCT
CASE ADJUDICATION
A student who withdraws from the Institute prior to an
outcome of a pending conduct case should understand
that the investigation will continue without their partici-
pation. A student can still be found responsible in their
absence. Withdrawal from the Institute will not protect
a student from possible criminal or civil action(s).
ORGANIZATION OF COURSE OFFERINGS
Courses numbered 100 through 499 are primarily reserved
for under­graduates. Graduate students will not receive
credit toward graduation for taking these courses.
Courses numbered 500 through 599 may be open to
both undergraduates with junior or senior class standing
and graduate students. Courses in this range are consider­
ed either 1) Technical Elective; 2) Qualifying; or 3) Graduate
courses whose content complements advanced under­
graduate studies. Credit earned within the 500-numbered
courses by undergraduate students may not be applied
toward a graduate degree. Graduate students enrolled
in 500-level courses are expected to perform with greater
productivity and capacity for research and analysis
than their undergraduate colleagues enrolled in the same
courses. Significantly more is expected of graduate
students in course projects, papers, and conferences.
Courses numbered 600 and above are generally for
graduate students only. A graduate course embraces
highly developed content that demands advanced
qualitative and quantitative per­formance and specialization
not normally appropriate to undergraduate courses.
Courses numbered 9000 and above are elective
internship courses.
SEMESTER HOUR CREDIT
In accordance with federal regulations, a credit/semester
hour is the amount of work represented in intended
learning outcomes and verified by evidence of student
achievement. Pratt Institute operates on a semester
calendar and awards credit on a semester basis. Each
semester is a minimum of 15 weeks. One credit is awarded
for at least three hours of student work per week, or the
equivalent amount of work over a different amount of time.
Student work may take the form of classroom time, other
direct faculty instruction, or out-of-class homework,
assignments, or other student work. A minimum of one
clock hour per week, or equivalent time in variable-length
courses, represents classroom or direct instruction time.
To determine the appropriate amount of classroom
time required for each course, Pratt follows the standards
established by its accrediting agencies. Typically, for
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each credit hour awarded to lecture or seminar courses,
the students receive 15 clock hours of direct instruction
and are required to perform an additional 30 hours
of out-of-class work. For each credit awarded to a studio
course, undergraduate students typically receive 22.5
clock hours, and graduate students receive 15 hours of
direct instruction and are required to complete a minimum
of 30 additional hours of out-of-class work.
GRADING SYSTEM
Letter Grades That Affect the Academic Index
A, A– excellent
The student has consistently demonstrated outstanding
ability in the comprehension and interpretation of the
content of the course. (Numerical Value: A = 4.0; A– = 3.7)
B+, B, B– above average
The student has acquired a comprehensive knowledge
of the content of the course. (Numerical Value: B+ = 3.3;
B = 3.0; B– = 2.7)
C+, C, C- acceptable
The student has shown satisfactory understanding of the
content of the course. (Numerical Value: C+ = 2.3; C = 2.0;
C- = 1.7)
D+, D less than acceptable
The student lacks satisfactory understanding of course
content in some important respects. (Numerical Value:
D+ = 1.3; D = 1)
F failure
The student has failed to meet the minimum standards for
the course. (Numerical Value: F= 0)
WF (Withdrawal Failure)
Grade given to a student with a failing grade due to lack
of attendance.
Note: The highest grade acceptable for recording is A (4.0)
and not A+; D (1.0), not D–, is the only grade preceding
F (0.0). The +/– grading system went into effect as of the
fall 1989 semester and is not acceptable for recording
purposes for prior semesters.
Grades That Do Not Affect the Academic Index
AUD (Audit, no credit)
Students must register for courses they plan to audit by
contacting the Registrar’s Office in person or by way of
their Pratt email account.
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CR (Credit)
Grade indicates that the student’s achievement was
satisfactory to assure proficiency in subsequent courses in
the same or related areas. The CR grade does not affect
the student’s academic index. The CR grade is to be
assigned to all appropriately documented transfer credits.
The CR grade is applied to credit earned at Pratt only if:
ll the student is enrolled in any course offered by a school
other than the one in which the student is matriculated,
and had requested from the professor at the start of the
term a CR/NCR option as a final grade for that term; and
ll the instructor has received approval to award CR
grades from the Office of the Provost. (This does not
apply to liberal arts courses within the School of
Liberal Arts and Sciences.)
IP (In Progress)
Designation used only for graduate student thesis, thesis
project for which satisfactory completion is pending, or
Intensive English course for which satisfactory competence
level is pending.
INC (Incomplete)
Designation given by the instructor at the written request
of the student and available only if the student has been
in regular attendance, to indicate the student has satisfied
all but the final requirements of the course, and has
furnished satisfactory proof that the work was not comp­
leted because of illness or other circumstances beyond his
or her control. The student must understand the terms
necessary to fulfill the requirements of the course and the
date by which work must be submitted. If the work is
not submitted by the understood date of submission, the
incomplete will be converted to a failure. If unresolved
at the end of the following semester, the grade is changed
to failure with a numerical grade value of 0.
NCR (No Credit)
Indicates that the student has not demonstrated
proficiency. (See CR for conditions of use.)
NG (No Grade Reported)
Indicates that the student was properly registered for
the course but the faculty member issued no grade.
The student should contact the professor. Students
cannot graduate with an NG on their record.
NR (No Record)
Grade given for no record of attendance in an enrolled
course. (All NR desig­nations must be resolved by the end
of the following term or the grade is changed to a letter
grade of F with a numerical value of 0.)
WD (Withdrawal from a registered class)
Indicates that the student was permitted to withdraw from
a course in which he or she was officially enrolled during
the drop period for that semester.
Grade Reports
Grade reports are not mailed to students. Grades may be
obtained via www.pratt.edu/myPratt (see instructions
below). Professors submit final grades online and students
are able to view their grades as soon as the in­structor
enters them. If there are any questions about the grade
received, a student should contact the instructor
immediately. Only the instructor can change a grade by
properly completing, signing, and submitting a Change of
Grade form directly to the Office of the Registrar. Time
limits have been allotted for resolving grade problems.
Spring and summer grades may not be changed after the
last day of the following fall semester. Fall grades cannot
be changed after the last day of the following spring
semester. Once this time limit has passed, all INC and NR
grades will convert to grade of F. To view grades online:
A. Log in with your OneKey at www.pratt.edu/myPratt;
B. Click on “Academic Tools” on the left side of the page,
and click “log in”;
C. After the system logs you in, click on the “Students”
menu on the sidebar;
D. Choose from the options offered under “My Grades
and Transcripts.”
Final Grades, Grade Disputes,
and Grade Appeal Policies
All grades are final as assigned by the instructor. If a student
feels that a grade received is an error, or that he or she
was graded unfairly, it is the student’s responsibility to
make prompt inquiry of the instructor after the grade has
been issued. Should this procedure not prove to be an
adequate resolution, the student should contact the chair
of the department in which the course was taken to
arrange a meeting and appeal the grade. If this appeal is
unsuc­cessful, a further and final appeal can be made to the
dean of the school in which the course was taken. It is
important to note that the faculty member who issued the
grade holds the authority to change the grade except in
cases of appealed grades.
If a grade is to be changed, the student must be sure
that the change is submitted within the following semester.
Petitions of change of any grade will be accepted only
up to the last day of the semester following the one in which
the grade was given. Other than resolution of an initially
assigned incomplete grade or of a final grade reported in
error, no letter grade may be changed following graduation.
REPEATED COURSES
A repeated course must be the same course as the one
for which the previous final grade was awarded.
Under­grad­uate students must repeat all required courses
in which F is the final grade. (HMS 101 and 201 courses
must be repeated if a grade of C is not earned.) No under­
graduate student may choose to repeat a course that
was passed with a grade of D or higher without specific
authorization from the chair or dean. The initial grade
will remain, but only the subsequent grade earned
will be averaged in the cumulative index from the point
of repeat onward.
GRADE POINT AVERAGE
A student’s Grade Point Average is calculated by dividing
the total Grade Points received by the total Credits Earned.
A Grade Point is computed by multiplying the Credits
Attempted for each class by a numerical value called Quality
Points earned for completing that class. Only credits
evaluated with letter grades that earn quality points (see
table below) are used in GPA calculations. Each semester
has a minimum length of 15 weeks. In courses that are
passed, a credit is earned for each period (50 minutes) of
lecture or recitation, and for approximately one and
one-half periods of laboratory or studio work, each week
throughout one term or the equivalent.
Quality Points
A = 4.00 C+ = 2.30
A– = 3.70 C = 2.00
B+ = 3.30 C– = 1.70
B = 3.00 D+ = 1.30
B– = 2.70 D = 1.00
F = 0.00
(If unresolved at the end of the following semester,
INC = F = 0.00 and NR = F = 0.00)
In the following example the GPA is 3.33: Grade = Quality
Points × Credits Earned = Grade Points
A= 4.00 × 3 = 12.00
B+= 3.30 × 3 = 9.90
B–= 2.70 × 3 = 8.10
=30.00
Total Grade Points ÷ Total Credits Attempted = Grade Points
30 ÷ 9 = 3.33 — 30 (total grade points) divided by 9 (total
credits) makes a GPA of 3.33.
INC (Incomplete) and NR (No Record) carry no numerical
value for one semester after the grade is given. Thereafter,
if unresolved, the INC and NR grades convert to an F and
carry a numerical value of 0.
The following grades do not carry numerical values and
are never calculated in the GPA:
P—Pass
CR—Credit
U—Unsatisfactory
WD—Withdrawal
AUD—Audit
NCR—No Credit
IP—In Progress
Final grades for credit transferred from other institutions
to the student’s Pratt record are not computed in the GPA.
ACADEMIC STANDING
Pratt Institute’s policies on academic standing intend to
ensure that all students receive timely notification when
they are subject to academic discipline or achieve
academic honors.
Each student is responsible at all times for knowing his
or her own standing. These standings are based on the
published academic policies, regulations, and standards of
the Institute. Students subject to academic discipline are
encouraged to take advantage of support services available
to them, including academic advisement, in an effort to
help them meet Institute academic standards.
All students’ records are reviewed at the end of each
semester to determine whether any student who has failed
to remain in good standing may continue in the program.
Good Standing
All undergraduate students must maintain a cumulative GPA
of at least a 2.0 (equivalent of a C) to remain in good standing.
An undergraduate student whose GPA falls below a 2.0 at
any time may be subject to academic discipline. The specific
conditions under which this policy will be invoked are as set
forth by the dean of each school. Written notification will be
furnished to the student by the dean.
Qualitative Standards of Academic Standing
The staff of each school’s advisement office evaluates
the academic standing of its students twice during the
academic year. The evaluations take place at the end of
each major semester (fall and spring).
Academic standing is based on cumulative GPA (for
academic discipline) and term GPA (for academic honors).
Beginning with the spring 1992 semester, a student’s GPA
above 2.0 will be rounded to one decimal point in evalu­ating
eligibility for President’s List and Dean’s List honors and
eligibility for restricted and/or endowed scholarships.

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 Standard notification letters are mailed to students
in the following categories:
ll President’s List Honors recipients
ll Dean’s List Honors recipients
ll Academic probation standing
ll Candidates for academic dismissal
Semester-based distinctions are only available to under­
graduate students registered for 12 or more credits.
Semester-based distinctions are only available to students
without any incomplete grades.
President’s List Honors recipients are defined as students
whose term GPA is 3.6 or higher, and who have completed
12 or more credits in that term with no incomplete grades.
Dean’s List Honors recipients are defined as students
whose term GPA is between 3.0 and 3.59, and who
have completed 12 or more credits in that term with no
incomplete grades.
Academic Probation
Students are, without exception, placed on academic
probation in the first semester that their cumulative GPA
falls in the ranges shown below:
Associate Degree
Credits Completed Cumulative GPA
1–23 1.500–1.999
24–58 1.500–1.999
59 or more < 2.00
Academic Dismissal
Students are limited to two non­consecutive probation
semesters. Students who complete their first probation
semester without achieving the required 2.0 cumulative
average are subject to dismissal as described in item 1. If a
student has been granted two prior probationary semesters,
and his or her cumulative average falls below 2.0 for a third
time, that student is subject to dismissal. Students who are
dismissed can apply for readmission to Pratt and can seek
advice on readmittance from the academic advisement staff
of their chool.
Students are subject to academic dismissal if their
cumu­lative GPA is 2.0 or less at the end of an academic
probation semester. Students are also subject to dismissal
without prior probation if they do not meet minimum
cumulative averages for their grade classification:
Associate Degree
Credits Completed Cumulative GPA
1–23 < 1.500
24–58 < 1.500
59 or more < 2.00
4-Year Degree
Credits Completed Cumulative GPA
1–23 < 1.500
24–58 < 1.500
59–97 < 1.700
98–134 < 2.00
135 or more < 2.00

4-Year Degree 5-Year Degree

Credits Completed Cumulative GPA Credits Completed Cumulative GPA
1–23 1.500–1.999 1–23 < 1.500
24–58 1.500–1.999 24–58 < 1.500
59–97 1.700–1.999 59–97 < 1.700
98–134 < 2.00 98–134 < 2.00
135 or more < 2.00 135 or more < 2.00

5-Year Degree Extenuating circumstances such as serious medical or

Credits Completed Cumulative GPA personal disorders can lead to waiver of the academic
1–23 1.500–1.999
dismissal. Probation may be offered to a student who
24–58 1.500–1.999
59–97 1.700–1.999 completes an Appeal of Academic Dismissal form and
98–134 1.700–1.999 obtains written approval from the dean of the school
135 or more < 2.00 in which he or she is enrolled.

No indication of academic probation will appear on
a student’s transcript, but a record of probation will be
maintained in the student’s academic file.
Academic advisement staff sche­dules progress
meetings as necessary with each student during his or
her probation semester.
STANDARDS OF DEGREE PROGRESS AND PURSUIT
Students must make reasonable progress in terms of credits
completed each term in addition to meeting the standard
for cumulative GPA. These standards ensure that students
are making steady progress toward graduation and can
help students avoid excessive student loans. Please see
page 195 for further information on Satisfactory Academic
Progress (SAP).

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DEGREE AUDITS
Degree audits are computerized checklists of graduation
requirements. These reports are similar to transcripts
because they list all academic activity. They are different
from transcripts, however, because they organize the
coursework attempted into logical blocks that represent
what is required. They also clearly flag what has been
taken and what has yet to be taken.
There are four parts to an audit:
1. Student Information
The top of the first page lists the student’s name,
the academic program being evaluated, the catalog
year  that the requirements are being checked against,
and the student’s anticipated graduation date (based
on the date of admission). This section may also contain
one or many text messages specific to the student,
depending on his or her status at Pratt.
2. Credit and GPA Information
This area lists the total credits required for graduation,
the number required to be taken at Pratt (residency),
and the GPA required for graduation.
3. Required Course Information
This section is usually the longest. It lists the entire range
of requirements and electives specific to the academic
program being evaluated. Fulfilled require­ments will be
listed with the grade earned (or CR for transfer credit).
Missing requirements are also noted with credits needed.
4. Other Courses
Courses that usually do not count toward a program’s
requirements are listed in this bottom section.
Sometimes a course will not count toward graduation
because it was dropped, or carries a grade that makes
it ineligible for consideration such as an F or an INC.
Also, some students choose to take an extra class
for additional knowledge even though it doesn’t fulfill
any particular degree requirement.
How to Get a Copy of a Degree Audit
Students may view or print an audit at any time using their
Academic Tools.
A. Log in with your OneKey at www.pratt.edu/myPratt;
B. Click on “Academic Tools” on the left side of the page;
C. After the system logs you in, click on the “Students”
menu on the sidebar;
D. Click on “Degree Audit” under “Planning & Registration”;
E. In order to review an audit for the current academic
program (major), click appropriate radio button.
In order to see what the results would look like in
a different program, use the drop-down list of majors
next to Evaluate New Program to select a potential
major to review.
Registration and Academic Policies
Students may go online and receive a degree audit at
any time. If you do not have a computer or access to a
computer lab, come to the Office of the Registrar.
Students who have questions about how to read the
audit should visit their academic adviser’s office or stop
by the Office of the Registrar during office hours for
an explanation.
Satisfactory Academic Progress Policy
Undergraduate students in the School of Art, School of
Design, and School of Architecture are expected to make
appropriate academic progress in their major, as well as in
Liberal Arts and Sciences and in History of Art and Design
or History and Theory of Architecture. To ensure a smooth
progression and timely graduation, by the time they attain
junior and senior class standing, students are expected
to have completed the number of credits in Liberal Arts
and Sciences and in History of Art and Design or History
and Theory of Architecture specified below. Students may
be prevented from registering for further courses in their
major until these requirements have been met.
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY CODE
When a student submits any work for academic credit, he
or she makes an implicit claim that the work is wholly his  It is dishonest, since the plagiarist offers, as his or her
or her own, done without the assistance of any person
or source not explicitly noted, and that the work has not
previously been submitted for academic credit in any
area. Students are free to study and work together on
homework assignments unless specifically asked not to
by the instructor. In addition, students, especially inter­
national students, are encouraged to seek the editorial
assistance they may need for writing assignments, term
papers, and theses. The Writing and Tutorial Center staff
is available to clarify issues of academic standards and to
provide writing and tutorial help for all Pratt students.
In the case of examinations (tests, quizzes, etc.), the
student also implicitly claims that he or she has obtained
no prior unauthorized information about the examination,
and neither gives nor obtains any assistance during the
examination. Moreover, a student shall not prevent others
from completing their work.
Examples of violations include but are not limited to
the following:
A. The supplying or receiving of completed papers,
outlines, or research for submission by any person other
than the author.
B. The submission of the same, or essentially the same,
paper or report for credit on two different occasions.
C. The supplying or receiving of unauthorized information
about the form or content of an examination prior to
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its first being given, specifi­cally including unauthorized
pos­session of exam material prior to the exam.
D. The supplying or receiving of partial or complete answers,
or suggestions for answers, or assistance in interpretation
of questions on any examination from any source not
explicitly authorized. (This includes copying or reading of
another student’s work or consultation of notes or other
sources during examinations.)
E. Plagiarism. (See statement following, which defines
plagiarism.)
F. Copying or allowing copying of assigned work or
falsification of information.
G. Unauthorized removal or unneces­sary “hoarding” of
study or research materials or equipment intended for
common use in assigned work, including the
sequestering of library materials.
H. Alteration of any materials or apparatus that would
interfere with another student’s work.
I. Forging a signature to certify completion of a course
assignment or a recommendation and the like.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism means presenting, as one’s own, the words,
the work, information, or the opinions of someone else.
own, for credit, the language or information or thought
for which he or she deserves no credit.
Plagiarism occurs when one uses the exact language
of someone else without putting the quoted material
in quotation marks and giving its source. (Exceptions are
very well known quotations, from the Bible or Shakespeare,
for example.) In formal papers, the source is acknow­
ledged in a footnote; in informal papers, it may be put in
parentheses, or made a part of the text: “Robert
Sherwood says...”
This first type of plagiarism, used without acknow­ledging
the language of someone, is easy to understand and to
avoid. When a writer uses the exact words of another writer,
or speaker, he or she must put those words in quotation
marks and give their source.
A second type of plagiarism is more complex. It occurs
when the writer presents, as his or her own, the sequence
of ideas, the arrangement of material, or the pattern of
thought of someone else, even though he or she expresses
it in his or her own words. The language may be his or
hers, but he or she is presenting as his or her work, and
taking credit for, the work of another. He or she is, there­
fore, guilty of plagiarism if he or she fails to give credit to
the original author of the pattern of ideas.

Registration and Academic Policies
GRADUATION AND DEGREES
Degrees are conferred by the Institute upon the
recommendation of the dean and faculty of the various
schools. This is done three times a year.
Commencement
One commencement ceremony is held each year at
the end of the spring semester. Students who successfully
complete their studies in October or February are invited
to attend the ceremony that is held following their
graduation. Students who anticipate a summer/October
completion date should attend the ceremony that
is held the May following their graduation. Students
who will graduate in summer/October and cannot
attend Commence­ment the following spring may apply
for Permission to Walk in May Commencement in
the Registrar’s Office. Their names will not appear in the
Commencement program, nor will they receive their
diplomas early. Attendance at Commencement does not
guarantee graduation from the Institute.
Graduation with Honors
For all associate and baccalaureate degrees to be grad­
uated with honors, a student must have earned a final
cumulative GPA no lower than 3.5 in all work. A minimum
final cumulative GPA of 3.75 is required for graduation with
highest honors. To be considered for honors, a student
must have completed a minimum of 50 percent of degree
credits at Pratt. These credits must be earned in semesters
evaluated with a GPA.
Candidates completing degree requirements and
receiving honors in May are so designated in the
Commenement program on work completed through the
most recent full semester. Final honors designations will
be indicated on the official diploma and academic record,
reflecting all grades included in the degree.
Application for Graduation
Students wishing to be considered for graduation must file
a Graduation Application. The application is available to
the students online through myPratt. Applications must be
filed on or before the following deadlines:
Graduation File on or Before
Summer Term/October March 25
Fall Term/February August 25
Spring Term/May December 15
Using the application, candidates indicate:
1. their anticipated graduation term;
2. the exact spelling and punctuation of their name as it
is to appear on the diploma;
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3. their hometown and state/country as it is to appear in
the commencement program; and
4. the Diploma Mailing Address to be used to mail diplomas.
Information can be updated before the application dead­line
by simply filling out and submitting the graduation app­li­ca­
tion again. If the candidate is not cleared for the announced
graduation, a new application must be filed for each
subse­quently requested graduation. Only after
the appli­cation has been submitted to the Office of the
Registrar will the candidate’s name be placed on a tentative
graduation list. At that time, the graduation review
is scheduled.
Diploma Clearance
Students who have completed their academic require­
ments but who have outstanding financial obligations to the
Institute will be graduated; however, the diploma will be
held and no transcript will be released until their financial
account is cleared in full.
Graduation Requirements
Final graduation requirements include the following:
1. Grade Requirements
Undergraduate students must be in good standing, with a
cumulative GPA of at least 2.0. In courses constituting the
student’s major as formally specified in advance by his or
her departmental chair, the student must have received
a grade of C or higher in each or have a cumulative GPA
in these courses of at least 2.0. Any outstanding INC, NG,
or NR grades from any previous semester(s) that are
pending resolution must be resolved.
Failure to do so will result in removal from the
graduation list. When final grades are reported for the
last term of active registration, any reported INC or
NR grade for a graduation candidate will automatically
remove the candidate from the graduation list.
Students who have been removed from consideration
must complete a new application for graduation in
order to be considered for another graduation date.
2. Curriculum Requirements
Each student must fulfill all require­ments for grad­
uation. No credits required for graduation will be
waived. All requests for an exception to this rule must
be referred to the dean’s office for consideration.
A course require­ment in a student’s major may be
substituted by the department chair/adviser of the
department in which the student is enrolled;
however, another course in the same subject area
must be taken.
Registration and Academic Policies
3. To earn a baccalaureate degree, students are required The staff members of the Office of Student Affairs are able
to complete a minimum of 48 credits of work at the Student Affairs and willing to help students in as many ways as possible to
Institute, 32 of which are the last chronological credits make meeting life’s challenges a positive experience. The
registered within Pratt. Office of Student Affairs is dedicated to creating a welcom-
ing and safe environment where equity and access are
REQUIREMENTS FOR A SECOND supported, and diversity, in all its many forms, are valued
PRATT BACCALAUREATE DEGREE and celebrated. In efforts to create an inclusive community,
Candidates for a second baccalaureate degree must we partner with the Center for Equity and Inclusion.
first be accepted by the Office of Admissions for degree The Office of Student Affairs is located on the ground
matriculation in an area essentially different in content floor of the Main Building and can be found on the web
from that of the first degree. The following conditions at www.pratt.edu/student-life/student-affairs. Student
are applicable when the first baccalaureate degree was Affairs also has an office on the Pratt Manhattan campus,
granted  by: on  the seventh floor, in the student services suite. Specific
hours and services provided are posted there and on the
Pratt Institute Student Affairs website.
Persons holding a baccalaureate degree from Pratt
Institute and who are matriculated for a second bacca­ STUDENT INVOLVEMENT
laureate degree from the Institute will be evaluated Director
according to the major background to determine their Emma Legge
remaining program and credit requirements. Of these,
a minimum of 32 additional credits in residence for a Associate Director
four-year program of study, or a minimum of 48 additional Andrew Fulton
credits of residence in a five-year program of study must Alex Ullman
be taken within the new program.
Assistant Director
Persons Holding a Baccalaureate Degree from an Rebecca Weintraub
Accredited Institution Other Than Pratt Institute
Persons holding a baccalaureate degree from an accred- Pratt Manhattan Student Affairs Coordinator
ited institution other than Pratt Institute will be evaluated Ian Flinn
according to the type of baccalaureate and the major
background in order to determine their remaining program Office Manager
and credit requirements, of which a minimum of 48 credits Karen Smith
must be taken in residency at Pratt.
Office
CHANGES TO THIS BULLETIN Tel: 718.636.3422
While every effort has been made to make the material involvement@pratt.edu
presented in this bulletin timely and accurate, the Institute www.pratt.edu/involvement
reserves the right to periodically update and otherwise
change any material, including faculty listings, course The Office of Student Involvement coordinates and
offerings, policies, and procedures, without reprinting Vice President assists students in planning social, cultural, educational, and
Dr. Helen Matusow-Ayres
or amending this bulletin. recreational programs. Student activities at Pratt are planned
Assistant Vice President for Student to contribute to each student’s total education, as well as
Affairs and Title IX Coordinator to meet social and recreational needs. Students are respon-
Dr. Esmilda Abreu sible for managing their own group activities, thus gaining
Administrative Assistant
experience in community and social affairs and playing a
Nadine Shuler role in shaping Institute policy. Students are represented
on Institute decision-making bodies such as the Board of
Office Trustees, trustee committees, and the Student Judiciary.
Tel: 718.636.3639
Fax: 718.399.4239
studaff@pratt.edu
www.pratt.edu/student-affairs
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 The main functions of the Depart­ment of Student ACTIVE ORGANIZATIONS ll Art and Design Education Club Associate Director for Housing Administration
Involvement are: ll ComD Agency Tuan Vu
ll Allocating and administering the funds collected Cultural and Affinity Groups ll Integrated Practices Collective
through the student activity fee ll Pratt Institute Korean Students Club ll International Interior Design Association (IIDA) Campus Assistant Director, North Campus
ll Overseeing the Student Union complex ll Pratt International Student Association (PISA) Center Christopher Ruggieri
ll Programming of student activities ll Pratt Student Diversity Council ll Jewelry Club
ll Promoting leadership and professional development ll Queer Pratt ll Painting Club Assistant Director, South Campus
ll Coordinating community-service opportunities ll South Asian Student Association (SASA) ll Pratt 3DCG Club Kianna Thomas
ll Student Action for Inclusive Design ll Pratt Artists League (PAL)
New Student Orientation ll Thai Student Association ll Pratt Chinese Architecture Alliance (PCAA) Assistant Director, Housing
New student orientation is an exciting time at Pratt. ll Turkish Student Association (TSA) ll Pratt CMAA (Construction Management) Jason LeConey
In order to acclimate to campus, students have a ll Pratt Do_ (Pratt IDSA Student Chapter)
weeklong orientation during the week before classes Faith, Religion, and Spirituality ll Pratt Emerging Museum Professionals Administrative Assistant
begin. Brooklyn campus students attend orientation on ll Art/Faith Collective ll Pratt Institute Planning Student Association (PIPSA) Lillian Jennas
that campus, while students attending Pratt Manhattan ll Jewish Student Union - JSU ll Pratt Print Club
will attend orientation at 14th Street. ll Newman Club ll SLA@Pratt Receptionist
Detailed information will be sent to new students ll Remnant Christian Fellowship ll Society of American Archivists – SAA Alec Alabado
beginning in June. ll User Experience Professionals Association (UXPA)
The orientation program is staffed by an exemplary Hobbies and Special Interest Office
group of student leaders who assist new students in ll 16mm Film Lab Student Media Tel: 718.399.4550
many ways. ll Anime Club ll Prattler—Student Newspaper reslife@pratt.edu
ll Ceramics Club ll Ubiquitous—Arts and Literary Magazine www.pratt.edu/reslife
Parent and Family Programs ll Envirolutions ll WPIR—Pratt Radio
The mission of Parent and Family Programs at Pratt is ll Fashion in Society Club The mission of Residential Life and Housing is to efficiently
to provide parents with the resources to support and ll Film Cult Community Engagement Board and effectively administer a housing program in a learning-
encourage the success of their Pratt students. Pratt ll Latin American Architecture Lab Also known as C-Board, these students are dedicated to centered environment that supports students while
Institute recognizes that parents are valuable members ll Leaders for Environmental Advocacy at Pratt (LEAP ) giving back to their communities, both local and global. challenging them to:
of the Pratt community and have much to contribute ll Pratt Feminists ll enhance self-understanding;
to Pratt. We encourage parent involvement in the Pratt ll Pratt Game Lab Program Board ll value community responsibility; and
community. We offer programs for parents including ll Pratt Gaming Club The Program Board is a group of students who plan many ll learn from their experiences.
Parent Orientation and our annual Family Weekend. ll Pratt Music Club on- and off-campus events.
For further information, please contact our office by ll Pratt Photo League Residential Life and Housing holds the belief that student
calling 718.636.3422 or emailing family@pratt.edu. ll Pratt Tabletop Gaming Club CAMPUS MINISTRY development and learning goes on outside the classroom,
ll Reef Club The chapel, one of the central spaces on campus, is the as well as inside the classroom. The policies, procedures,
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS ll Static Fish (Comic Club) setting for meditation and for interdenominational and programs that are established and encouraged
ll Student Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) and denominational rites to celebrate important events by Residential Life and Housing are those that enhance
Student Government Association of the campus community. Currently, services are offered student learning and involvement outside the classroom.
The Student Government Association's (SGA) primary Greek-Letter Organizations on a regular basis for those who are Jewish, Catholic, The office takes very seriously its role as guarantor of
responsibility is to represent the student body’s interests ll IGC and Protestant (in English and Korean). Any group wishing a residence-hall atmosphere conducive to work and study.
and to encourage students’ involvement in the life of ll Kappa Sigma to use the chapel may contact the Director of Student We also strive to provide an atmosphere in which students
the Institute. ll Order of Omega Involvement; the only requirement is respect for the are encouraged to make informed decisions on their
The SGA has an executive committee in which ll Panhellenic Council space and its purpose. own, take responsibility for their actions, and learn from
undergraduate and graduate stu­dents are encouraged ll Pi Sigma Chi their experiences.
to become involved. The SGA can be reached by emailing ll Sigma Sigma Sigma RESIDENTIAL LIFE AND HOUSING Leadership development opportunities are offered
sga@pratt.edu. ll Theta Phi Alpha Director to students in the residence halls through participation in
Christopher Kasik Residence Hall Councils, the Residence Hall Advisery
Professional and Academic Committee (a student advisery committee to Residential
ll American Society of Information Science and Associate Director Life and Housing), Sustainability Reps, Dining Services Reps,
Technology (ASIS&T) Katherine Hale and the Connections Leadership class.
ll American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) The Residential Life staff wants to provide a memorable,
ll Animation Club enjoyable, and successful academic year but reminds

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students that we are jointly responsible for the success of
this experience. Through participation, cooperation,
understanding, and communication, all can enjoy the time
spent in the residence halls at Pratt Institute.
Residential Life and Housing at Pratt Institute is based
on a specific set of values. These values guide the
expectations the office has for itself and for the students
who reside on campus and extend to the residence halls
in many direct ways. They are:
ll Personal rights and responsibilities
ll Integrity
ll Respect
ll Fairness and justice
ll Open communication
ll Involvement
The educational mission of Pratt Institute is actively pursued
in the residence halls. An expected outcome of the
on-campus experience is to have students learn to cope
and deal with problems that arise. Though this is not always
an easy task, if a student is able to learn from an adverse
situation, the goal has been achieved. Along with this is the
ability for students to take responsibility for their choices
and behaviors. If students make an inappropriate choice,
they should expect to be held accountable. The hope is
that a different choice will be made the next time, more in
keeping with the community expectations set forth.
The Residence Halls
Pratt Institute maintains six under­graduate residence
halls that accom­modate approximately 1,790 students.
The focus of our residential life program is on providing a
comfortable yet challenging environment in which students
will become integral members of the campus community.
This is fostered by educational approaches
and programming.
Pratt residence halls offer a variety of housing options,
including rooms with and without kitchens, doubles,
and singles. All rooms on campus have CATV and internet
access. All residence halls have laundry facilities, with the
cost of laundry included in the room fee. Pratt also offers
campus meal plans for students who like the convenience
of eating on campus. Those students who live on campus
in rooms without kitchens are automatically enrolled
in a mandatory meal plan.
Emerson Place Residence
Emerson Place is a 10-story community for first-year
students and is the newest residence option on campus.
Each floor offers students double room accommodation
and 10+ single-use bathroom facilities arranged around
a large central floor lounge with kitchenettes with dramatic
views of the campus and lower Manhattan. The building
has a large main lounge, student maker space, and meeting
space on the first floor with laundry and bike storage in
the basement. Conveniently located adjacent to the Film
and Video building, Emerson expands the Pratt campus
east. Emerson is home to conference housing in the
summer months.
Esther Lloyd-Jones Hall
Esther Lloyd-Jones Hall (ELJ) is named for a trendsetter
in modern American higher education. ELJ accommodates
a total of 80 upperclass students in suite-style accom­
modations of single- and double- occupancy rooms. Suites
are single-sex, but floors are coed. Rooms vary in size from
11 x 16 feet to 12 x 18 feet. Students are responsible for the
healthy upkeep of their rooms, including shared suite
bathrooms. The building has a TV lounge on the first floor.
Grand Avenue Residence
Grand Avenue Residence can accommodate 50+
students, graduates and undergraduates, in a variety of
apartment layouts.
A “double efficiency” apartment is two students sharing
a one-room apartment (with kitchen and bath).
A “shared single” for undergraduates is two or more
students in their own private bedroom spaces, sharing
kitchen and bath with an “economy single,” a cost-effective
means of single occupancy space in the former living room
of the apartment...less privacy, more space.
There are also a number of “triple rooms” available,
large efficiency apartments for three students to share
the living space, kitchen, and bathroom.
The building is located one block from campus at 100
Grand Avenue.
Leo J. Pantas Hall
Leo J. Pantas Hall is a suite-style undergraduate hall that
accommodates 212 first-year residents. Students live in
four–person suites, which consist of two double rooms (two
people in each double room). Each 10 x 16-foot bedroom
has a separate 8 x 9-foot entry from the hallway. All rooms
are air conditioned. Each suite has its own bathroom. Each
suite is responsible for the healthy upkeep of the common
bathroom area. Suites are single-sex, but floors are coed.
The building boasts a large work area in addition to a
dramatic main lounge area with large-screen TV, foosball
table, and kitchenette. Its central location on campus
makes it desirable to students. Its clock tower serves as a
campus land­mark. Pantas Hall is not open during the summer
months except to house special conference groups.
The Townhouses
Pratt Institute’s newest and most exciting housing option,
the Townhouses are remodeled historic row houses
located near the center of campus. Six students reside in
each house in single rooms on three floors. Each house
is coed and offers a full kitchen, living room, parlor, backyard
area, and basement. Each room is provided with the
standard campus furniture (bed, armoire, dressers, desk,
chair, and bookshelf). Amenities include CATV and
internet access. Preference for this housing option, which
accommodates 120 upperclass students, is given to junior-
and senior-level students.
Vincent A. Stabile Hall
Vincent A. Stabile Hall opened in fall 1999. Named for the
donor, a graduate of the former Engineering School, Stabile
Hall was designed for new students. It houses 225 first-year
students in four-person suites. Each suite consists of two
double rooms and its own bath. Suites are single-sex, but
floors are coed. With few exceptions, the room dimensions,
not including the small entry foyer, are 12 x 12 feet. Students
are responsible for the healthy upkeep of the common
bathroom area. There are kitchenettes located on each
floor. The award-winning design of the building boasts
a large common lounge. Smaller work and lounge spaces
on each floor contribute to a vital living and working
environment. All rooms are air conditioned. Stabile Hall
is not open during the summer months except to house
special conference groups.
Willoughby Residence Hall
Willoughby Residence Hall is a former 17-story apartment
co-op and is the largest residence hall. It accommodates
about 900 upperclass and graduate students. The building
houses offices (Residential Life and Housing, Health and
Counseling, and the Learning/Access Center) as well as a
student workroom, TV lounge, convenience store, laundry
facilities, and other com­mon student lounge areas. Suites
are single-sex, but floors are coed. Rooms vary in size
from 9 x 12 feet to 15 x 18 feet. In addition to the standard
furniture, all suites have a kitchen table, stove, and
refrigerator. Each resident is provided with a bookcase.
All students assigned to double, triple, and single spaces
will share kitchen and bathroom facilities with other
residents of the suite. The converted apartments consist
of at least one double or triple that occ­upies the former
living room space of the apartment and at least one
private single room that occupies the former bedroom
space of the apartment. The number of students residing
in a given suite usually ranges from three to six students
(depending upon the size of the con­verted
apartment—one-bedroom, two-bedroom, or three-
bedroom). Willoughby Residence Hall remains open all
year. However, residents on certain floors might have to
relocate to different floors during the summer months
for the purpose of mainten­ance and upkeep.
Special Housing Options
In addition to the traditional housing choices offered,
several special housing options are provided for under­
graduate students. Students indicate their preference for
these options during the online housing preference process.
Quiet Floors
Quiet Floors are an option for both continuing and new
students. Though all residence hall floors have quiet hours
(10 PM–9 AM weekdays and 11 PM–9 AM weekends), some
students desire a more controlled environment. Students
who choose to live on a Quiet Floor are provided a living
and working environment where noise levels are kept to a
minimum 24 hours a day. Noise levels include sound inside
student apartments, in the hallway, and among apartment
mates. Students residing on the Quiet Floors will serve
as self-regulatory agents. As is the case with the courtesy-
hours policy on non-quiet floors, it is expected that all
students on the Quiet Floors will abide by requests of
fellow students to lower noise levels.
Gender-Inclusive Community
Gender-inclusive housing is an option for first-year,
upper-class, and transfer students. This option provides an
alternative for students who may identify as transgender,
are more comfortable living with another sex or gender, do
not wish to prescribe to gender classifications, or are allies
of LGBTQIA students and would like to live in this community.
Outside of gender inclusive housing, students are assigned
rooms and suites by their legal gender marker.
Healthy Choices Floors
Healthy Choices Floors provide an environment conducive
to living and study while promoting healthy life choices.
The floors are substance-free. This means there is no
smoking; consumption, serving, or possession of alcohol is
not permitted regardless of age; and, as in all residence
halls, illegal drugs are prohibited. The guidelines for the
Healthy Choices Floors indicate that, while on the floor,
residents will be substance-free. However, it is expected
that respect be shown to those who choose to lead a
substance-free lifestyle on and off the floor. Therefore,
residents must acknowledge that choices they make off
campus have an effect on the floor community and make
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members of the community. For example, this may take
the form of participating in or planning programs that center
on making healthy life choices. Floor activities will be
planned based on the concept of making healthy lifestyle
choices and providing alternative social activities. Healthy
Choices Floors are offered in both first-year and
upperclass halls.
Global Learning Community
Global Learning Community is a living environment that
promotes cultural exchange among first-year resident
students. The community, composed of both international
and domestic students, is a diverse group willing to learn
from others and share their experiences. Programs focus
on social interactions promoting cultural exchange, exploring
diverse resources in the city, and connecting culture to the
students’ work. Students in the community agree to be
active participants through attending programs and getting
to know others. Students are also encouraged to plan
events and programs. A central goal of this housing option
is to enhance understanding of the global community and
various cultures and nations. Residents have a unique
experience that pairs their freshman English class with the
special-interest housing theme. The English class incorpo-
rates global issues and receives special funding to attend
a course-related performance off campus and other
exceptional activities. Learning communities allow students
to interact more with their English faculty and make it easier
to seek out study partners, ask homework questions, and
share insights and information with classmates who are
also neighbors.
Community Service Floor
The Community Service Floor is an option for first-year
students. The floor provides an opportunity for students
to work to improve their communities and learn from
their service. The floor is a great place for like-minded
individuals to meet and interact. The community’s mission
is to explore service initiatives that improve the quality
of life for others around them. Previous projects include
art murals, park beautification, animal shelter work, card
making, and food and clothing drives. Residents of the
floor determine service projects and topics of interest.
On the Community Service Floor, residents have a unique
experience that pairs their freshman English class with
the special-interest housing theme. The English class
incorporates social justice issues and receives special
funding to attend a course-related performance off
campus and other exceptional activities. Learning
communities allow students to interact more with their
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English faculty and make it easier to seek out study
partners, ask homework questions, and share insights and
information with classmates who are also neighbors.
Art History Learning Communities
Art History Learning Communities are available in all first-
year halls. Students from one residence hall make up an
entire Themes in Art and Culture section (required of all
School of Art and School of Design students). The learning
community emphasizes engagement and discussion
and receives special funding to attend a course-related
performance or tour. Learning communities allow students
to interact more with their Art History faculty and make it
easier to seek out study partners, ask homework questions,
and share insights and information with classmates who
are also neighbors.
Room Assignment
Upon acceptance to the Institute, students are sent an
Accepted Student Guide, which includes a housing request
and a brochure describing each housing option. The
process is two-part: (1) paying the deposit and (2) stating
housing preferences online. Students are assigned rooms
in the order their applications are received. Space is
limited, and students are advised to meet all deadlines.
Assignment notifications are made in early July.
Students who have not applied by May 1 can anticipate
being assigned only if and when space becomes available.
All correspondence should be addressed to:
Residential Life and Housing
215 Willoughby Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11205
reslife@pratt.edu
Room Rates
Room rates vary according to the type of accommodation.
Estimated typical costs for each residence hall for an
academic year are as follows:
First-year student halls (Cannoneer, Emerson, Pantas
and Stabile)
$9,422–$10,000 (double room)
$7,324-$7,420 (triple room)
$10,770–$11,000 (single room)
Esther Lloyd Jones Hall
$8,056 (double room)
$11,330 (single w/shared bath)
$9,516 (economy single)
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Grand Avenue Residence
$6,530 (triple room)
$8,056 (double room)
$11,330 (single w/shared bath)
$9,516 (economy single)
The Townhouses
$12,236 (single w/shared bath)
Willoughby Hall
$6,530 (triple room)
$8,056 (double room)
$11,330 (single w/shared bath)
$12,236 (single w/private bath)
Students who need special housing accommodations for
a qualifying physical or mental health condition should enroll
with the Learning/Access Center. Housing registration
must be completed before special housing requests can be
considered and/or implemented. Any questions about
standard housing registration should be directed to ResLife.
So that you receive full consideration of your special
housing request, please plan to have all portions of the
process completed prior to the following deadlines:
Continuing Students:
March 15 for following fall semester; November 15 for
following spring semester
New Students:
May 1 for following fall semester; November 15 for following
spring semester
Rooms may be filled after these deadlines, impeding the
Institute’s ability to accommodate special housing needs.
To discuss enrolling for housing accommodations, please
contact the L/AC at 718.802.3123 or LAC@pratt.edu to
schedule an appointment.
Meal Plan
In an effort to ensure that students receive options for
meeting proper daily nutritional requirements, Pratt
Institute offers its students a number of meal plans.
The meal plans are modeled on a debit card system;
the student’s meal plan points decrease as he or she
purchases items in the main dining room, convenience
store, or pizza  shop. A meal plan point equals $1.
All students living in residence-hall rooms without
kitchens and all freshmen, regardless of their assignment,
are automatically enrolled in the minimum mandatory meal
plan. This meal plan is in effect for both semesters and
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provides the student roughly 14 meals per week. Students
may opt for a larger plan that offers roughly 19 meals
per week. The cost for meals does not include incidental
purchases students may make at the convenience store.
The annual meal plan rates for 2019-2020 are $1,152, $1,936
and $2,266 per semester
Students not living in mandatory meal plan areas,
upper­­­class students, and commuters may opt for any
annual or semester-only plan. Two semester plans exist
to accommodate a variety of student needs. These plans
are per semester only. The semester meal plan rates
for 2019-2020 are $278 and $777. Purchasing a meal plan
can save the student almost 10 percent versus paying
cash. With all meal plans, students have the option to add
points online (www.prattcard.com) at any time during the
semester in $25 increments. Additional details pertaining
to the meal plans are provided in the Enrollment Guide
and are available from Residential Life and Housing.
Students with disabilities that impact diet, as well as
students with dietary/food restrictions, should contact the
L/AC to discuss procedures for establishing alternate dining
arrangements. Please contact the L/AC at 718.802.3123
or LAC@pratt.edu to schedule an appointment.
ATHLETICS AND RECREATION
Director
Walter Rickard
Associate Director of Athletics for Recreation and Facilites
Devin Roban
Administrative Secretary
Linda Rouse
Office
Tel: 718.636.3773
Fax: 718.636.3772
www.pratt.edu/athletics
The Activities Resource Center (ARC) houses a 325 x 130-foot
athletic area, the largest enclosed clear-span facility in
Brooklyn aside from the newly constructed Barclays Center.
The complex includes five regulation-size tennis courts,
two volleyball courts, and an NCAA basketball court. The ARC
provides 650 bleacher seats for inter­colleg­iate basket­ball,
volleyball, the Colgate Women’s Games, and other spectator
sports events. This enclosed area has a seating capacity for up
to 1,000 people for special events. The four-lane, 200-meter
indoor track completely encircles the athletic court areas.
There are full locker room facilities with saunas for men and
women. The second floor houses a fully equipped and newly
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administrative offices.
Recreational and intramural activities are scheduled
throughout the year in conjunction with PrattFit program­ming
and range from individual and team sports to special events.
Men’s intercollegiate athletics teams include basket­ball
cross-country, soccer, indoor and outdoor track and field,
tennis, and volleyball. Women’s teams include basket­ball,
cross-country, soccer, indoor and outdoor track and field,
tennis, and volley­ball. Pratt Institute is a member of the
Hudson Valley Inter­collegiate Athletic Conference and fields
a total of 14 teams.
CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Director
Rhonda Schaller
Associate Directors
Carl Fengler
Hera Marashian
Assistant Director
Mackenzie Adriance
Deborah Yanagisawa
Assessment and Information Systems Manager
Vanessa Chew
Career Development and Industry
Relations Coordinator
Alex Fisher
Professional Development Coordinator
Samantha Harvey
Office
Tel: 718.636.3506
career@pratt.edu
www.pratt.edu/ccpd
The Center for Career and Professional Development
(CCPD) is the starting point for students to learn about
themselves and their options in the world of work. We
guide students through self-exploration assessments,
research emerging trends and career opportunities, and
teach students to navigate the path from college to career
with clarity, confidence, and a lifetime of support.
The CCPD augments Pratt’s state-of-the-art curriculum
offerings with personal and professional development
planning, career and internship advising, industry
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mentoring, goal-setting through mindfulness and mind-
mapping, professional development resources,
workshops, and entrepreneurship education.
ll The Center for Career and Professional Development
inspires and supports students and alumni while
educating them about emerging trends, the job market,
and what it takes to be a professional creative in the
workplace. We believe that preparing for a fulfilling,
meaningful, and productive career is one of the most
important cocurricular activities for Pratt students. The
CCPD augments Pratt's state-of-the-art curriculum
offerings with career and internship advising, industry
mentoring, professional development resources,
workshops, and entrepreneurial education. We
combine an excellent academic creative experience
with a lifetime job and career transition support system.
CCPD staff members stay abreast of changing trends
and employer needs, and guide Pratt students into an
easy transition from college into the work environment.
We maintain relationships with employers and
internship providers, nationally and internationally, and
offer many ways for employers to reach and recruit
from the talented Pratt student body.
ll Career Planning and Advising
Career center staff offer one-to-one guidance and
present workshops to assist students to cultivate
effective career development skills. Staff work with
students on résumés, cover letters, portfolio, mock
interviews, and basic and advanced personal and
professional development action plans. We guide
students through their internship and job search,
implementation of freelance and studio practices,
and entrepreneurship and small business planning.
ll Job and Internship Search
The CCPD manages Pratt Pro, the go-to resource for
students seeking internships, full- or part-time staff
positions, freelance work, or volunteer positions.
Employers from all industries around the world seeking
Pratt talent post thousands of opportunities each year.
CCPD staff stay abreast of changing trends and
employer needs, maintain relationships with employers
and internship providers nationally and internationally,
and offer curated career fairs, networking events, and
portfolio reviews.
ll Professional Development Programming
We welcome classroom visits to the Center every
semester and offer presentations on résumé building,
networking, interviewing skills, developing an online
presence, portfolio presentation, self-promotion,
freelancing, and starting your own business. Guest
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speakers and recruiters come to campus every
semester to speak about careers in creative industries,
review portfolios, and hold interview sessions.
ll lndividual and Group Career Advising
Individual career advising is available to Pratt students
and alumni for life. All CCPD staff have backgrounds as
working creatives in major-related industries. Group
advising sessions and discipline-specific career
workshops are scheduled throughout the year.
ll Entrepreneurship Training
The CCPD has developed resources to help students
and alumni build skills and strategies to become
successful entrepreneurs. The Meditation Incubator
project offers the Creative Mind, Business Mind course,
which teaches participants meditation, visualization,
and self-reflection techniques to deepen their creative
process and use as business planning tools. The Student
Startup Center provides resources that help students
and alumni pursue entrepreneurship, intrapreneurship,
and business development goals. The Refinery,
launched in fall 2015, is an intensive training program
for aspiring entrepreneurs culminating in a pitch
comp­etition, and the first program of its kind at a
school of art and design.
Staff of the CCPD welcome your questions. To make an
appointment or to find out how the CCPD can help you,
contact career@pratt.edu or call 718.636.3506.
Pratt Institute Internship Program
Each Pratt student has the opportunity to gain hands-on
professional experience in New York City and beyond
through an academic internship program administered in
collaboration with department faculty. The CCPD supports
students in gaining hands-on professional experience
interning at companies such as Condé Nast, Unified Field,
Knoll, and many more.
Internships play a crucial role in developing skills and
offering professional perspectives. An internship at
Pratt is an academic opportunity available to full-time
matri­culated students every semester, including summer
semester. For more information about internships, such
as  eligibility, the registration process, and deadlines, go to
www.pratt.edu/career and click on “Students and Alumni,”
then “Internship Program.” In most cases, students must
complete one full semester to be eligible for academic
credit for an internship.
What Are Internships?
Internships are learning experiences in the workplace
that relate to students’ major or professional pursuits.
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Interns are able to take the skills and theories learned in
the class­­room and apply them to real-life work experi­
ence. Intern­ships are an opportunity to try a specific field,
organization, or company and participate as a trainee
within that site. Internships also allow students to develop
a network of professional contacts and build relationships
in the field, which will serve them well as emerging
professionals.
Some key components of a Pratt internship:
ll The experience is a full semester.
ll The experience can be paid or unpaid.
ll Internships are available to all domestic, international,
and transfer students during their time at Pratt.
ll Internship credits vary from 0 to 3 credits based on
student need, number of hours worked, and individual
departmental policy.
ll To obtain academic credit for an internship, students
must be enrolled in an internship course at the same
time they are participating in the internship.
Students are required to attend one of the internship
information sessions offered throughout the year in
the CCPD to learn more about the internship program,
how to begin an internship search, and how to find
departmental eligibility information.
To make an appointment or to learn the dates
of the next intern­ship information session, contact
career@pratt.edu or call 718.636.3506.
LEARNING/ACCESS CENTER
Director
Elisabeth Sullivan
esulliv5@pratt.edu
Associate Director
Heather Shpiro
hshpiro@pratt.edu
Learning Specialist
Maegan D’Amato, LCSW
mdamato@pratt.edu
Learning Specialist
Anna Lewis Riquier, LMHC
ariquier@pratt.edu
Access Coordinator
Marie McLaughlin
mmclaug3@pratt.edu
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Sidra Greene
sgreen19@pratt.edu
Office
Tel: 718.802.3123 | Fax: 718.687.5317
lac@pratt.edu
www.pratt.edu/LAC
The Learning/Access Center (L/AC, formerly Disability
Resource Center) provides comprehensive academic
support services that are available to all Pratt students.
The L/AC also facilitates full access for students with
disabilities and veterans so that they can freely and actively
participate in all facets of Pratt life. The L/AC collaborates
to provide Institute-wide advisement and consultation on
disability-related matters (including legal compliance and
universal design) and provides individual services and tools
to facilitate diverse learning styles and accommodations
in a sustainable, inclusive manner.
The L/AC has staff and tools available to support all
Pratt students who are working toward academic success.
To that end, at the L/AC, students can meet with staff,
explore assistive technology, and take part in student success
programming. All Pratt students have the opportunity to
work with professional and/or peer academic coaches and
tutors. Academic coaching includes time management,
study skills, reading skills, and brainstorming for projects.
Tutoring is also available in various subjects across the
Pratt curriculum. If it is determined that further evaluation
is necessary to test for the presence of learning disabilities
or psychological or psychiatric conditions, the L/AC can
help students with securing referrals.
Additionally, the L/AC coordinates access for students
with disabilities. Students with disabilities can enroll with the
L/AC to determine and receive reasonable accommodations
for classroom, housing, and other campus settings. The L/
AC maintains confidential records of documentation of
disability for all current and prospective Pratt students who
identify as having disabilities, including learning disorders,
ADHD, psychological/psychiatric conditions, chronic
illnesses, physical/mobility conditions, blindness, low
vision and hearing loss, and temporary disabilities. After
meeting with the student and conducting a review of the
documentation and individualized student needs, the L/AC
determines and coordinates individualized academic
accommodations, including but not limited to extended test
time, distraction-reduced exam setting, sign language
interpreting, etc. The L/AC also arranges auxiliary aids for
students, such as FM Units, assistive learning software, and
books in alternative formats. The L/AC assists students in
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connecting with helpful Institute resources, advocates for The medical staff includes nurse practitioners, nurses,
students, and collaborates with campus department and a consulting physician. Services provided include
administrators regarding specific student needs, including treatment for illnesses and injuries; physicals including sports
psychological support, special housing, and dietary needs. and occupational health examinations; comprehensive
sexual health care including GYN care, HIV testing, STI testing
HEALTH SERVICES and treatment; health education; and medical testing.
Director for Health Services Referrals are made to local medical resources for care not
Martha Cedarholm, ARNP-BC, FNP provided on campus.
mcedarho@pratt.edu Some tests, including pregnancy testing and rapid
strep testing, are performed in the office without cost.
Nurse Practitioner/Associate Director Health Services However, most lab testing is sent to a laboratory service
Debbie Scott, ARNP-BC, FNP that will bill the student or the student’s insurance provider.
Dscott2@pratt.edu Some commonly used medications (over the counter and
prescription) are dispensed in the office. Student must
Nurse Practitioner purchase all other medications at a pharmacy.*
Samantha Hyacinth, APRN, AGPCNP-BC Pratt requires all students to carry health insurance.
shyacint@pratt.edu Students are automatically enrolled in a health insurance
plan, Aetna Student Health, though they may waive this
Assistant to the Director for Health Services enrollment if they provide proof of their own insurance
Clarissa Liu through the MyPratt system. Registered students will be
Cliu21@pratt.edu sent instructions and a link, via email, to complete this
process prior to the published deadline.
Coordinator for Health Education and Promotion All students born after January 1, 1957, must provide
Jasmine Cuffie proof of immunity against measles, mumps, and rubella.
jcuffie2@pratt.edu New York State law requires written documentation of two
measles-mumps-rubella vaccines or proof of immunity to
Nurses these diseases proved by a blood test. Immunization against
Christine Rendo, RN meningococcal meningitis is strongly advised for students
crendo@pratt.edu planning to live in on-campus housing.† A complete medical
history, comprehensive physical exam, and tuberculosis
Tamara Holness, LPN screening are also required for all new students.
tholness@pratt.edu
COUNSELING
Administrative Aide Director of Counseling
Giovanni Glaize Caroline Kasnakian, PsyD
gglaize@pratt.edu ckasnaki@pratt.edu
Office Associate Director of Counseling
Tel: 718.399.4542 | Fax: 718.399.4544 Olga Poznansky, PhD
health@pratt.edu opoznans@pratt.edu
www.pratt.edu/health
Staff Therapist and Coordinator of Clinical AOD Services
Health Services operates by appointment, offering Jernee Montoya, LCSW CASAC
same-day appointments as well as nurse triage for first aid jmontoya@pratt.edu
and emergent care. All care is strictly confidential and
information about care remains separate from a student’s Staff Therapist and Case Manager
academic and social conduct record. The office is open Hali Brindel, LCSW emergency during regular business hours, students should
Monday through Thursday 8 PM to 5 PM, and Fridays 9 AM hbrindel@pratt.edu
to 5 PM. Check the website for up-to-date information
about hours and services.
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Staff Therapist
Althea Maduramente, PhD
amaduram@pratt.edu
Postdoctoral Fellow (2018–19)
Heidi Cox, PhD
hcox16@pratt.edu
Postdoctoral Fellow (2018–19)
Pinchus Feintuch, PhD
pfeintuc@pratt.edu
Administrative Manager and Assessment Coordinator
Jessica Preston, MPS
Administrative Assistant
Sandra Davis, BA
Office
Tel: 718.687.5356 Fax: 718.687.5660
therapy@pratt.edu
www.pratt.edu/counseling
The Counseling Center is staffed by licensed mental health
professionals, including psychologists and clinical social
workers, who all specialize in working with young adults and
have a wealth of experience in college mental health. We
understand the unique challenges faced by Pratt students,
and we appreciate the demands of negotiating a
challenging art and academic curriculum.
The Counseling Center provides currently enrolled Pratt
students confidential and free individual and group
psychotherapy, assessment, consultation, and referrals to
outside providers. Through our partnership with Health
Services, students who have been prescribed psychiatric
medications can receive interim medication management
or referrals to an outside psychiatrist.
We also have a College Recovery Community called
Clean Cats. This program is for any student who is in
recovery from addiction or pursuing recovery from alcohol,
drugs, or some other type of addictive behavior. Please
reach out to Jernee Montoya, Coordinator of Clinical AOD
Services, for more information.
The Counseling Center is open from 9 AM to 5 PM
Monday through Friday and typically sees students on an
appointment basis. In the case of a mental health
contact the Counseling Center at 718.687.5356 for
assistance. If the Counseling Center is closed, students
should notify Campus Security at 718.636.3540 or call 911.
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For 24/7 assistance, students should call 1-888-NYC-WELL
for confidential and free mental health support.
INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS
Director
TBA
Associate Director
Saundra Hampton
Assistant Director
Mia Schleifer
SEVIS Coordinator
Elizabeth Mallard
International Student Adviser
TBA
Receptionist
Zoila Dennigan
Office
Tel: 718.636.3674
oia@pratt.edu
www.pratt.edu/oia
The Office of International Affairs (OIA) welcomes
approx­i­mately 600 new international students each year.
There are currently about 1,600 international students
from 80 countries. In addition to providing services to
international students, the OIA takes care of J-1 exchange
visitors, including inbound exchange students, professors,
and scholars. The OIA is the office in charge of keeping
Pratt in compliance with the Department of Homeland
Security and the Department of State.
The well-traveled and experienced staff members are
here to help students make a successful transition to the
Pratt community and help address some of the challenges
that students might encounter during their academic
program. They create a friendly envir­on­ment, providing
direct support with immigration issues, employment
authorization, personal issues, and cross-cultural events.
The OIA advises the Pratt International Student
Association (PISA), which is open for all to join.
*N  umerous and varied resources are available at the Health and Counseling
page of the Pratt website at www.pratt.edu/health.
† New York State does not require this vaccine but does require a signed
acknowledgment of receipt and review of vaccine information.
Student Affairs
The Libraries’ primary mission is to support the Institute’s
Libraries academic programs by providing materials and information
services to students, faculty, staff, alumni, and visiting
scholars. A state-of-the-art integrated library system
interfaces with an up-to-date website, providing broad
access to electronic materials as well as information
about the Libraries. Connect to the Libraries’ website
and catalog at library.pratt.edu.
The collections in the main library on the Brooklyn
campus provide broad-based coverage of the history,
theory, criticism, and practice of architecture, fine arts,
and design, while also supporting the liberal arts and
sciences. The collection encompasses more than 200,000
monographs and bound periodicals and also maintains 776
current periodical descriptions. The Libraries also provide
students access to a broad array of online research
databases, full text journals, electronic books, and stream-
ing video content. The Brooklyn-campus facility also
houses the Libraries’ rare book collection, the Institute’s
archives, and a wide array of unique special collection
items including photographs, pop-up books, artist books,
and children’s books. In the Libraries’ Visual and Multimedia
Resources department, students have access to an
extensive moving image collection where they can view or
borrow DVDs, VHS tapes, and 16mm films. The VMR
department also circulates digital cameras, data projectors,
photo light kits and tripods, audio recorders, laptop
computers, and other tools students need to create,
Director
document, and present their research and studio work.
Russell S. Abell The department also holds a collection of 35mm slides and
provides access to more than 1.3 million images through
Chair of Library Teaching, Learning ARTstor. Comfortable reading and study spaces are
and Collection Development
Amy Ballmer
available in this New York City landmark building on the
Brooklyn campus.
Head of Public Services The Pratt Manhattan Library holds more than 17,024
Lore Guilmartin monographs, subscribes to more than 170 current
Head of Technical Services
periodicals, and maintains a small fiction collection. The
John A. Maier book and periodical collection provides support for
the following programs: School of Information, Creative
Library Services Coordinator, Arts Therapy, Facilities/Construction Management,
Manhattan Campus
Jean Hines
Historic Preservation, Arts and Cultural Management,
Associate Degree Programs, Design Management, and
Evening and Weekend Continuing and Professional Studies.
Library Manager Librarians at both facilities offer instructional programs
Elizabeth Berg
to help patrons use information resources more effect­
Head of Visual and Multimedia ively. Other services offered throughout the year include
Resources orientation, individualized instruction, information
Chris Arabadjis
literacy instruction, research assistance, and referrals
Head of Digital and Special
to other libraries in the metropolitan area.
Collections All of the library units are dedicated not only to
Johanna Bauman providing access to information but to assisting inform­ation
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seekers in developing successful strategies to locate, evaluate, Maggie Portis Bruce J. Gitlin Christopher D. Shyer
and employ information to meet a full range of needs. Art and Architecture Librarian/Assistant Professor Board of Trustees Chair of the Board
President and CEO, Milgo Industrial Inc.
President, Zyloware Eyewear

The Pratt Institute Libraries are members of ConnectNY, B.A., University of Texas at Austin; M.S. Library and Mark D. Stumer
a consortium of libraries serving 15 prestigious independ­ Information Science, Long Island University; professional Mike Pratt Principal, Mojo-Stumer Associates, P.C.
ent academic institutions in New York State. From the organization memberships include ARLIS/NA and Vice Chair of the Board
President and Executive Director, The Scherman Trevor Wheeler
library online catalog, Pratt students can easily access an ARLIS/VRA.
Foundation Undergraduate Student Trustee
impressive collection of ebooks and request more
than 10 million print books from the college and university Paul Schlotthauer Anne H. Van Ingen Michael S. Zetlin
libraries of Adelphi University, Bard College, Canisius Research and Instruction Librarian / Associate Professor Vice Chair of the Board Attorney, Zetlin & De Chiara LLP
Former Director, Architecture, Planning and
College, Colgate University, Le Moyne College, Marist B.S., Gettysburg College; M.M., Indiana University; M.L.S.,
Design Program and Capital Projects, NYSCA and Trustees Emeriti:
College, Medaille College, Pace University, Rensselaer St. John’s University; publications include “Pratt Institute: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Graduate School Richard W. Eiger
Polytechnic Institute, Rochester Institute of Technology, A Historical Snapshot of Campus and Area” in Digitization of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Charles J. Hamm
St. Lawrence University, Siena College, U.S. Military in the Real World: Lessons Learned from Small and Columbia University Young Ho Kim
Leon Moed
Academy, and Vassar College. Medium‑Sized Digitization Projects; professional organ­
Frances Bronet John Morning
ization memberships include the Association of American President, Pratt Institute Bruce M. Newman
LIBRARY FACULTY Archivists, Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference, Heidi Nitze
Missy Brown Archivists Round Table of Metropolitan New York, American Dr. Joshua L. Smith Marc A. Rosen
Secretary Robert H. Siegel
Cataloging and Metadata Librarian/Assistant Professor Library Association, Association of College and Research
Professor Emeritus, New York University Juliana C. Terian
B.A., Rutgers University; M.S. Library and Information Science, Libraries, American Alliance of Museums.
Pratt Institute; professional organization memberships Howard S. Stein
include the Art Libraries Society of North America, Visual Holly Wilson Treasurer
Managing Director, Citigroup, Retired
Resources Association, and the American Library Research and Instruction Librarian/Associate Professor
Association. B.A., Baldwin-Wallace; M.S. Library and Information Science, Kurt Andersen
University of Pittsburgh; publications include “Touch, See, Writer
Cheryl M. Costello Find: Serving Multiple Literacies in the Art and Design
Luke Bolton
Art and Architecture Librarian/Associate Professor Library” in The Handbook of Art and Design Librarianship;
Recent Graduate Trustee
B.A., M.S. Library and Information Science, University of professional organization memberships include the
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; curator of La Gazette du Bon American Library Association, Association of College and Kathryn C. Chenault
Ton: Art Deco Fashion Plates from 1913 to 1922 exhibition Research Libraries; Reference and User Services Attorney
at the Pratt Institute Library; published in ARLIS/NA reviews; Association; and Art Libraries Society of North America.
Anne N. Edwards
peer reviewer for Art Documentation; professional Arts activist
organization memberships include American Association of
Museums, Art Libraries Society of New York, Art Libraries Gary S. Hattem
Society of North America; awarded the Celine Palatsky Philanthropy and Social Finance Advisor

Travel Award for the Art Libraries Society of North America Brandi Holt
36th Annual Conference. Graduate Student Trustee

Nick Dease Jonell Joshua

Recent Graduate Trustee
Digital Learning Librarian, Assistant Professor
B.A., Christopher Newport University; M.S. Library and June Kelly
Information Science, M.F.A. Digital Arts, Pratt Institute; June Kelly Gallery
professional organization memberships include ARLIS/NA.
Katharine L. McKenna
Artist, designer, and owner, KLM Studio
Matthew Garklavs
Electronic Resources Librarian/Assistant Professor Tracie Morris
B.A., Bard College; M.S. Library and Information Science, Faculty Trustee

Simmons College; professional organization memberships Mark Parsons

include Art Libraries Society of North America and New Faculty Trustee
York Technical Service Librarians (board member).
David O. Pratt
Not-for-profit Consultant

Ralph Pucci
President, Ralph Pucci International

Stan Richards
Principal, The Richards Group

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 Frances Bronet Michael Farnham
Administration President Director of Academic Advisement

Kirk E. Pillow Adam Friedman

Provost Director of Pratt Center for Community
Development
Donna Heiland
Associate Provost Christopher Gavlick, CLARB
Executive Director, Chief Facilities Officer
Allison Druin
Associate Provost for Research and Strategic Anthony Gelber
Partnerships Director of Administrative Sustainability

Judith Aaron Nedzad Goga

Vice President for Enrollment Executive Director of Financial Services

Daphne Halpern Thomas Greene

Vice President for Institutional Advancement Director of Legal Affairs

Joseph M. Hemway Sherri Jones

Vice President for Information Technology Executive Director of Alumni Relations
and CIO
Christopher Kasik
James J. Kempster Director of Residential Life and Housing
Vice President for Communications and
Marketing Emma Legge
Director of Student Involvement and Parent
Cathleen Kenny and Family Programs
Vice President for Finance and Administration
Dustin Liebenow
Helen Matusow-Ayres Assistant Vice President for Enrollment
Vice President for Student Affairs Management

TBD Ellery Matthews

Dean, School of Architecture Director of Academic Computing

Jorge Oliver Thomas Nawabi

Interim Dean, School of Art Comptroller

Anita Cooney Luke Phillips

Dean, School of Design Registrar

Anthony Cocciolo Steven Riccobono

Dean, School of Information Director of Human Resources

TBD Walter Rickard

Dean, School of Liberal Arts and Sciences Director of Athletics and Recreation

Maira Rey Seara Joseph Santa Ana

Dean, School of Continuing and Professional Director of Safety and Security
Studies
Kimberlae Saul
Russell Abell Director of Facilities Planning and Design
Director of Libraries
Rhonda Schaller
Esmilda Abreu Director of the Center for Career and
Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and Professional Development
Title IX Coordinator
Nancy Seidler
Nicholas Battis Director of Intensive English
Director of Exhibitions
Elisabeth Sullivan
Natalie Capannelli Director of the Learning Access Center
Director of Graduate Admissions
Jessica Tallman
Martha Cedarholm Executive Director of Development
Director of Health Services
TBD
Amanda Diaz Director of International Affairs
Director of HEOP
TBD
Randy Donowitz Director of Foundation Relations
Director of the Writing and Tutorial Center

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 Academic Fall 2019 Spring 2020 Summer 2020

Calendar First day of semester August 26 January 21 May 18

(See schedule
of classes)

Last day for 100% August 26 January 21 May 18

tuition refund upon
withdrawal (WD)

Last day to add September 9 February 3 May 24

classes or drop
without a WD grade

Last day to withdraw November 8 April 10 July 3

(WD) from a course

Dates that September 2 January 20 May 25

classes do (Labor Day) (Martin Luther (Memorial Day)
not meet King Day)
October 8 July 3–4
(Midterm Break) March 16–22 (Independence Day)
(Spring Break)
November 27–
December 1 May 5
(Thanksgiving) (Exam conflict/
Study Day)
December 9
(Exam conflict/
Study Day)

Final critique and December 10–16 May 6–12 n/a

exams
Important Residential Life
Telephone Numbers 718.399.­4550 Last day of semester December 16 May 12 July 24
Admissions (toll-free)
800.331.­0834 Security Grades due online December 18 May 14 July 27
718.636­.3540
Admissions
718.636.3514 Student Involvement
and Orientation Please note: This calendar must be considered
Career Services 718.636­.3422 as informational and not binding on the Institute.
718.636­.3506 The dates listed here are provided as a guideline
Academic Advisers for use by students and offices participating in
Financial Aid Architecture academic and registration-related activities.
718.636.­3599 718.399­.4333 This calendar is not to be used for nonacademic
business purposes. Pratt Institute reserves the
Health and Art and Design right to make changes to the information printed
Counseling Services 718.636­.3611 in this bulletin without prior notice.
718.399.­4542
Information and
International Library Science
Affairs Office 212.647.7682
718.636.­3674
Intensive English
Library Program
(Circulation Desk) 718.636.3450
718.636.3420
Writing Programs
Registrar 718.399­.4497
718.636.3663

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FALL 2019 Housing Monday, December 16 Monday, October 28
Sunday, August 18 Last day for students to submit graduation applications Online registration begins for continuing graduate students
Registration Entering freshman, transfer, and graduate students’ move- to the Registrar’s Office for May graduation; Review for
Friday, February 15 in to residence halls, 9 AM to 5 PM graduation begins January 8 Monday, November 4
Summer/Fall schedule due to Registrar’s Office Online registration begins for continuing undergraduate
Friday, August 23 Monday, December 16 students
Monday, March 11 Continuing students’ move-in to residence halls, 9 AM to 5 PM Fall semester ends; Last day to change grades from
Fall schedule goes live online previous spring/summer semesters Monday, January 20
Tuesday, December 17 Last day of preregistration for continuing students
Monday, March 18 Noon move-out deadline for graduating students and those Wednesday, December 18
Academic advisement begins who cancelled spring residence hall license All final grades due online by end of day Monday, February 3, 2020
Last day to add a class or drop without a WD grade
Monday, April 8 Note: Students residing on campus spring 2020 do not check Tuesday, December 24–Wednesday, January 1, 2020 recorded; No new registrations accepted after this date
Online registration begins for continuing graduate students out of their fall rooms Winter vacation. Institute closed
Friday, April 10
Monday, April 15 Academic Refund Schedule Last day for course withdrawal
Online registration begins for continuing undergraduate Saturday, June 1 Course Withdrawal Refund Schedule, Fall 2019
students All international students’ applications and documents due Prior to and including August 26 Full refund New Student Orientation
August 27–September 2 85% refund Friday, January 17
Monday, July 1 Monday, August 19 September 3–September 9 70% refund New student orientation held
New student registration Design Management and Arts and Cultural Management September 10–September 16 55% refund
classes begin After September 16 No refund Payment/Financial
Sunday, August 25 Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Last day of preregistration for continuing students Monday, August 26 The refunds above are calculated using the date you Recommended date to file spring financial aid and student
Classes begin completed your transaction online or at the Office of the loan applications for students who did not file for fall term
Monday, September 9 Registrar (Myrtle Hall, 6th floor). No penalty is assessed
Last day to add a class or drop without a WD grade Monday, September 2 for undergraduate withdrawals when a full-time credit load Thursday, December 19
recorded; No new registrations accepted after this date Labor Day. Institute closed (12-18 credits) is carried before and after the drop/add. Continuing students’ tuition payment deadline for spring

Friday, November 8 Monday, September 9 Housing Cancellation Refund Schedule Thursday, January 2, 2020
Last day for course withdrawal Last day to add a class or drop without a WD grade Please refer to the housing license to determine the All continuing students should begin to file financial aid
recorded cancellation penalty/refund. forms for summer 2020 / fall 2020 / spring 2021 financial
New Student Orientation aid award packages
Sunday, August 18–Friday, August 23 Tuesday, October 8 Meal Plan Cancellation Refund Schedule
New student orientation held Midterm Break. No classes, offices open Please refer to the cancellation penalty schedule on Friday, January 10
the back of your meal plan contract to determine the New students’ tuition payment deadline
Payment/Financial Monday, October 14 cancellation penalty/refund.
Friday, June 7 Columbus Day; Classes meet, offices closed Tuesday, January 21
Student loan application deadline SPRING 2020 Last day for 100 percent tuition refund upon withdrawal
Friday, November 8
Thursday, August 1 Last day for course withdrawal Registration Monday, January 27
Tuition payment deadline Friday, September 13, 2019 Recommended filing deadline for financial aid applications
Wednesday, November 27–Sunday, December 1 Spring schedule due to Registrar’s Office for the next academic year
Friday, August 2 Thanksgiving; No classes, offices open on 11/27 only
Late payment fee $195 in effect Monday, October 7 Thursday, April 2
Monday, December 9 Spring schedule goes live online Recommended filing deadline for 2020/21 student loan
Monday, August 26 Exam Conflict/Study Day applications
Last day for 100 percent tuition refund upon withdrawal Tuesday, October 15
Tuesday, December 10–Monday, December 16 Academic advisement begins
Final critique and exam week

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 Housing Tuesday, May 12 Housing Housing Cancellation Refund Schedule
Thursday, January 16 Spring semester ends; Last day to change grades from Sunday, May 17 Please refer to the housing license to determine the
Entering freshman, transfer, and graduate students’ previous fall semesters Residence Hall move-in. cancellation penalty/refund.
move-in to residence hall, 9 AM to 5 PM
Thursday, May 14 Note: Move-ins continue weekly through the end of Meal Plan Cancellation Refund Schedule
Wednesday, May 13 All final grades due online by end of day summer session. Please refer to the cancellation penalty schedule on
Noon move-out deadline for nongraduating students the back of your meal plan contract to determine the
and those students without a summer session residence Refund Schedule Saturday, July 25 cancellation penalty/refund.
hall license Course Withdrawal Refund Schedule Spring 2020 Noon move-out deadline for students without fall
Prior to and including January 21 Full refund residence hall license.
Note: students residing on campus summer 2020 session do January 22–January 28 85% refund
not move out of their spring room until notified their summer January 29–February 4 70% refund Note: Students residing on campus fall 2020 do not move out
room is ready. February 5–February 11 55% refund of their summer room until notified their fall room is ready.
After February 11 No refund
Academic Academic
Friday, November 1, 2019 The refunds above are calculated using the date you Saturday, May 9
All international students’ applications and documents due completed your transaction online or at the Office of the Design Management and Arts and Cultural Management
Registrar (Myrtle Hall, 6th floor). No penalty is assessed classes begin
Saturday, January 4, 2020 for undergraduate withdrawals when a full-time credit load
Design Management and Arts and Cultural Management (12-18 credits) is carried before and after the drop/add. Monday, May 18
classes begin Summer session classes begin
Housing Cancellation Refund Schedule
Monday, January 20 Please refer to the housing license to determine the Sunday, May 24
Martin Luther King, Jr Day; Institute closed cancellation penalty/refund. Last day to add a class or drop summer classes without
a WD grade recorded; No new summer session
Tuesday, January 21 Meal Plan Cancellation Refund Schedule registrations accepted after this date
First day of classes Please refer to the cancellation penalty schedule on the
back of your meal plan contract to determine the Monday, May 25
Monday, February 3 cancellation penalty/refund. Memorial Day; Institute closed
Last day to add a class or drop without a WD grade
recorded SUMMER 2020 Friday, July 3-Saturday, July 4
Independence Day; Institute closed
Monday, February 17 Registration
President’s Day; Classes meet, offices closed Monday, April 6 Friday, July 3
Registration for all summer classes begins Last day for withdrawal (WD) from a summer class
Monday, March 16–Sunday, March 22
Spring Break; Institute offices open Monday, May 18 Friday, July 24
First day of classes Summer semester ends
Wednesday, March 25
Last day to submit a graduation application for October and Sunday, May 24 Monday, July 27
February graduation Last day to add a class or drop summer classes without Summer grades due online by end of day
a WD grade recorded; No new summer session registrations
Friday, April 10 accepted after this date Refund Schedule
Last day for course withdrawal Course Withdrawal Refund Schedule Summer 2020
Friday, July 3 Prior to and including May 18 Full refund
Tuesday, May 5 Last day for withdrawal (WD) from a summer class May 19 through May 25 55% refund
Study Day/Exam Conflict Day After May 25 No refund
Payment/Financial
Wednesday, May 6–Tuesday, May 12 Monday, May 18 The refunds above are calculated using the date you
Final critique and exam week Summer tuition deadline completed your transaction online or at the Office of
the Registrar (Myrtle Hall, 6th floor).

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 BROOKLYN CAMPUS
Directions 200 WILLOUGHBY AVENUE
BROOKLYN, NY 11205

By Subway
From Grand Central Station
Take the downtown 4 or 5 train to the Fulton Street station.
Take the Brooklyn-bound A or C train to the Hoyt-
Schermerhorn station. Cross platform and take the G
train (front car) to the Clinton-Washington station.
Use Washington Avenue exit. On Washington, walk one
block north to DeKalb Avenue. Turn right onto DeKalb
and proceed one block to Hall Street/Saint James Place
to the corner gate of the Pratt campus.

From Penn Station and Port Authority Bus Terminals

Take the Brooklyn-bound A or C train to the Hoyt-
Schermerhorn station. Cross platform and take G train (front
car) to the Clinton-Washington station. Use Washington
Avenue exit and follow directions above to campus.

By Bus
From Downtown Manhattan
Take the B51 bus from City Hall to Fulton and Smith streets
in downtown Brooklyn. Change to the B38 bus and take
it up Lafayette Avenue to the corner of Saint James Place,
which turns into Hall Street. Entrance to the campus is
one block north on Hall Street.

From Downtown Brooklyn

Take the B38 bus towards Ridgewood and up Lafayette
Avenue to the corner of Washington Avenue. On
Washington, walk one block north to DeKalb Avenue. Turn
right onto DeKalb and proceed one block to Hall Street/
Saint James Place to the corner gate of the Pratt campus.

By Car
From BQE, Heading West/South
Exit 31, Wythe Avenue/Kent Avenue. Stay straight to go onto
Williamsburg Street W., which becomes Williamsburg Place,
then Park Avenue. Turn left onto Hall Street. Proceed two
blocks to Willoughby Avenue. Make a left on Willoughby.
Campus is on right.

From BQE, Heading East/North

Exit 30, Flushing Avenue. Bear left onto Classon Avenue,
then turn left onto Flushing Avenue. Turn left onto
Washington Avenue. Proceed two blocks to Willoughby
Avenue. Make a left on Willoughby. Campus is on right.
Myrtle Hall is across the street from the main gate (first
left parking lot).

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From West Side of Manhattan Via Manhattan Bridge
Travel east on Canal Street to Manhattan Bridge. Exit bridge
to Flatbush Avenue Extension. Turn left onto Myrtle Avenue.
Proceed 15 blocks. Make a right turn onto Hall Street.
Go one block. Make a left turn onto Willoughby. Campus
is on right.
From East Side of Manhattan Via Brooklyn Bridge
Travel south on the FDR Drive (also called East River Drive) to
Brooklyn Bridge exit. Exit bridge to Tillary Street. Turn left
on Tillary to Flatbush Avenue. Turn left on Tillary. Turn right
onto Flatbush Avenue Extension. Proceed 15 blocks. Make a
right turn onto Hall Street. Go one block. Make a left turn
onto Willoughby Avenue. Campus is on right.
From Newark-Liberty Airport
After the exit, continue toward US-1/US-9/Newark-
Elizabeth (US-22.) Continue on US-1 and 9 North toward
Port Newark. US-1 and 9 North become 12th Street.
Continue on Boyle Plaza, which becomes the Holland
Tunnel. Take the tunnel toward Brooklyn/Downtown
and continue on Beach Street to Walker Street. Continue
on Canal Street to the Manhattan Bridge. Cross the
bridge to Flatbush Avenue Extension. Turn left onto Myrtle
Avenue. Proceed 15 blocks. Make a right turn onto
Hall Street. Go one block. Make a left turn onto Willoughby
Avenue. Campus is on right.
From LaGuardia Airport
Follow signs toward Airport Exit/Rental Cars. Take ramp
(right) onto Grand Central Parkway toward Parkway West/
Manhattan. At exit 4, take ramp (right) onto BQE/ I-278
W. toward the Verrazano Narrows Bridge. Take BQE to exit
31, Wythe Avenue/Kent Avenue. Stay straight to go onto
Williamsburg Street W., which becomes Williamsburg Place,
then Park Avenue. Turn left onto Hall Street. Proceed two
blocks to Willoughby Avenue. Make a left on Willoughby.
Campus is on right.
From Kennedy Airport
Take the Airport Exit on I-678 South and continue toward
Terminals 8 and 9. Go toward Terminal 9 Departures.
Bear right toward the Van Wyck Expressway/Airport Exit.
Continue on the Van Wyck/I-678 North. Take the 1B-2/Belt
Parkway exit toward the Verrazano Bridge. Take exit 1B
to North Conduit Avenue, which becomes North Conduit
Boulevard. Take Belt Parkway West toward the Verrazano
Bridge. Take the North Conduit Avenue exit 17W. Continue
on Nassau Expressway/North Conduit Avenue. Bear left
on Atlantic Avenue. Proceed five miles. Turn right onto
Washington Avenue and go seven blocks. Turn right onto
Directions
Willoughby Avenue. Campus is on right. Myrtle Hall is across
the street from the main gate (first left into parking lot).
MANHATTAN CAMPUS
144 WEST 14TH STREET
NEW YORK, NY 10011
By Car
From Queens Via 59th Street Bridge
Go south on the FDR Drive. Take 23rd Street exit. Make a
right turn onto 23rd Street. Make a left turn on Second
Avenue. Take Second Avenue to 14th Street. Make a right
turn. Pratt is located between Sixth and Seventh Avenues
on the south side of the block, closest to Seventh Avenue.
From Brooklyn
Via Brooklyn Bridge, head north on FDR Drive. Drive to
Houston Street exit. Take left on Houston to Third Avenue.
Make a right. Take Third Avenue to 14th Street, and make
a left turn. Pratt is located between Sixth and Seventh
Avenues on the south side of the block, closest to
Seventh Avenue.
From New Jersey
Take the Holland Tunnel to Manhattan. Take Exit 3 toward
Brooklyn, merge onto Beach St./W. Broadway and continue
to follow W. Broadway. Make a slight left onto Sixth Avenue/
Avenue of the Americas. Turn left onto 14th Street. Pratt
is located between Sixth and Seventh Avenues on the south
side of the block, closest to Seventh Avenue.
From Westchester
Take the West Side Highway South. Make a left turn onto 14th
Street. Pratt is located between Sixth and Seventh Avenues
on the south side of the block, closest to Seventh Avenue.
Parking in Manhattan
Limited street parking is available on weekdays and
weekends. Parking is available for a fee in nearby garages.
By Subway
Take the A, C, or E train to 14th Street/Eighth Avenue,
the F or M train to 14th Street/Sixth Avenue, the 1, 2, or 3
train to 14th Street/Seventh Avenue, or the 4, 5, 6, N, R,
or Q train to 14th Street/Union Square. Take crosstown
buses or the L train to travel east or west on 14th Street.
Pratt is located between Sixth and Seventh Avenues on
the south side of the block, closest to Seventh Avenue.
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By Bus accessible with the least amount of delay or
If uptown, take the M20 to 14th Street/Eighth Avenue. inconvenience to you.
Or take the M6 to 14th Street/Avenue of the Americas. Students should contact the Director of the Learning/
If downtown, take the M20 to 14th Street/Seventh Avenue. Access Center, Elisabeth Sullivan, at esulliv5@pratt.edu or
Or take the M6 to 14th Street/Union Square. Take cross­ 718.636.3711 in advance, according to the procedures for
town buses or the L train to travel east or west on 14th requesting accommodations established by the Learning/
Street. Pratt is located between Sixth and Seventh Avenues Access Center. Requests for accommodation should be
on the south side of the block, closest to Seventh Avenue. made as far in advance as reasonably possible to allow
sufficient time to make any necessary modifications to
By PATH Train from New Jersey ensure the relevant classes, programs, or activities are
Take the PATH train to 14th Street in Manhattan. Exit at readily accessible. The Learning/Access Center is available
Sixth Avenue and 14th Street. Pratt is located between to Pratt students, confidentially, with additional resources
Sixth and Seventh Avenues on the south side of the block, and information to facilitate full access to all campus
closest to Seventh Avenue. programs and activities and provide support related to
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Course 248 Architecture
Descriptions 254 Construction Management
251 Management

SCHOOL OF ART
258 Art and Design Education
260 Associate Degree Programs
273 Digital Arts
265 Film
266 Fine Arts
267 Drawing
268 Jewelry
269 Painting
269 Printmaking
270 Sculpture
271 Techniques
269 Foundation
273 Photography

SCHOOL OF DESIGN
278 Communications Design
285 Fashion Design
287 Industrial Design
289 Interior Design

SCHOOL OF LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES

291 Cultural History
291 Cultural Studies
291 Foreign Languages
292 Humanities and Media Studies
293 Intensive English Program
294 Interdepartmental Electives
296 Math and Science
304 Math and Science Writing Intensive
305 Philosophy
306 Social Sciences
312 Social Science Writing Initiative
314 Writing

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5. North Hall 15B. Pantas Security Booth 23. Stabile Hall
6. Memorial Hall 15C. Hall Security Booth 24. Cannoneer Court
7. Student Union 16. Chemistry Building 25. Myrtle Hall
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SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE
Architecture
ARCH-101 Design I (5.00 cr.)
Design I provides a conceptual framework for
the student beginning the architecture
curriculum with an exploration of fundamental
design principles.
ARCH-102 Design II (5.00 cr.)
Design II translates the conceptual frame­-
work into small-scale architectural projects in
a variety of contexts.
Requisite courses: Complete ARCH-101
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-111 Representation 1 (3.00 cr.)
This is the first course of the required three-
semester sequence in architectural representation.
The focus of this sequence is to not only begin
to understand the representational possibilities
that are enabled by architectural drawings, but
to also highlight drawing’s ability to aid in the
understanding and simplification of complex form
and idea. The primary goal of this course is an
introduction to fundamental architectural
drawing skills. The course enriches, extends, and
supports two-dimensional drawings as a method
of development, communication and exploration;
Students learn to construct measured archi­
tectural hand drawings in a variety of mediums.
Faculty presentations and demonstrations on
various drawing techniques and applications and
reviews of student drawing projects take place
in the studio setting.
ARCH-112 Representation 2 (3.00 cr.)
This is the second course of the required three-
semester sequence in architectural representation.
The primary goal of this course is to introduce
the beginning student of architecture to basic
2-D digital software package (i.e. Photoshop,
Illustrator and 2-D Auto CAD or their equivalents)
essential to explore representation on a
contemporary and critical level. The course is
intended to highlight a menu of techniques that
will prepare the student to use digital software
as a primary communication tool throughout their
architectural education. This newfound
knowledge can be used for highly descriptive as
well transformative applications in the context
of design and technical coursework. Faculty
presentations and demonstrations on various
techniques and applications and reviews of
student drawing projects take place in the studio
setting. Sections of this course are reserved for
Architecture majors.
Requisite courses: ARCH-111 (Required, Previous)
ARCH-131 Technics (3.00 cr.)
This course is an intuitive and analytical
exploration of the nature of basic processes,
material properties and the forms and structures
they generate. Emphasis is on geometry of
architecture, employing physical modeling in
creating such structures and theoretical analysis
of basic structural systems.
ARCH-151 History and Theory 1 (3.00 cr.)
This course is the first of a required four-
semester sequence. It covers the history of
architecture in non-Western cultures and in the
West from the Paleolithic to the Gothic. Instructors’
lectures on history will be complemented by
presentations on theoretical issues and current
works offered by architects teaching in the school.
ARCH-152 History and Theory 2 (3.00 cr.)
The course covers key non-Western cultures
(Pre-Columbian America, India, China and Japan)
and the history of architecture in the West from
the early Renaissance to the Rococo. Instructors’
lectures on history will be complemented by
presentations on theoretical issues and current
works offered by architects teaching in the school.
Requisite courses: Take ARCH-151
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-201 Intermediate Design I (5.00 cr.)
This course emphasizes the fundamental role
of site, program, material and technology as
determinants of architectural projects scaled
to address issues of dwelling.
Requisite courses: Complete ARCH-102
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-202 Intermediate Design II (5.00 cr.)
This course expands upon ARCH-201,
emphasizing the design of site, program, material
and technology as determinants of architectural
projects scaled to address issues related to
public buildings.
Requisite courses: Complete ARCH-201
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-211 Representation III (3.00 cr.)
This is the third course of the required four-
semester sequence in architectural representation.
This course extends the user of the computer
as a tool for architectural representation by
engaging in digital three-dimensional modeling.
Requisite courses: ARCH-112 (Required, Previous)
ARCH-231 Statics and Strength of Material
(3.00 cr.)
Topics covered include: analysis of co-planar forces,
moments and couples in equilibrium; app-
lications to typical structural systems in buildings;
trusses; behavior of structural materials in
tension, compression, and bending; buckling;
design of beams and framing loads.
Requisite courses: Take MATH-150 or pass the
math placement exam. Contact the Department
of Mathematics and Science for information on
taking the exam: ARC LL G-37 sci@pratt.edu
718.636.3764 (Required, Previous)
ARCH-232 Structures: Steel (3.00 cr.)
Topics covered include analysis of determinate
and continuous structures as well as the design
of structural members, connections, and build-
ings in steel and concrete; analysis of framing
simple indeterminate structures and the design
and detailing of reinforced concrete members
and foundations; and consideration of new materials
and structural systems, including aluminum
and composites.
Requisite courses: ARCH-231 (Required, Previous)
Course Descriptions
ARCH-233 Technics for Non-Architects
(3.00 cr.)
Technics for Non-Architects is an introduction
to the physical properties and structural behavior
intrinsic to all full-scale architectural assemblies.
The course will highlight for the student a range
of performative, dynamic and emergent principles
specific to a series of material constructs
derived from one week to the next. Working in
real-time, students will be exposed to a broad
range of material practices as an opportunity
to discover the critical correspondence between
any specific itinerary of construction and its
underlying in dynamic behavior.
ARCH-251 History and Theory III (3.00 cr.)
This course is an introduction to the unique
character of the modern architectural discourse.
It maps the different ways in which architectural
theory was developed and transformed from
the late eighteenth century to the Modernist
movements of the first half of the twentieth century.
Instructors’ lectures will be complemented by
presentations on theoretical issues and current
works offered by architects teaching in the school.
Requisite courses: ARCH-152
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-252 History and Theory IV (3.00 cr.)
This course is an introduction to the archit­
ectural discourse in the world from 1945 to the
present. It will explore the strategic role of
architectural theory in relation to the political and
social conditions, the technical and techno­logical
transformations, and construction techniques.
Instructors’ lectures will be complemented by
presentations on theoretical issues and current
works offered by architects teaching in the school.
Requisite courses: ARCH-251
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-261 Architectural Materials (3.00 cr.)
This course reviews basic building materials in the
context of fundamental building issues. Materials
studied include wood, masonry, and concrete.
Each major material is examined in the context
of its chemical structure, historical evolution,
relevance to contemporary practice, and utilization
in new and future products. This course will
examine the relationship between materials and
issues of sustainability. The course format consists
of weekly lectures followed by discussion
seminars. Slide lectures introduce each building
material and its major contextual issues and
provide a survey of visual information related to
that material. Seminar sections provide students
with the opportunity to ask questions and
clarify the content of the lecture.
Requisite courses: Take MSCI-110
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-262 Architectural Assembly Systems
(3.00 cr.)
This course reviews assemblage of materials in
the context of fundamental building issues.
Materials studied include steel and concrete
systems, and selection criteria for non-structural
materials such as glass, plastics, and other building
components. This course brings together issues
of fire, water, movement, sound and temperature
control. The course format consists of weekly
lectures followed by discussion seminars.
Requisite courses: Take ARCH-261(2772)
(Required, Previous)
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ARCH-301 Comprehensive Design I (5.00 cr.)
This course emphasizes the comprehensive nature
of architectural design. One project of mod-
erate program complexity on a visitable site allows
students to engage in many design issues and carry
concepts to a level of high solution.
Requisite courses: Complete ARCH-202
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-302 Comprehensive Design II (5.00 cr.)
This studio class expands the comprehensive
development of ARCH-301’s architectural design.
One project of high complexity on a chall­-
enging visit able site allows students to further
develop comprehensive strategies and to carry
concepts to a level of higher resolution than in
the 301 Design studio.
Requisite courses: Complete ARCH-301
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-331 Concrete Structures (3.00 cr.)
This is an applied science course in which
advanced applications of scientific technology
in structures, materials and energy are developed.
The lecture format is supplemented by exer-
cises and individual research projects pertinent
to the technology of design and construction.
Requisite courses: Take ARCH-232
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-361 Building Environment (3.00 cr.)
This course focuses on the interior environment
of buildings, and how comfort is designed and
maintained. Topics include site, solar orientation,
heating, cooling, ventilation, lighting and
acoustics. Special emphasis will be placed on natural
systems, energy efficiency, LEED and other
issues of sustainability.
Requisite courses: Take MSCI-271
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-362 Building Services (3.00 cr.)
This course examines the service systems
employed in contemporary buildings: electricity,
communications, alarms, movement, water, waste
and other services are covered. In addition,
there will be an emphasis on LEED, energy efficiency
and other sustainability issues.
Requisite courses: ARCH-361
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-363 Professional Practice (3.00 cr.)
This course covers all aspects of the profession
of architecture. Issues include a conceptual
understanding of architectural practice, its
definition and historical and theoretical models,
and methods of managing and delivering a
complete architectural project. The course also
clarifies the contractual and ethical respons­
ibilities of an architect and collaborative business
practices for maintaining an architectural office.
Requisite courses: Take ARCH-202
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-364 Construction Documents (3.00 cr.)
The purpose of this course is to achieve a level
of understanding and competence in the
preparation of construction documents for the
construction of a medium sized steel structure.
Students will build upon and apply principles
through the phases of a project’s development.
Schematic Design defines the design intent of a
project and site conditions. Design Development
continues the exploration by adding specificity
of systems and defining building components.
Construction Documents further develops the
project through the buildings’ details. The student
will examine all the phases of a projects evolution
and understand the efforts necessary to
representationally communicate the construction
of a building.
Requisite courses: Take ARCH-301
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-400 Advanced Design (5.00 cr.)
Advanced Design expands upon the knowledge
and skills acquired in the core design curriculum.
Emphasis is on development of individualized
approaches to the design process through the
investigation of specific architectural topics in
the areas of site, program, and technology.
Requisite courses: Take ARCH-302
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-400I Advanced Design (Rome) (5.00 cr.)
The studio focuses initially on an analysis of
historic models to reveal distinct architectural
patterns within Rome. The design process
explores the transformation of Roman conditions
and prototypes. Critical issues include under­
standing urban form as an accommodation of the
city’s growth and accretive intervention within a
fragmented historic context. Studies conclude with
formal propositions within the context of the
city fabric.
Requisite courses: Complete ARCH-302
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-401 Advanced Design Studio I (5.00 cr.)
Advanced Design Studio I expands upon the
knowledge and skills acquired in the core design
curriculum. Emphasis is on the development of
individual approaches to the design process
through the investigation of specific architectural
topics in the areas on site, program and technology.
Focuses on the research and design of architectural
proposal, carried to a level of advanced conceptual
programmatic technical inquiry and resolution
at various scales of project development.
Requisite courses: Take ARCH-302
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-402 Advanced Design Studio II (5.00 cr.)
Advanced Design Studio II expands upon the
knowledge and skills acquired in ARCH-401
Advanced Design Studio. Broader development
of individualized approaches to the design process.
Topics in the areas of site, program and technology
presents the student with the broad range of
concerns of architectural design in anticipation
of ARCH-403 design and the degree project
year. One semester long project focuses on the
research and design of an architectural proposal
carried to a highly advanced level of conceptual,
programmatic and technical inquiry and resolution
of various scales of project development.
Requisite courses: Take ARCH-401
(Required, Previous)
Course Descriptions
ARCH-403 Advanced Design Studio III (5.00 cr.)
This course completes the sequence of advanced
option studios and presents the board range of
issues and concerns of architectural design in
anticipation of the degree project year. Expanded
development of individualized approaches to the
design process refines the student’s ability to
work independently. Investigation into the
architectural issues relative to site, program and
technology prepares the student to define specific
topics of investigation. Emphasis is on the research
and design of an architectural proposal carried
to the most advanced pre-professional level of
conceptual, programmatic and technical inquiry
and resolution at various scales of
project development.
Requisite courses: Take ARCH-402
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-451 Urban Studies (Rome) (2.00 cr.)
This course gathers together the ancillary visits
and site work that supplement the design
studio. Beginning with a survey of Rome (from its
foundation through the thirteenth century), sites
of architectural, archaeological, and historical
significance are examined. It includes three
organized field trips intended to maximize the
students’ exposure to critical sites and buildings
encompassing diverse historic periods. Northern
Trip: Palladio and the Venuto (one week) Spoleto,
Assisi, Urbino, Rimini, Modena, Mantua, Verona
and Vicenza. Includes private tours of the work of
Palladio (Villa Rotunda, Teatro Olimpico, Villa Emo)
and Carlo Scarpa (Castle Vecchio, Brion Cemetary,
Canova Museum). Florence Trip: Italian Renaissance
(four days). Southern Trip: Naples and Puglia (one
week)—Naples, Pompeii, Paestum, Matera, Villa
Franca and Bari. In conjunction with the field trips,
there will be required reading, research, on-site
analysis, observation and presentation to the
faculty and students by smaller groups.
Requisite courses: Complete ARCH-302
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-452 Italian Modern Arch (Rome)
(2.00 cr.)
This course surveys the history and theory
of Italian modern architecture covering the
period that begins with G.B. Piranesi through
to the present.
Requisite courses: Complete ARCH-302
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-453 Rome as Spectacle (3.00 cr.)
This course is an investigation that focuses on
the great eras of Renaissance and Baroque
Rome. Art and architecture as well as the
performing arts are studied within the broader
context of social, political and religious history.
Requisite courses: Take ARCH-208
(Required, Previous)
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ARCH-461 Urban Genealogies (3.00 cr.)
The course will focus on four of the historical,
socio-cultural and milestones which affects eco-
nomic forces that are the definitive architectural
shape of the urban fabric and the plans for the
city: Renaissance to viability of communities
and the Baroque Plan of Rome, and the 19th
neighborhoods. The roles of Century Plan of Paris,
the 20th Century Plan of La Cite Industrielle,
and the World War Period Plan of I the Radiant
City. The course will study the projects sequen-
tially and discuss the links and relationships
among these plans. The sequence will demonstrate
how the city form responded to the innovations
realized by each of these plans. Each of the
ideal urban plans were enacted through singular
buildings designed by a singular architect.
These projects were embodied in plans that ad-
dress the structure and spatial attributes of the
entire city. The progression of singular works
that one by one were the models that impacted the
entire city plan is presented: from the Renais-
sance to the 20th Century.
Requisite courses: Take ARCH-252
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-501 Degree Project: Research (3.00 cr.)
Thesis research is a preparatory course for a design
thesis and/or a senior degree project. Students
review and write short essays on selected
subjects and produce an illustrated manifesto,
documentation and bibliography for their design
thesis. The final project includes two credits
of research followed by five credits of design.
Proposals, portfolios and choice of designs are
reviewed the semester before the research
begins and require the approval of the chairperson
of undergraduate architecture. Submission
of written proposals for the degree project must
be submitted to the chair’s office in the previous
semester, prior to the completion of all require­
ments for entering the ninth semester of design.
Completion of all required architectural
history, technology, methods and practice courses
are required.
Requisite courses: Take ARCH-402
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-503 Degree Project: Design Studio
(5.00 cr.)
The required studio is an investigation of a
specifically researched topic developed into an
architectural proposition. The degree project
should represent a synthesis of the student’s
understanding of architecture, in addition to
research in the potential of architecture. Prior to
undertaking the Degree Project Studio, students
must have satisfactorily completed the Degree
Project Research course, ARCH-484P. All students
who are candidates for a bachelor’s degree in
architecture are required to satisfactorily complete
three credits of project research and five credits
of Degree Project Design Studio.
Requisite courses: Take ARCH-501
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-511A Representation: from Perception
(3.00 cr.)
This course focuses on analog/traditional forms
of representation. Students are introduced
to various two-dimensional representations in
black-and-white and in color.
ARCH-511B Rep: Freehand Drawing Rome
(3.00 cr.)
This course explores freehand drawing as a means
of investigating and comprehending Rome’s
urban space. Various techniques and media are
introduced including: figure and ground, shade
and shadow, multiple perspective, collage, pen
and ink, pastel, and charcoal.
Requisite courses: Complete ARCH-302
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-511C Freehand Drawing Now (3.00 cr.)
This course explores freehand drawing and its
digital manipulation as a means of investigating,
comprehending and representing urban
space. Various techniques will be introduced
including: overlapping perspectives, contrasting
shadow, negative space, figure ground, contouring,
and line versus surface. Various media will be
explored including: charcoal, ink wash, pastel,
conte, marker and collage. All of the work of the
hand will be altered by its transfer and recon­
sideration in the digital format.
ARCH-513B Portfolio Development (3.00 cr.)
This course examines the mechanics of
portfolio preparation. The individual is
encouraged to organize a comprehensive
assemblage of architectural work through
the intensive study of presentation principles
and representational techniques.
Requisite courses: Take ARCH-211
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-521A Introduction to BIM (3.00 cr.)
This course introduces students to Building
Information Modeling (BIM), both as a revolution
in architecture profession and design, as well as
covering the basic skill sets to utilize Revit, the
BIM software. Students will be introduced to
modeling and design, the creation of parametric
families, sunlight studies, and the documentation
and presentation of their semester long project.
Requisite courses: ARCH-202, ARCH-211
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-521B Introduction to 4D BIM (3.00 cr.)
This class is intended to simulate the real-life
design and construction process, using Building
Information Modeling (BIM) tools as the nave for
all exchanges of information. It’s a collaborative
class where Construction Management (CM) and
Undergraduate Architecture design students
work on a small sustainable project that will be
developed throughout the semester. Architecture
students will generate the BIM model, produce
whole building analysis, and coordinate and
exchange data with CM students. On the CM side,
the students will quantify and provide a cost
estimate of the whole building as well as simulate
the assembly of the building.
Requisite courses: ARCH-521A
(Required, Previous)
Course Descriptions
ARCH-523B Advanced ARCH Imaging (3.00 cr.)
This class is intended for students who want to
develop an intense engagement with the theory
and the craft of architectural imaging. “Imaging”
is defined to include both images made by
physical cameras and those made by virtual
cameras (i.e. computer renderings). Topics covered
include: Theory and Practice of Available Light in
Digital Photography, Image Processing in Adobe
Lightroom and Adobe Photoshop, Render Setup
in Autodesk Maya (including uv mapping, texture
creation, and flythrough animation). Rendering
with Advanced Engines (Maxwell Render and
VRAY for Maya), and Basic Motion Graphics and
Compositing Techniques in Adobe After Effects.
Requisite courses: ARCH-211 (Required, Previous)
ARCH-527A Digital Fabrication (3.00 cr.)
This seminar will investigate the design and
fabrication of architectural components as a
function of digital modeling and fabrication
practices. Via an immersive environment of 3-
dimensional scanning. Computational modeling,
and CNC (computer numerically controlled)
fabrication, we will explore the generative
relationship between design and fabrication.
Undergirding this instrumental process will be an
investigation and conceptualizing of the ornamental
and material effects of applied wood molding.
Over the course of the semester, students will
be responsible for the ongoing research and
development of digital models and prototypes.
The seminar will culminate in a series of class-
wide scaled mock-ups.
Requisite courses: ARCH-211 (Required, Previous)
ARCH-527C Digital Crafting (3.00 cr.)
This course introduces students to the history,
theory, and application of procedural design
methods. The course pedagogy centers on
an association between practices of craft
production and computational techniques,
whereby students will develop research using
scripted interfaces and digital fabrication
technology. The course will make extensive
use of the 3-Axis CNC router at the School of
Architecture.
Requisite courses: ARCH-211 (Required, Previous)
ARCH-551A Alvar Aalto (3.00 cr.)
This comprehensive survey examines the wide
range of work—architecture, furniture, writing,
and interior design—by the 20th century Finnish
architect, Alvar Aalto. The course explores
his unique formulation of a contemporary
architecture that, using 20th century aesthetic
theory, synthesizes the conflicts of the modern
and traditional, the rational and natural, the
classical and vernacular, the technological and
human, and the pragmatic and poetic.
Requisite courses: Take ARCH-252
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-551B Frank Lloyd Wright (3.00 cr.)
A survey course of the buildings and writings
of Wright looks at influences on Wright from
Sullivan, Emerson, and Eastern spiritual thought.
It also examines Wright’s influences and his
relevance to us today.
Requisite courses: Take ARCH-252
(Required, Previous)
250
ARCH-551C Kahn and Venturi (3.00 cr.)
The work and philosophies of Louis Kahn and
Robert Venturi are presented as a detailed study
of two major trends in modern architecture:
organic or “integrated” architecture, typical of
Wright, Mies and Corbu and exemplified by Kahn;
and “decorated construction,” typical of the 19th
century eclectics and the post-modernists and
exemplified by Venturi. Besides slide-illustrated
lectures and reading, there will be in-class and
take-home drawing assignments to give students
graphic familiarity with the material.
Requisite courses: Take ARCH-252
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-551D Scarpa and Piecnik (3.00 cr.)
An in-depth course on the relationship among
the works of two major figures of XXth Century
architecture: Carlo Scarpa, Italian, a unique
voice in modern architecture after WWI, and
Joze Plecnik, Slovenian, also a unique voice,
particularly between the two world wars but
appearing to be a late classicist on the surface
yet a true modernist at core.
Requisite courses: ARCH-252 (Required, Previous)
ARCH-553A Legacy of Roman Form (3.00 cr.)
This course is a prerequisite for students
enrolling in the undergraduate architecture
spring Rome program and is offered to all
interested upper-level students. It examines the
value of history to architectural invention and
introduces the lasting achievement of Roman
culture, as demonstrated by its architecture,
and reflects on the way in which that culture has
influenced and continues to influence ideas.
Requisite courses: Take ARCH-252;
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-555A Islamic Architecture (3.00 cr.)
This course is a historical survey of Islamic
architectures within the context of Mohammedan
tradition and its re-emergence in the modern
world. Topics covered include the environmental,
cultural and artistic influences of design in the
Middle East, Spain, North Africa, China and India
to new developments and the renewals of towns
drawn from on-site research by the instructor.
There is a continuing emphasis on the underlying
geometry of architectural examples, which students
choose to draw and analyze.
Requisite courses: ARCH-252
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-555B Pre-Columbian Architecture
(3.00 cr.)
This architectural history course provides an
important area of discourse of architecture in
South and Central America. Students will explore
the Pre-Columbian cultures of the Aztecs,
the Maya and the Incas as well as other Native
American groups which can be compared in a
broader civilization context. As European nations
settled or influenced the Native American cultures,
changes would occur which have repercussions
in modem day life and architecture. Students will
examine the environment in which indigenous
architecture arose in the Americas and how
the architectural forms have changed or found
re-expression today.
Requisite courses: ARCH-252 (Required, Previous)
ARCH-557A Architectural Creativity (3.00 cr.)
Through interviews, readings, and invited
lecturers, this course explores a cross-section
of contemporary understanding of what the
creative process is and how it can be applied
to architectural practice. Through research
papers and projects, students document original
material contributing to the knowledge of
creative architectural problem-solving. (Open
to undergraduate students in their 3rd year or
above and to graduate students).
ARCH-557C 12 Dialogical and Poetic (3.00 cr.)
This seminar is based on the phenomenological;
analysis as a theoretical frame. The course will
also teach and demonstrate the application of
the Phenomenological in Architecture and Art.
This seminar will introduce key critical concepts
through weekly lectures which will tie together
theoretical readings and illustrated references to
contemporary architecture, art and literature.
Requisite courses: ARCH-252 (Required, Previous)
ARCH-557D Genealogies of Program (3.00 cr.)
This seminar will investigate contemporary
theories of the architectural program as a
complex and paradoxical set of ideas. Beginning
as a reaction to early modernist functionalist
doctrines where form was thought of as a direct
expression of a building’s use, a culture of inquiry
beginning in the 1960s sought to reposition
program through theories of indeterminacy
and excess. The seminar establishes a field of
complementary and competing theories of
program—from the narrative and diagrammatic
to the organizational and informational—that is
by no means complete or exhausted. Replete
with a rich and enigmatic catalogue of projects,
each week will explore a different thread
of programmatic thought through the lens of
architectural production.
Requisite courses: ARCH-252 (Required, Previous)
ARCH-557E Digital Tracery (3.00 cr.)
This seminar will interrogate digital prototyping
as a working method and form of research
that differs from classical “iconic” models of
representation. Working within two parallel
forms of inquiry-the design/fabrication of laser
cut wood models and the analysis of selective
readings-the seminar will expose the potentials
of contemporary digital modeling as a speculative
practice the embraces iterative making as
“design intelligence”. Critical to this method is
the scalability of the prototyping process-each
consecutively scaled model is a rehearsal for the
realities of one-to-one construction.
Requisite courses: ARCH-211 (Required, Previous)
ARCH-559A Re-Definitions (3.00 cr.)
This research seminar is intended to provide
each student an environment to develop
their own re-definitions of the course topics
and to communicate them imaginatively. The
seminar is also meant to allow students to
engage in stimulating dialogue related to the
predetermined topics with the instructor and
invited guests.
Requisite courses: ARCH-252 (Required, Previous)
Course Descriptions
ARCH-559C Critical Thinking: Evolution
(3.00 cr.)
This class explores the evolution or making of form
as a process of change; in art and architecture,
in nature, and in the social and cultural forms
that are the context of our lives and work. It reveals
the ”hidden likeness in diversity” providing a
fresh perception and organization of the subjec-
tive processes of the creative process; clarifying
relationships between separate fields of
study and forms existing and new. Specific exam-
ples in art and architecture, illustrated in lectures,
clarify the broad subject matter of the seminars.
The “art of crafting” a project in order to
fulfill a concept is examined and is essential to
its’ formal realization. Understanding the process
of “creating” can illuminate obstacles hinder-
ing the success of aesthetic goals. The course
is open to students from Art and Design and
Architecture in order to engage in collaborative
re­search. Both groups of students contribute
respective technical, visual and conceptual per-
spectives to the learning environment.
Requisite courses: Take ARCH-252
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-561A Independent Study—Undergraduate
(3.00 cr.)
Students pursuing advanced projects not
available in regular course offerings may apply for
independent study if they have a minimum GPA
of 3.0 and have at least sophomore status.
Students must submit a written description of the
project and its relationship to their curriculum.
The application must be approved by the faculty
member directing the work, chairperson, and dean.
Requisite courses: Complete ARCH-302
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-561B Independent Study—Undergraduate
(2.00 cr.)
Students pursuing advanced projects not
available in regular course offerings may apply for
independent study if they have a minimum GPA
of 3.0 and have at least sophomore status.
Students must submit a written description of the
project and its relationship to their curriculum.
The application must be approved by the faculty
member directing the work, chairperson, and dean.
Requisite courses: Complete ARCH-302
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-561C Independent Study—Undergraduate
(1.00 cr.)
Students pursuing advanced projects not
available in regular course offerings may apply for
independent study if they have a minimum GPA
of 3.0 and have at least sophomore status.
Students must submit a written description of the
project and its relationship to their curriculum.
The application must be approved by the faculty
member directing the work, chairperson, and dean.
Requisite courses: Complete ARCH-302
(Required, Previous)
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ARCH-561D Pedagogy of Arch Design (3.00 cr.)
After having gone through the fundamentals
of architectural design in the first and second
year as a design student, this elective seminar is
offering the examination of the history and
theories of architectural design teaching. Pedagogy
of Architectural Design examines the history of
architectural design teaching and learning, focusing
on the writings of the modern movement of
architectural teaching, the construction of the US
American Architecture School starting in the 19th
Century and the cultural challenges that were
posed on architectural design teaching through
the cultural and political upheaval of the 1960s to
the current times.
Requisite courses: Complete ARCH-301
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-563A Research Topics (R) (3.00 cr.)
Research Topics is a learning experience at a
field-related faculty supported research site. It
provides students with an opportunity to extend
academic knowledge and skills in a research
setting and obtain additional knowledge and
skills in preparation for research development or
graduate school. Students experience the real-
life context and application of their course work,
thus enriching their educational experience.
They deepen their knowledge about important
aspects of their field, enhance their research
skills in a real-world context, build their research
network, and inform their career choices in
this area of academic architectural research.
Additional faculty supervised activities provide
the opportunity for an in-depth reflection on
the directed research experience. It is highly
suggested that students take this course for a
minimum of 2 consecutive semesters.
Requisite courses: ARCH-301 (Required, Previous)
ARCH-563B Lighting Lab (3.00 cr.)
Lighting Lab course and facilities provide an
introduction to basic natural and artificial lighting
systems. Lighting simulation of architectural
models at all stages of design and site planning
is conducted in sunlight or in various electrical
lighting setups in the lab. Each semester there
is an emphasis on a particular timely topic such
as “photovoltaic within window glass” as a group
workshop within the course while each individual
student concentrates on lighting of all types
which relates to a current or past design project.
Requisite courses: Complete ARCH-301
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-563C Organic Approach to Design
(3.00 cr.)
This course investigates the evolution of
architectural space vis a vis technological advances
and how the material performance and construction
methods affect a building’s complexity in form
and function. Exemplary projects will be used as
catalysts to reveal the relationship between built-
form/architecture and cultural, formal, tectonic
tendencies especially involving environmental
concerns and the ecology.
Requisite courses: ARCH-252
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-565A Materials and Methods (3.00 cr.)
This course introduces joinery techniques of
connecting wood and metal. The primary goal of
this course is to understand and fabricate basic-
to-complex types of wood joints, including metal
as a mechanical method of fastening wood. Using
hand and power tools, students investigate and
learn to select joints to suit different design
conditions as well as the critical role of joinery in
the making of architecture.
Requisite courses: Take ARCH-262
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-565B Construction Failures (3.00 cr.)
This course is an in-depth look at famous (and
infamous) structural collapses, with an eye toward
analyzing them and taking away lessons that can
be learned. This is most relevant to the application
of new ideas in the design process, seen by
examining common errors that led to failure.
ARCH-565C Technical Disciplines and Detailing
(3.00 cr.)
This course covers technical discipline and
performance requirements in the detailing of
the exterior and interior of structures.
ARCH-567A Healthcare Facilities I (3.00 cr.)
Introduction to Healthcare Facilities will provide
an overview of healthcare project development,
including terminology, project initiation,
programming, planning, design, and construction-
related issues. Healthcare reform legislation and
our aging population will impact the growth of
the healthcare facilities market in a variety of ways.
This course will serve as a primer for professionals
requiring basic knowledge to evaluate pursuing a
career in this challenging and robust specialty area.
Requisite courses: Arch-364 (Required, Previous)
ARCH-569A Tall Building Research and Design
(3.00 cr.)
The seminar provides the background material
for the design of a high rise building in terms of
structure, life safety issues, mechanical integration
and building skin. The criteria will focus on building
within an urban context.
Requisite courses: Take ARCH-302 (
Required, Previous).
ARCH-571A Form and Space-Analog (R)
(3.00 cr.)
Exploration of space structures through
geometry and topology leads to new ways of
shaping form and space. The studio explores their
generation, visualization and construction for
potential architectural applications. Fall semester
focuses on analog methods and technologies
for these explorations.
Requisite courses: ARCH-211
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-571B Form and Space: Digital (R)
(3.00 cr.)
Exploration of space structures through
geometry and topology leads to new ways of
shaping form and space. The studio explores their
generation, visualization and construction for
potential architectural applications. Spring semester
focuses on digital methods and technologies
for these explorations.
Requisite courses: Take ARCH-211
(Required, Previous)
Course Descriptions
ARCH-571C Form and Force—Analog (R)
(3.00 cr.)
Experimental technologies for architecture are
combined with concepts from mathematics and
science to explore new ways of shaping form and
space. As part of the Center for Experimental
Structures, this course explores visualization of
structural morphologies as a basis for experimental
architecture. Fall semester focuses on analog modes
of thinking as well as construction to explore the
fundamental relation between Form and Force.
Requisite courses: Take ARCH-211
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-571D Form and Force: Digital (R)
(3.00 cr.)
Experimental technologies for architecture are
combined with concepts from mathematics
and science to explore new ways of shaping form
and space. As part of the Center for experimental
Structures, this course explores visualization
of structural morphologies as a basis for experi-
mental architecture. Spring semester focuses
on digital modes of thinking as well as construction
to explore the fundamental relation between
Form and Force.
Requisite courses: Take ARCH-211
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-571E Form and Time: Analog (R)
(3.00 cr.)
Morphological methods of changing form combined
with appropriate construction and fabrication
technologies lead to new ways of realizing dynamic
architecture. Principles and precedents in
architecture, nature and geometry provide a starting
point. Fall semester focuses on analog modes of
thinking as well as construction.
Requisite courses: Take ARCH-211
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-571F Form and Time: Digital (R)
(3.00 cr.)
Morphological methods of changing form combined
with appropriate construction and fabrication
technologies lead to new ways of realizing
dynamic architecture. Principles and precedents
in architecture, nature and geometry provide a
starting point. Spring semester focuses on digital
modes of thinking as well as construction.
Requisite courses: Take ARCH-211
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-575A Nanotectonica (3.00 cr.)
This course examines the relationship between
natural and architectural systems in the context
of emerging technologies. It is a research and
production seminar, which studies structures
and organizations as they occur in nature at
multiple scales, and it, utilizes generative design
and fabrication techniques to arrive at intricate
architectural assemblies. The exploration is based
on the study of recent architectural history
and a lineage of naturalists, engineers and
designers who pioneered ecological thinking
and building.
Requisite courses: Take ARCH-302
(Required, Previous)
252
ARCH-575B Sensation Tectonics (3.00 cr.)
Sensation Tectonics immerses students into
the sensual space of digital 3D design. In the same
way that our fingers, hands, arms and mind
tectonically engage the pencil and the page, we
can use virtual environments for dynamic form
and system design. We will explore many powerful
3D modeling, animation and visualization techniques
with software packages including: Autodesk, Maya,
Rhinoceros, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and
Aftereffects. These fundamental tools enable us to
enter a sensual digital world of tectonic simulation.
Requisite courses: Take ARCH-211
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-581A Special Topics (3.00 cr.)
The basic premise underlying this seminar is that
to better define what architecture can be and do
in a hyper-mediated world, we must turn, not to
computer paradigms, but to narrative film. To this
end, this seminar examines films as if they were
works of architecture and imagines architecture
as film. Architecture is anything but certain, and
the fiction of films, as opposed to the insistent
actuality of buildings, frees us from the pretense
of knowing with certainty. Also, in the tradition
of architecture theory at its best, looking at films
through architecture reveals them in ways not
possible through literature or theater.
ARCH-581B Impact of Technology (3.00 cr.)
This course is a sequence of lectures (mostly
slide-illustrated) in the philosophical foundations
of science and technology and their relation to
creative architectural and engineering design.
The course correlates specific construction
techniques, building studies, and environmental
design with questions of aesthetics, perception,
performance, and understanding.
Requisite courses: Complete ARCH-252
(Required, Previous)
ARCH-591A Elements of Landscape Arch
(3.00 cr.)
This course introduces the elements, which
comprise the design palette of landscape
architecture. The use of plant materials is
explored by examining plant forms, general and
specific characteristics and physical requirements.
Examples of planting design include: roof tops,
urban sites, public places, interiors and residential
projects. Other elements of landscape are
illustrated to reveal the kinesthetic experience,
including water as ornament, the ground plane,
lighting, seating, follies and other structures. For
all elements, both aesthetic and construction
considerations will be highlighted.
Requisite courses: ARCH-252 (Required, Previous)
ARCH-593B Urban Planning (3.00 cr.)
This is an introduction to the field of planning:
how planning is both shaped by and shapes the
historical, socio-cultural, environmental and
economic forces affecting the urban fabric and
the viability of communities and neighborhoods.
The roles of government policies and programs,
developers, community groups, designers, and
advocacy planners are investigated through
readings, discussion and a hands-on community-
based planning studio project.
ARCH-9400 Undergraduate Internship (0.00 cr.)
The internship is a learning experience at a
discipline-related professional site. It provides
students with an opportunity to apply academic
knowledge and skills in a practical setting, while
obtaining new knowledge and skills in preparation
for professional work or graduate school.
Students experience the application of coursework
lessons into a real-life context, thus enriching
their education. They deepen their knowledge
about important applied aspects of their
discipline, enhance their professional skills in
a real-world context, build their professional
network, and inform their career choices.
Additional faculty-supervised activities provide
the opportunity for an in-depth reflection on
the internship experience Fourth and Fifth year
Undergraduate Architecture students may
participate in full-time, architectural-office
summer internships in selected architectural firms
after a formal selection process. An internship
is intended to include all phases of office
experience under the supervision of senior
members of the firm. Internships may be applied
to elective credits depending on the nature of
each work assignment and the length of the
internship period.
ARCH-9401 Undergraduate Internship (1.00 cr.)
The internship is a learning experience at a
discipline-related professional site. It provides
students with an opportunity to apply academic
knowledge and skills in a practical setting, while
obtaining new knowledge and skills in preparation
for professional work or graduate school.
Students experience the application of coursework
lessons into a real-life context, thus enriching
their education. They deepen their knowledge
about important applied aspects of their
discipline, enhance their professional skills in
a real-world context, build their professional
network, and inform their career choices.
Additional faculty-supervised activities provide
the opportunity for an in-depth reflection on
the internship experience Fourth and Fifth year
Undergraduate Architecture students may
participate in full-time, architectural-office
summer internships in selected architectural firms
after a formal selection process. An internship
is intended to include all phases of office
experience under the supervision of senior
members of the firm. Internships may be applied
to elective credits depending on the nature of
each work assignment and the length of the
internship period.
Course Descriptions
ARCH-9402 Undergraduate Internship (2.00 cr.)
The internship is a learning experience at a
discipline-related professional site. It provides
students with an opportunity to apply academic
knowledge and skills in a practical setting, while
obtaining new knowledge and skills in preparation
for professional work or graduate school.
Students experience the application of coursework
lessons into a real-life context, thus enriching
their education. They deepen their knowledge
about important applied aspects of their
discipline, enhance their professional skills in
a real-world context, build their professional
network, and inform their career choices.
Additional faculty-supervised activities provide
the opportunity for an in-depth reflection on
the internship experience Fourth and Fifth year
Undergraduate Architecture students may
participate in full-time, architectural-office
summer internships in selected architectural firms
after a formal selection process. An internship
is intended to include all phases of office
experience under the supervision of senior
members of the firm. Internships may be applied
to elective credits depending on the nature of
each work assignment and the length of the
internship period.
ARCH-9403 Undergraduate Internship (3.00 cr.)
The internship is a learning experience at a
discipline-related professional site. It provides
students with an opportunity to apply academic
knowledge and skills in a practical setting, while
obtaining new knowledge and skills in preparation
for professional work or graduate school.
Students experience the application of coursework
lessons into a real-life context, thus enriching
their education. They deepen their knowledge
about important applied aspects of their
discipline, enhance their professional skills in
a real-world context, build their professional
network, and inform their career choices.
Additional faculty-supervised activities provide
the opportunity for an in-depth reflection on
the internship experience Fourth and Fifth year
Undergraduate Architecture students may
participate in full-time, architectural-office
summer internships in selected architectural firms
after a formal selection process. An internship
is intended to include all phases of office
experience under the supervision of senior
members of the firm. Internships may be applied
to elective credits depending on the nature of
each work assignment and the length of the
internship period.
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 Construction Management CM-191 Prof. Bid Proposal Simulation (1.00 cr.) CM-234 Mechanical and Electrical Equipment II CM-322 Project Controls II (3.00 cr.) CM-347 Planning and Scheduling (3.00 cr.) CM-402 Construction Management II (3.00 cr.)
The goal of this course is to provide the (3.00 cr.) Starting with the development of measured The Contractor is responsible for preparing and Covers construction project management
Construction Management student with hands-on Students examine mechanical and electrical program or project objectives, this course, submitting the construction schedule to the Owner from conception to completion. Students explore
CM-111 Construction Graphics (3.00 cr.)
experience in a simulated bid proposal situation. equipment installation in modern building delivered over the Fall and Spring Semesters and the Architect: refer to AIA Document A-201 feasibility studies, site selection, planning,
Construction Graphics is designed to provide the
The students will need to collaborate to develop a construction and operation: water supply, consecutively provides the complete step process (2007), General Conditions of the Contract for programming, design coordination and contracting
student with the necessary skills to communicate
professional proposal binder including a company plumbing, sewage disposal, heat losses, heating and project tested examples and templates of Construction, Section 3.10.1. This course introduces procedures of actual construction. Emphasis is
graphically with other professionals associated
description, resumes, relevant experience, cost systems, ventilation, air conditioning, refrigeration, how to establish and maintain an effective cost the construction management student to concepts on contractor operations, project administration,
with the field of construction, including architects,
estimate, schedule, logistics plan, safety plan, fire protection, elevators, escalators, illumination, and schedule management system from project of planning and scheduling that are the responsibility job planning, CPM scheduling and subcontract
engineers, interior designers, project managers,
Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) and electrical systems. CM-233 covers small inception through to completion to ensure of the Contractor. Topics covered include: coordination.
and building officials. The student will develop
process, Equal Opportunity Employment (EOE) and medium building equipment. CM-234 covers that project requirements are addressed. The Parameters Affecting Project Planning, Schedule Requisite courses: Complete CM-401
the basic vocabulary and skills needed to participate
policy, union/non-union labor issues, contract, equipment for medium and large buildings. Spring semester will start with the award process Information Presentation, Network Diagramming (Required, Previous)
in the field of construction management.
sustainable initiatives (USGBC LEED), BIM strategy, Requisite courses: CM-233 (Required, Previous) for construction work, and focus on all aspects and Calculations with CPM, and Resource Allocation
and value engineering recommendations. In addition of Project Controls during project execution, and Management. Students will have the opportunity CM-404 Project Management (3.00 cr.)
CM-131 Construction: Wood and Masonry
the students will need to develop Requests for CM-242 Construction Surveying (3.00 cr.) completion and start up. to apply their knowledge of planning and scheduling Construction Project Management is the art and
(3.00 cr.)
Information (RFIs), and respond to Addenda, and The Constructor must have an understanding Requisite courses: CM-321 (Required, Previous) to a set of actual construction documents. science of organizing the Work. The construction
An introduction to construction methods and
simulated sub-contractor telephone negotiations. of the relationship of the site and topography to Requisite courses: Complete CM-321 project manager requires an understanding
materials: wood frame, plank and beam,
The students will need to assess each other’s the act of building, and be capable of applying CM-331 Specifications (2.00 cr.) (Required, Previous) of all aspects of the project including: bidding
and plywood skins; mill and other fireproof and
strengths and assign traditional Construction surveying standards on a construction project. This course reviews specifications—role, intent, and estimating, procurement, labor relations,
non-fireproof wall bearing masonry construction;
Manager Roles: project executive, project manager, The Construction Surveying course introduces use, bid documents, development of format, CM-352 Construction Failures (3.00 cr.) scheduling, project controls, legal and contractual
interior materials and finishes; and environmental
superintendent, cost estimator, scheduler, and the construction management student to plane specification procedures, and various types of This course is an in-depth look at famous (and issues, construction technology, means and
factors affecting selection and application of
safety officer. Time management and public and geodetic surveying; and the principles of outline, performance, descriptive reference and infamous) structural collapses, with an eye toward methods of construction, site safety regulations,
various materials.
presentation skills are essential. horizontal and vertical measurement using a proprietary specifications. analyzing them and taking away the lessons that and administrative procedures. This course
transit, level and rod, and steel tape; in addition Requisite courses: Complete ENGL 101 and HMS can be learned. This is most relevant to the introduces the Construction Management student
CM-132 Construction: Concrete and Steel
CM-201 Intro to Construction Management Total Station instruments will be observed on a 101A (Required, Previous) application of new ideas in the design process, to the following concepts: roles and responsibilities
(3.00 cr.)
(3.00 cr.) construction site. Students will also examine the seen by examining common errors that led failures. of the construction team; labor relations;
Topics covered include steel and concrete
The contemporary construction team—the physical character of soil constituents, natural CM-341 Design Theory (3.00 cr.) Requisite courses: Take CM-231 and CM-232 administrative systems and procedures; cost
structures, heavy foundations, structural systems,
interrelationship of the owner, construction soil deposits, soil index properties, soil classification, Design Theory is a two-part course focusing on (Required, Previous) control data and procedures; documentation at
components, and typical details; a general study
manager, architect, engineer, contractor, stress analysis and engineering properties, the role that design theory plays in our built the job site and office; quality control philosophies
of construction materials and methods; and a
subcontractor and supplier—is studied. Roles, interpretation of soils reports, embankment environment. Students will first become acquainted CM-391 Prof. Bid Proposal Simulation (1.00 cr.) and techniques; and computer applications.
review of the construction process.
functions and responsibilities of each as construction and control, dewatering, excavations with the principles of design theory. They will The goal of this course is to provide the Ethics will also be addressed.
applicable to private, corporate, institutional and excavation supports, foundation construction, then explore how these principles, in conjunction Construction Management student with hands-on Requisite courses: Complete CM-401
CM-140 Safety Management (3.00 cr.)
and governmental construction, including some and construction access and haul roads. with the concerns of the environment, specificity experience in a simulated bid proposal situation. (Required, Previous)
An advanced, comprehensive approach to
contract documents and forms which may be of site, and building typology, come together to The students will need to collaborate to develop a
Construction Safety Management. The course will
used in the various relationships, are reviewed. CM-291 Prof. Bid Proposal Simulation (1.00 cr.) create the structures of our modern world. professional proposal binder including a company CM-419 BIM for CM Studio (3.00 cr.)
deal with Federal, State and Local laws and
Requisite courses: Complete ENGL 101 The goal of this course is to provide the Requisite courses: Take CM-232, CM-234 description, resumes, relevant experience, cost The focus of this class is to get fundamental
requirements involving worker, public and client
and HMS 101A (Required, Previous) Construction Management student with hands-on (Required, Previous) estimate, schedule, logistics plan, safety plan, knowledge of the concept of BIM and how to
safety practices. Topics will also include developing
experience in a simulated bid proposal situation. Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) manage the model and extract the data that
and implementing a Site Safety Plan, Pre-Task
CM-231 Structural Design Methods I (3.00 cr.) The students will need to collaborate to develop a CM-343 Construction Cost Analysis (3.00 cr.) process, Equal Opportunity Employment (EOE) is useful for Construction Management. It will
Planning, and Site Worker Orientations. An OSHA
First term covers structural theory, including an professional proposal binder including a company Covers practical procedures for building policy, union/non-union labor issues, contract, simulate the path of design and construction
30 hour training course will also be included as
introduction to mechanics, shears, moments, and description, resumes, relevant experience, cost construction estimating of most major trades; sustainable initiatives (USGBC LEED), BIM strategy, of a significant building type, such as a 30-story
part of the curriculum.
deflections. Emphasis in the second term covers estimate, schedule, logistics plan, safety plan, analysis of factors and methods affecting and value engineering recommendations. In addition office tower. A range of cutting edge software
the design of wood and steel systems and concrete Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC) construction costs; preparation of preliminary the students will need to develop Requests for will be used to model and then harvest the
CM-152 History of Construction Technology
and reinforced concrete design, including beams, process, Equal Opportunity Employment (EOE) budget; and complete working estimates with Information (RFIs), and respond to Addenda, and embedded data from the building information
(3.00 cr.)
columns, slabs, and foundation supports. The course policy, union/non-union labor issues, contract, quantities and costs of material, labor, and simulated sub-contractor telephone negotiations. model, which are then used to inform the
The course traces the history of construction
objective is to provide a basic understanding of sustainable initiatives (USGBC LEED), BIM strategy, overhead. Framing, interior and exterior finishes, The students will need to assess each other’s design and construction. Through BIM we create
technologies through architecture from prehistory
the various structural principles in building design. and value engineering recommendations. In addition life safety and support equipment, packaging strengths and assign traditional Construction buildings that are well-designed, accurately-built,
to the present day. There is an emphasis on
Requisite courses: CM-132 (Required, Previous) the students will need to develop Requests for of budget, design, construction, bid estimates, Manager Roles: project executive, project manager, economical, and sustainable throughout their
the role of technology in shaping architecture
Take PHYS-131 (Required, Previous or concurrent). Information (RFIs), and respond to Addenda, and contingencies, and bidding strategies are superintendent, cost estimator, scheduler, and complete life cycle.
as well as an examination of the cultural social
simulated sub-contractor telephone negotiations. also covered. safety officer. Time management and public Requisite courses: Take CM-111
forces that underlie the built environment. The
CM-232 Structural Design Methods II (3.00 cr.) The students will need to assess each other’s Requisite courses: Complete ENGL 101 and ENGL presentation skills are essential. (Required, Previous)
course will relate history to the development
First term covers structural theory, including an strengths and assign traditional Construction 103 HMS 101A HMS 103B (Required, Previous)
of various building technologies and how these
introduction to mechanics, shears, moments, and Manager Roles: project executive, project manager, CM-401 Construction Management I (3.00 cr.) CM-446 Sustainable Construction Management
technologies influenced design.
deflections. Emphasis in the second term covers superintendent, cost estimator, scheduler, and CM-344 Value Management (2.00 cr.) Covers construction project management (3.00 cr.)
the design of wood and steel systems and concrete safety officer. Time management and public The course objective is to understand the perform­- from conception to completion. Students This course explores thee methodologies of
and reinforced concrete design, including beams, presentation skills are essential. ance, time, and cost relationship—how to explore feasibility studies, site selection, Construction Management for Sustainable
columns, slabs, and foundation supports. The course analyze the function of a building or system and planning, programming, design coordination and Projects. The course will enable students
objective is to provide a basic understanding of CM-321 Project Controls I (3.00 cr.) achieve its objectives at minimum cost and in contracting procedures of actual construction. to meet the challenges of green building
the various structural principles in building design. Starting with the development of measured minimum time without sacrificing performance, Emphasis is on contractor operations, project construction and the benefits of construction
Requisite courses: Take CM-231 program or project objectives, this course, quality or aesthetics. administration, job planning, CPM scheduling and environmentally friendly, sustainable buildings.
(Required, Previous) delivered over the Fall and Spring Semesters subcontract coordination. Topics include project management, field
consecutively provides the complete step pro- CM-346 Estimating (3.00 cr.) Requisite courses: Complete CM-232 management, project delivery, documentation,
CM-233 Mechanical and Electrical Equipment I cess and project tested examples and templates Estimating Understanding how to prepare a and CM-234 (Required, Previous) and risk. Case studies are discussed throughout
(3.00 cr.) of how to establish and maintain an effective detailed construction cost estimate including the course and students present sustainable
Students examine mechanical and electrical cost and schedule management system from performing material quantity takeoffs, pricing labor procurement proposals individually and in teams
equipment installation in modern building project inception through to completion to ensure and equipment and evaluating overhead costs. at the conclusion of the term.
construction and operation: water supply, that project requirements are addressed. The Requisite courses: Take CM-111, CM-232, CM-234
plumbing, sewage disposal heat losses, Fall semester will focus on Pre-Project and Pre- (Required, Previous)
heating systems, ventilation, air conditioning, Construction project controls, up to the point
refrigeration, elevators, escalators, illumination, of issuing bids for construction work.
and electrical systems. CM-273 covers small
building equipment. CM-274 covers equipment
for medium and large buildings.
Requisite courses: Complete CM-132
(Required, Previous)

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CM-451B Architecture of NYC (3.00 cr.)
New York City is a virtual storehouse of American
architecture. The stock of buildings includes
examples of nearly every style of architecture
from colonial to postmodern. This course
reviews the various historical eras of architecture
in New York City and analyzes how they were
affected by construction technology and
social and economic forces. Lectures present
the stylistic groupings of architecture and are
supplemented by visits to the unique historic
districts and architectural sites of the city.
CM-461 Building Codes and Zoning (3.00 cr.)
This is a study of zoning and building code
requirements. Special emphasis is placed on the
life safety and accessibility sections of the
building code and roles of building departments
and their authority. The approval and permit
process is discussed as it relates to various types
of alterations and building structures.
CM-462 Restoration and Renovation (3.00 cr.)
This course consists of a series of lectures and
readings to enable students to assess and restore
property damage and to recognize and appreciate
the techniques necessary to rehabilitate and
renovate old structures. The lectures are designed
in the chronological order employed by an
architect, construction manager and/or general
contractor in the restoration and renovation
of historic buildings. This course concentrates on
the construction methods, tools and materials
necessary to restore the style and grace required
to protect our housing stock and American heritage.
Requisite courses: Take CM-132 CM-232;
(Required, Previous)
CM-463 Real Estate Development (3.00 cr.)
Introduces the principles of real estate
development with an emphasis on economic
issues. Topics covered include participants in
the development process, types of real estate
development, contract and closing procedures
and tools, tax shelters, and an overview of the
development process. The roles played by the
public and private sectors are examined with
an emphasis on discerning the differences in
perspectives associated with each sector.
CM-471 Construction Law (3.00 cr.)
This introduction to law and contracts helps
students to avoid entanglements and disputes
and to develop awareness of legal rights so
that construction claims can be settled by
negotiation, not litigation.
CM-491 Prof. Bid Proposal Simulation (1.00 cr.)
The goal of this course is to provide the
Construction Management student with hands-on
experience in a simulated bid proposal situation.
The students will need to collaborate to develop a
professional proposal binder including a company
description, resumes, relevant experience, cost
estimate, schedule, logistics plan, safety plan,
Quality Assurance and Quality Control (QA/QC)
process, Equal Opportunity Employment (EOE)
policy, union/non-union labor issues, contract,
sustainable initiatives (USGBC LEED), BIM strategy,
and value engineering recommendations. In addition
the students will need to develop Requests for
Information (RFIs), and respond to Addenda, and
simulated sub-contractor telephone negotiations.
The students will need to assess each other’s
strengths and assign traditional Construction
Manager Roles: project executive, project manager,
superintendent, cost estimator, scheduler, and
safety officer. Time management and public
presentation skills are essential.
CM-491A Independent Study I (1.00 cr.)
Students pursuing advanced projects not available
in regular course offerings may apply for
independent study if they have a minimum GPA
of 3.0 and have at least sophomore status.
Students must submit a written description of the
project and its relationship to their curriculum.
The application must be approved by the faculty
member directing the work, and the chairperson.
CM-491B Independent Study I (2.00 cr.)
Students pursuing advanced projects not available
in regular course offerings may apply for
independent study if they have a minimum GPA
of 3.0 and have at least sophomore status.
Students must submit a written description of the
project and its relationship to their curriculum.
The application must be approved by the faculty
member directing the work, and the chairperson.
CM-491C Independent Study I (3.00 cr.)
Students pursuing advanced projects not available
in regular course offerings may apply for
independent study if they have a minimum GPA
of 3.0 and have at least sophomore status.
Students must submit a written description of the
project and its relationship to their curriculum.
The application must be approved by the faculty
member directing the work, and the chairperson.
CM-499 Capstone Project (3.00 cr.)
The Capstone Project is the culmination of all of
the knowledge accumulated during the first three
years of the Construction Management Program.
Students will be assigned a set of construction
documents for a real project. The students will
develop a Construction Management Project
Proposal based on the construction documents.
The Project Proposal will include (at minimum):
Project Approach; Project Cost; Project Schedule;
Project Staffing; Safety Plan; Value Engineering
Proposals; and Site Logistics Plan. Following the
preparation of the Project Proposal, the students
will prepare a public presentation to be
reviewed and critiqued by a jury of Construction
Management Professionals.
Requisite courses: Complete CM-347 (Required,
Previous) Take WAC-497A (Required, Previous or
concurrent).
Course Descriptions
CM-9400 Internship I (0.00 cr.)
Students wishing to combine practical experience
with construction management study may apply
for an internship with participating companies
if they have a minimum GPA of 3.0 and at least
sophomore status. Students, in conjunction with
the faculty advisor and employer, prepare a written
description of the studies to be accomplished
as part of the internship and their relationship
to the curriculum. The application must be
approved by the faculty advisor, the chairperson,
and the employer.
CM-9401 Internship I (1.00 cr.)
Students wishing to combine practical experience
with construction management study may apply
for an internship with participating companies
if they have a minimum GPA of 3.0 and at least
sophomore status. Students, in conjunction with
the faculty advisor and employer, prepare a written
description of the studies to be accomplished
as part of the internship and their relationship
to the curriculum. The application must be
approved by the faculty advisor, the chairperson,
and the employer.
CM-9402 Internship I (2.00 cr.)
Students wishing to combine practical experience
with construction management study may apply
for an internship with participating companies
if they have a minimum GPA of 3.0 and at least
sophomore status. Students, in conjunction with
the faculty advisor and employer, prepare a written
description of the studies to be accomplished
as part of the internship and their relationship
to the curriculum. The application must be
approved by the faculty advisor, the chairperson,
and the employer.
CM-9403 Internship I (3.00 cr.)
Students wishing to combine practical experience
with construction management study may apply
for an internship with participating companies
if they have a minimum GPA of 3.0 and at least
sophomore status. Students, in conjunction with
the faculty advisor and employer, prepare a written
description of the studies to be accomplished
as part of the internship and their relationship
to the curriculum. The application must be
approved by the faculty advisor, the chairperson,
and the employer.
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Management
MGMT-201 Fundamentals of Accounting
(3.00 cr.)
This course covers basic accounting principles
and practices.
MGMT-205 Small Business Basics (3.00 cr.)
Students explore various aspects of
opening up one’s own business or engaging in
entrepreneurial activity, whether service—or
product-oriented. Drawing upon the fields of
economics, sociology and psychology, the class
helps students understand the dynamics of
small business and situate them in society.
Specific subjects covered include site location,
partnerships, agreements, insurance, financial
statements, accounting systems, leases, franchising,
promotion and business management systems.
MGMT-303 Business Law (3.00 cr.)
Covers legal fundamentals, rights and remedies
in business transactions, contracts and sales,
business organizations, negotiable instruments
and security devices, and government regulations
and licenses.
MGMT-307 Management (3.00 cr.)
Presents the concepts and principles of
management, as they relate to institutional and
business organizations. The study of planning,
organizing, staffing, coordinating, directing,
controlling and innovating as they apply to the
management process is also covered.
MGMT-308 Marketing (3.00 cr.)
Basic elements of marketing are studied as they
relate to sales, advertising, financing and pricing,
promotion, product planning and other areas of
the marketing mix.
MGMT-309 Financial Management (3.00 cr.)
This course is an analysis of the financial aspects
and problems related to operations of business,
industry, and institutions. It includes a discussion
of primary and secondary sources and funds,
budget preparation and supervision and finance
as a tool of management control.
Requisite courses: This course is reserved for
Junior students that have completed 66 or more
credits. (Required, Previous)
MGMT-325 Managerial Economics (3.00 cr.)
This course provides an introduction to basic
concepts in Managerial Economics such as the
relationship of economics to management,
the meaning and measurement of performance,
and competitive advantage. Broader firm
decisions such as capital allocations, the impact
of regulation and its role within the international
economy will also be addressed.
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Art and Design Education
ADE-200 From Studio to Classroom I (3.00 cr.)
This course draws on each student’s studio core and
considers ways that the artist-teachers can adapt
studio competencies to an educational setting.
Through fieldwork observations and research,
students will identify the concepts, skills, techniques,
materials and language specific to each studio
core. Students then begin to adapt, translate, and
make studio learning accessible for the diverse
abilities and interests of individual learners and
groups of learners. This course includes 25 hours
of fieldwork in a K – 12 setting. Students must leave
one day free in their schedules for school visits.
ADE-201 Youth in the City (3.00 cr.)
New York City’s neighborhoods and institutions
serve as a lens through which to examine how
educators, social activists, artists, and policy makers
frame, debate and negotiate racial, economic
and social inequalities among the city’s youth.
The course challenges the deficit model approach
to addressing inequality and in doing so questions
assumptions about purposes of education within
the context of an ongoing struggle for democratic
rights and opportunities. Through an institutional
study of a school and its neighborhood, students
explore youth, family, and community assets.
Leadership and agency. Students analyze and
synthesize evidence, take into account different
viewpoints and perspectives, and apply their
findings to professional practice.
ADE-300 From Studio to Classroom II (3.00 cr.)
Through discussion on select readings form the
literature on art and design pedagogy, combined
with site visits and observations, students analyze
how learning takes place as a dynamic interaction
between a given educational and sociocultural
context. Making connections between their own
and other studio cores and pedagogical knowledge,
students apply and adapt instructional,
planning assessment tools to design innovative
lessons that address the planning and assessment
tools to design innovative lessons that address
the diverse needs and interests of learners in a
variety of K – 12 settings.
ADE-301 The Inclusive Classroom (3.00 cr.)
This course focuses on the pedagogical
knowledge and skills necessary to teach diverse
learners in public schools and other educational
settings. Through fieldwork observations,
readings, and discussion, students analyze and
synthesize effective, evidence-based strategies
for teaching and working effectively and
inclusively with all school-age pupils. Students
further challenge the dominant deficit model
approach to teaching in diverse settings by
recognizing and acknowledging student assets.
ADE-302 Media and Materials I (3.00 cr.)
Students engage in a series of studio activities
investigation a wide variety of materials,
concepts and processes in art and design.
Analyzing the possibilities and limitations of
these three areas, student’s knowledge expands
beyond the traditional art room. Innovative and
emerging practices inform studio activities as
students translate and adapt contemporary ideas
that invite learners to make new meaning.
ADE-303 Media and Materials II (3.00 cr.)
Students engage in a series of studio activates
exploring digital/interactive technology, and new
ways of working with image, sound, and text in
art and design. Innovative and emerging practices
inform studio activates as students translate
and adapt contemporary ideas to produce new
meaning for a variety for learners. The student
teaching experience serves as the context for
conceptualizing and planning experience serves
as the context for conceptualizing and planning
experiences for diverse learners while addressing
the limitations ad possibilities afforded by time,
budget, class size and space.
ADE-304 Teaching in NYC Public School
(3.00 cr.)
Students apply the insights gained through
previous coursework, reading, and observation
as they participate in a professional teaching
situation in either a NYC public elementary
school or a NYC public secondary school. Under
the guidance of a NY State certified visual arts
instructor, students work for 20 full days at their
assigned sites-observing, assisting and ultimately
teaching independently. An ADE faculty member
observes the students at their sites 3 times
over the course of the semester and leads 4 on-
campus seminars that serve as a forum for
reflection, analysis, and inspiration. Lesson plans
and artwork from lessons taught, as well as issues
related to classroom management, curriculum
development, and school culture are the
subjects of discussion.
ADE-361 Teaching and Technology I (1.00 cr.)
This course focuses on approaches to teaching
about contemporary digital art and design, and the
use of instructional technologies in the 21st
century art classroom. Students will develop an
understanding of collaborative online learning
platforms, digital learning resources, and tools to
create a connected learning environment. Gaining
hands-on experience through interactive
tutorials, students will be challenged to apply their
knowledge of technology to K – 12 and informal
learning settings. The course will meet for 3 hours
a week over a 5 week period.
ADE-362 Teaching and Technology II (1.00 cr.)
Instructional technologies (computer art,
video,and other film processes) are introduced
to those without previous experience while
students familiar with design hardware and
software further evaluate and develop educational
strategies and applications in K – 12 and informal
learning settings. Through a series of studio
projects, discussions, and papers, students explore
how digital technology, while enhancing teaching
and learning, can also be a tool for creative
expression and a means of individual and social
change. This course will meet for 3 hours a week
over a 5 week period.
Course Descriptions
ADE-363 Teaching and Technology III (1.00 cr.)
This course focuses on the in-depth investigation
into the creative use of specific digital tools
and applications that are most commonly and
widely used in K – 12 classrooms through hands-
on explorations and discussion. Students will
develop an understanding of the relationships
between technology, culture, are and design,
and education with a particular emphasis on new
and emerging media. While gaining authentic
experience through interactive tutorials and
discussions, students will be challenged to
apply their knowledge and the creative use of
technology to K – 12 and informal learning settings.
The course ultimately encourages students’
playful, transformative, and meaningful inquiries
into new and emerging media and forms.
ADE-401 Community Matters (3.00 cr.)
Out-of-school and after-school programs offer
a balance of academic, recreation, enrichment
and cultural activities to children and young
people and play an increasingly significant role
in improving youth development outcomes.
Students in this course learn to plan and
implement art and design experiences to help
children and young people acquire the skills
and attributes they need to succeed in school,
cultivate interests and contribute to their
communities. Students, together with the on-
site supervisor and course instructor, identify
specific skills related to their area of interest.
ADE-402 Phot and Community Collab (3.00 cr.)
Partnering with a community-based organization
working with children and young people, students
in this course will collaborate with program
participants on projects that will communicate
ideas and explore subjects of personal, social
and political significance. Students will learn to
integrate the knowledge, skills and values of
their major to inform projects conceived and
developed in concert with young people. Pratt
students, supervised by faculty, will support
children and young people in the conceptualization
and realization of photography projects over
the course of the semester. The course will
investigate the key aspects of participatory
photography including ethics, facilitation and
collaborative frameworks.
ADE-403 Professional Practices (3.00 cr.)
This course supports students as they prepare to
meet the demands of the profession in K – 12
settings. Students will complete NYS certification
requirements in K – 12 Visual Arts and prepare
materials to facilitate employment. Guest speakers
will present on best practices reflection evolving
tends in K – 12 art education. As they observe and
interact with students, parents and communities
in their co-requisite student teaching placements,
students will hone their understandings of the
socio-cultural dimensions of teaching and
learning and identify individual research interests.
Requisite courses: ADE-404
(Required, Concurrent)
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ADE-404 Student Teaching (3.00 cr.)
Students apply the insights gained through previous
coursework, reading, observation, and prior
student teaching experience as they participate in
a professional teaching situation in either a NYC
public elementary school or a public secondary
school, depending upon which age group the
student worked with in the prerequisite course:
ADE 304, Student Teaching in NYC Public Schools.
Under the guidance of a NY State certified visual
arts instructor and an ADE faculty member,
students work for 20 full days at their assigned
sites-observing, assisting and ultimately teaching
independently as they plan and prepare their
EdTPA submissions for NYS certification.
Requisite courses: ADE-403
(Required, Concurrent)
ADE-405 Saturday Art School I (3.00 cr.)
Partnering with The Center for Art, Design, and
Community Engagement K – 12, students in this
course will collaborate with children and young
people attending an out-of-school program in
art and design. Students will learn to integrate
the knowledge, skills and values of their studio-
core or major to inform art and design projects
conceived and developed in concert with
young people. Students, supervised by faculty,
will support children and young people in the
conceptualization and realization of studio-
based projects over the course of the semester
culmination in a curated exhibition.
ADE-406 Saturday Art School II (3.00 cr.)
Partnering with the on-campus programs run
by the Center for Art, Design, and Community
Engagement K – 12, students in this course
collaborate with school-age program participants
as they strengthen and refine their teaching
practices. Students integrate the knowledge, skills
and values of their studio core or major to inform
projects conceived and developed in concert
with young people. Supervised by Pratt faculty,
students will support children and young people
in the conceptualization and realization of
studio-based projects over the course of the
semester culmination in a curated exhibition.
Students will also examine a local out-of-school
program in art and design, and write learning
outcomes in their studio major that align with
the out-of-school program mission.
ADE-407 Curating Learning (3.00 cr.)
A research-based, capstone course in which
students curate their learning by contextualizing
their studio and teaching practice within
historical and current issues in the field of art
and design education.
ADE-417 The Performance of Fashion (3.00 cr.)
This studio course investigates the close
connection between the contemporary worlds of
fashion and performance art. The use of narrative
has become an important part of a fashion
concept, just as it is in performance art. In fashion
design, the body is much more than an instrument
or a means; it is our expression in the world, the
visible form of our intentions. This course explores
an expanded definition of fashion to include the
body’s presentation in the public sphere through;
research on the work of historical interdisciplinary
artists, the design of objects to be worn by the
human body that are performative, and the
performance of these projects.
ADE-418 Contemporary Museum Education
(3.00 cr.)
This class provides an in-depth theoretical and
practical understanding of the growing field of
museum education. It includes an examination
of the changes occurring in art educational
paradigms within the museum world, the evolving
nature of museums as institutions with educational
missions, along with learning and interpretive
theories unique to the museum context. The class
provides an extensive hands-on component
devoted to the special methods, practices and
skills associated with teaching with artworks, and
in designing educational projects, programs and
innovative learning experiences within the art
museum settings. The course also explores critical
issues facing the field through theory, practice and
the analysis of case studies, including audience
diversity, collaboration with schools and
communities, the rethinking of museum missions
and practices, and the use of new technologies.
In addition to the examination of theories
underlying contemporary museum education,
the course will constitute a strong practicum
preparing artists’ and designers’ museum education
work. Finally, the course also introduces the
contemporary threads in the reconceptualization
of museum education as artistic practice at the
intersection of institutional critique and
participatory and social practice. The course aims
to broaden educational horizons and critical
perspectives, while equipping students with
practical strategies in new learning environments.
Many classes will be held in NYC museums, where
students will work with objects in various collections,
Course Description: and where they will interact
with a variety of museum professionals.
ADE-420 Art of Teaching Art and Design
(3.00 cr.)
In this course, students explore the questions
raised in Saturday Art School and Student Teaching
in galleries, after school, and in the public schools.
An interdisciplinary approach to research in the
development of curriculum, the use of narrative
to understand behavior, the value of motivation
in classroom management, assessment, working
with students with disabilities and special needs,
and some practical ways to respond to and analyze
works of art are discussed.
ADE-428 Innovation and Museum Education
(3.00 cr.)
This class is an advanced class in museum
education. This advanced course specifically
engages students in an in-depth engagement with
three important dimensions of museum education,
namely: 1) Teaching in gallery and museum
environments, 2) creating a sustainable program,
and 3) conceptualizing and implementing
innovation in the field.
Course Descriptions
ADE-431 Student Teach: Public (6.00 cr.)
In the Public Schools, Pre-K – HS is the
culminating clinical experience of the Art and
Design Education program (ADE). Under the
guidance of a cooperating teacher and a Pratt
faculty supervisor, the student participates in
a professional teaching situation, applying the
insights gained from previous coursework,
reading, observation, and classroom practice.
In weekly seminars designed as forums for
reflection, analysis and inspiration, students discuss
their plans for teaching, as well as issues related
to curriculum delivery and assessment, and
school and classroom culture. The New York State
Teacher Certification Examinations and
Assessments-particularly the Educating All Students
(EAS) and the Education Teacher Performance
Assessment (EdTPA), which is created, taught and
submitted during the semester—are a principle
focus of this course. (The course meets the NYSED
requirement for undergraduate and graduate
level clinical experiences in art and design
education (K – 12) in that students are in the public
schools for 30 days and attend an on-campus
seminar of 1 hour and 50 min. weekly.)
ADE-435 Puppets: Ballet of Hand (3.00 cr.)
This studio course examines the role of puppetry
as an educational tool, a major form in the history
of art, and a unique and contemporary language
of object, gesture, and story. The course considers
puppetry’s unique blending of media such as
painting, sculpture, costume, set, and sound
design and emphasizes puppetry’s innovative
combinations of multi-media and narrative effects.
Student projects are based on a specific style/s
of puppetry—found/performing objects, shadow
figures, and rod puppets. Students apply the
techniques related to each style as they expand
upon their ideas about the traditional languages
and materials of art.
ADE-436 Puppets and Performing Objects
(3.00 cr.)
This studio course explores interdisciplinary
approaches to performance and their application
to contemporary puppetry. Using the unique
and contemporary language of object, gesture,
and story, the course explores the ways in which
puppetry and performing objects can serve as
elements of hybrid contemporary performance
art. This exploration considers the integration
of costume, set and sound design into the
performance projects. Students work on a final
project based on any form or a combination of
the following forms of puppetry: string puppets,
hand puppets, body puppets and masks, large-
scale outdoor parade puppets, and miniature
paper/toy theater.
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 Associate Degree Programs
(AOS/AAS)
ASCG-100 Digital Media (3.00 cr.)
The course focuses on using computers and
devices as tools for personal and professional art
expression. Students will cultivate a rich hands-on
understanding of tools and learning terminology
while building eye-hand coordination through
the creation of basic digital art and time-based
media. This course is a prerequisite for all digital
design and interactive media courses.
ASCG-101 UI/UX Interactive Media I (3.00 cr.)
User experience design is the process of
enhancing customer satisfaction and loyalty
by improving the usability, ease of use, and
pleasure provided in the interaction between
the customer and the product. This course
provides students with a general overview of
User Experience Design (“UX”) and User Interface
Design (“UI”), paying special attention to mobile
usage contexts and building a career in the field.
ASCG-201 UI/UX Interactive Media II (3.00 cr.)
This course will focus on responsive web and
app design, utilizing user experience principles.
Students will build upon previous knowledge of
UI/UX to develop a deeper understanding of
coding and user-centered design.
ASCG-210 3-D Modeling (3.00 cr.)
This course covers the principles of the three-
dimensional environment using the computer. It
begins with an overview of what three-dimensional
space is and how it is transformed geometrically
and continues with different modeling and
rendering techniques. The focus of the course
is on the practical application of 3-D computer
graphics for interactivity and as design elements.
Requisite courses: Take ASCG-103 ASCG-105
(Required, Previous)
ASCG-212 Pre-Press and Print Production
(3.00 cr.)
This course explores the aspects of successful
digital pre-production, focusing on the fundamental
principles and techniques involved in taking a
print idea or digital idea from conceptual stage
through to the successful production of the
finished piece across both digital and print media.
Dye-cutting, digital mechanics, 4-color separations,
paper stocks, RGB, CMYK, Pantone color systems,
coatings, embossing, thermography, foil stamping,
and various types of printing presses and digital
outputs are covered.
ASCG-214 3-D Animation (3.00 cr.)
This is a complete course in animation using the
computer, with a specific focus on digital media
as a final output medium. Topics explored include
lighting, camera movement, and basic modeling.
Requisite courses: Take ASCG-204 or ASCG 209
(Required, Previous)
ASCG-240 Digital Design/Inter Portf (3.00 cr.)
This course summarizes Digital Design and
Interactive Media experience and concentrates on
the professional production of a portfolio.
Group and personal assignments are given with
the intention of producing a professional quality
portfolio which will quickly exhibit the students’
design and technical skills.
Requisite courses: Take ASCG-204 and either
ASCG-209 or ASCG-110 (Required, Previous)
ASDG-101 Photography (3.00 cr.)
This course provides a basic overview of different
aspects of lighting and digital photography.
Photography is addressed in fine art, commercial
illustration and design. Students learn to operate
a consumer level digital camera and use imaging
software. Printing techniques are also addressed.
Assignments are geared toward understanding
the technical and aesthetic issues that contribute
to a successful digital photograph.
ASDG-109 Typography I (3.00 cr.)
This course is an introduction to the study
of both letterform and type as important
elements of design, focusing on the relationship
between typography and space as a powerful
tool for the communication of ideas. Studying
the letterforms themselves will allow students
to recognize the important aspects of body
and display text in order to employ type
appropriately. Students will study the illustrative
and communicative nature of letterform.
ASDG-202 Digital Photography (2.00 cr.)
This course provides a basic overview of different
aspects of digital photography. Photography is
addressed in fine art, commercial illustration and
design. Students learn to operate a consumer
level digital camera and use imaging software.
Prints are made using a color laser printer.
Assignments are geared toward understanding
the technical and aesthetic issues that contribute
to a successful digital photograph.
ASDG-207 Drawing III (3.00 cr.)
This advanced drawing class encourages the
development of personal styles and individual
points of view. Advanced theories of drawing
shall be discussed and incorporated into
projects that allow the student to explore a
variety of mixed media. Serious emphasis shall
be devoted to the analysis and appreciation of
master drawings.
ASDG-211 Typography II (3.00 cr.)
This intermediate course is a continuation of
ASDG 109. Typography I. This course closely
examines the letterform as an image and as an
element that, coupled with the design tools of
scale, color, and layout, can tell a visual story.
ASDG-212 Typography III (3.00 cr.)
This advanced course is continuation of
Typography II. Focusing on the refinement of
the skills students developed from Typography
I-II, students will exercise their understanding
of letterforms and begin to apply effective
solutions to more complex typographic systems.
Requisite courses: ASDG-211 (Required, Previous)
Course Descriptions
ASDG-225 Painting III (3.00 cr.)
This advanced course is a continuation of
Painting I and II and allows students to paint in a
variety of media, which will include both oil and
water based paints, and students will be working
from still life, life models, landscape, and imagination.
Requisite courses: Complete ASDG-206
(Required, Previous)
ASFA-241 Fine Arts Seminar (3.00 cr.)
The Fine Arts Seminar explores ideas and issues
relevant to the Fine Arts curriculum. This course
addresses concerns of the studio arising from the
social, historical, and intellectual parameters of the
time. The concerns are formal and philosophical as
well as practical. Class discussions include topics
such as personalities, events, exhibitions, writing
of critics and artists, values and studio practice.
Requisite courses: Complete 30 credits in the
Associate degree program. (Required, Previous)
ASFA-242 Fine Arts Studio (3.00 cr.)
The Fine Arts Studio provides an environment for
students to complete their capstone projects.
This course is an opportunity for students to
demonstrate proficiency in their selected area
of concentration. Each student will complete
and present a body of work and artist statement
that culminates in a public exhibition of their
Capstone Project.
Requisite courses: Complete ASDG-207
ASDG-225 (Required, Previous)
ASFD-143 Drawing I (3.00 cr.)
This is an introductory drawing course covering
the basic elements and principles of drawing
such as line, shape, value, texture, space, and
perspective. Subject matter will include still life,
landscape, and the nude model. Figure and the
spatial relationships to the page will be studied.
The emphasis will be on composition, line, value,
volume, and negative space. Media will include
pencil, charcoal, links, and a variety of other
drawing materials.
ASFD-144 Drawing II (3.00 cr.)
This course is a continuation of Drawing I
emphasizing the development of strong
fundamental drawing skills, working from both still
life and the model. Students will be encouraged
to experiment with media and scale, with specific
attention to compositional development both
conceptual as well as perceptual.
Requisite courses: Take ASFD-143
(Required, Previous)
ASFD-157 Material and 3-D Form (3.00 cr.)
Material and 3-Dimensional Form introduces
students to the material, techniques and ideas
that comprise the three-dimensional world
of “made” things and natural forms. The basic
abstract components-line, plane, mass, space,
and composition-are examined and explored
through assignments and research.
ASFD-168 Light, Color and Design I (3.00 cr.)
This course emphasizes visual observation through
the study of color and composition. Learning to
exercise critical judgment and the development
of aesthetic sensibilities are also primary goals of
the course. Students explore various media and
the tools of expression in the continuing search
for ways to communicate visually by applying
design, color and concept with purpose.
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ASFD-169 Light, Color and Design II (3.00 cr.)
A continuation of Light, Color and Design I,
this course expands the study of color and comp­
osition while advancing aesthetic sensibilities and
strengthening critical judgment. Assignments are
more conceptually challenging, and will focus
on the historical and contemporary methods
of manipulating the two-dimensional surface to
explore its infinite expressive possibilities.
ASGM-101 Collaborative Game Design (3.00 cr.)
This course is an invitation to non-programmers,
students of all disciplines, and anyone who enjoys
creating enjoyable experiences for themselves
and others. Students will have a brief overview
of the major developments in gaming, including
game history and its influence on culture and
business. The structure of this course follows
three tracks (Narrative, Mechanics, and Systems),
with the aim of cultivation a diverse and growing
community of game-designers and players
across disciplines. Fostering multidisciplinary
collaborations is a prime focus of this course,
using well-established team-building techniques
and strategies.
ASGM-102 Game Analysis and Strategy (3.00 cr.)
This class provides students with the tools to
examine and conceptualize a game’s underlying
structure. By unlocking how addictive games work,
students will gain insights into the nature of risk
and reward, incentives, and behavior science.
ASGM-103 Storytelling/Inter Narrative (3.00 cr.)
This course highlights the central structural and
aesthetic role narrative brings to game design.
Stories and roleplaying predate all other art
forms, and narrative-based entertainment will
continue to evolve alongside every new technology
that captivates our imagination. With a special
emphasis on roleplaying games and world-building,
students will learn the crucial building-blocks
of story structure, pacing, and character
development; appropriately adapting them to
various types of games and technologies.
ASGM-104 Animation and Motion Graphics I
(3.00 cr.)
This course deals with the fundamental structural
issues included in creating motion graphics
and animation. Focus is on design for animation
using video and graphic design techniques.
Topics include storyboard, narration, and various
techniques used in the industry.
ASGM-105 3D Modeling and Animation I (3.00
cr.)
This course introduces students to computer-
aided Three Dimensional design and animation.
Topics covered include shaping primitive objects;
constructing skeletons for realistic support
and movement; as well shading, textures, and
simulated physics. Students will conclude the
course with the ability to create believable 3D
characters and objects.
Requisite courses: ASGM-104
(Required, Previous)
ASGM-121 Object-Oriented Programming
(3.00 cr.)
This course covers the fundamental of
programming, with an emphasis on object-
oriented programming, one of the most popular
methods for writing modular and easily extended
code for games and other applications. Students
will gain an understanding of the wide variety
and relative strengths of available programming
before focusing on one language in-depth
(Python, Java, C, or similar).
Requisite courses: ASGM-101 (Required, Previous)
ASGM-122 Game Production I (3.00 cr.)
This course teaches the core skills for game
creation. Students design and build an original
playable 3D game. The entire process for game
developing is covered from conceptualization
through final assembly. Art, concepts, and code
are combined to bring to life a unique world of
each student’s creation.
ASGM-123 Immersive Sound Design (3.00 cr.)
The aural environment can be just as beautiful,
or just as scary as any 3D environment. The
predominance of surround-sound and binaural
headphones make sound even more crucial to
any interactive experience. Students will learn to
mix, combine, and optimize the sound-scape to
create immersive experiences that complement
interactive design.
Requisite courses: ASGM-101 (Required, Previous)
ASGM-201 Mobile Gaming (3.00 cr.)
In this course, students will create games for
web browsers, tablets and smart phones using
HTML5, CSS3, and various JavaScript frameworks.
Students will go through the entire production
process from the planning stages to best
production practices to testing and delivery.
ASGM-204 Animation/Motion Graphics II
(3.00 cr.)
This studio course explores the area of advanced
motion graphics and animation. The course is
designed to move beyond the basics and focus
on storytelling, narrative, acquiring technical skills
and creation quality work. Students will produce
several short motion graphics and animations as
well as two longer projects during the course.
Requisite courses: Take ASGM-104
(Required, Previous)
ASGM-205 3D Modeling and Animation II
(3.00 cr.)
This course teaches the methods to create
original art in 3D along with techniques to capture
objects and people from the real world as
scanned datasets for use in virtual environments.
The art of motion is applied to the models created
through the animation and rigging of characters.
Students will also work with motion-captured
clips that are edited, blended and then applied
to original characters to tell an animated story
rendered to a video and acted out within a game.
Requisite courses: Complete ASGM-105
(Required, Previous)
Course Descriptions
ASGM-206 Advanced Worldbuilding (3.00 cr.)
This is an interdisciplinary seminar focusing on
creating believable and compelling artificial worlds
for stories and games. Students will examine
worldbuilding case studies such as Lord of the
Rings and Game of Thrones as they harness
linguistics, city planning, cartography, and other
disciplines to create their own worlds.
ASGM-207 Serious and Subversive Games
(3.00 cr.)
This class evaluates the social and psychological
qualities of games and simulations in an attempt
to push the medium into a new form. Students
create games that investigate politics, education,
and much more.
Requisite courses: ASGM-102
(Required, Previous)
ASGM-222 Game Production II (3.00 cr.)
Students continue the process of building their
own playable 3D game from ideas, to creation,
to marketing. Students will learn business models
associated with marketing and producing a game,
and will learn how to balance consumer demands
and financial intelligence with realizing their
personal artistic vision. Skills learned in art and
coding will be tempered by an understanding of
the industry business model.
Requisite courses: Complete ASGM-122
(Required, Previous)
ASGM-240 Interactive Media Portfolio
(3.00 cr.)
This course summarizes the Game Design and
Interactive Media program experience and
concentrates preparation for the capstone project.
The focus is on producing a professional quality
portfolio which will quickly exhibit the students’
design and technical skills while also exposing
them to networking and job searching opportunities.
ASGM-242 Game Production III (3.00 cr.)
This advanced course is the capstone of the game
production track, where students will bring
together all the skills they developed in interactive
design, game mechanics, animation, and graphic
design to produce digital as well as analog and
hybrid games incorporate both software and
hardware components. Students will explore the
uses of 3D printing and microprocessors such as
Arduino and Raspberry Pi.
ASGM-243 Collaboration Studio (3.00 cr.)
This is an advanced workshop where students
work together to develop, test, and publish complex
games, simulations, and interactive training
applications. Collaborative techniques are
emphasized as students draw on their experience
and expertise from previous classes, evolving
earlier game concepts and mechanics into
marketable products.
Requisite courses: Take ASGM-222
(Required, Previous)
ASGM-245 Mobile App Design (3.00 cr.)
Mobile apps pose specific challenges as the variety
and capability of tablets, phones, watches and
other wearable technology expand into new areas
and businesses. Students will explore how gesture-
and touch-based interfaces can be elegantly
implemented without overshadowing their content.
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ASGR-101 Communication Design I (3.00 cr.)
This course is an introduction to the study of visual
communication. Topics include conceptualization,
graphic imagery, aesthetics and symbolism
for the communication of information through
graphic design. Visual problem solving and
conceptualization is emphasized within a context
of understanding of communication design history.
ASGR-102 Communication Design II (3.00 cr.)
The course is a continuation of the study of visual
communication in Communication Design I.
Emphasis is places on integration the symbolic
and communicative aspects of typography with
visual elements to execute real-world design
project briefs. Through the application of design
principles and typography, projects will stress strong
visual concepts while exploring hands-on media
and digital techniques. Visual problem solving skills
will be developed and refined with a continued
emphasis on the context within design history.
ASGR-201 Graphic Design I (3.00 cr.)
This course is an introduction to the study of 2-D
graphic design as a communication tool. It teaches
students how to apply basic design concepts to the
presentation of informative or persuasive material,
and more broadly, how to visually communicate
with an audience. Students will have a brief overview
of the history of graphic design and graphic
design theories.
Requisite courses: Complete ASGR-101 ASGR-102
(Required, Previous)
ASGR-202 Graphic Design II (3.00 cr.)
This is intermediate level course is a continuation
of ASGR 201: Graphic Design I. Applying basic
design concepts to the presentation of informative
or persuasive material, students will develop their
craft in practicing effective visual communication.
The course emphasizes practical assignments that
examine applied problem solving and professional
solutions for graphic designers. This is intermediate
level course is a continuation of ASGR 201:
Graphic Design I. Applying basic design concepts
to the presentation of informative or persuasive
material, students will develop their craft in
practicing effective visual communication. The
course emphasizes practical assignments that
examine applied problem solving and professional
solution for graphic designers. This is intermediate
level course is a continuation of ASGR 201:
Graphic Design I. Applying basic design concepts
to the presentation of informative or persuasive
material, students will develop their craft in
practicing effective visual communication. The
course emphasizes practical assignments that
examine applied problem solving and professional
solutions for graphic designers.
Requisite courses: ASGR-201 (Required, Previous)
ASGR-203 Advertising Design I (3.00 cr.)
This advanced study of concept and
implementation for advertising campaigns, large,
and small space ads include an exploration of the
role of marketing in advertising from concepts
to computers. This course emphasizes the
development of personal expression and the
preparation of a portfolio.
Requisite courses: Complete ASDG-211
(Required, Previous)
ASGR-204 Advertising Design II (3.00 cr.)
This course is a continuation of ASGR 203. In this
course students will continue to refine skills in
marketing and advertising across a wide range
of platforms. Understand the roles of both the
Creative Director and Art Director as part
of a team in the development of an advertising
campaign. The course further emphasizes
the key importance of the big idea, strategic
research, ideation process, creation of ad copy,
development and presentation of briefs and visual
conceptualization to convey to advertising concept.
Requisite courses: ASGR-203 (Required, Previous)
ASGR-207 Package Design I (3.00 cr.)
In this course, students are introduced to the
concept and design of packaging, including color,
form, type, photography, and marketing.
Requisite courses: Take ASGR-102 ASGR-151 or
ASCG-100 ASDG-211 (Required, Previous)
ASGR-208 Package Design II (3.00 cr.)
This course is a continuation of ASGR 207. This
advanced course introduces students to true color
image processing, powerful painting and masking
features and color separation techniques. Other
topics include templates, project management,
image setting and advanced type control. Students
produce portfolio pieces to illustrate their
professional level of page design and production
in both black-and-white as well as four-color.
Requisite courses: ASGR-207 (Required, Previous)
ASGR-240 Portfolio (3.00 cr.)
This course is concerned with building a graphic
designer’s and illustrator’s portfolio and giving
the students an awareness of the crucial role
the portfolio plays in career development. The
course also includes information relating to
the job market, types of employment available,
promotional pricing strategies and other career
information of interest. Assignments are geared
toward individual needs. Guest speakers include
representatives from the art and design fields.
ASGR-270 Digital Design (3.00 cr.)
This course covers designing for the grid for
print and interactive applications. Topics include
color, digital rendering, vector graphics and
successful combinations of a variety of design
software. Deign assignments are geared towards
a variety of output media, including print,
motion, and interactive/on-line applications.
Requisite courses: Complete ASGR-151 or ASCG-
100 (Required, Previous)
ASGR-9200 Internship Summer Only
Students receive on-the-job training in
a professional setting.
ASGR-9201 Internship (1.00 cr.)
Students receive on-the-job training in
a professional setting.
ASGR-9202 Internship (2.00 cr.)
Students receive on-the-job training in
a professional setting.
ASGR-9203 Internship (3.00 cr.)
Students receive on-the-job training in
a professional setting.
Course Descriptions
ASGR-9213 Internship (3.00 cr.)
Students receive on-the-job training in
a professional setting.
ASIL-100 Painting I (3.00 cr.)
Students will be introduced to oil painting media,
including tools such as brushes, palette and
palette knife, canvases, stretching techniques,
gesso and canvas preparation, as well as basic
oil color mixing and paint application. An
understanding of the representation of objects
in space, visual organization skills, critical
vocabulary, and the techniques necessary to
properly paint using oils will be covered.
ASIL-101 Illustration I (3.00 cr.)
This course introduces the student to illustration
as a means of communication. It will cover visual
problem solving, the process of illustration, and
an introduction to markets: publication and
advertising. Through the use of reference and
research, students will learn to render in various
traditional media. Key movements in illustration
history will be reviewed in practice.
ASIL-102 Illustration II (3.00 cr.)
This course further explores visual problem solving,
the process of illustration, and an introduction to
markets: editorial and book markets, including
surface design. Students will focus on developing
illustrations in conjunction with type. Professional
presentation of work will be emphasized. Key
movements in illustration history will be reviewed
in practice.
Requisite courses: ASIL-101 (Required, Previous)
ASIL-201 Illustration III (3.00 cr.)
This course further explores visual problem solving,
the process of illustration and an introduction
to markets: sequential, storyboarding, and
character design. Through the use of reference
and research, students will learn to render in
various traditional and digital media. Personal style,
self-promotion, and an introduction to business
practices will explored. Key movements in
illustration history will be reviewed in practice.
Requisite courses: Complete ASIL-102
(Required, Previous)
ASIL-202 Illustration IV (3.00 cr.)
This course further explored visual problem
solving, and the process of illustration.
Emphasis is on the refinement of personal style
and professional practices. Key movements in
illustration history will reviewed in practice.
Requisite courses: ASIL-201 (Required, Previous)
ASIL-215 Digital Illustration I (3.00 cr.)
This course deals with creating digital illustrations
and developing a vocabulary using bitmap
software. Students will learn the necessary skills
to create a foundation for picture making, including
photo composition and manipulation, special
effects, and painting with digital brushes using
the software latest bitmap software. Projects will
be geared towards a variety of markets.
Requisite courses: Complete 151 or ASCG 100
(Required, Previous)
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ASIL-216 Digital Illustration II (3.00 cr.) Digital Arts DDA-242 3D Animation Studio I (3.00 cr.)
A continuation of ASIL 215 Digital Illustration I, This course is designed to teach theory and
this course deals with creating digital illustration conceptual thinking in the context of a complete
DDA-230 Drawing for Animation I (3.00 cr.)
and developing vocabulary using vector software. pipeline process for the creation of an animated
This course is the first in a series of courses
Students will learn the necessary skills to create short. Students will, under the guidance of the
in which students develop and understanding
images in the vector environment, including instructor, integrate the skills they have already
of drawing for movement, acting, character
working with Bezier curves, paths, layers, line, acquired in previous DDA classes to develop a
development, drapery, (clothing and costume)
strokes, filling shapes with color, patterns and story, script character(s) and produce a completed
and drawing from the imagination.
gradients. Projects will be geared to a variety animation based upon the script with the
of markets. characters. Students will storyboard the script,
DDA-231 2D Animation Studio I (3.00 cr.)
Requisite courses: Complete ASGR-151 create an animatic based upon the storyboards,
This course is an introduction to 2-D animation
(Required, Previous) do rough through final animations, render
techniques that combines theoretical elements
composite, edit, and screen their animations.
of animation aesthetics with practical experience
ASIL-218P Conceptual Illustration (3.00 cr.) Requisite courses: DDA-240-DDA-241
in animation movie making. Students are
In this course, students will be introduced to the (Required, Concurrent)
exposed to a variety of types of animated film
process of creating conceptual images for
productions through lectures, film presentations,
illustrations. Students will be encouraged to explore DDA-243 3D Modeling II (3.00 cr.)
classroom work and outside assignments.
different ways to convey specific ideas using An intensive course in 2D character design and
Class projects include frame-by-frame animation
symbol, metaphor and analogy. Students will learn 3D character modeling aimed at the production
prepared for video.
to understand the meaning of symbols and will of stylistically purified 3D characters, which
develop conceptual thinking to produce successful can be easily animated. Students will learn to design
DDA-232 Drawing for Animation II (3.00 cr.)
visual solutions. Assigned projects are directed to and model complex characters, based on story,
This is the second animation drawing course
the needs of the editorial illustration, advertising for easy animation.
that focuses on enhancing character in a story
or graphic design fields. Students will explore Requisite courses: DDA-240 (Required, Previous)
through animation. Students will explore the
different media and will be encouraged to develop
ins and outs of creating a distinct believable
their individual vocabulary and style. DDA-244 3D Lighting and Rendering (3.00 cr.)
character, how it fits into and contributes to
This rigorous course builds upon the basic
story, and what it takes to bring an animated
ASIL-220P Visual Narrative/Storytelling lighting and rendering concepts conveyed in
character to life.
(3.00 cr.) Modeling I and II and explores the technical and
Requisite courses: Take DDA-230
This content-variable course is an exploration of psychological aspects of digital cinematography,
(Required, Previous)
visual narrative and storytelling. Through research lighting and rendering.
and discovery, students will learn how to structure Requisite courses: DDA-240 (Required, Previous)
DDA-233 2D Animation Studio II (3.00 cr.)
a narrative from multiple perspectives and how
In this course, students with an experience in 2D
elements such as time and place can be used DDA-245 3D Animation Studio II (3.00 cr.)
animation practices will learn how to animate on
and manipulated to enhance or alter the narrative. This courser is designed to teach intermediate
a digital timeline exploring both vector and bit
This course includes one week of travel during level production pipeline techniques and tactics
mapped based digital animation. Students will
Spring Break. (Attendance on the trip is mandatory employed in the creation of an animated short.
translate their 2-D drawing and animation skills
for this course.). Students will, under the guidance of the instructor,
to digital approaches practiced in contemporary
integrate the skills they have already acquired
animation studios.
ASIL-240 Illustration Business (3.00 cr.) in previous 3D Animation classes to develop a
Requisite courses: DDA-231 (Required, Previous)
This course is concerned with developing skills in story, script, cartoon character(s), and produce
DDA-232 (Required, Concurrent)
networking, developing good client relationships, a completed animation based upon the script
contracts and fees, taxes, and creating self-initiated with the character(s). Students will storyboard
DDA-234 2D Character Animation I (3.00 cr.)
projects and campaigns for self-promotional the script, create and animatic based upon the
This course focuses on character motion as
purposes. Guest speakers include representatives storyboards, do rough through final animations,
expressive storytelling. Students will explore
from the art and design fields. render composite, edit and screen their animations.
the creation of distinct and believable character
Requisite courses: Take ASGR-240 Requisite courses: DDA-242 (Required, Previous)
motion, how this fits into and contributes to
(Required, Concurrent) DDA-243 DDA-244 (Required, Concurrent)
story, and what it takes to bring an animated
character to life.
ASPR-205 Printmaking (3.00 cr.) DDA-250 Coding for Artists (3.00 cr.)
Requisite courses: DDA-233
This course is an introduction to printmaking Coding for Artists is required for undergraduate
(Required, Concurrent)
processes through creative concepts and image Digital Arts students beginning the Interactive
making possibilities in both relief and intaglio Arts concentration. It covers the basics of writing
DDA-240 3D Modeling I (3.00 cr.)
media. Students learn fundamental approaches computer instructions form the artist’s perspective,
An intensive introductory course in Digital 3D
to Collagraph, Drypoint, and Linocut. Black and assuming no prior experience with programming.
design, modeling, texturing, lighting, and rendering.
white, and color printing are emphasized along
Students will build on Foundations 3D Concepts
with color registration, multiple-block printing DDA-251 Interactive Media (3.00 cr.)
while learning how to design and execute
and inking techniques. This course introduces the principles of screen-
complex, photorealistic and stylized 3D worlds.
based interaction. Students learn to combine
2-dimensional images, text, audio, and video for
DDA-241 3D Animation I (3.00 cr.)
media-rich, participant-friendly experiences.
This course covers the concepts, tools, and
techniques of organic and inorganic 3D animation.
DDA-252 Interactive Studio I (3.00 cr.)
Motion, weight, and emotion are central to the
This course introduces the fundamental principles
course, as well as broad range of technical issues
and best practices of computer programming
that make them possible.
for the visual arts. Visual art practice is considered
Requisite courses: DDA-240
in a historic context extending to contemporary
(Required, Concurrent)
developments in the field. Students learn how
to use code as a creative means of expression in
producing screen-based works of art.
Requisite courses: DDA-250 DDA-251
(Required, Concurrent)
Course Descriptions 263
DDA-253 Coding for Sculpture (3.00 cr.)
In this course, students learn to control free-
standing sculptural objects by using a
microprocessor, programming it to read and
respond to its environment, thus creating
aesthetically interesting behaviors.
Requisite courses: DDA-250 (Required, Previous)
DDA-254 Physical Computing (3.00 cr.)
This course provides the foundation for using
electronics and micro-controllers as engines
for interactive art. It covers the basic theory of
electronics and introduces the Arduino hardware
platform and programming language through
physical computing applications.
Requisite courses: DDA-250 (Required, Previous)
DDA-255 Interactive Studio II (3.00 cr.)
This course focuses on the theory and practice
of creating discrete interactive sculptures.
Students learn to integrate microprocessors
into free-standing sculptural objects to convey
meaning by responding to any combination of
environment, date sets or viewer interaction.
Requisite courses: DDA-252 (Required, Previous)
DDA-270 Video Editing (3.00 cr.)
Introduces video editing as a creative tool for
digital arts students interested in its application
to motion graphics, animation, and interactive
genres. It offers a thorough technical understanding
of nonlinear editing on the Final Cut Pro system.
Through editing exercises, students learn to
manipulate time, space, sound, and emotions to
create subjective narrative and experimental works.
DDA-280 Audio for Digital Media (3.00 cr.)
This course covers the aesthetic, conceptual,
and technical aspects of using audio and music
for use with various electronic media, such as
2D/3D animation, video, and the World Wide
Web. The course includes lectures on the physical
properties of sound, musical instruments, music
notation, and musical styles.
DDA-339 Compositing/Special Effects (3.00 cr.)
In this course, students will learn the visual effects
techniques for combining several image sources-
such as live action and animation-to create a
new time-based image that exists purely in the
imagination of the creator.
Requisite courses: Complete DDA-242
or DDA-231 (Required, Previous)
DDA-340 2D Animation Studio III (3.00 cr.)
In this course, students with a strong background
in 2D animation practices will explore variations
to the traditional animated narrative in concept,
design, and execution of their media. Integration
of other disciplines and approaching the media
in an experimental fashion is highly encouraged.
Requisite courses: DDA-233 (Required, Previous)
DDA-339 DDA-341 (Required, Concurrent)
DDA-341 2D Character Animation II (3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to develop the student’s
ability to animate a character on an advanced
level and apply the proper skills and procedures
needed to achieve optimum quality animation.
A focus on straight ahead technique as opposed
to key frame animation is practice is emphasized.
Requisite courses: DDA-234 (Required, Previous)
DDA-342 2D Post Production (3.00 cr.)
Designed for students with prior basic editing
experience, this course will prepare students for
the production of the senior project. This class
delves into advanced options of digital editing
systems and applies them to the creative, technical,
and theoretical concerns of editing animation.
DDA-350 3D Animation II (3.00 cr.)
This course builds on the foundation established
in 3D Modeling I and II, and Animation I, with a
focus on intermediate to advanced character
rigging and animation techniques. Students will
continue to apply the classic principles of
animation, this time using more robust characters
of their own design—facial animation and
rigging for lip sync will allow them to convey a full
range of expression, gesture and convincing
motion. In addition to two assignments, students
will complete several in-class exercises, each
demonstrating their mastery of a core principle,
followed by critique and discussion.
DDA-351 3D Animation Studio III (3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to teach advanced level
production pipeline techniques and tactics
employed in the creation of an animated short.
Students will create a complete animation from
story to post-production.
Requisite courses: DDA-350
(Required, Concurrent)
DDA-352 3D Post-Production (3.00 cr.)
This studio course covers the concepts, tools,
and techniques associated with completing and
outputting a high quality time-based project. techniques for creating motion picture art using
Students mix animation, video, audio, rendering
and compositing tools to finished projects properly.
Requisite courses: Complete DDA -351
(Required, Previous)
DDA-353P Collaborative 3D Project (3.00 cr.)
In this course, students collaborate on a short
format 3D animation project closely emulating the
demands of studio production pipelines. The
roles students fill include writing, storyboarding,
storytelling, 3D layout, visual development, sound
design, modeling, rigging, surfacing, animation,
lighting, rendering, FX and post-production. The
entire film is conceived, developed and executed
in one semester. Students learn to work in teams
for a common purpose.
Requisite courses: DDA-245 (Required, Previous)
DDA-359 Interactive Stagecraft (3.00 cr.)
This intermediate-level course engages students
in the conceptualization, planning, construction,
and staging of an interactive audio-visual installation,
stressing the creative use of lighting, projections,
textural materials, and ambient sound to enhance
a visitor’s experience. Installations that may be
currently active in the New York City area also
will be visited and critiqued during the semester.
DDA-360 Coding Inter. Installation (3.00 cr.)
This course introduces the fundamental
principles of visual programming in the context
of designing and creating immersive, responsive
environments and installations. It offers a high-
level approach to signal processing frameworks.
It covers techniques for sensing and data
acquisition, algorithms for analysis and flow control,
and modes for visual and physical output.
Course Descriptions
DDA-361 Interactive Studio III (3.00 cr.)
This course focuses on the theory and practice
of creating immersive, responsive installations.
The field is considered in a historic context
extending to contemporary developments around
the unifying theme of design and transformation
of physical and virtual environments through light,
sound, sculpture, images and motion.
Requisite courses: DDA-360 (Required, Concurrent)
DDA-362 Coding Inter. Performance (3.00 cr.)
This course focuses on the software and hardware
tools utilized in the creation of interactive
electronic performance. It is designed to be taken
concurrently with DDA 388 Performance and
Electronic Media studio which provides the
requisite theoretical framework and practicum.
DDA-363 Performance/Electronic Media
(3.00 cr.)
This course addresses the theory and practice of
integrating electronic and interactive media in live
performance. The electronic medium is treated
as a performance medium in its own right, rather
than as support or decor for the traditional
performing arts. Over the course of the semester,
students will conceptualize, develop and ultimately
perform live an interactive electronic piece.
Requisite courses: Complete DDA-361
(Required, Previous)
DDA-380 Stop-Motion Animation (3.00 cr.)
This is an in-depth, yet introductory level,
elective class in the art of stop motion animation.
Students will explore a variety of hands-on
the stop action photographic process: including
animating clay, objects, and puppets. Some basic
fabrication, lighting, and photographic skills will
also be covered, as well as the fundamentals of
using stop motion software. In-class exercises
and production assignments are designed to build
toward the creation of a short, stop motion
animated, team project final film.
DDA-390 Senior Project Pre-Production (3.00 cr.)
Students develop a major project that reflects
their creative and technical abilities to act as the
centerpiece of their professional portfolio. The
planning phase of Senior Project is a hands-on
experience: while creating a comprehensive plan
and timeline for completing a Senior Project,
components of a Senior Project are visualized
and executed on a weekly basis.
DDA-400 Senior Project I (3.00 cr.)
This is the first in a required two course series in
which students produce a Senior capstone project
of Digital Arts that was developed in DDA-390
Senior Project Development. A finished project
of portfolio quality is required for the completion of
this two course series. Open to senior students only.
Requisite courses: DDA-390 (Required, Previous)
DDA-410 Senior Project II (3.00 cr.)
This is the second course in a required two course
series in which students produce a Senior capstone
project of Digital Arts that was developed in
DDA-3920 Senior Project Development and partially
completed in Senior Projects I. A finished project
of portfolio quality is required for the completion
of this course. Open to senior students only.
Requisite courses: Complete DDA-400
(Required, Previous)
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DDA-415 Professional Practices (3.00 cr.)
This course helps students develop the concepts,
strategies, resources and skills to manage their
creative lives professionally. Focus will be places
both on industry and studio art practices. Through
field trips, readings, and class presentations,
students will acquire a greater awareness of
artists working in their fields and of the resources
New York City offers digital arts practitioners.
Requisite courses: Complete DDA-400
(Required, Previous)
DDA-425 Coding for the Network (3.00 cr.)
This intermediate-level course covers the
principles of programming necessary for the
creation of interactive artworks that depend on
networked communication, both wired and wire-
less, local and public, as well as the related issues
which arise in a 24/7 connected society.
DDA-430 Subverting Digital Media (3.00 cr.)
Students will learn to explore their creative and
potentially non-conformist ideas within the context
of digital media practices. They will engage in a
self-directed practical as well Course Description:
as theoretical inquiry into digital media.
DDA-455 Coding for the Life (3.00 cr.)
In this advanced course, students work with
professional programming tools to create media-
rich, responsive experiences using contemporary
libraries and frameworks, acquiring code design
skills likely to last throughout their creative careers.
Requisite courses: Complete DDA-250
(Required, Previous)
DDA-9400 Internship (Summer Only)
The internship is a learning experience at a
discipline-related professional site. It provides
students with an opportunity to apply academic
knowledge and skills in a practical setting, while
obtaining new knowledge and skills in prepar­-
ation for professional work or graduate school.
Students experience the application of
course­work lessons into a real-life context, thus
enrich­ing their education. They deepen their
knowledge about important applied aspects of
their discipline, enhance their professional skills
in a real-world context, build their professional
network, and inform their career choices.
Additional faculty-supervised activities provide
the opportunity for an in-depth reflection
on the internship experience.
DDA-9401 Digital Arts Internship (1.00 cr.)
The internship is a learning experience at a
discipline-related professional site. It provides
students with an opportunity to apply academic
knowledge and skills in a practical setting, while
obtaining new knowledge and skills in prepar­-
ation for professional work or graduate school.
Students experience the application of
course­work lessons into a real-life context, thus
enrich­ing their education. They deepen their
knowledge about important applied aspects of
their discipline, enhance their professional skills
in a real-world context, build their professional
network, and inform their career choices.
Additional faculty-supervised activities provide
the opportunity for an in-depth reflection
on the internship experience.
DDA-9402 Digital Arts Internship (2.00 cr.)
The internship is a learning experience at a
discipline-related professional site. It provides
students with an opportunity to apply academic
knowledge and skills in a practical setting, while
obtaining new knowledge and skills in prepar­-
ation for professional work or graduate school.
Students experience the application of
course­work lessons into a real-life context, thus
enrich­ing their education. They deepen their
knowledge about important applied aspects of
their discipline, enhance their professional skills
in a real-world context, build their professional
network, and inform their career choices.
Additional faculty-supervised activities provide
the opportunity for an in-depth reflection
on the internship experience.
DDA-9403 Digital Arts Internship (3.00 cr.)
The internship is a learning experience at a
discipline-related professional site. It provides
students with an opportunity to apply academic
knowledge and skills in a practical setting, while
obtaining new knowledge and skills in prepar­-
ation for professional work or graduate school.
Students experience the application of
course­work lessons into a real-life context, thus
enrich­ing their education. They deepen their
knowledge about important applied aspects of
their discipline, enhance their professional skills
in a real-world context, build their professional
network, and inform their career choices.
Additional faculty-supervised activities provide
the opportunity for an in-depth reflection
on the internship experience.
Film
FVID-401 Senior Studio I (3.00 cr.)
This course is the first in a two-part sequence
devoted to the production and public presentation
of the senior thesis project. This semester will
be devoted to the research, development,
scripting and preproduction of the senior thesis
film/video project, which may be a narrative,
nonfiction, experimental, hybrid, installation, or
video series. Meetings are structured to highlight
the benefits of feedback from within a group
environment. The group will respond to project
proposals and work in progress with a focus on
strengthening individual artistic practices, work
methods, and personal vision.
Requisite courses: FVID-302 (Required, Previous)
FVID-402 Senior Studio II (3.00 cr.)
This course is the second in a two-part sequence
devoted to the production and public presentation
of the senior thesis project. Students will shoot,
edit, and mix their thesis projects, which will
culminate in a public screening and/or exhibition
of the final work. The emphasis is on the individual
student as the creative producer, stressing style
and technique as well as personal vision.
Requisite courses: FVID-401 (Required, Previous)
FVID-425 Thesis Pre-Production Sound (1.00 cr.)
This class develops individual production strategies
and timelines for the senior thesis films. It
addresses the individual sound challenges of each
thesis project. Through scene analysis, students
will look at a variety of approaches to the use of
sound and discuss the impact of those choices
of the finished work.
Requisite courses: FVID-302 (Required, Previous)
Course Descriptions
FVID-426 Thesis Post-Production Sound (1.00 cr.)
This class helps students develop individual
strategies to edit their thesis soundtrack. Students
will gather all the components of the soundtrack
for their senior thesis film; Dialog, Music, Sound
Effects, Foley, and more, balancing these elements
and creating an immersive experience. This course
applies an aesthetic and conceptual understanding
of sound for the thesis project.
Requisite courses: FVID-401 (Required, Previous)
FVID-427 Thesis Final Sounds Mix (1.00 cr.)
Students will finely edit and finish the soundtrack
of their thesis projects. This may include editing
multiple soundtracks for stereo and surround-
sound versions of the film. This course applies
an aesthetic and conceptual understanding of
sound for the thesis film/video.
Requisite courses: FVID-401 (Required, Previous)
(Required, Previous)
FVID-480 Contemporary Issue Film/Video
(3.00 cr.)
Students examine contemporary trends and issues
in film and video through screenings, readings
and visits to NYC-area exhibitions. The aesthetic
and cultural influences on media are explored
in order to create an understanding of the
underlying structures that media producers use.
Written papers required.
FVID-9400 Film Internship: (0.00 cr.) Summer
The internship is a learning experience at a
discipline-related professional site. It provides
students with an opportunity to apply academic
knowledge and skills in a practical setting, while
obtaining new knowledge and skills in prepar­-
ation for professional work or graduate school.
Students experience the application of
course­work lessons into a real-life context, thus
enrich­ing their education. They deepen their
knowledge about important applied aspects of
their discipline, enhance their professional skills
in a real-world context, build their professional
network, and inform their career choices.
Additional faculty-supervised activities provide
the opportunity for an in-depth reflection
on the internship experience.
Requisite courses: FVID-201 OR FVID-202
(Required, Previous)
FVID-9401 Film Internship (1.00 cr.)
The internship is a learning experience at a
discipline-related professional site. It provides
students with an opportunity to apply academic
knowledge and skills in a practical setting, while
obtaining new knowledge and skills in prepar­-
ation for professional work or graduate school.
Students experience the application of
course­work lessons into a real-life context, thus
enrich­ing their education. They deepen their
knowledge about important applied aspects of
their discipline, enhance their professional skills
in a real-world context, build their professional
network, and inform their career choices.
Additional faculty-supervised activities provide
the opportunity for an in-depth reflection
on the internship experience.
Requisite courses: FVID-201 OR FVID-202
(Required, Previous)
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FVID-9402 Film Internship: (2.00 cr.)
The internship is a learning experience at a
discipline-related professional site. It provides
students with an opportunity to apply academic
knowledge and skills in a practical setting, while
obtaining new knowledge and skills in prepar­-
ation for professional work or graduate school.
Students experience the application of
course­work lessons into a real-life context, thus
enrich­ing their education. They deepen their
knowledge about important applied aspects of
their discipline, enhance their professional skills
in a real-world context, build their professional
network, and inform their career choices.
Additional faculty-supervised activities provide
the opportunity for an in-depth reflection
on the internship experience.
Requisite courses: FVID-201 OR FVID-202
(Required, Previous)
FVID-9403 Film Internship: (3.00 cr.)
The internship is a learning experience at a
discipline-related professional site. It provides
students with an opportunity to apply academic
knowledge and skills in a practical setting, while
obtaining new knowledge and skills in prepar­-
ation for professional work or graduate school.
Students experience the application of
course­work lessons into a real-life context, thus
enrich­ing their education. They deepen their
knowledge about important applied aspects of
their discipline, enhance their professional skills
in a real-world context, build their professional
network, and inform their career choices.
Additional faculty-supervised activities provide
the opportunity for an in-depth reflection
on the internship experience.
Requisite courses: FVID-201 OR FVID-202
(Required, Previous)
Fine Arts
FA-001 Shop Safety
This non-credit course is required for all Pratt
students who wish to use the Wood Shops in
Fine Arts or Industrial Design. Students gain
information, practices, and skills required for the
safe use of equipment as well as information on
proper environmental standards to be followed
in these shops. Successful completion provides
students with safety certification, allowing
them to use either shop for the duration of the
student’s enrollment at Pratt. Course IND 001
provides equivalent certification.
FA-310 Professional Practices (3.00 cr.)
This course is an introduction to the
multifaceted professional art world. Students will
engage with various participants in that world,
including professional artists, curators, critics,
and gallery directors. Through these encounters,
readings, discussions and directed assignments
students will learn about the contexts, strategies
and requirements for promoting their work in
the art marketplace and maintaining a career as a
working professional artist.
FA-311 Studio in Social Practice (3.00 cr.)
This studio offers an investigation into forms of
creative public engagement or ‘social practice’.
The focus will be on research, development, and
engagement of a socially invested public project.
FA-413 Introduction to Glass (3.00 cr.)
This course, taught by instructors at Urban Glass
in Brooklyn, offers students a broad survey
of techniques used in art glass fabrication
including kiln-forming, kiln-casting, cold-working,
flame-working, and glassblowing. In addition to
completing a series of assignments using these
techniques, students will learn about the history
of glass as a medium of artistic expression.
FA-418 Site Ideas (1.00 cr.)
This is a one credit course studying the context,
form, artistic process, and experience of site
specific art. Students will be introduced to the
history, methodologies, and logistics of site
specific art. At the end of the class, students will
make a public presentation of their proposal for
a site-specific work to a panel of invited guests.
FA-419 Art in the Cloud (1.00 cr.)
This one credit course introduces students to
the history of net art from the mid-1990s to
the present day. During the course students
will review internet artworks, curate an online
exhibition and respond to readings. Students will
learn image processing for the web, and HTML
and CSS and make a net artwork. Smart phone
and tablets may be used in the projects.
FA-428 Improv for the Artist (1.00 cr.)
This one credit course introduces undergraduate
fine arts students to improvisation, in theory and
practice, as working philosophy applicable to any
developing artistic practice. Students will explore
ways in which improvisation can nurture creation,
challenge flexible thinking, and facilitate organic
collaboration. No prior experience necessary.
FA-455 Sound Art (1.00 cr.)
This one credit course introduces students to the
history of sound art from its roots in the early
20th century to its practice and development in
the present day. During the course students will
review sound works, develop their skills to create
sound works and respond to related readings.
Students will gain an introduction to sound design
programs that are utilized today as well as the variety
of conceptual ways artists utilize sound as an art
form and as a component of other hybrid art forms.
FA-486 Artist as Curator (3.00 cr.)
This course will be an introduction to the
practical concerns of working as an independent
art curator. Whether as a career path or a
means to advance one’s own visual arts practice,
students will learn to identify and explore the
skills and facilities required to develop and stage
exhibitions from inception to actualization.
FA-9400 Undergraduate Fine Arts Internship
This course is for all undergraduate students
enrolled in internships at a field-related
professional site. It takes place on the Pratt
campus in consultation with a Fine Art professor.
The internship is a learning experience that
provides opportunities for students to apply
knowledge gained at their selected site.
Course Descriptions
FA-9401 Undergraduate Fine Arts Internship
(1.00 cr.)
This course is for all undergraduate students
enrolled in internships at a field related
professional site. It takes place on the Pratt campus
in consultation with a Fine Art professor. The
internship is a learning experience that provides
opportunities for students to apply knowledge
gained at their selected site for one credit.
FA-9402 Undergraduate Fine Arts Internship
(2.00 cr.)
This course is for all undergraduate students
enrolled in internships at a field related
professional site. It takes place on the Pratt campus
in consultation with a Fine Art professor. The
internship is a learning experience that provides
opportunities for students to apply knowledge
gained at their selected site for two credits.
FA-9403 Undergraduate Fine Arts Internship
(3.00 cr.)
This course is for all undergraduate students
enrolled in internships at a field related
professional site. It takes place on the Pratt
campus in consultation with a Fine Art professor.
The internship is a learning experience that provides
opportunities for students to apply knowledge
gained at their selected site for three credits.
FAU-231 Ideation/Conceptualization (3.00 cr.)
This course will broaden the student’s
awareness of the object-based world while
developing conceptual skills through exercises in
observation, writing, collection and presentation.
Students will use drawing and rendering as a
generative source and critical thinking tool in the
design process and to facilitate discussion.
FAU-241 Fine Arts Seminar I (3.00 cr.)
The Fine Arts Seminars explore ideas and
issues related to the Fine Arts curriculum and
professional practice. They address concerns
of the studio arising from the social, historical
and intellectual conditions of the time. These
concerns are formal and philosophical as well
as practical. Class discussions cover topics such
as events, personalities, exhibitions, writings of
artists and critics, values and studio practice.
The seminars are required coursework from the
sophomore through the senior years.
FAU-331 Theory/Criticism Contemporary
(3.00 cr.)
This course will engage students in the theoretical
and critical examination of seminal works by
some of the most notable artist-jewelers from
the last 75 years, along with related examples
of painting, sculpture, architecture, domestic
objects and costume. By studying contemporary
jewelry from the mid-20th century origins to the
present, students will be able to trace historic
and cultural influences in present-day metal work,
and a variety of other mediums.
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FAU-341 Fine Art Seminar II (3.00 cr.)
The Fine Arts Seminars explore ideas and issues
related to the Fine Arts curriculum and professional
practice. They address concerns of the studio
arising from the social, historical and
intellectual conditions of the time. These concerns
are formal and philosophical as well as practical.
Class discussions cover topics such as events,
personalities, exhibitions, writing of artists and critic’s
values and studio practice. The seminars are
required coursework from the sophomore through
the senior years.
Requisite courses: Complete FAU-241
(Required, Previous)
FAU-341P Fine Arts Seminar III (2.00 cr.)
The Fine Arts Seminars explore ideas and issues
relevant to the Fine Arts curriculum. They address
concerns of the studio arising from the social,
historical and intellectual conditions of the time.
These concerns are formal and philosophical as
well as practical. Class discussions include topics
such as personalities, events, exhibitions, writing
of critics and artists, values and studio practice.
The seminars are required coursework from the
sophomore through the senior years.
Prerequisites: FAU-241 and FAU-242.
Requisite courses: Complete FAU-241 FAU-242
(Required, Previous)
FAU-342 Fine Arts Seminar IV (2.00 cr.)
The Fine Arts Seminars explore ideas and issues
relevant to the Fine Arts curriculum. They
address concerns of the studio arising from
the social, historical and intellectual conditions
of the time. These concerns are formal
and philosophical as well as practical. Class
discussions include topics such as personalities,
events, exhibitions, writing of critics and artists,
values and studio practice. The seminars are
required coursework from the sophomore
through the senior years.
Prerequisites: FAU-241 and FAU-242.
Requisite courses: Complete FAU-241 FAU-242
(Required, Previous)
FAU-441 Fine Arts Seminar III (3.00 cr.)
The Fine Arts Seminars explore ideas and
issues related to the Fine Arts curriculum and
professional practice. They address concerns
of the studio arising from the social, historical
and intellectual conditions of the time. These
concerns are formal and philosophical as well as
practical. Class discussions include topics such
as events, personalities, exhibitions, writing of
artists and critic’s values and studio practice.
The seminars are required coursework from the
sophomore through the senior years.
Requisite courses: FAU-341 (Required, Previous)
FAU-441 Fine Arts Seminar V (2.00 cr.)
The Fine Arts Seminars explore ideas and issues
relevant to the Fine Arts curriculum. They address
concerns of the studio arising from the social,
historical and intellectual conditions of the time.
These concerns are formal and philosophical as
well as practical. Class discussions include topics
such as personalities, events, exhibitions, writing
of critics and artists, values and studio practice.
The seminars are required coursework from the
sophomore through the senior years.
FAU-445 Senior Seminar: Jewelry (2.00 cr.) DRWG-301 Drawing Installation (3.00 cr.)
This course is a professional practices workshop Drawing Installation is designed as an experimental
for senior majors in jewelry and other students laboratory where students explore the potentials
whose studio practice is object-based. The of drawing in conceptualizing spatial and/or time-
objectives of the course are for participants to be based installations. With an emphasis on drawing
able to effectively document their work, develop as a research tool, students will be assigned a site
presentation skills, understand pricing and marketing specific, architectural space where they transform
appropriate to their object-based medium, and 2D plans into 3D or 4D installations.
how to prepare for an exhibition.
DRWG-305 Drawing III (3.00 cr.)
Drawing In Drawing III students will continue to build their
technical skills and critical awareness so that they
can begin to work independently at an advanced
DRWG-205 Drawing I (3.00 cr.)
level. Students will consider drawing as a discipline
Drawing I focuses on multi-dimensional
in its own right, set off from those it has historically
visualization and delineation as well as drawing as
supported. Students will begin with assignments
a process of perception and projection. Students
and work toward more self-directed projects
are introduced to visual structures and concepts
that will lead to a concept-driven body of work.
in their historical and contemporary contexts.
Though designed for Fine Arts majors with a
concentration in drawing, others may enroll with
DRWG-206 Drawing II (3.00 cr.)
administrative approval. The course will be
In Drawing II students continue to refine their skills
conducted as a concentrated studio with individual
in multi-dimensional visualization and delineation
and group critiques, class field trips, as well as
and in drawing as a process of perception and
assigned readings and discussions.
projection. The uses of digital as well as traditional
Requisite courses: Take DRWG-206
drawing tools will be explored. Students continue
(Required, Previous)
to investigate visual structures and concepts in
their historical and contemporary contexts.
DRWG-306 Drawing IV (3.00 cr.)
Requisite courses: Take DRWG-205
In Drawing IV students will build the skills and
(Required, Previous)
awareness necessary to develop advanced
independent work and deepen their knowledge of
DRWG-211 Life Study I (3.00 cr.)
drawing as an independent practice. In the
In Life Study I, students study the human figure
beginning of the term, students will give themselves
as expressing and reflecting concepts of nature.
assignments that strengthen the working methods
Approaches to the figure include formal
and critical interests that will drive their work.
structural analysis as well as the figure used
Students will gain the ability articulate their emergent
as a medium itself, as an object of representation,
interests and processes and take ownership of their
as the embodiment of human consciousness.
decisions in the studio. Intended for Fine Arts
majors with a concentration in drawing, others may
DRWG-212 Life Study II (3.00 cr.)
enroll with administrative approval.
In Life Study II, students study the human figure
Requisite courses: Take DRWG-305
as expressing and reflecting concepts of nature.
(Required, Previous)
Approaches to the figure include formal
structural analysis as well as the figure used
DRWG-307 Expanded Field I (3.00 cr.)
as a medium itself, as an object of representation,
Expanded Field I offers students an extensive
as the embodiment of human consciousness
investigation into contemporary drawing
Requisite courses: Take DRWG-211
practices with a focus on process, concept
(Required, Previous)
and mark making. Majors, emphasis is on the
development of students’ individual expressive
DRWG-221 Drawing Poetics (3.00 cr.)
vision as well as understanding the connections
Drawing Poetics investigates philosophical and
between marks made for drawing and marks
practical methodologies of drawing from outside
made in other materials/mediums.
traditional fine art models. Through readings,
Requisite courses: Take DRWG-206
studio practice, and discussions students will
(Required, Previous)
consider how practices in writing, poetry,
choreography, music and handcrafts are analogous
DRWG-308 Expanded Field II (3.00 cr.)
to drawing and may be used to understand one’s
Expanded Field II offers students the opportunity
practice. We will study how others define their
for deeper investigation into contemporary
art forms to further understand the rules and
drawing practices with a focus on process, concept
definition we have inherited for the act of drawing.
and mark making. Suggested for Fine Arts Majors,
From this perspective, students will then
emphasis is on development of students’
re-imagine how to define the act of drawing and
individual expressive vision as well as understanding
what form their productions might take.
the connections between marks made for drawing
and marks made in other materials/mediums.
DRWG-223 Nomadic Drawing (3.00 cr.)
Requisite courses: Take DRWG-307
Nomadic Drawing is an observational drawing
(Required, Previous)
class focused on dealing with relationships between
the figure and unusual environmental spaces.
DRWG-311 Life Study III (2.00 cr.)
The class will meet in different locations throughout
This course investigates both observational and
the burrows of NY to draw. Emphasis will be on
internally-generated imagery based on life study.
capturing the visceral value of diverse environmental
Emphasis is on composition, coordination of
locations while using a selective eye to organize
media, process, and concept in relation to the
the visual chaos of the world outside the studio.
development of individual vision and expression.
The half-day section is two credits; the full-day
section is four credits.
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DRWG-312 Life Study IV (2.00 cr.)
This course investigates both observational and
internally-generated imagery based on life study.
Emphasis is on composition, coordination of
media, process, and concept in relation to the
development of individual vision and expression.
The half-day section is two credits; the full-day
section is four credits.
DRWG-321 Illustration and Symbolic Imagery I
(3.00 cr.)
Illustration and Symbolic Imagery I investigates
visual thinking, problem solving and non-verbal
communication. Students are encouraged to
explore and construct a new vocabulary of personal
symbols that is not dependent on old thinking
habits and in an environment that encourages
them to break free of stylistic conventions.
DRWG-322 Illustration and Symbolic Imagery II
(3.00 cr.)
Illustration and Symbolic Imagery II (New, 3
Credits) in Illustration and Symbolic Imagery
II, Students will continue exploring modes of
visual thinking problem solving and non-verbal
communication and create a focused body of
work from their developing symbolic vocabulary.
Requisite courses: Take DRWG-321
(Required, Previous)
DRWG-323 Drawing: Materials and Methods
(3.00 cr.)
Drawing Materials and Methods is required for
drawing concentrators and covers the technical
aspects of drawing media, including the chemistry
of substrates and papers, tools, pigments, paints
and finishes and their applications. The course
will include discussions, lectures, demonstrations
and research assignments.
DRWG-401 Advanced Drawing Installation
(3.00 cr.)
Advanced Drawing Installation is an elective
course that provides students further
opportunity to create site-specific art
installations in an individual project space on
campus. A series of advanced drawing and
research assignments facilitate the creation
of the works mapping student exploration and
progress. Students will complete and later
simulate these installations as a public art
proposal within another location.
Requisite courses: Complete DRWG-301
or DRWG-302 (Required, Previous)
DRWG-405 Drawing V (3.00 cr.)
Drawing V emphasizes independent studio
practice where students refine their individual
drawing processes as they choose among
multiple thematic possibilities. Students
will engage in research and development in
preparation for executing a thesis body of work.
Requisite courses: Take DRWG-306
(Required, Previous)
DRWG-406 Drawing VI (3.00 cr.)
This senior thesis studio emphasizes
independent studio practice where students
refine their individual drawing processes as they
develop and prepare a finished body of work for
the thesis exhibition.
Requisite courses: Take DRWG-405
(Required, Previous)
DRWG-406 Drawing VI (4.00 cr.)
The thesis course focuses on students’ individual
processes as they choose among multiple thematic
possibilities. Research, development, and thesis
are pursued in conjunction with major seminar
and independent study. The half-day section is
two credits; the full-day section is four credits.
DRWG-409 Rendering for Jewelry III (2.00 cr.)
In this advanced course, students apply prior
lessons in 2D and 3D jewelry drafting and
rendering to inform work produced in the
major senior thesis studio. Students pursue
independent research and development to
produce a portfolio of drawings that illustrate
concept/design development.
Requisite courses: Complete DRWG-309 or
DRWG-310 (Required, Previous)
DRWG-410 Rendering for Jewelry IV (2.00 cr.)
The last course in the Rendering for Jewelry
sequence, this advanced course allows students
to continue to build drafting and rendering
skills and portfolios in conjunction with their
major senior thesis studio. Students prepare
and design exhibition scenarios and finalize
presentations portfolios, working in tandem with
their senior seminar coursework.
Requisite courses: Complete DRWG-309
or DRWG-310 (Required, Previous)
Jewelry
JWLR-205 Jewelry I (3.00 cr.)
This fundamental course is an introduction to
basic direct metal fabrication techniques used to
create small scale, wearable objects using non-
ferrous metals. Design development is addressed
as an extension of studio work with special attention
paid to issues relation to scale and the body.
Note: This course is a prerequisite for all jewelry
technical studios.
JWLR-206 Jewelry II (3.00 cr.)
This course builds upon the skills developed in
Jewelry I. Students learn advanced direct metal
fabrication techniques suitable for building small-
scale, wearable objects with volume and depth.
Precision and craftsmanship are emphasized as
students integrate design concepts addressing scale
and wear ability with more complex techniques.
Requisite courses: JWLR-205 (Required, Previous)
JWLR-221 Perspectives in Jewelry (3.00 cr.)
This class integrates the development of technical
skill in rapid prototyping technologies with the
student’s studio practice. Students will use CAD
software at all steps of the design process, from
sketch to final product. We will actively approach
the use of CAD/CAM as a means to an end in
relation to more traditional studio processes
such as creating molds, jigs, dies, and other tools.
JWLR-305 Jewelry III (3.00 cr.)
This course is he first half of a year-long course
sequence required for junior jewelry students.
Students will develop as designers and makers
of wearable objects by dramatically expanding
their repertoire of technical skills and enhancing
concept development.
Requisite courses: JWLR-206 JWLR-221
(Required, Previous)
Course Descriptions
JWLR-306 Jewelry IV (3.00 cr.)
Jewelry IV is the second half of a year-long course
sequence required for jewelry students Paramount
to this course is ideation beyond process, focusing
on the incorporation of digital processes into studio
practice and concepts for wearable technology.
Work will be analyzed in terms of its means of
generation, curation and concept articulation.
Requisite courses: JWLR-305
(Required, Previous)
JWLR-311 2D Digital Design for Jeweler
(3.00 cr.)
2D Digital and Design for jewelers will use
hand drawing and digital processes to further
the study of specific concepts and processes
necessary for 2D jewelry drafting, design and
rendering. Relevant design software will be used
to create technical drawings, mechanicals and
renderings expanding the student’s ability to
articulate their ideas and establish good design
practices. Projects will take on an increasingly
supportive role and reflect work produced in
the major studio classes.
Requisite courses: Take JWLR-206 or FAU-231
(Required, Previous)
JWLR-329 Jewelry Bench Skills Mechanics
(3.00 cr.)
In this course, students will advance their bench
skills by learning a variety of specialized, complex
mechanics applicable to small-scale work using
non-ferrous metals. Students will be able to
fabricate a variety of stone settings, findings,
hinges, screw mechanisms and joints in metal. By
increasing precision and critical thinking about
the function of jewelry, students will be able to
create more sophisticated and complex designs.
Requisite courses: Take SCJ-215 or JWLR-205
or JWLR-206 or JWLR-305 (Required, Previous)
JWLR-405 Jewelry V traditional flat surface, including found objects,
(3.00 cr.)
This course is the first half of a year-long course
sequence required for senior jewelry students. It
is designed for the Jewelry student to focus
on the development and execution of a cohesive
body of wearable work for an evolving portfolio
and exhibition. Students will formulate a thesis
proposal and begin fabrication their thesis collection
by applying the appropriate techniques and
materials relative to a chosen theme.
Requisite courses: JWLR-306 (Required, Previous)
JWLR-406 Jewelry VI (3.00 cr.)
This course is the second half of a year-long
course sequence required for senior jewelry
students. In this course, jewelry students will
complete a cohesive body of wearable work and
prepare that collection for public presentation.
Students will complete the fabrication of work
evolved from the fall semester’s proposal and
development phase, while simultaneously
preparing for the senior thesis exhibition. Special
attention will be paid to display issues associated
with wearable objects, as well as topics that
create synergy between this course and the
Jewelry: Professional Practice course.
Requisite courses: JWLR-405 (Required, Previous)
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JWLR-411 Jewelry Concepts/Collections
(3.00 cr.)
This required senior thesis course is designed
to work in conjunction with the studio and will
enable students to refine the ideation and
conceptualization of their collections through
writing, research, discussion and critique.
Students will explore pertinent issues in the
industry such as ethical and sustainable practices
and functionality of the wearable object.
Requisite courses: JWLR-306 (Required, Previous)
JWLR-431 Jewelry: Professional Practice
(3.00 cr.)
Jewelry: Professional Practices will expose
students to the expectations and realities
of working in a professional environment. A
fast-paces approach will be taken in exploring
design trends, developing marketing strategies
using social media, and honing writing and
presentation skills.
Requisite courses: JWLR-306 JWLR-311 JWLR-405
JWLR-411 (Required, Previous)
Painting
PTG-205 Painting I (3.00 cr.)
In Painting I, students will be introduced to
a variety of formal approaches to building a
painted surface. Investigations will include
handling of paint materials, including their
physical properties and attendant techniques.
Assignments will explore color mixing,
composition, edge, shape and form.
PTG-206 Painting II (3.00 cr.)
Painting II continues the previous semester’s
investigations of approaches to building
a painted surface. Students refine their
handling and knowledge of paint materials’
physical properties and attendant techniques.
Assignments explore color mixing, composition,
edge, shape and form.
Requisite courses: Take PTG-205
(Required, Previous)
PTG-207 Intro to Painting I (3.00 cr.)
In this first course in the painting sequence for
non-painting majors, students will be introduced
to concepts particular to painting as a discipline.
Students will explore the demands of creating a
two-dimensional surface with colored pigment
and develop a working knowledge of painting’s
conventions, methods and strategies.
PTG-208 Intermediate Painting II (3.00 cr.)
In this second course in the painting sequence
for non-painting majors, students will continue
to investigate concepts particular to painting
as a discipline. Students will deepen their
understanding of the painted surface, increasing
confidence in the handling of materials and
sharpening observational and conceptual skills.
Requisite courses: Take PTG-207
(Required, Previous)
PTG-211 Life Study I (3.00 cr.)
In this course, students explore nature, the
human figure and still life as subjects and
mediums for the projection and expression of
human consciousness.
PTG-212 Life Study II (3.00 cr.)
In this course, students explore nature, the
human figure and still life as subjects and
mediums for the projection and expression of
human consciousness.
PTG-305 Painting III (3.00 cr.)
In painting III, students will focus on advancing
technical skills and critical awareness so that
they can begin to develop independent work at
a more advances level. Students will develop the
ability articulate their emergent interests and
processes and take ownership of their decisions
in the studio.
Requisite courses: PTG-206 (Required, Previous)
PTG-306 Painting IV (3.00 cr.)
In Painting IV students continue to develop their
working methods and concepts so they are
prepared for advancement to the senior thesis
year. Students will gain the ability articulate their
emergent interests and processes and take
ownership of their decisions in the studio.
Requisite courses: Take PTG-305
(Required, Previous)
PTG-306 Painting IV (3.00 cr.)
In Painting IV students continue to develop their
working methods and concepts so they are
prepared for advancement to the senior thesis
year. Students will gain the ability articulate
their emergent interests and processes and take
owner­ship of their decisions in the studio.
Requisite courses: Take PTG-305 .
(Required, Previous)
PTG-321 Off the Canvas (3.00 cr.)
This advanced elective course provides students
the opportunity to move painting “off the
canvas” onto other kinds of surfaces and objects.
Students will explore possibilities beyond the
shaped surfaces and multiples.
PTG-322 Color Practicum for Painters (3.00 cr.)
This advanced elective course offers a deep in-
vestigation of the potentials of color for painters.
A brief review of the concepts and language of
various color systems will serve as a platform for
the deepening of students’ knowledge and han-
dling of color as paint. Exercises and assignments
will inform and strengthen students’ developing
skills in studio practice.
PTG-323 Painting Under Contemporary
(3.00 cr.)
In this advanced elective course, the class will
make field trips to painting exhibitions on view in
New York. Back in the studio, students will create
works that respond to the concepts, formats,
and techniques we observe in the contemporary
art world. We will investigate the exhibited works
as guides to answering questions about ow to
create innovative compositions by the most
relevant means possible and to offer technical
solutions that may align with our own formal and
conceptual goals.
Course Descriptions
PTG-324 Figuring it Out (3.00 cr.)
This advances elective course would explore
how artists have used the language of painting to
tell meaningful stories. Through studio projects,
readings and analysis of artwork, students will
gain a better understanding of both narrative
and allegory (how they differ and how they
overlap) and will be better equipped to use both
in their work.
PTG-405 Painting V (3.00 cr.)
Painting V emphasizes independent studio
practice where students refine their individual
painting processes as they choose among
multiple thematic possibilities. Students
will engage in research and development in
preparation for executing a thesis body of work.
Requisite courses: Take PTG-306
(Required, Previous)
PTG-406 Painting VI (4.00 cr.)
This senior Thesis studio course focuses on the
individual formative process as students choose
among multiple thematic possibilities. Students
research and develop their Thesis in conjunction
with a major seminar and self-directed study.
Printmaking
PRNT-203 Intaglio I (3.00 cr.)
The Italian word intaglio means “to incise.” This
course will instruct students in the techniques
and processes of intaglio printmaking on copper
plates. Students will acquire skills through
demonstration and practical application.
Assignments and critiques will integrate formal
qualities, concepts and technical exploration.
PRNT-204 Lithography I (3.00 cr.)
Developed in 1798 by Alois Senefelder,
lithography is a form of printmaking that allows
artists to draw directly on the print matrix.
This course will cover both stone and plate
lithography as well as photo processes. Students
will acquire skills through demonstration and
practical application. Weekly assignments and
critiques will integrate formal qualities, concepts,
and technical exploration.
PRNT-205 Print I (3.00 cr.)
This course will challenge fundamental issues in
traditional printmaking: the relationship between
image and surface, chance and form, medium
specificity, reproducibility, and the validity/
potential of digital media. This course explored
simple approached to traditional printmaking to
develop a vocabulary of printmaking concepts
that will broaden and refine the definition of
prints and their production.
PRNT-211 Silkscreen I (3.00 cr.)
Silkscreen employs the “stencil” which is
historically traced to cave drawings. This course
will cover all aspects of Silkscreen printmaking.
Techniques will include hand drawn and cut
stencil, photographic film, digital separations
and photosensitive stencil making. Students will
acquire a basic skill set of Silkscreen techniques
through demonstration and practical application.
Assignments and critiques are designed to
develop an integration of formal qualities and
concepts with technical explorations.
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PRNT-212 Relief I (3.00 cr.)
Beginning with stamps and seals as signs of
personal identity, relief is undoubtedly the oldest
printmaking technique. This course will cover
wood and linoleum block printing in black and white
and reduction and multiple block printing in color.
Students will learn these techniques through
demonstration and practical application. Weekly
assignments and critiques will integrate formal
qualities, concepts and technical explorations.
PRNT-303 Intaglio II (3.00 cr.)
Intaglio II is designed to advance the student’s
technical skills and foster a critically engaged
exploration of the medium. Students will be
expected to proceed form initial assignments to
self-directed projects and create a concept driven
body of work that is integrated with an inform­-
ed use of the technique. Instruction and guidance
will take place in both individual and group critiques.
PRNT-304 Lithography II (3.00 cr.)
Lithography II will advance students’ technical skills
and fosters a critically engaged exploration of
the medium. Students will be expected to move
form initial assignments to self-directed projects
and create a concept-driven body of work that
is integrated with their informed use of litho-
graphic technique. Instruction and guidance will
take place in both individual and group critiques.
PRNT-305 Print II (3.00 cr.)
This course will explore traditional printmaking,
mixed media methods and new printing
technologies to inform students’ approach to
the print, technically and conceptually. Scanning,
collage, image manipulation, and inkjet printing
will be considered alongside traditional print
methods to inform the creative process. Along
with class demonstrations and group critiques,
the instructor will work individually with students
on their projects as they explore the possibilities
and parameters of contemporary print.
Requisite courses: PRNT-205 (Required, Previous)
PRNT-306 Print III (3.00 cr.)
This course will explore traditional printmaking,
mixed media methods and new printing
technologies to inform students’ approach to
the print, technically and conceptually. Scanning,
collage, image manipulation, and inkjet printing
will be considered alongside traditional print
methods to inform the creative process. Along
with class demonstrations and group critiques,
the instructor will work individually with students
on their projects as they explore the possibilities
and parameters of contemporary print.
Requisite courses: PRNT-305 (Required, Previous)
PRNT-311 Silkscreen II (3.00 cr.)
Silkscreen II will advance the student’s technical
skills and foster a critically engaged exploration
of the medium. Students will be expected to move
from initial assignments to self-directed projects
and create a concept-driven body of work that is
integrated with their informed use of silkscreen
technique. Instruction and guidance will take
place in both individual and group critiques.
PRNT-312 Relief II (3.00 cr.)
Relief II advances the student’s technical skills and
fosters a critically engaged exploration of relief
as a medium. Students will be expected to move
from initial assignments to self-directed projects
and create a concept-driven body of work that
is integrated with their informed use of the relief
techniques. Instruction and guidance will take
place in both individual and group critiques.
PRNT-406 Print V (3.00 cr.)
Print V is an intensive studio course for
senior printmaking students dedicated to the
completion of a body of work for the Printmaking
Senior Thesis Exhibition. The course requires a
rigorous studio practice that demonstrates the
integration of conceptual, formal, and technical
concerns. Faculty will work closely with students
individually and as a group in preparation for the
thesis exhibition.
Requisite courses: Take PRNT-405
(Required, Previous)
PRNT-406 Print V (4.00 cr.)
Print V is an intensive studio course for
senior printmaking students dedicated to the
completion of a body of work for the Printmaking
Senior Thesis Exhibition. The course requires a
rigorous studio practice that demonstrates the
integration of conceptual, formal, and technical
concerns. Faculty will work closely with students
individually and as a group in preparation for the
thesis exhibition.
Requisite courses: Take PRNT-405
(Required, Previous)
PRNT-411 Agit Prop (3.00 cr.)
This course is an introduction to the world of
socially engaged and agitational printmaking.
It will introduce students to the use of print
technologies as the vehicle for multiple forms of
political speech as well as to enrich thinking
around and engagement between practices of
art and practices of politics. Students will
proceed from a study of the history of polit­icized
print media starting with the advent of the print-
ing press through the use of print in contemporary
social struggles and political campaigns.
PRNT-563 Letterpress: Text and Image
(3.00 cr.)
This course is an exploration of text and image in
“relief” one of the oldest forms of printmaking.
Students will hand set type for letterpress,
cut blocks, and use photo-polymer plates to
investigate the unique possibilities offered by
combining text and image as visual language.
Sculpture
SCJ-406 Sculpture VI Senior Intensive (4.00 cr.)
This Senior Intensive in Sculpture offers an in-
depth study of concepts, materials and processes.
It focuses on the development of the individual
formative process, including research, development,
and Thesis.
Requisite courses: Complete 24 Credits
from FDC (Required, Previous)
Course Descriptions
SCJ-408 Ceramics VI (4.00 cr.)
This senior Thesis studio offers an in-depth
study of specific concepts and processes to nurture
the development and articulation of individual
concepts in ceramic design. Techniques in kiln
firing and glazing are covered. The half-day section
is two credits; the full-day section is four credits.
Prerequisites: SCJ-407
Requisite courses: Take SCJ-407
(Required, Previous)
SCJ-416 Jewelry VI (4.00 cr.)
This all-day senior Thesis studio is designed
exclusively for the Fine Arts/Jewelry major to
complete a cohesive body of wearable work and
prepare that collection for public presentation.
Students will complete the fabrication of work
evolved from the fall thesis proposal while
simultaneously preparing for the senior thesis
exhibition. Special attention will be paid to
display issues associated with wearable objects,
as well as topics that create synergy between
this course and the Senior Jewelry Seminar.
Prerequisites: SCJ-415.
Requisite courses: Take SCJ-415
(Required, Previous)
SCU-205 Sculpture I (3.00 cr.)
This first course in the sculpture studio sequence
emphasizes the development of formal
perception and projection in three-dimensional
space and introduces students to the basic
concepts, materials, and processes of sculpture
media. Processes of sculpture media.
Requisite courses: Take FA-001 or Tech-519
(Required, Concurrent)
SCU-206 Sculpture II (3.00 cr.)
This course builds on the topics on formal
perception and projection from the previous
semester and deepens students’ understanding
of key concepts, materials, and processes
employed in sculptural practice.
Requisite courses: SCU-205 (Required, Previous)
SCU-211 Life Study I (3.00 cr.)
Through critical observation and the introduction
to the basic technical manipulations of material
(water clay) students will explore traditional means
and methods necessary to develop a personal
expression the human form in three dimensions.
A comprehensive study and render­ing of the
human form in the studio environment fosters
a fluid merging of concept and method, one that
draws together personal expression and a coro­llary
development in drawing, painting and sculpture.
SCU-305 Sculpture III (3.00 cr.)
In Sculpture III students will continue to explore
and analyze the potentials of various sculptural
materials and processes and begin to use these
more purposefully in the development of their
creative ideas. Along with class demonstrations
and group critiques, faculty will work individually
with students as they develop their projects.
SCU-306 Sculpture IV (3.00 cr.)
In Sculpture IV students will continue to explore
and analyze the potentials of various sculptural
materials and processes and use these more
purposefully in the development of their creative
ideas. Along with class demonstrations and
group critiques, faculty will work individually with
students as they develop their projects.
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SCU-311 Life Study II (3.00 cr.) Techniques TECH-505 Kinetic Sculpture (3.00 cr.)
In this course continuing students will be Kinetic sculpture is art in any media that depends
afforded the means for an advanced exploration on motion for its effect. This course presents
SCU-311 Life Study II (3.00 cr.)
of figuration based on the experiences gained the cross section of art, technology and science
In this course continuing students will be afforded
in Life Study I. Participants will enhance their as it pertains to movement. Weekly lectures
the means for an advanced exploration of figuration
perceptual abilities with increased mastery and and demonstrations will introduce a series of
based on the experiences gained in Life Study I.
skills. Students will be required to complete and motion principles involving; natural forces, wind,
Participants will enhance their perceptual abilities
present comprehensive works incorporating water, gravity, electricity of direct interaction
with increased mastery and skills. Students will be
acquired skills from this and their other classes in with the viewer. Through assignments students
required to complete and present comprehensive
developing a unique personal statement. will explore various principles of motion and
works incorporating acquired skills from this
Requisite courses: Take SCU-211 research artists who implore these principles to
and their other classes in developing a unique
(Required, Previous) achieve their formal and/or conceptual ends.
personal statement.
Students will ultimately develop a final three-
Requisite courses: Take SCU-211
SCU-321 Sculpture Contemporary (3.00 cr.) dimensional project based on one or a combination
(Required, Previous)
This elective course addresses concerns in of these principles.
contemporary sculpture arising from the social, Requisite courses: Take TECH-519 TECH-531
TECH-223 Lost Wax Casting for Jewelry (3.00 cr.)
historical and intellectual conditions of the time. TECH-433 TECH-540 TECH-541
Students will learn all aspects of wax working and
These concerns are formal and philosophical as (Required, Previous)
lost wax casting in a scale appropriate to jewelry.
well as practical. Class discussions cover topics
This process will enable students to create metal
such as events, personalities, exhibitions, writings TECH-508 Wheel Throwing (3.00 cr.)
models and rubber molds for multiple component
of artists and critics, values and studio practice. The Potter’s Wheel is an essential tool used
parts used in fabrication finished pieces of jewelry
in ceramics for thousands of years. Yet, work
or small-scale objects.
SCU-405 Sculpture V (3.00 cr.) made on the Wheel today still feels fresh and
Requisite courses: Take JWLR-205
In this senior studio, students will focus on their contemporary. This course will teach you
(Required, Previous)
individual creative development and growth technical fundamentals needed to create work
as artists. The course will offer more in-depth on the Potter’s Wheel.
TECH-225 Jewelry Beyond Metal (3.00 cr.)
study of concepts, materials and processes and
In this course, students will work with alternative
focus on the development of each student’s TECH-509 Ceramics I (3.00 cr.)
materials for the design and fabrication of small
practice, including research, development and This course explores ceramic processes through
scale, wearable objects suitable for jewelry.
preparation for executing the Senior Thesis body the development of form: coil, slab, pinch
Students will learn to manipulate a variety of
of work. and wheel; and surface: slips, stains underglaze and
materials such as wood, plastics, rubber and
glaze. Students will explore basic skill building in
cement in combination with advanced cold metal
SCU-406 Sculpture VI (3.00 cr.) clay and develop their conceptual thinking in the
connections and adhesives, thermal forming and
In this final major studio, students will focus medium through content driven class assign-
carving to create samples and finished pieces.
on their individual creative development and ments and critiques.
Requisite courses: Take JWLR-205
growth as artists. The course will offer continued
(Required, Previous)
in-depth study of concepts, materials and TECH-510 Ceramics II (3.00 cr.)
processes and foster the advancement of each This class introduces students to the fabrication
TECH-323 Metalsmithing for Table Top (3.00 cr.)
student’s studio practice through research, of ceramic multiples through moldmaking and
In Metalsmithing, students will explore the
development and the public presentation of a casting with liquid clay (slip). Students will learn
properties of non-ferrous metals in greater depth.
body of work in the Senior Thesis Exhibition. how to translate ideas and concepts, functional
By practicing the fundamentals of forming using
Requisite courses: Complete 24 Credits or sculptural, into clay while learning fundamental
traditional and contemporary smithing techniques,
from FDC (Required, Previous) moldmaking skills and processes. Finishing will
chasing, repousse and anticlastic raising, students
include glazing and firing. Projects are focused
will create metal objects suitable for jewelry,
SOA-499 Independent Study (1.00 – 6.00 cr.) on skillbuilding, but also delve into concerns of
sculpture or product design. Tool-making and
In this undergraduate course, work is assigned object making and strength of concept.
advanced joining will be addressed for specific
on an individual basis under advisement by a Requisite courses: Take TECH-509
fabrication needs.
faculty member, and in consultation with the (Required, Previous)
Requisite courses: Take JWLR-205
department’s chairperson. This course provides
(Required, Previous)
undergraduate students with the opportunity to TECH-511 Ceramics III (3.00 cr.)
pursue a project that goes beyond the existing Our experience with ceramics is paradoxically
TECH-325 Color on Metal (3.00 cr.)
curriculum or facilities. ancient and modern. Because clay has the
Color on metal will introduce students to an
SCU-305 Sculpture III (3.00 cr.) remarkable ability to assume almost any form, it
array of advanced techniques for applying color
continues to elude and amaze us. This course will
to metal surfaces suitable for small scale and
In Sculpture III students will continue to explore teach students advanced techniques needed to
wearable objects. Traditional enameling, patina
and analyze the potentials of various sculptural continue to master an investigation into ceramics.
and resin applications, power coating and anodizing
materials and processes and begin to use these Requisite courses: TECH-510 (Required, Previous)
will be explored through demonstration and the
more purposefully in the development of their
execution of samples and finished pieces.
creative ideas. Along with class demonstrations TECH-512 Ceramics IV (3.00 cr.)
Requisite courses: Take JWLR-205
and group critiques, faculty will work individually This advanced studio will support the exploration
(Required, Previous)
with students as they develop their projects. of ceramics as a powerful expression of ideas
in painting and sculpture. Class projects,
SCU-306 Sculpture IV (3.00 cr.) discussions, and assigned readings will help
In Sculpture IV students will continue to explore develop student’s abilities toward critical thinking
and analyze the potentials of various sculptural and writing about ceramic objects.
materials and processes and use these more Requisite courses: TECH-511 (Required, Previous)
purposefully in the development of their creative
ideas. Along with class demonstrations and TECH-533 Sheet Metal Shaping (3.00 cr.)
group critiques, faculty will work individually with This course will teach students how to make
students as they develop their projects. three-dimensional forms from sheet metal.
Students will be able to produce a variety of
volumetric forms for various purposes, from the
simple to the complex, from abstract sculptural
forms to functional applications.
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TECH-547 Wood Fabrication and Components
(3.00 cr.)
This course introduces basic wood turning and
bending techniques. Students will gain experience
utilizing a variety of hand and power tools and
equipment through lectures, technical
demonstrations, and hands on experience in
accordance with shop safety procedures. Students
will apply and expand their knowledge through
assigned projects.
TECH-550P Atmospheric Firing Wood/Salt
(1.00 cr.)
This two week intensive course will culminate in
the firing of Wood and Salt kilns to finish sculptural
and functional work at Pratt Munson Williams
Proctor in Utica, NY. The use of atmospheric kilns
in the finishing of pieces offers unique results
using firing methods practices for centuries.
Students will create work specifically designed
for these firings, and also participate in and learn
about the loading and firing process.
Requisite courses: Take TECH-509 or FA-641
(Required, Previous)
TECH-574 Digital Tools, Object Makers (3.00 cr.)
Through a series of hands-on exercises and
projects, students will learn fundamental digital
tools suitable for the design, rendering, modeling
and production for small objects. Students will use
CAD software applications to enhance the design
process, generate technical drawings for
production, create objects and make models for
use in conjunction with hand fabrication processes.
Foundation
FDC-140 Visualization/Representation (3.00 cr.)
In Foundation, drawing is the process of creation
structures on the page that are analogies to
structures both in the world and the imagination.
The practice of drawing is a means of investigation
to develop visual thinking and spatial and structural
awareness. Students gain proficiency in the
drawing process and develop analytical and
expressive fluency in the language of the mark.
Figure drawing is a critical practice to realize
complex arrangements of parts as a unified whole
with vitality, empathy and movement. In studio
practice and extended projects students develop
a range of abilities to visualize and communicate
three-dimensional information on the two-
dimensional surface.
FDC-141 Visual/Representation/Concept
(3.00 cr.)
Visualization/Representation/Concept builds on
and extends the concepts and skills for the first
semester. Students learn to use value in conjunction
with line to achieve a synthesis of form, space,
composition, and content. Projects will increase
in ambition and the development of concept will
be addressed through increased emphasis on
student agency, analysis, iteration, evaluation,
and group critiques. The course is designed to
address the range of formal issues, processes, and
material practices students will encounter as they
move into the more specialized areas in the school.
Requisite courses: Complete FDC 140
(Required, Previous)
FDC-150 Space, Form, Process (3.00 cr.)
Space, form and process introduces the student
to the fundamental principles and dynamics of
the physical world. Students will work with a
range of materials and develop an understand-
ing of their character and appropriateness for
particular solutions. The training of the eye
(observation), mind (analysis) and hand (realization)
will result in comprehension and sensitivity to
the three-dimensional experience. Pragmatic
application will provide context, connections
and meaning. Project based learning will parallel
cognition of fundamental principles. Students
work will demonstrate the ability to analyze and
articulate principles, materials and relationships.
FDC-160 Light Color Design Lab (3.00 cr.)
In Light, Color, and Design Lab the student is
immersed in the experience of light, sensitized to
color and it attributes, and familiarized with the
elements, principles, and process of design.
Through a series of cumulative and interwoven
exercises, students explore how color and design
are interlinked, and apply this understanding to
projects in a wide range of media. Skills and
concepts mastered in this semester allow students
to conceive and create work that applies color
and design with purpose.
FDC-161 Light Color Design Studio (3.00 cr.)
Light Color and Design Studio is a workshop to
develop ideas independently and collaboratively
through an extended studio process, to create
authentic new work that applies the elements,
principles, and relationships of light, color, and
design to communicate purpose and intent. LCD
Studio follows and builds on the work of LCD Lab.
Through applying their knowledge to new challenges;
students grow in conceptual ability, visual
awareness, initiative, and self-knowledge, informing
their lives and their future studies.
Requisite courses: Complete FDC-160
(Required, Previous)
FDC-180 Time and Movement (3.00 cr.)
Introduces the student to the fundamentals of
ordering information in time. Students will create,
acquire, manipulate, animate, choreograph, and
distribute digital content across multiple platforms
and outputs. The course begins with construction
the illusion of movement with sequences of still
images, and moves through various modes of
filming and editing sound and moving images from
the linear to the interactive. The student will
learn the basic and fundamental principles of
animation and motion design, digital photography
and videography, sound design, and interactivity.
Students will have a basic proficiency in the
tools needed to create time-based work, and
understand ideas of order and interaction. In
a world where increasingly everything moves
and interacts these skills and concepts are essential
for all artists and designers.
FVID-101 Digital Cinema I (3.00 cr.)
A course designed to introduce students to the
fundamentals of digital cinema production.
The course focuses on the production of short
video works, with an equal emphasis on concept,
content, and equipment use. Experimentation
is encouraged in all areas. Students work collab­
oratively and individually on video assign­ments
that will advance their abilities as makers, viewers,
and readers.
Course Descriptions
FVID-105 Film Fundamentals (3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to introduce students
to the aesthetic and formal elements of the
cinema and the terminology of film production. In-
class screenings and lectures will give an over-
view of different modes of filmmaking, including
narrative, documentary, and experimental.
Students will hone their powers of observation,
communicate visual ideas with clarity and simplicity,
explore personal storytelling, and develop the
ability to read films as trained and informed viewers.
FVID-106 Technical Practices (3.00 cr.)
This course introduces students to basic tech­
nological knowledge necessary for the production
of short film projects, including the use of
camera, lenses, lighting, editing and sound. The
course will expose students to crew positions
in the motion picture industry, the use and
management of film equipment, and proper set
etiquette and safety. This class provides all
necessary technical knowledge for FVID 105-Film
Fundamentals and must be taken concurrently.
FVID-110 Fiction I (3.00 cr.)
This class is designed to guide students through
the narrative and visual devices used to direct
a dramatic narrative film. Through deconstructing
scenes and practical shooting exercises, students
will explore film grammar, dramatic structure,
staging, the relationship between actor and director,
and the preparatory tools needed to bring
text to screen. Each student will direct a five-
minute film, using a screenplay originally written by
another student in the class.
Requisite courses: TAKE FVID-105 AND FVID-106
OR FVID 101 OR FVID-102 OR FDC-181 FILM-109
or FVID-110 (Required, Previous)
FVID-201 Nonfiction Video I (3.00 cr.)
This course guides students through the
fundamentals of making short nonfiction projects
for video with a focus on classic documentary
strategies but inclusive of experimental forms.
The class activities will guide students through
the techniques of observational shooting,
interviewing, structural and editing strategies, as
well as related aesthetic and conceptual issues.
Requisite courses: Take FVID-101 or FVID-105
(Required, Previous)
FVID-205 Expanded Cinema (3.00 cr.)
This production course focuses on modes of
filmmaking that defy classification. It provides
students with the historical and political context
for nontraditional uses of the moving image.
Students will experiment with the visual language
of cinema and push the boundaries of their
work. Topics may include tactile explorations
of the medium, experimental film, video art,
fiction/nonfiction hybrid, installation, and new
uses of video.
Requisite courses: Take FVID-105 FVID-106
FVID-101 (3869) or FVID-102 (Required, Previous)
272
FVID-211 Ways of Seeing Cinema (3.00 cr.)
This is an analysis course for film/video makers
focusing on the study of the production methods
of classic, influential films. The class will look at
work from the international, Hollywood, and
independent film worlds-particularly those works
that are innovative and unconventional in their
approach to exploring the medium. This cinema
course is designed for students who want to
strengthen their critical writing skills and for
filmmakers who want to expand their aesthetic,
theoretical, and technical insights into the medium.
FVID-220 Sound for Film/Video (3.00 cr.)
This course continues to build on the basics
of sound for film and video. It covers how to best
capture sound in production and how to edit
and mix sound using a digital audio workstation.
Students will learn how to make a plan for
creating a soundtrack and how to execute that
plan, while learning the aesthetics of the use of
sound in media
and the relationship between sound and image.
Requisite courses: Complete FVID-105
FVID-106 FVID-101 FVID-102 OR FDC-181
(Required, Previous)
FVID-251 FX, Tricks and Pix (3.00 cr.)
This course focuses on motion design, audio,
effects, masks, and typography, primarily using
Adobe After Effects and similar post-production
processing software as tools bridging the creative
gap between live-action and animation. Weekly
short video assignments practicing creative
techniques and learning the program will culminate
in a final short video (1 min.) due at semester’s end.
FVID-253 The Material of Film (3.00 cr.)
Based on the specific properties of motion pic-
ture film emulsion, this course investigates the
structures and strategies of material based
filmmaking. Using film rather than video cameras,
students will create movies that dismantle,
embrace, and antagonize traditional film practices,
taking advantage of the special tactile, tangible
nature of analog film. The surface of the film, use
of sound, analog and digital editing, natural and
studio lighting, and various modes of projection
and presentation will all be explored.
FVID-261 Screenwriting (3.00 cr.)
This course provides an introduction to the
technique and form of the short dramatic screen-­­
play, with an emphasis on character development,
visual storytelling and dramatic structure. Students
complete a 7 – 10 page narrative screenplay.
FVID-270 Strange Loop: Video Gesture
(3.00 cr.)
Dispense narrative. Resist mise-en-scene. Break
with the tyranny of the movie screen. This class
will emphasize making short-form, non-narrative
video works that give priority to the power of
form—camera mechanics, direct gesture and live
experimental application. We will explore structural
film, appropriation and contemporary video art
to develop expressive techniques for moving
image making.
FVID-272 Digital Interventions (3.00 cr.)
This course investigates communication and media
as a mode of intervention within the public sphere.
In this exploration of social practice art in the
context of video and media production, students
will examine contemporary forms of storytelling
and engagement as vehicles for addressing socially
relevant issues. In one project, students will work
with a local community organization to produce
video focusing on current social justice initiatives.
Requisite courses: FVID-101 OR FVID-102
or FVID-106 (Required, Previous)
FVID-290 Guerilla Tactics (1.00 cr.)
This course explores the realities of filmmaking
outside of the classroom environment. Students
learn the proper way to acquire and use releases,
permits and contracts and find appropriate legal,
ethical and impromptu solutions when such
permissions are not readily available.
FVID-301 Nonfiction II: Hybrid Forms (3.00 cr.)
Through a series of short video making assignments,
readings, and discussion, this course explores
subjective forms and concepts in non-fiction
work, including the essay film, personal docu-
mentary, and other non-traditional free-form
approaches. All modes of cinematic language are
possible here, blurring the lines between docu-
mentary, fiction, and experimental work.
Requisite courses: Take FVID-201
(Required, Previous)
FVID-302 Fiction II (3.00 cr.)
This class facilitates a deeper look at the
construction and creation of a narrative film.
Through a series of exercises, student will further
explore and experiment with point of view, text
analysis, and visual design, advance techniques
in staging, shooting and performance. Students
will create a short (7-10 min) film based on
their own scripts. Emphasis will be on authorial
vision; relationship of content/form; seeing a
project through all phases of production; casting
and working with actors and non-actors; crew
collaboration; and navigating structure.
Requisite courses: Complete FVID-110 FVID-202
FVID-310 OR FVID 311 (Required, Previous)
FVID-305 Cinematography Light Design (3.00 cr.)
This studio course focuses on the practice of
cinematography and lighting as an essential part
of the overall process of moving from script to
screen. With intensive hands-on techniques
and in-class shoots, students will analyze and
practice classical and contemporary camera
techniques and lighting design to create a series
of meaningfully shot and lit scenes to support
the narrative, mood and objectives of the film.
Students will also learn proper use and safety of all
gaff and grip equipment within the F/V soundstages.
Requisite courses: Complete FVID-105 FVID-101
FVID-102 (Required, Previous)
Course Descriptions
FVID-312 Professional Practices (3.00 cr.)
Students receive a comprehensive orientation
to the practical considerations inherent in being
a professional filmmaker. Lectures, workshops,
research assignments and directed practice
with project development prepare students
for immersion in the field. Career goals are
identified and strategies devised for meeting
those goals. Direct interface with industry
related organizations and practitioners broaden
student understanding of the contemporary
moving image community.
Requisite courses: Complete FVID-261 FVID-309
FVID-310 FVID-308 (Required, Previous)
FVID-321 Editing and Post (3.00 cr.)
Designed for students with prior basic editing
experience, this class delves into advanced
options offered by non-linear editing systems.
The creative, technical, and theoretical concerns
of editing will be further explored, as well as
post-production workflows, basic concepts in
color grading, and distribution formats.
Requisite courses: Complete FVID-106 FVID-101
FVID-102 (Required, Previous)
FVID-322 Color Grading (3.00 cr.)
The course will cover essential color correction
theory and skills for the film and video image.
Students will practice the entire color grading
process; setting up a project, creating a base
grade, working with primary and secondary
tools, shot matching, creating a look, doing the
final render and working with RAW files. Once
knowledgeable of the tools, the student will devise
a plan to color correct a project of their own.
Requisite courses: FVID-101 or FVID-102 or FVID-
106 (Required, Previous)
FVID-323P Production Design for Film (3.00 cr.)
The course covers an overview of production
design for film, familiarizing students with basic
aspects of production design and art direction for
film and how the field contributes to storytelling.
Students will practice communication design ideas
and develop a design strategy for a short project.
FVID-324P Virtual Reality Storytelling (3.00 cr.)
The course covers an overview of virtual reality
history, exhibition systems, 360 productions,
storytelling concepts, and future prospects in the
industry. Students will produce a short 360/VR
(virtual reality) production as part of the course.
Requisite courses: Take FVID-205
(Required, Previous)
FVID-340 Directing Actors for FVID (3.00 cr.)
In this hands-on workshop style class, students
learn varying approaches to directing actors and
non-actors for film and video. Topics include:
script analysis, casting, rehearsing with actors,
directing techniques, improvisation, blocking,
and shot design.
Requisite courses: Complete one of these
Pre-requisites: FVID-201 FVID-202
(Required, Previous)
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FVID-350 Dreams Memories Hallucination
(3.00 cr.)
This studio course explores the realm of moving
image art (film, video and animation) that depicts
our interior lives. Through readings, screenings,
and short video exercises, students will expand
their awareness of concepts, styles and
techniques used to express dreams, memories,
and hallucinations. Students will produce several
short moving image works that incorporate
video, audio, photography, digital animation, and
stop motion animation (with real materials).
FVID-360 Crime and The Uncanny (3.00 cr.)
Genre filmmaking has been fertile territory for
artists, low-budget studios and mainstream
filmmakers alike. In this advanced production
course, students will work first in groups
mimicking a low-budget studio unit to produce
their own genre films fast and cheap-rotating
responsibilities on productions so a writer/
director on one project becomes a sound
engineer or art director on another project.
The final project will use genre in a personal,
innovative or experimental way.
Requisite courses: Complete FVID-101 or FVID-102
or FVID-106 (Required, Previous)
FVID-361P Serial Storytelling (3.00 cr.)
An introduction to the technique and form of
serial storytelling with an emphasis on creating
for the web. Students will write, revise, and polish
a 5 – 15-page pilot episode for a serial project
as well as other reference documents further
articulating the characters, the world, and the
story to be told.
Requisite courses: Complete FVID-261 FVID-310 or
HMS-320D (Required, Previous)
FVID-370 Multimedia Installation (3.00 cr.)
This introductory course encourages students
to experiment with the nature of media on both
a visual and a conceptual level. Through a
series of progressive assignments and basic skill
development, students learn to integrate video
still images sound and performance into
spatial works.
FVID-371 Film and Fashion (3.00 cr.)
This course explores fashion design, costume,
and texture as a means of articulating cinema,
by exposing students to fashion films, fashion
theory readings, and costume design along with
basic elements of video production. Specific
cross influences between film and fashion will
be noted as well as the historical and current
visions, presentation of ideas, and modes of
display in each creative universe.
FVID-373 Cuba through the Lens (3.00 cr.)
Through the study of Cuban film and photography,
from the 1960s through the present, the course
will examine the impact of the Cuban Revolution
on the country’s social and cultural development,
providing the student with basic knowledge of
contemporary Cuba. The course will include a week
in Cuba, where students will tour Havana, visit
major cultural institutions, meet with photographers
and filmmakers, and work on a visual project to be
exhibited at our Brooklyn campus and in Havana.
FVID-374P Special Projects (3.00 cr.)
This content variable studio course provides the
opportunity for Pratt students to collaborate on
an artistic project with an outside entity. This entity
could be another institution of higher learning,
someone from the industry or a community group.
The project varies from semester to semester.
It will always include a film/video component and
may involve the collaboration between various
disciplines in the arts.
FVID-380 Visual Culture: Age of YouTube
(3.00 cr.)
YouTube was launched in 2005. Today 100 hours
of video are uploaded to YouTube every minute.
This theory into practice course examines the
devices and technologies that control our lives—
asking what aesthetic shifts and changes in behavior
are occurring and what new forms are emerging.
FVID-381P Film Series: Filmmaker Focus (1.00 cr.)
This content-variable film analysis course focuses
on the work of a single influential filmmaker or
video artist. Through weekly screenings, written
responses, and discussions, students undertake
a comprehensive study of the philosophy, style,
techniques and concepts employed by the
selected artist.
FVID-390P Producing for Film (3.00 cr.)
This course prepares students for the challenges
of producing short films, as well as for the realities
of filmmaking outside of the classroom environment.
Each student assumes the role of a producer
and throughout the semester develops a short
film project, working with a director to take their
idea from initial pitch to a completed 3 to 5-minute
narrative film. Students learn how to break down
their creative concepts into a logistical reality and
gain an understanding of copyright, releases,
permits, insurance and working with talent unions.
Requisite courses: Take FVID-110
(Required, Previous)
Photography
PHOT-105 Black and White Photography (3.00 cr.)
This is an introductory course in black-and-
white photography. The course will introduce basic
techniques, including small-camera operation,
film exposure and development, and the contact
printing, enlarging, and finishing of black-and-white
photographs, as well as concept development
and image content. Emphasis will be placed on
the ability of students to master the technical
skills necessary to begin developing their own
artistic style and using the medium as a comm­
unicative tool. Visual presentations will acquaint
students with photographers who have
influenced the development of the medium.
PHOT-205 Sophomore Critique (3.00 cr.)
This course is the first in a project-and-seminar
sequence in which students develop a sense of
analysis, synthesis, assessment, and self-reflection
regarding their own photographic production,
the work of peers, and cultural prod­uction at large.
This course focuses on approaches to project
development and critique. Readings and discus-
sions will examine the dissemination of images
and ideas as it relates to the aesthetics and
social significance of photography.
Requisite courses: Complete PHOT-105 or PHOT-
210 or PHOT-101 or PHOT-250 (Required, Previous)
Course Descriptions
PHOT-206 Inter Black and White Photo
(3.00 cr.)
This course will build upon the skills, techniques,
and ideas introduced in Black-and-White
Photography and persist in developing the
mechanical skills and visual awareness necessary
to make engaging black-and-white photographs.
Requisite courses: Complete PHOT-105
or PHOT-101 (Required, Previous)
PHOT-207 Advanced
Black and White Photography (3.00 cr.)
Each step in the making of black-and-white photo­
graphs is investigated in this course. Students
will be taught how to fine-tune their tools and
materials so that their fullest creative potential
can be realized. This course weaves together
recently developed technical skills and analytical
thinking about black-and-white photography.
Requisite courses: Complete PHOT-106
or PHOT-102 (Required, Previous)
PHOT-210 Digital Photography (3.00 cr.)
This is an introductory course in digital photography.
In this course, students are introduced to color
techniques and theories. The course will cover
the basics of color photography, including image
capture, file management, image processing,
and digital printing. Students will gain a broader
understanding of photography as an artistic
medium through readings, critiques, class
discussions, and field trips.
PHOT-211 Intermediate Digital Photography
(3.00 cr.)
Expanding upon the photographic techniques
and concepts introduced in Digital Photography,
students in this course will gain an in-depth
understanding of digital file management;
editing and processing; and printing techniques.
The discussion of photographic and media
artists who use the internet and digital-imaging
software will help students understand how
these tools are being used today.
Requisite courses: Complete PHOT-210
or PHOT-250 (Required, Previous)
PHOT-212 Digital Photography Expanded
(3.00 cr.)
This course introduces students to digital video
production in the context of expanded
photographic practice. Students will learn camera
operation, lighting and sound recording video and
sound editing, and exporting techniques using
digital video editing software Assignments, readings,
screenings, and discussions will draw upon the
work of artists and filmmakers employing single
and multichannel formats.
Requisite courses: Take PHOT-211
(Required, Previous)
PHOT-220 Large Format Photography (3.00 cr.)
This course introduces students to the view
camera and its uses. Emphasis is placed on
developing a sense of familiarity with the camera
and utilizing its unique potential, such as its ability
to correct perspective and render fine detail.
Students will additionally learn how the large-for-
mat camera’s technical and expressive capabili-
ties differ from those of hand-held cameras.
Requisite courses: Complete PHOT-105
(Required, Previous)
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PHOT-221 Large Format Photography II (3.00 cr.)
In this course students delve deeper into the
world of large-format photography. Emphasis is
placed on mastering the skills acquired in
Large Format I through exploration of various
photographic genres, such as landscape, archi­
tecture, portraiture, and still life. While continuing
emphasis is placed on control and manipulation
inherent in the view camera, the course will
also explore experimental and abstract approaches.
Requisite courses: Complete PHOT-220
(Required, Previous)
PHOT-222 Lighting I (3.00 cr.)
This course covers all aspects of artificial light used
in photography, both in the studio and on location.
Students will become familiar with key concepts,
including understanding and controlling the quality
of light and the architecture of multiple light set ups.
The course will cover ideal lighting for portraiture,
still life, and interior spaces will be covered.
Requisite courses: Complete PHOT 210
(Required, Previous)
PHOT-305 Junior Research I (3.00 cr.)
This course focuses on methods of artistic
research and how they apply to project
development, and emphasizes personal vision
and continuity of ideas. Through written,
oral, and visual presentations of their artistic
investigations, students will strengthen their
analytical and critical skills.
Requisite courses: Complete PHOT-205
(Required, Previous)
PHOT-306 Junior Research II (3.00 cr.)
Having identified their own independent set of their exhibitions of a finished body of work in the
concerns in the prerequisite Junior Research I,
students in this course will continue to research
their ideas. In addition to applying their research
to individual project development, this course
will delve deeper into the nature of photography
as a practice. Photography’s relationship with
other media will be addressed, allowing students
to find broader contexts for their work and place
it within existing conversations about art and
society.
Requisite courses: Complete PHOT-305
(Required, Previous)
PHOT-340 Contemporary Issues in Photo
(3.00 cr.)
Contemporary Issues in photography and
related art forms are examined from aesthetic,
cultural, social, and political points of view.
The course is based on exhibitions in the New York
area; recent books, magazines, and catalogs;
and individual research.
PHOT-345 Lensless Photography (3.00 cr.)
This course explores lensless methods in
photography. The emphasis will be on pinhole
photography, Photograms, and camera obscura
analog materials.
PHOT-373 Cuba through the Lens (3.00 cr.)
Through the study of Cuban film and photography,
from the 1960s through the present, the course
will examine the impact of the Cuban Revolution
on the country’s social and cultural development,
providing the student with basic knowledge of
contemporary Cuba. The course will include a week
in Cuba, where students will tour Havana, visit
major cultural institutions, meet with photographers
and filmmakers, and work on a visual project to be
exhibited at our Brooklyn campus and in Havana.
PHOT-390 Professional Practices Photo
(3.00 cr.)
This course explores various career paths that
may be considered by students within the fine
art and commercial photographic industries.
Students will learn the practical skills and
approaches necessary to comfortably enter the
marketplace. Additionally, students are exposed
to a range of resources and opportunities for
artists and professionals.
PHOT-405 Senior Thesis I (3.00 cr.)
In the first semester of Senior Thesis, students
focus on the visual and written components
of thesis development, as well as on professional
practices, in preparation for a career in photo­
graphy and related fields. Readings, discussions,
and critiques will further enhance a student’s
contextual understanding of their artistic work
in contemporary culture. Students will also learn
about the history and practice of art exhibition
design through lectures and visits to galleries
and museums. The course culminates in a survey
critique of students’ work in preparation for
second semester of Senior Thesis.
Requisite courses: Complete PHOT-306
(Required, Previous) WAC-497A
(Required, Concurrent)
PHOT-406 Senior Thesis II (3.00 cr.)
In the second semester of Senior Thesis, students
complete the transition from formal academic
study to independent development and
professional practice. This course synthesizes
the goals and objectives of both required and
elective coursework and introduces students
to the rigors of maintaining an active professional
photographic practice. Readings, discussions,
and critiques will solidify a student’s contextual
understanding of their artistic work in contem­
porary culture. The course culminates in public
senior thesis exhibitions that include both visual
and written components.
Requisite courses: Complete PHOT-405
(Required, Previous)
PHOT-413 The Photo Book (3.00 cr.)
This course explores the use of multiple photo-
graphic images in book and series form. It focuses
on the sequencing, spacing, and narrative aspects
of images in books, as well as on introducing
students to various bookbinding and print on
demand techniques. Students examine portfolio
content and the history of photography’s use
of the book and other serial formats.
Course Descriptions
PHOT-414 Publishing the Photo Book (3.00 cr.)
This course will examine how photobooks—
zines, artist books, catalogues, serial publications,
and other forms of printed matter—are currently
redefining the contemporary practice of
photography. The photobook will be framed in a
critical, conceptual, professional, and practical
context. Students will investigate Course Desc­
ription: bookmaking and publishing as a form of
artistic practice.
PHOT-415 Non-Silver Processes (3.00 cr.)
This studio class will serve as an introduction to
the history and practice of various alternative
photographic processes. Students are
introduced to photographic processes that
bridge the gap between traditional photography
and the aesthetics of painting and printmaking.
Light sensitive emulsions are applied to paper,
cloth, or other materials by hand. Processes
include cyanotype, van dyke, blue van dyke, and
gum bichromate printing.
Requisite courses: Complete PHOT-105
or PHOT-210 or PHOT-101 or PHOT-250
(Required, Previous)
PHOT-416 Platinum/Non-Silver Processes
(3.00 cr.)
This course will introduce students to vintage
printing processes renowned for their expressive
capability, subtlety of tone, and rich descriptive
detail. The unique capability and characteristic
quality of each process will be presented with
respect to its historical context as well as its
contemporary practice. Processes include
cyanotype, kallitype, salt printing, and platinum/
palladium and will be addressed through lectures,
demonstrations, in-class practice, and critique
of weekly shooting and printing requirements.
Requisite courses: Complete PHOT-105
or PHOT-210 or PHOT-101 or PHOT-250
(Required, Previous)
PHOT-422 Lighting II (3.00 cr.)
This course is a continuation of Lighting I,
covering advanced techniques and applications
of the use of artificial light. Students will explore
in depth the practical application of studio
photography as it relates to the fine art, editorial,
and commercial photographic industries. Moving
beyond competence with lighting set-ups,
students will discover the expressive possibilities
of artificial light and how it dovetails with in-
camera and post production manipulation.
Requisite courses: Complete PHOT-322
(Required, Previous)
PHOT-443 Photography: Theory and Practice
(3.00 cr.)
This course helps students explore the interrelation
of critical theory and artistic practice. Students will
explore a selection of theoretical texts, artworks,
images, and other media as a way of discussing
critical issues in photography. We will examine
photographic theory in an effort to understand the
cultural and social conditions of artistic production
and of broader visual culture. Discussion of readings,
visual presentations by both faculty and students,
and field trips to exhibitions at area galleries and
museums will provide an understanding of theory
utilized in photographic practice.
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PHOT-455 Digital Monochrome (3.00 cr.)
This course explores techniques available for printing
exhibition quality monochromatic images using
digital technologies. The class covers digital
workflows as well as hybrid (analog and digital)
workflows. The class will focus on aesthetic,
conceptual and technical considerations
of developing a monochromatic project using
digital processes.
Requisite courses: Complete PHOT-210
(Required, Previous)
PHOT-460 Photo: Curatorial Practices (3.00 cr.)
The course stresses research and presentation, as
well as understanding of the history of the
creation of photography-based exhibitions, with
the goal of providing useful curatorial experience.
The class will explore aspects of the history of
the presentation of photographs to the broad
public, beginning with the 1938 Walker Evans:
American photographs exhibition at MoMA and
tracing a path through the intervening years
leading up to very recent exhibitions. Students
will study important exhibitions as well as texts
related to their creation, implementation, and
reception. Students will acquire archival research
and develop a familiarity with conceiving an
exhibition, designing it, and presenting it.
PHOT-461P International Art Exhibition
(3.00 cr.)
Contemporary issues in global art biennials
and art festivals are examined form aesthetic,
cultural, social, political and economic points of
view. The first part of the course is grounded in
the contextual study of historical international
group art exhibitions through the study of
artworks, books, texts, and films produced by
the participating artists. The second part of the
course culminates with an international travel
component in which students visit and analyze
a major international contemporary art biennial
or festival.
PHOT-465 Editorial Photography (3.00 cr.)
This course will explore photography’s role in the
publishing and online media industries, including
the photographic practices of reportage and
the use of photography to illustrate concepts
and ideas. Students will be introduced to various
roles within the industry, from photographer to
photo editor to art director, and how they work
in collaboration to convey a story or an idea.
Requisite courses: Complete PHOT-210
(Required, Previous)
PHOT-466 Fashion Photography (3.00 cr.)
This course covers the technical aspects and
aesthetic strategies of fashion photography,
ranging from still life and beauty work to editorial
and advertising shoots involving models.
Students will learn to pitch visual ideas and
realize them with the help of sound planning,
good communication and teamwork. Post
production issues and an investigation of the
intricacies and history of the fashion marketing
industry will also be addressed.
Requisite courses: Complete PHOT-210
(Required, Previous)
PHOT-470 Socially Engaged Media (3.00 cr.)
This course will introduce students to the history
and contemporary practice of using photography
in activist practices. Students will create socially
engaged critical narratives using Facebook,
Twitter, YouTube, Tumblr, and other online
social media. Starting with individual forms like
blogs and online journalism, students will later
be encouraged to produce hybrid narratives
through both individual and collective projects.
PHOT-474 Photography and Collage (3.00 cr.)
This course explores the intersection of
photography and collage. Through the use of
photographs and three dimensional materials,
students will produce work that expands the
perspective of how photography in incorporated
into collage works. Students will learn both the
historical and contemporary practice of collage
through exposure to artists working in the genre.
Requisite courses: Take PHOT-105 or PHOT-210
(Required, Previous)
PHOT-475 The Photographic Object (3.00 cr.)
This course explores the intersection of
photography and sculpture. We will study the
work of contemporary and historical artists
who place a particular emphasis on the physical
presence of their work by rejecting the notion of
a transparent frame. Readings, material research
and field trips will broaden our understanding of
the philosophical underpinnings and practical
considerations at play in contemporary
photographic practice. Students will consistently
produce work for the class in response to
readings and assignments, culminating in a final
portfolio and exhibition of works.
Requisite courses: PHOT-210 (Required, Previous)
PHOT-480P Special Projects (3.00 cr.)
Specials projects enables students to
collaboratively develop an ambitious project over
the course of the semester. Emphasis is placed
on research and ideation, as well as on skills
necessary for the development and refinement
of a project. As this course draws upon the
professional expertise and interests of the
instructor, it is highly flexible and rarely repeated
without modification.
PHOT-490 Photography Lectures (1.00 cr.)
The Photography lectures course combines
research techniques, expository writing, and
critical discussions in conjunction with visiting
lecturers. The featured lecturers are comprised
of photographers, critics, and curators speaking
about their work. This course takes as its subject
photography’s diverse history and its contem­
porary practice to highlight debates around the
medium’s formal aesthetics, social engagement,
photographic meaning, and the distribution
of images.
Course Descriptions
PHOT-491 Photography Lectures (1.00 cr.)
The Photography lectures course combines
research techniques, expository writing, and
critical discussions in conjunction with visiting
lecturers. The featured lecturers are comprised
of photographers, critics, and curators speaking
about their work. This course takes as its subject
photography’s diverse history and its contem­
porary practice to highlight debates around the
medium’s formal aesthetics, social engagement,
photographic meaning, and the distribution
of images.
Requisite courses: PHOT-490 (Required, Previous)
PHOT-492 Photography Lectures (1.00 cr.)
The Photography lectures course combines
research techniques, expository writing, and
critical discussions in conjunction with visiting
lecturers. The featured lecturers are comprised
of photographers, critics, and curators speaking
about their work. This course takes as its subject
photography’s diverse history and its contem­
porary practice to highlight debates around the
medium’s formal aesthetics, social engagement,
photographic meaning, and the distribution
of images.
Requisite courses: PHOT-491 (Required, Previous)
PHOT-493 Photography Lectures (1.00 cr.)
The Photography lectures course combines
research techniques, expository writing, and
critical discussions in conjunction with visiting
lecturers. The featured lecturers are comprised
of photographers, critics, and curators speaking
about their work. This course takes as its subject
photography’s diverse history and its contem­
porary practice to highlight debates around the
medium’s formal aesthetics, social engagement,
photographic meaning, and the distribution
of images.
Requisite courses: PHOT-492 (Required, Previous)
PHOT-494 Photography Lectures (1.00 cr.)
The Photography lectures course combines
research techniques, expository writing, and
critical discussions in conjunction with visiting
lecturers. The featured lecturers are comprised
of photographers, critics, and curators speaking
about their work. This course takes as its subject
photography’s diverse history and its contem­
porary practice to highlight debates around the
medium’s formal aesthetics, social engagement,
photographic meaning, and the distribution
of image.
Requisite courses: Take PHOT-493
(Required, Previous)
PHOT-495 Photography Lectures (1.00 cr.)
The Photography lectures course combines
research techniques, expository writing, and
critical discussions in conjunction with visiting
lecturers. The featured lecturers are comprised
of photographers, critics, and curators speaking
about their work. This course takes as its subject
photography’s diverse history and its contem­
porary practice to highlight debates around the
medium’s formal aesthetics, social engagement,
photographic meaning, and the distribution
of image.
Requisite courses: PHOT-494 (Required, Previous)
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PHOT-9400 Photo Internship (0.00 cr.) Summer
The internship is a learning experience at a
discipline-related professional site. It provides
students with an opportunity to apply academic
knowledge and skills in a practical setting, while
obtaining new knowledge and skills in prepar­-
ation for professional work or graduate school.
Students experience the application of
course­work lessons into a real-life context, thus
enrich­ing their education. They deepen their
knowledge about important applied aspects of
their discipline, enhance their professional skills
in a real-world context, build their professional
network, and inform their career choices.
Additional faculty-supervised activities provide
the opportunity for an in-depth reflection
on the internship experience.
PHOT-9401 Photo Internship (1.00 cr.)
The internship is a learning experience at a
discipline-related professional site. It provides
students with an opportunity to apply academic
knowledge and skills in a practical setting, while
obtaining new knowledge and skills in prepar­-
ation for professional work or graduate school.
Students experience the application of
course­work lessons into a real-life context, thus
enrich­ing their education. They deepen their
knowledge about important applied aspects of
their discipline, enhance their professional skills
in a real-world context, build their professional
network, and inform their career choices.
Additional faculty-supervised activities provide
the opportunity for an in-depth reflection
on the internship experience.
PHOT-9402 Photo Internship (2.00 cr.)
The internship is a learning experience at a
discipline-related professional site. It provides
students with an opportunity to apply academic
knowledge and skills in a practical setting, while
obtaining new knowledge and skills in prepar­-
ation for professional work or graduate school.
Students experience the application of
course­work lessons into a real-life context, thus
enrich­ing their education. They deepen their
knowledge about important applied aspects of
their discipline, enhance their professional skills
in a real-world context, build their professional
network, and inform their career choices.
Additional faculty-supervised activities provide
the opportunity for an in-depth reflection
on the internship experience.
PHOT-9403 Photo Internship (3.00 cr.)
The internship is a learning experience at a
discipline-related professional site. It provides
students with an opportunity to apply academic
knowledge and skills in a practical setting, while
obtaining new knowledge and skills in prepar­-
ation for professional work or graduate school.
Students experience the application of
course­work lessons into a real-life context, thus
enrich­ing their education. They deepen their
knowledge about important applied aspects of
their discipline, enhance their professional skills
in a real-world context, build their professional
network, and inform their career choices.
Additional faculty-supervised activities provide
the opportunity for an in-depth reflection
on the internship experience.
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Communications Design
CDBAD-375 Branding
and Art Direction Intensive (3.00 cr.)
The Branding and Art Direction Intensive
course provides opportunities to translate theory
and concept into practice to produce artifacts,
campaigns, events, interactive experiences,
deepening the knowledge and experience of the
branding of products related to lifestyle, culture
and entertainment, including but not limited to
fashion, dining, automobiles, cosmetics, real estate,
cultural institutions and travel. It is, essentially, the
space to collaborate, innovate and play while
exploring examples of ground-breaking art direction,
including advertising campaigns, both creative and
disruptive, retail spaces, including restaurants and
events, motion graphics and websites. Storytelling
through brand imaging, in addition to a survey of
award-winning advertising concepts, images and
marketing strategies together with exercises in
the creation of non-traditional images comprise
content included in the course.
Requisite courses: COMD-250 COMD-251
COMD-252 (Required, Previous)
CDBAD-379 3-D Design and Branding Intensive
(3.00 cr.)
The 3-Dimensional Design and Branding intensive
supports Communication Design students who
want to integrate effective messaging through
branding and explore the technical, formal,
historical, and theoretical concerns of creating
meaningful objects, products, wayfinding systems,
retail spaces, and exhibit/installation work as an
extension of that brand. Students will learn how to
develop brand messaging and storytelling through
meaningful interactions with their audience by
incorporating 3-D design solutions that reach
people through a physical space, an experience
and/or through touch. Key explorations will involve
projects that focus on environmental graphics,
visual merchandising, packaging, installation
graphics and other physical forms.
Requisite courses: COMD-250 COMD-251
COMD-252 (Required, Previous)
CDBAD-401 Branding and Art Direction SP
(3.00 cr.)
Senior Projects introduce students to a
critical and personalized classroom environment
that engages self-directed, extensive and
comprehensive design projects, whether project-
or thesis- based, providing ample time and latitude
for both refinement and ongoing exploration and
experimentation. Each project tests a student’s
ability to define, research and execute at a
professional level, while putting into practice
core principles of visual communication process
and philosophy. This establishes the foundation
for a compelling portfolio geared toward entering
the profession or pursuing post-secondary
education. Senior Projects in the illustration area
of emphasis focus on the creation of imagery
that entrepreneurial possibilities of image-based
communication. Students will take a combined
total of three Senior Projects and/or Advanced
Senior Projects, resulting in an iterative process
that develops a student’s capacity and expectations
for self-directed projects and exploration.
CDBAD-401P Branding and Art Direction SP
(4.00 cr.)
Senior Projects introduce students to a
critical and personalized classroom environment
that engages self-directed, extensive and
comprehensive design projects, whether project-
or thesis-based, providing ample time and latitude
for both refinement and ongoing exploration and
experimentation. Each project tests a student’s
ability to define, research and execute at a
professional level, while putting into practice
core principles of visual communication process
and philosophy. This establishes the foundation
for a compelling portfolio geared toward entering
the profession or pursuing post-secondary
education. Senior Projects in the illustration area
of emphasis focus on the creation of imagery
that entrepreneurial possibilities of image-based
communication. Students will take a combined
total of three Senior Projects and/or Advanced
Senior Projects, resulting in an iterative process
that develops a student’s capacity and expectations
for self-directed projects and exploration.
CDBAD-402 Branding Art Direction Adv SP
(3.00 cr.)
Advanced Senior Projects build on the
competencies of Senor Projects, further developing
a student’s ability to work independently within an
environment that engages self-directed, extensive
and comprehensive design projects, whether
project- or thesis-based, providing ample time
and latitude for both refinement and ongoing
exploration and experimentation. The expectations
in Advanced Senior Project are higher with respect
to level of professionalism and development.
Each project tests a student’s ability to define,
research and execute at a professional level, while
putting into practice core principles of visual
communication process and philosophy. This
enhances and completes the process of portfolio
building while preparing the student for entering
the profession or pursuing post-secondary
education. Advanced Senior Projects in the
illustration area of emphasis focus on refining the
knowledge and competencies necessary for the
creation of imagery that is not only compelling
visually, but also embraces the multi-platform
and entrepreneurial possibilities of image-based
communication. Students will take a combined
total of three Senior Projects and/or Advanced
Senior Projects, resulting in an iterative process
that develops a student’s capacity and expectations
for self-directed projects and exploration.
Course Descriptions
CDBAD-402P Branding Art Direction Adv SP
(4.00 cr.)
Advanced Senior Projects build on the
competencies of Senor Projects, further developing
a student’s ability to work independently within an
environment that engages self-directed, extensive
and comprehensive design projects, whether
project- or thesis-based, providing ample time
and latitude for both refinement and ongoing
exploration and experimentation. The expectations
in Advanced Senior Project are higher with respect
to level of professionalism and development.
Each project tests a student’s ability to define,
research and execute at a professional level, while
putting into practice core principles of visual
communication process and philosophy. This
enhances and completes the process of portfolio
building while preparing the student for entering
the profession or pursuing post-secondary
education. Advanced Senior Projects in the
illustration area of emphasis focus on refining the
knowledge and competencies necessary for the
creation of imagery that is not only compelling
visually, but also embraces the multi-platform
and entrepreneurial possibilities of image-based
communication. Students will take a combined
total of three Senior Projects and/or Advanced
Senior Projects, resulting in an iterative process
that develops a student’s capacity and expectations
for self-directed projects and exploration.
CDBAD-403 Branding and Art Direction ST
(3.00 cr.)
The Senior Thesis course is the capstone of the
Communications Design senior year. It provides
students with the opportunity to apply the full
range of skills and knowledge they have obtained
and cultivated at Pratt in the execution of a single,
self-initiated project tied to the student’s Area of
Emphasis. In collaboration with their professor,
students write a design or research oriented
project proposal which may involve revising or
extending existing work or creating new work with
an eye to the future. The emphasis is on
communication the design process, documenting
research and experimentation phases and
articulating a critical, reflective analysis of a body
of work. Senior Thesis projects are the culmination
of a program of studies, and therefore allow
students to reflect critically on their own work
and clearly identify their interests in the larger
context of the communications design profession.
Requisite courses: Take COMD-380 COMD-381
OR CDBAD-375 OR CDGD-376 OR CDILL-377 or
CDGD-378 OR CDBAD-379 (Required, Previous)
CDGD-376 Graphic Design Intensive (3.00 cr.)
The Graphic Design Intensive course is for students
who wish to focus specifically on the typographic
and information design aspects of graphic design.
The course is concerned with the visual language
of graphic design and its many applications.
Students taking the course develop the intellectual
and technical toolkit necessary for the practice
of graphic design in the twenty first century.
The course syllabus builds on the skills learned in
Typography and Information Design, preparing
students to become versatile graphic
communication design practitioners in a wide range
of media and contexts, from paper to screen, from
digital environments to public spaces.
Requisite courses: COMD-250 COMD-251
COMD-252 (Required, Previous)
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CDGD-378 Interaction Design Intensive
(3.00 cr.)
The Interaction Design Intensive course focuses
on essential skills related to the design of digital
experiences, including research, planning and
production. Students will follow a user-centered
design process to gain insights, empathize with
target users and inform their designs. They will
explore issues that deal with graphical user
interfaces, user interaction, navigation, information
architecture, grids and layout. Students will also
be introduced to basic processes that exist in
real world work scenarios such as creative briefs,
wireframes and interactive prototypes, as well as
to practical tools such as file transfer protocols,
content management systems and online
development frameworks.
Requisite courses: COMD-250 COMD-251
COMD-252 (Required, Previous)
CDGD-401 Graphic Design Senior Project
(3.00 cr.)
Senior Projects introduce students to a critical
and personalized classroom environment that
engages self-directed, extensive and comprehensive
design projects, whether project- or thesis-
based, providing ample time and latitude for both
refinement and ongoing exploration and
experimentation. Each project tests a student’s
ability to define, research and execute at a
professional level, while putting into practice core
principles of visual communication process and
philosophy. This establishes the foundation for
a compelling portfolio geared toward entering
the profession or pursuing post-secondary
education. Senior Projects in the Graphic Design
area of emphasis focus on the development of
a more comprehensive and expansive skill set for
the crafting of effective messaging that integrates
imagery, text, data and interactivity with applications
to publication, motion, dimensional work, user
experience, interface design, data visualization
and responsive design. Students will take a
combined total of three Senior Projects and/or
Advanced Senior Projects, resulting in an
interactive process that develops a student’s
capacity and expectations for self-directed projects
and exploration.
CDGD-401P Graphic Design Senior Project
(4.00 cr.)
Senior Projects introduce students to a critical
and personalized classroom environment that
engages self-directed, extensive and comprehensive
design projects, whether project- or thesis-
based, providing ample time and latitude for both
refinement and ongoing exploration and
experimentation. Each project tests a student’s
ability to define, research and execute at a
professional level, while putting into practice core
principles of visual communication process and
philosophy. This establishes the foundation for
a compelling portfolio geared toward entering
the profession or pursuing post-secondary
education. Senior Projects in the Graphic Design
area of emphasis focus on the development of
a more comprehensive and expansive skill set for
the crafting of effective messaging that integrates
imagery, text, data and interactivity with applications
to publication, motion, dimensional work, user
experience, interface design, data visualization
and responsive design. Students will take a
combined total of three Senior Projects and/or
Advanced Senior Projects, resulting in an
interactive process that develops a student’s
capacity and expectations for self-directed projects
and exploration.
CDGD-402 Graphic Design Adv. Sen. Project
(3.00 cr.)
Advanced Senior Projects build on the
competencies of Senior Projects, further developing
a student’s ability to work independently within
an environment that engages self-directed,
extensive and comprehensive design projects,
whether project- or thesis-based, providing
ample time and latitude for both refinement and
ongoing exploration and experimentation.
The expectations in Advanced Senior Project are
higher with respect to level of professionalism
and development. Each project tests a student’s
ability to define, research and execute at a
professional level, while putting into practice core
principles of visual communication process and
philosophy. This enhances and completes the
process of portfolio building while preparing the
student for entering the profession or pursuing
post-secondary education. Advanced Senior
Projects in the Graphic Design area of emphasis
focus on the refinement of a comprehensive and
expansive skill set for the crafting of effective
messaging that integrates imagery, text, data
and interactivity with applications to publication,
motion, dimensional work, user experience,
interface design, data visualization and responsive
design. Students will take a combined total of
three Senior Projects and/or Advanced Senior
Projects, resulting in an iterative process that
develops a student’s capacity and expectations
for self-directed projects and exploration.
Course Descriptions
CDGD-402 Graphic Design Adv. Sen. Project
(3.00 cr.)
Advanced Senior Projects build on the
competencies of Senior Projects, further developing
a student’s ability to work independently within
an environment that engages self-directed,
extensive and comprehensive design projects,
whether project- or thesis-based, providing
ample time and latitude for both refinement and
ongoing exploration and experimentation.
The expectations in Advanced Senior Project are
higher with respect to level of professionalism
and development. Each project tests a student’s
ability to define, research and execute at a
professional level, while putting into practice core
principles of visual communication process and
philosophy. This enhances and completes the
process of portfolio building while preparing the
student for entering the profession or pursuing
post-secondary education. Advanced Senior
Projects in the Graphic Design area of emphasis
focus on the refinement of a comprehensive and
expansive skill set for the crafting of effective
messaging that integrates imagery, text, data
and interactivity with applications to publication,
motion, dimensional work, user experience,
interface design, data visualization and responsive
design. Students will take a combined total of
three Senior Projects and/or Advanced Senior
Projects, resulting in an iterative process that
develops a student’s capacity and expectations
for self-directed projects and exploration.
CDGD-402P Graphic Design Adv. Sen. Project
(4.00 cr.)
Advanced Senior Projects build on the
competencies of Senior Projects, further developing
a student’s ability to work independently within
an environment that engages self-directed,
extensive and comprehensive design projects,
whether project- or thesis-based, providing
ample time and latitude for both refinement and
ongoing exploration and experimentation.
The expectations in Advanced Senior Project are
higher with respect to level of professionalism
and development. Each project tests a student’s
ability to define, research and execute at a
professional level, while putting into practice core
principles of visual communication process and
philosophy. This enhances and completes the
process of portfolio building while preparing the
student for entering the profession or pursuing
post-secondary education. Advanced Senior
Projects in the Graphic Design area of emphasis
focus on the refinement of a comprehensive and
expansive skill set for the crafting of effective
messaging that integrates imagery, text, data
and interactivity with applications to publication,
motion, dimensional work, user experience,
interface design, data visualization and responsive
design. Students will take a combined total of
three Senior Projects and/or Advanced Senior
Projects, resulting in an iterative process that
develops a student’s capacity and expectations
for self-directed projects and exploration.
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CDGD-403 Graphic Design Senior Thesis
(3.00 cr.)
The Senior Thesis course is the capstone of the
Communications Design senior year. It provides
students with the opportunity to apply the full
range of skills and knowledge they have obtained
and cultivated at Pratt in the execution of a single,
self-initiated project tied to the student’s Area of
Emphasis. In collaboration with their professor,
students write a design or research oriented
project proposal which may involve revising or
extending existing work or creating new work with
an eye to the future. The emphasis is on
communication the design process, documenting
research and experimentation phases and
articulating a critical, reflective analysis of a body
of work. Senior Thesis projects are the culmination
of a program of studies, and therefore allow
students to reflect critically on their own work
and clearly identify their interests in the larger
context of the communications design profession.
Requisite courses: COM-380 COMD-381 OR
CDBAD-375 OR CDGD-376 OR CDILL-377 OR
CDGD-378 OR CDBAD-379 (Required, Previous)
CDGD-410 Form and Code (3.00 cr.)
This course is a practical introduction of
computer programming for all designers, and
anyone who wants to develop ideas using code.
It provides way into computational thinking
and how to use computers in creative generate
2D and 3D form, animation and interaction. It
introduces computation as a process, as a tool and
as a medium. The course emphasizes generative
form to progressively introduce more complex
computational structures, including repetition,
transformation, parametrization, visualization
and simulation.
CDGD-412 User Experience (3.00 cr.)
This course focuses on essential design
elements of user experiences, including research,
planning, production and development skills.
Students will explore issues that deal with graphical
user interfaces, user interaction, user experience,
information architecture, layout, navigation,
behavior and motion. Students will also be
introduced to basic processes that exist in real
world work scenarios such as creative briefs,
wireframes, component libraries and interactive
prototypes, as well as to practical tools such as file
transfer protocols, content management systems
and online development frameworks.
CDGD-414 Data Visualization (3.00 cr.)
Through a process of analysis, editing, and
visualization, data becomes information. This
course allows students to follow the process to
extract and reveal meaning form data and to
visualize and explain complex information.
CDGD-416 Independent Publishing (3.00 cr.)
This class introduces students to the field of
independent publishing, focusing particularly
on the ways in which a communication designer
might use the short-run, self-published book
to explore ideas, work collaboratively and
disseminate information quickly and cheaply.
Employing a mix of class discussion, field trips,
studio work and independent study, students
gain an understanding of the culture and history
of self-publishing while also acquiring a range
of information and technical skills that can be
applied within their own practical work.
CDGD-418 Post-Artifact Books (3.00 cr.)
This course offers students an introduction to
the basic principles of designing books beyond
the traditional concept of the physical artifact.
Students will be asked to research, design,
produce and publish books in new formats and
on technological platforms. The course takes
an integrative approach to learning, combining
content development, research and analysis
and making. The emphasis is on the production
of design prototypes rather than on executing
technological functionality.
CDILL-310 Children’s Books (3.00 cr.)
This course explores the art of image making and education. Senior Projects in the illustration area
visual storytelling for young readers. The
creation, style, layout, pacing of sequential art
and accompanying writing of text for children are
all studied in-depth. Established and emerging
markets are also explored, as are the skills and
knowledge necessary to access them.
CDILL-330 Illustration Methods and Media I
(3.00 cr.)
This two-course sequence develops proficiency
in the rendering of representational imagery
through the handling of various drawing and
painting media.
CDILL-377 Illustration Intensive (3.00 cr.)
The Illustration Intensive course builds on
the skills established in COMD 241 Image as
Communication and COMD 251 Dynamic Imagery
and allows students interested in careers in
illustration to deepen their knowledge and
practice in producing impactful visual messaging.
Students will work with and refine the ability to
use various media-including print, digital and
combinations of the two -in the context of visual
messaging, branding and storytelling for many
different markets. Traditional avenues such as
editorial illustration will be explored, along with
emerging products and applications, as well
as the possibility for marketing strategies and
entrepreneurial opportunities. Assignments
will be balanced with in-class work to provide a
comprehensive study of various facets of
the discipline.
Requisite courses: Take COMD-250 COMD-251
COMD-252 (Required, Previous)
CDILL-401 Illustration Senior Project (3.00 cr.)
Senior Projects introduce students to a critical
and personalized classroom environment
that engages self-directed, extensive and com-
prehensive design projects, whether project—or
thesis-based, providing ample time and latitude
for both refinement and ongoing exploration
and experimentation. Each project tests a student’s
ability to define, research and execute at a
professional level, while putting into practice
core principles of visual communication process
and philosophy. This establishes the foundation
for a compelling portfolio geared toward entering
the profession or pursuing post-secondary
education. Senior Projects in the illustration area
of emphasis focus on the creation of imagery
that entrepreneurial possibilities of image-based
communication. Students will take a combined total
of three Senior Projects and/or Advanced Senior
Projects, resulting in an iterative process that
develops a student’s capacity and expectations
for self-directed projects and exploration.
Course Descriptions
CDILL-401P Illustration Senior Project (4.00 cr.)
Senior Projects introduce students to a
critical and personalized classroom environment
that engages self-directed, extensive and
comprehensive design projects, whether project-
or thesis- based, providing ample time and latitude
for both refinement and ongoing exploration and
experimentation. Each project tests a student’s
ability to define, research and execute at a
professional level, while putting into practice
core principles of visual communication process
and philosophy. This establishes the foundation
for a compelling portfolio geared toward entering
the profession or pursuing post-secondary
of emphasis focus on the creation of imagery
that entrepreneurial possibilities of image-based
communication. Students will take a combined
total of three Senior Projects and/or Advanced
Senior Projects, resulting in an iterative process
that develops a student’s capacity and expectations
for self-directed projects and exploration.
CDILL-402 Illustration Advanced Senior Project
(3.00 cr.)
Advanced Senior Projects build on the
competencies of Senor Projects, further developing
a student’s ability to work independently within
an environment that engages self-directed,
extensive and comprehensive design projects,
whether project- or thesis-based, providing
ample time and latitude for both refinement and
ongoing exploration and experimentation. The
expectations in Advanced Senior Project are
higher with respect to level of professionalism
and development. Each project tests a student’s
ability to define, research and execute at a
professional level, while putting into practice
core principles of visual communication process
and philosophy. This enhances and completes
the process of portfolio building while preparing
the student for entering the profession or pursuing
post-secondary education. Advanced Senior
Projects in the illustration area of emphasis focus
on refining the knowledge and competencies
necessary for the creation of imagery that is not
only compelling visually, but also embraces the
multi-platform and entrepreneurial possibilities of
image-based communication. Students will
take a combined total of three Senior Projects
and/or Advanced Senior Projects, resulting in
an iterative process that develops a student’s
capacity and expectations for self-directed
projects and exploration.
280
CDILL-402P Illustration Advanced Senior Project
(4.00 cr.)
Advanced Senior Projects build on the
competencies of Senor Projects, further developing
a student’s ability to work independently within
an environment that engages self-directed,
extensive and comprehensive design projects,
whether project- or thesis-based, providing
ample time and latitude for both refinement and
ongoing exploration and experimentation. The
expectations in Advanced Senior Project are
higher with respect to level of professionalism
and development. Each project tests a student’s
ability to define, research and execute at a
professional level, while putting into practice
core principles of visual communication process
and philosophy. This enhances and completes
the process of portfolio building while preparing
the student for entering the profession or pursuing
post-secondary education. Advanced Senior
Projects in the illustration area of emphasis focus
on refining the knowledge and competencies
necessary for the creation of imagery that is not
only compelling visually, but also embraces the
multi-platform and entrepreneurial possibilities of
image-based communication. Students will
take a combined total of three Senior Projects
and/or Advanced Senior Projects, resulting in
an iterative process that develops a student’s
capacity and expectations for self-directed
projects and exploration.
CDILL-403 Illustration Senior Thesis (3.00 cr.)
The Senior Thesis course is the capstone of the
Communications Design Senior year. It provides
students with the opportunity to apply the full
range of skills and knowledge they have obtained
and cultivated at Pratt in the execution of a
single self-initiated project tied to the student’s
Area of emphasis. In collaboration with their
professor, students write a design or research
oriented project proposal which may involve
revising or extending existing work or creating
new work with an eye to the future. The emphasis
is on communication the design process,
documenting research and experimentation phases
and articulating a critical, reflective analysis of
a body of work. Senior Thesis projects are the
culmination of a program of studies, and therefore
allow students to reflect critically on their own work
and clearly identify their interests in the larger
context of the communications design profession.
Requisite courses: Take COMD-380 COMD-381 or
CDBAD-375 OR CDGD-376 CDILL-377 OR CDGD-
378 ORCDBAD-379 (Required, Previous)
CDILL-412 Designing for Kids (3.00 cr.)
This course will explore the art of designing for
young people. Students will create books, toys,
products, logos and educational materials for
different age groups and examine the realms
where child and adult audiences intersect.
An overview of this topic will be acquired through
assignments, lectures and exposure to both
contemporary and historical material. Students
from all disciplines are welcome in this class and
will encouraged to create work that reflects their
own respective majors, skills and vision.
CDILL-414 Sketchbook Warehouse (3.00 cr.)
This course will explore and examine the
commercial viability of the work generated in
sketchbooks. While sketchbooks are understood
to be a repository for marketable ideas and
explorations, they can also serve as the
genesis for self-authored projects. This class
will demonstrate how designers and artists can
derive the most value from their sketchbooks,
while also using them to develop a personal
visual vocabulary.
COMD-210 Intro to COMD Procedures (3.00 cr.)
Design Procedures is a set of two courses on
the basic technical preparation of artwork for
publication. Computer-production techniques as
well as hand-crafting presentation skills are taught
in the context of simulated professional job
processes. The course develops technical skills
that are necessary to produce publications in the
graphic design and advertising professions, to
provide instruction of publishing methods needed
to produce assignment solutions for other
Communications Design Department studio courses
and to develop an understanding of how technical
processes relate to the creative design process.
COMD-214 Intro. To Typography (3.00 cr.)
These courses include the history, design and
execution of lettering for reproduction. The
computer is employed to introduce the student
to the basic principles of typographic design
and typesetting.
COMD-217 Intro to Advertising (2.00 cr.)
Introduction to Advertising course provides a
comprehensive look at understanding advertising
by examining its development and evolution,
purpose and fundamental creative principles.
COMD-220 Intro. To Illustration (3.00 cr.)
These are basic courses in the art of making
pictures for the purpose of communicating inform­
ation and ideas. Illustration images are inherently
figurative, so drawing and painting from life and
mind are a major component of study. Class
sessions alternate between working in drawing/
painting studio workshops and critiques
of assignments.
COMD-230 Intro to COMD Imaging (3.00 cr.)
These courses provide a thorough foundation
of image capture and production techniques
within the context of the communications design
professions. While artistic expression remains
an important criterion in the evaluation of
assignments, effectiveness of communication will
ultimately determine the success of images in
advertising, graphic design, and illustration. The
first course is an overview of the principles and
techniques that are specific to communications
arts. This includes a basic comparison of digital
and traditional optical imagery. The second
course expands the subject to advanced
lighting, location, production, and reproduction
techniques as used within print and electronic
publications, and how images will finally be used
to serve the purpose of the publication.
Course Descriptions
COMD-236 Illustration Methods and Media II
(2.00 cr.)
This two-course sequence develops proficiency in
the rendering of representational imagery through
the handling of various drawing and painting media.
Requisite courses: Complete COMD-235
(Required, Previous)
COMD-240 Research, Analysis and Process
(3.00 cr.)
This course introduces students to the research
methodologies and processes that form the
foundation of successful communications design.
It demonstrated how communication design is
shaped by the problem solving phases of learning,
identifying, generating and implementation and
how these methodologies can be applied to the
understanding of audiences, organizing content,
developing strategies, and defining purposes.
COMD-241 Image as Communication (3.00 cr.)
This image as Communication course is an in-
depth investigation inti the use of the image as a
tool for transmitting messages and telling stories.
Students will explore the use of visual rhetoric,
composition, editing, context, sequencing, scale
and other design fundamentals, all in the service
of a concept or narrative.
COMD-242 Process and Production (3.00 cr.)
This course introduces students to the
production process of print-based media.
Through a number of weekly short assignments
students will explore and apply a variety of both
analog and digital processes and presentation
techniques. These assignments will function as
an introduction to a range of design tools using
both traditional and emerging technologies.
Students will be tasked to determine, step-
by-step, how best to execute and present a
design solution. In addition to professional
standards in publication software, focus will be
on demonstration the potential of combining
different tools and techniques into the
designer’s workflows.
COMD-250 Typography and Information
(3.00 cr.)
This course focuses on the analysis, management
and representation of content in a way that fosters
efficient and effective understanding, balances
with attractive or artistic expression. Using
self-generated and existing content, students learn
the basics of typography, information and interface
design in both sand-alone visuals and dynamic,
interactive documents. The roles of structure,
hierarchy, layering, sequence, editing and navigation
of information are explored. Study of the different
ways to organize, represent and navigate
content provide a thorough ground for advance
typographic, information and interface design as
print pieces, websites, apps, map making, wayfinding
systems, diagrams, charts and data graphics.
Requisite courses: Take COMD-240 COMD-242
(Required, Previous)
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COMD-251 Dynamic Imagery (3.00 cr.)
This course focuses on designing motion, animation
and time-based experiences for Communications
Design. This includes learning the fundamental
skills of how to generate ideas in time, how to
build a dramatic construction, and how to connect
images in a narrative sequence. Through studio
inquiry and problem solving, students will learn
the visual, conceptual, technical and creative
promo­tions and branding for the screen and for
multimedia environments. Students will be encour­
ag­ed to develop their individual creative ability
and support this with a high level of technical skills.
Requisite courses: COMD-241
(Required, Previous)
COMD-252 Digital Prototyping (3.00 cr.)
This course introduces students to the tools and
production processes involved in the production
of time-based and interactive media. Through
hands-on lectures and the development of a
series of short assignments, students will acquire
the skills to naturally incorporate a variety of
digital authoring tools and technologies into
their workflows, exploring the properties and
constraints of designing for digital media.
Students will gain the ability to execute design
solutions integrating time-based media, dynamic
content and interactivity.
Requisite courses: COMD-242
(Required, Previous)
COMD-302 Copywriting for Advertising
(2.00 cr.)
This course concerns the skill of writing for
advertising and marketing, how words relate to
images, and how to develop verbal promotional
campaigns that move consumers to purchase.
Effective copy is more than just clever words on
a page: It is the result of thoughtful research in
market demographics and psychographics.
COMD-313 Typographic Design III (2.00 cr.)
With the use of actual typographic design
situations, the course instructs the student in
the use of type as a basic element of graphic
communication, including principles which
determine typeface selection (to visually
communicate the desired effect) and the
appreciation of letterforms. Typesetting and
typographic layout on the computer are
emphasized.
Requisite courses: Take COMD-216 COMD-212
(Required, Previous)
COMD-314 Typographic Design IV (2.00 cr.)
With the use of actual typographic design
situations, the course instructs the student in the
use of type as a basic element of graphic com-
munication, including principles which determine
typeface selection (to visually communicate the
desired effect) and the appreciation of letter-
forms. Typesetting and typographic layout on the
computer are emphasized.
Requisite courses: Complete COMD-313
(Required, Previous)
COMD-315 Graphic Design I (2.00 cr.)
Graphic Design courses explore the creative
display, organization and communication of ideas
and information through word and image. The
design principles covered in these courses apply
to all presentation media—print, computer,
film/video, exhibit, and environmental graphics.
These courses are more advanced in their cover­
age of information design problems than those
of COMD-201 and COMD-202 (Visual Communi-
cation I and II) in that they require a higher
level of typographic skill and communication ability
with pictorial information. They are not “layout”
courses. Although presentation on the page
or video monitor is very important, the primary
focus of these courses is on the development of
the communication content.
Requisite courses: COMD-202, COMD-212,
COMD-232 and COMD-216 (Required, Previous)
COMD-316 Graphic Design II (2.00 cr.)
Graphic Design courses explore the creative
display, organization and communication of ideas
and information through word and image. The
design principles covered in these courses apply
to all presentation media—print, computer,
film/video, exhibit, and environmental graphics.
These courses are more advanced in their cover­
age of information design problems than those
of COMD-201 and COMD-202 (Visual Communi-
cation I and II) in that they require a higher
level of typographic skill and communication ability
with pictorial information. They are not “layout”
courses. Although presentation on the page
or video monitor is very important, the primary
focus of these courses is on the development of
the communication content.
Requisite courses: Complete COMD-315
(Required, Previous)
COMD-317 Advertising I (2.00 cr.)
These are courses in the development and
presentation of visual and verbal messages that
move consumers to action. Although they include
many of the same design principles practiced
in the graphic design courses, they require addition­
al emphasis on creative writing skills. The total
responsibilities of the art director are explored—
from conceptualization and integrated design to
personal interaction with clients, copywriters,
photographers and illustrators.
Requisite courses: COMD-202, COMD-212,
COMD-232, and COMD-216 (Required, Previous)
COMD-318 Advertising II (2.00 cr.)
These are courses in the development and
presentation of visual and verbal messages that
move consumers to action. Although they include
many of the same design principles practiced
in the graphic design courses, they require addition­
al emphasis on creative writing skills. The total
responsibilities of the art director are explored—
from conceptualization and integrated design to
personal interaction with clients, copywriters,
photographers and illustrators.
Requisite courses: Take COMD-202, COMD-212,
COMD-216, and COMD-232 (Required, Previous)
Course Descriptions
COMD-319 Illustrated Typography (2.00 cr.)
Illustrated Typography is a course designed
to enhance sensitivity to and bridge the gap
between textual design and image making.
Students in this course will develop the ability
to create and integrate unique hand drawn
type solutions into their own work thereby
communicating more effectively by holistically
considering both types and image when
creating illustrations. Students will learn layout
and typeface selection as well as their own
generated type designs to enhance the editorial,
conceptual and narrative concerns of illustration.
Requisite courses: Take COMD-216 or COMD-250
(Required, Previous)
COMD-321 Illustration III (2.00 cr.)
Through the presentation of practical illustration
assignments (such as poster, editorial, advertising
and product illustrations), emphasis is placed
on conceptual thinking and the creation of original
and personal solutions through the students’
own choice of media. Assignments include
problems that demand provocative, entertaining
and stimulating results.
Requisite courses: Take COMD-222
(Required, Previous)
COMD-322 Illustration IV (2.00 cr.)
Through the presentation of practical illustration
assignments (such as poster, editorial, advertising
and product illustrations), emphasis is placed
on conceptual thinking and the creation of original
and personal solutions through the students’
own choice of media. Assignments include problems
that demand provocative, entertaining and
stimulating results.
Requisite courses: Take COMD-222
(Required, Previous)
COMD-323 Package Design I (2.00 cr.)
This course introduces the fundamentals of
dimensional construction while simultaneously
integrating many design disciplines and
principles. Imaginative use of materials and
surface graphics are encouraged. Marketing and
production problems are explored.
COMD-345 Illustration: Children’s Books I
(2.00 cr.)
These courses explore the art of image making
and visual storytelling for young readers. Studied
in-depth are the creation, style, layout, pacing
of sequential art and accompanying copywriting
of art for children.
Requisite courses: Take COMD-222
(Required, Previous)
COMD-361 Design Corps F (2.00 cr.)
Design Corps encourages and promotes the
relationship between design practice and design
education. The Design Corps mission is to
provide non-profit organizations with professional
quality design services at no cost, while exposing
graphic design students to valuable industry
experience. Under the direction of experienced
design faculty, students operate as a firm. They
create and present design options, provide
finished files and monitor production of the final
approved design. They work both as individuals
and teams on a variety of print and web projects.
Workload and schedule vary based on clients.
Students returning to the class take on a more
active leadership role.
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COMD-362 Design Corps S (2.00 cr.)
Design Corps encourages and promotes the
relationship between design practice and design
education. The Design Corps mission is to
provide non-profit organizations with professional
quality design services at no cost, while exposing
graphic design students to valuable industry
experience. Under the direction of experienced
design faculty, students operate as a firm. They
create and present design options, provide
finished files and monitor production of the final
approved design. They work both as individuals
and teams on a variety of print and web projects.
Workload and schedule vary based on clients.
Students returning to the class take on a more
active leadership role.
COMD-370 Branding and Messaging (3.00 cr.)
The Branding and Messaging course explores
the development and crafting of effective design
solutions in the form of multi-component,
multi-stage or cross-media projects. Students
will develop series and systems that include visual
and verbal components to create a cohesive
identity or brand across deliverables that either
comm­unicate, reinforce or build upon a
message. Students will be presented with various
design and marketing problems crafted to help
them explore how brand are perceived in
various communication channels and identify
where there is inconsistency or confusion on the
market­place. They will develop branding strategy
guidelines that ultimately deploy into a full
brand­ing suite.
Requisite courses: COMD-250 COMD-251
COMD-252 (Required, Previous)
COMD-371 Integrated Visual Communication I
(3.00 cr.)
The integrated Visual Communication courses
function as lab and studio environments
that engage students’ applied technical skills and
craft through a range of cross-disciplinary
assignments. Critical strategies will be covered
through weekly lectures and in-class studio time
that help guide students through each phase of
application and production. Information and
ideas take on many forms in contemporary design
practices. The inherent challenge is for designers
to consistently apply the execution of idea,
form, and craft across different media platforms,
including print, digital and environmental, each
of which introduces a unique set of properties
and constraints to which to respond. This course
exposes students to the tools and knowledge
base required to realize design concepts at high
levels of production and craft.
Requisite courses: COMD-250 COMD-251
COMD-252 (Required, Previous)
COMD-380 Product, Environment, Material
(3.00 cr.)
This course will expose students to design
problems that are dimensional in nature and/ or
exist in a physical space. Students will develop an
understanding for how to generate and design
their own objects/products, displays, utilize
effective materials and design the environments
that these products ultimately live in, whether
real or fictional. Students will be able to harness
three-dimensional design principles to develop
a series of explorations that relate to space and
human behavior.
Requisite courses: COMD-370 (Required, Previous)
COMD-381 Integrated Visual Communication 2:
New Forms (3.00 cr.)
The integrated Visual Communication courses
function as lab and studio environments
that engage students’ applied technical skills and
craft through a range of cross-disciplinary
assignments. Integrated Visual Communication 2
investigates the role of visual communications
within emerging platforms and technologies as
well as expanding upon the knowledge and utility
of more common media. Students are encour-
aged to explore new media and expand their ideas
beyond traditional design applications.
Requisite courses: COMD-371
(Required, Previous)
COMD-401A Senior Project (4.00 cr.)
This course prepares students for the professional
world through the creation of quality artwork,
which will comprise the student’s portfolio. The
student becomes familiar with the fundamental
business practices necessary to find an entry-level
position in the field.
COMD-405 Professional Practice (3.00 cr.)
In preparation for the completion of the program,
this course addresses all facets of obtaining,
managing and successfully growing freelance or
full-time work as a practicing professional.
The course will assist students in organizing,
preparing and presenting a cohesive body of
work, identifying a market, and promot­ing and
protecting that work, while acquiring the skills
and knowledge to navigate and prosper in
the profession. Among them: intellectual property
rights and protections, ethics, basic business
practices and the vocabulary of the profession.
Classes and assignments will balance lectures,
discussions and student presentations of design
work that is focused on the promotion of the
student, as well as the development of an
original product or business.
Requisite courses: CDGD-376 or CDILL-377 or
CDBAD-379 (Required, Previous)
COMD-411 After Effects (2.00 cr.)
Building upon the lessons of COMD-211 and
COMD-212, Design Procedures I and II,
these courses offer instruction in complex
computer pre-press and hand presentation skills
on a professional level. Studio/design office
maintenance is covered in-depth—from computer
hardware and software setup and trouble­
shooting to materials management and high-level
handcrafted prototype techniques.
COMD-415 Sketchbook Warehouse (2.00 cr.)
This course will explore and examine the
commercial viability of the work of sketchbooks.
While sketchbooks will be understood to be a
repository for marketable ideas and explorations,
it can also serve as the genesis for self-authored
projects. This class will demonstrate how artists
can derive the most value from their sketchbooks.
Course Descriptions
COMD-421 Masters Studio: Illustration (2.00 cr.)
This studio class is designed to provide ancillary
skills crucial to the creative process, including
original and stock resource photography
methods as well as finished illustration portfolio
preparation and presentations. Classes will
be conducted as intensive laboratories in skill
development, collaboration and teamwork.
Assignments involve all major aspects of illustration.
COMD-425 Writing the Idea (2.00 cr.)
Great advertising is a product of great thinking.
This course will challenge students to generate
creative solutions through clear and compelling
written, as well as visual, concepts. The
focus of the class will be on the elements of
compo­sition, breaking down successful adver­
tising campaigns and crafting impactful messages
through copywriting.
COMD-434 SPT: Publications (2.00 cr.)
This course will provide students the opportunity
to experience the highly-competitive world of
editorial illustration. Each semester, the COMD
department will partner with a newspaper,
magazine or other publication. Students will be
given weekly or bi-weekly illustration assignments
and discuss concepts during class. Submissions
are then reviewed by the instructor and editor
and the selected student’s piece may be printed
in the publication. Students in this class will
acquire a greater appreciation for working under
the constraints of a weekly publication and
may get the opportunity to supplement their
portfolios with published illustrations.
Requisite courses: Take COMD-222 or COMD-
241 (Required, Previous)
COMD-451 Freelancing and Business (2.00 cr.)
This course is essential for students planning to
establish a freelance business or land a first
job in the fields of illustration, graphic design,
and advertising art direction. The lecture/work­
shop sessions cover: 1. The portfolio—how to
construct it, protect it and plan a search strategy.
2. Getting a job—pricing freelance jobs, writing
purchase orders and contracts, dealing with
coll­ection and legal actions and designing a self-
promotion piece. 3. Taxes/Accounting /
Business Structure—the business world (sales tax,
sole prop­rietorship, copyright, work for hire,
markups, contracts).
COMD-461 Visualizing the Idea (2.00 cr.)
Modern media is oversaturated with images,
many of which we have seen so often they have
become invisible. Effective marketing requires
messages to be seen in order to be heard.
Before you can solve a design problem, you have
to understand it. COMD Imaging III will focus
on the analysis of existing visual imagery and
challenge students to create exciting new non-
traditional visuals.
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COMD-463 Design Corps Senior Project F
(4.00 cr.)
Design Corps encourages and promotes the
relationship between design practice and design
education. The Design Corps mission is to
provide non-profit organizations with professional
quality design services at no cost, while exposing
graphic design students to valuable industry
experience. Under the direction of experienced
design faculty, students operate as a firm. They
create and present design options, provide
finished files and monitor production of the final
approved design. They work both as individuals
and teams on a variety of print and web projects.
Workload and schedule vary based on clients.
Students returning to the class take on a more
active leadership role.
COMD-464 Design Corps Senior Project S
(4.00 cr.)
Design Corps encourages and promotes the
relationship between design practice and design
education. The Design Corps mission is to
provide non-profit organizations with professional
quality design services at no cost, while exposing
graphic design students to valuable industry
experience. Under the direction of experienced
design faculty, students operate as a firm. They
create and present design options, provide
finished files and monitor production of the final
approved design. They work both as individuals
and teams on a variety of print and web projects.
Workload and schedule vary based on clients.
Students returning to the class take on a more
active leadership role.
COMD-467 Drawing on Location (2.00 cr.)
Drawing on Location is designed to train students
to visualize and document the environment they
observe around them. Locations throughout
New York are used as reference material for comm­­-
unication solutions that relate to timely subjects
and provocative themes. Students will keep
intensive journals of their visits that include observ­-
ations of each location, interviews with people
connected with their location, and photographs.
COMD-477 Motion Design: Graphic Des. F
(2.00 cr.)
This course will explore the power of graphic
design in motion. The challenges and aesthetics
of the medium will be studied in practice as
well as theory, with an emphasis on effective
communication through historically informed
composition and editing. In addition to exploring
movement, image, montage, abstraction, and
visual narrative structure, students will photo­
graph, create graphics and edit/animate their
own images with sound design. Students taking
the course for a second semester will further
develop their technical and conceptual skills
with more ambitious motion projects and will
experience an increase in one on one time with
the professor for focused project direction.
Requisite courses: Take COMD-411 or COMD-252
(Required, Previous)
COMD-478 Motion Design: Graphic Des S
(2.00 cr.)
This course will explore the power of graphic
design in motion. The challenges and aesthetics
of the medium will be studied in practice as
well as theory, with an emphasis on effective
communication through historically informed
composition and editing. In addition to exploring
movement, image, montage, abstraction, and
visual narrative structure, students will photo­
graph, create graphics and edit/animate their
own images with sound design. Students taking
the course for a second semester will further
develop their technical and conceptual skills
with more ambitious motion projects and will
experience an increase in one on one time with
the professor for focused project direction.
Requisite courses: Take COMD-411
(Required, Previous)
COMD-9400 COMD Internship (0.00 cr.)
This course centers around an internship
experience at a field related professional site.
Students earn course credit and refine their
career objectives while establishing a strong
employment history and references for future
work experiences. Students will gain skills and
knowledge on-site as well as a more objective
understanding of the experience through
participation in a class seminar. Students must
attend the Internship Workshop in Career
Services prior to registering for this course.
COMD-9401 COMD Internship (1.00 cr.)
This course centers around an internship
experience at a field related professional site.
Students earn course credit and refine their
career objectives while establishing a strong
employment history and references for future
work experiences. Students will gain skills and
knowledge on-site, as well as a more objective
understanding of the experience through
participation in a class seminar. Students must
attend the Internship Workshop in Career
Services prior to registering for this course.
COMD-9402 COMD Internship (2.00 cr.)
This course centers around an internship
experience at a field related professional site.
Students earn course credit and refine their
career objectives while establishing a strong
employment history and references for future
work experiences. Students will gain skills and
knowledge on-site, as well as a more objective
understanding of the experience through
participation in a class seminar. Students must
attend the Internship Workshop in Career
Services prior to registering for this course.
COMD-9403 COMD Internship (3.00 cr.)
This course centers around an internship
experience at a field related professional site.
Students earn course credit and refine their
career objectives while establishing a strong
employment history and references for future
work experiences. Students will gain skills and
knowledge on-site, as well as a more objective
understanding of the experience through
participation in a class seminar. Students must
attend the Internship Workshop in Career
Services prior to registering for this course.
Course Descriptions
TECH-227 Illustration: New Media I (2.00 cr.)
The goal of this course is to analyze the current
trends in styles employed in today’s illustration
field. The course also attempts to predict the
directions which will be favored in the future. In
addition, the student begins forming an individual
vision through the development of drawing as a
personal language.
TECH-228 Illustration: New Media II (2.00 cr.)
This course focuses on drawing the human form
(nude, fashion, and environmental) during the
class session. In addition, five homework assign-
ments, a sketch book and a portfolio composed
of projects executed in diverse media are creat-
ed. Student participation in classroom critiques
is encouraged to further develop the individual’s
understanding of graphic design and illustration.
COMD-481 Digital Painting (2.00 cr.)
This course is an extensive workshop in which
students are introduced to the process of
creating a representational image through the
combination of reflective and digital painting
techniques. This is more than a “how-to” class,
but rather an exploration in merging digital
and reflective art forms, and why it is or isn’t
a successful finish. The student will obtain a
greater understanding of the capabilities and
techniques needed to create representational
images and produce a blockbuster portfolio. readings, lecture, hands-on experimentation,
This class will also stress the fundamental
principles of color, line, form, and composition in
each assignment as well as how to build a digital
palette based on traditional artists colors.
COMD-483 Typeface Design F (2.00 cr.)
Students will design original typefaces and
lettering while learning about contemporary and
historical typeface design. Hands-on experience,
discussions, and demonstrations will give
students greater sensitivity for typography and
equip them to create custom type solutions for
clients. Students must already excel in typography
and be proficient in Illustrator to enroll.
Motivated students are encouraged to repeat
the course for a second semester for a more
ambitious typeface project and to research a
chosen aspect of typeface design in greater depth.
COMD-484 Typeface Design S (2.00 cr.)
Students will design original typefaces and
lettering while learning about contemporary and
historical typeface design. Hands-on experience,
discussions, and demonstrations will give
students greater sensitivity for typography and
equip them to create custom type solutions for
clients. Students must already excel in typography
and be proficient in Illustrator to enroll.
Motivated students are encouraged to repeat
the course for a second semester for a more
ambitious typeface project and to research a
chosen aspect of typeface design in greater depth.
COMD-485 Calligraphy (2.00 cr.)
Calligraphy offers a rich visible language that is
handmade and alphabetic. Using the broad-edge
pen, students will explore writing that is legible
yet flexible enough for contemporary design, has
strong links to typography, and is based on the
styles used in manuscript books. Students will
learn a majuscule and minuscule Roman script
through instruction in basic techniques and the
use of materials.
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COMD-487 Children’s Book Illustration FASD-145 Contextualizing Fashion (3.00 cr.) FASD-217 Fashion Design I (3.00 cr.)
Advanced (2.00 cr.) This course is an introduction to ways of Through a series of 3 research and practice
This course will serve as preparation for those examining clothing and fashion in context: how based projects students will explore the history
illustration students who wish to enter the we read images and representations of clothing and influence of past and contemporary design
children’s book publishing industry. Art directors and how they manipulate the meaning of the houses through a study of deconstruction,
and editors are always interested in seeing new garment, the ways in which this visual language references, silhouette, and structure. This under­-
book ideas, but the beginner must show not is used to produce fashion, and how and why standing or the relationship between past and
only that they are prepared and familiar with context is important in this process as key lenses present will serve as a trigger to encourage the
the requirements of the trade, but they have an through which we explore material culture. discovery of student’s individual interests and
original or unique way of looking at the world. These concepts will guide us as we embark on a aesthetic expression. Students are prompt­ed
The requirements include an original or adapted participatory research project and as a point of to explore shape, volume, color, technique and
story; a 32-page dummy and sample finish art, departure for class discussions, related readings fabric manipulations for collection develop­ment.
exploring in more detail the bookmaking process and field trips. Research, sketching, journaling, sourcing and
typically found in COMD 346. Classes will be production of 3D projects will occur throughout
conducted as an intensive seminar, individual FASD-202 Knitwear: Cut and Sew (3.00 cr.) the semester. This course is a critique-based
instruction and group critiques. This intensive cut and sew knitwear course is class that requires presentation of a standard that
designed to give students a comprehensive is expected of professional fashion designers.
Fashion Design experiential understanding of advanced pattern
making, draping and construction techniques FASD-221 Drape and Construct III (3.00 cr.)
applied to cut and sew knit fabrics as well as Students build on their practice of applying
SCJ-406 Sculpture VI Senior Intensive (4.00 cr.)
professional design room procedures. Students tech­­nical skills to the creative process by ex­
This Senior Intensive in Sculpture offers an in-
will make two complete seasonal looks using cut ploring draping, patternmaking, cutting and their
depth study of concepts, materials and processes.
and sew knitwear fabrications. relation­­ships to human anatomy. Through
It focuses on the development of the individual
experimentation with various textiles directly on
formative process, including research, develop­
FASD-210 Fashion Studio II: Design (3.00 cr.) the dress form, students will acquire an under­
ment, and Thesis.
Students study textile manipulation and the standing of fit, proportion, and creative design.
Requisite courses: Complete 24 Credits
fundamentals of fashion design through a Requisite courses: Take FASD-122
from FDC (Required, Previous)
series of research and practice based projects. (Required, Previous)
Students will explore fabrication and materiality,
FASD-110 FASH Studio: Concepts/Criteria
and gain experience and knowledge through FASD-222 Drape and Construct IV (3.00 cr.)
(3.00 cr.)
Students continue to build on their practice of
An introduction to fashion design, this course
display examples/visuals/media, site visits, applying technical skills to the creative process
familiarizes students with the fundamentals of the
collection development and critique. by exploring draping, patternmaking, cutting
fashion design practice. Students will begin to
and their relationships to materiality and human
comprehend design development processes
FASD-211 Hand Knitwear (3.00 cr.) anatomy. Through experimentation with various
while a practical knowledge of all the tools requ­ired
This course is one of two required knitwear textiles directly on the dress form, students will
to be a professional designer are introduced.
courses for the sophomore Fashion Design further their understanding of fit, proportion,
majors. Each focuses on a different component and creative design while developing a personal
FASD-113 Drawing: Figure and Form (3.00 cr.)
of the fashion industry. The purpose of this design philosophy and point of view.
Life Drawing is a comprehensive study of the
15-week intensive hand knitwear course is to Requisite courses: FASD-221
human figure. This course is a foundation level
give students a comprehensive experiential (Required, Previous or concurrent).
investigation of the body using a variety of
understanding of knit textiles and fully fashioned
media; figure drawing will be considered as a
garments. Students will learn beginning and FASD-260 Needle, Thread and Cloth (2.00 cr.)
formal vehicle to explore materials, techniques
advanced hand stitches and construction Become certified in use of the Department of
and conceptual issues.
techniques. Students will create 1 experimental Fashion Design sewing labs through demo­
knit piece, 2 fully hand knit garments and 3 nstration and practice of industrial machinery.
FASD-114 Fashion Illustration I (3.00 cr.)
accessories for their final collection. Students Investigate various forms of fabric manipulation
Students work from nude and clothed models
will have knitting tear sheet, sketchbook and and hand sewing treatments used by visual
and develop finished sketches in various media.
swatch stitch sampler book. artists and other designers. Become familiar with
They learn the development and importance of
how and where to find trimmings and specialty
a well-proportioned sketch. Requisite courses:
FASD-213 Fashion Illustration II: Digital (3.00 cr.) treatments used by industry professionals.
Take FASD-113 (Required, Previous)
Students will integrate industry standard
illustration software and digital skills into their FASD-280 Internship I (2.00 cr.)
FASD-121 Drape and Construct I (3.00 cr.)
creative workflow and fashion design practice. Students who successfully complete the required
Applying technical skills to a creative process,
Students will employ both manual and digital internship may do an additional two credits of
this course familiarizes students with a
techniques to effectively communicate their internship in a related field or a different area of
fundamental understanding of flat pattern
ideas and designs as they approach creative and the industry than the original work experience.
making, three-dimensional draping and garment
technical tasks including digital imaging, digital
construction. Students will learn to drape, draft
flats, surface design, illustration and present­ FASD-281 Internship II (2.00 cr.)
and construct a skirt as part of a mini-collection.
ations. The importance of proper file management Students who successfully complete the required
In addition, students will drape basic slopers for
and output considerations will be addressed. internship may do an additional two credits of
individual dress-forms.
internship in a related field or a different area of
the industry than the original work experience.
FASD-122 Drape and Construct II (3.00 cr.)
Building on FASD 121, students continue to
FASD-301 Shape and Form I (3.00 cr.)
expand and apply technical skills and concepts
Walking away for the dress-form, this two-semester
into a creative process. This course familiarizes
studio course dives deep into historical and con­­-
students with a fundamental understanding of
temporary construction methods, materials, and
flat patternmaking, three-dimensional draping
fabric manipulations, resulting in a mini collection.
and garment construction. Students will learn to
Requisite courses: Complete FASD-222
drape, draft and construct two garments as part
(Required, Previous)
of a mini-collection.
Requisite courses: Take FASD-121
(Required, Previous)
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FASD-302 Shape and Form II (3.00 cr.)
Shape and Form II this second part of a two-
semester studio course that expands upon
trad­itional and non-traditional methods and
tech­n­iques learned in the previous semester.
Students begin working directly on the live model
and will execute a mini-collection by integrating
design concepts explored in fashion design III.
FASD-306 Advanced Construction Technologies
(3.00 cr.)
Students are introduced to and will understand
critical thinking, concept development and skills
utilizing the “next generation” of construction
technologies in fashion, such as the seamless bond­
i­ng machine. Students will explore new ideas,
Vis a Vis hands on experimentation and create two
looks by combining research, concept, color,
construction and fabrications to arrive at their
own design aesthetic.
Requisite courses: Take FASD-221
(Required, Previous)
FASD-317 Fashion Design II (3.00 cr.)
This course is the first part of a two-semester
long course in the junior year that focuses on the
principals and practices of developing the
fashion collection from initial concept to final
garments. In the first semester, students explore
shape and silhouette through the study of
both tailoring and draping exercises. The creative
approach to building a collection explores,
challenges and questions what we see and how
we interpret contemporary fashion from initial
concept to final garments and looks.
Requisite courses: Take-FASD-217
(Required, Previous)
FASD-318 Fashion Design III (3.00 cr.)
This course is the second part of a two-semester
design studio intensive that focuses on the
principals and practices of developing the fashion
collection from initial concept to final garments.
In the second semester of the junior year,
students explore texture and pattern through
the study of knitwear and surface design.
Examination of visual culture, contemporary
practices of collection development, as well as
designer image, underpin the initial concept.
FASD-333 Methods in Fashion Construction
(3.00 cr.)
Applying technical skills to a creative process,
this course teaches students advanced tech­niques
of flat pattern making, draping, tailoring and
couture techniques and garment construction.
FASD-334 Leather Goods (3.00 cr.)
Students will become proficient in pattern and
sample making techniques specific to leather
goods, and will complete a structured frame bag,
a messenger gusset bag, a travel case and a zero-
waste scrap billfold.
FASD-337 Menswear I (2.00 cr.)
Basic flat pattern drafting, draping, and
con­struction for the men’s apparel industry
are studied. Students’ original designs
are executed.
FASD-360 Couture Sewing Techniques (2.00 cr.)
This course introduces students to fine sewing
techniques utilized in the ready-to-wear work­
room and provides the student with the basis
for understanding couture. This course teaches
advanced sewing techniques such as hand
stitching, hand zipper applications, decorative
closures, seam and hem finishes, as well as fabric
manipulation and applying trims and beading
on various fabrics. Students will also explore em-
bellishments such as fabric flower making, ribbon
weaving, quilting, pleating, trapnuto braiding
and soutache. Students will create a sample book
and a fluted bodice with french lining.
FASD-362 Leather and Fur Design and Constr.
(3.00 cr.)
This course teaches students advances methods
and techniques for designing and construction
leather, vinyl and fur garments. Students will
explore material use, finishing techniques and
pattern development, creating a library of samples
and three finished garments.
Requisite courses: Take FASD-221 (Required,
Previous or concurrent).
FASD-364 Shoe Design (3.00 cr.)
This course teaches students the concepts of
footwear design and how to design and construct
a variety of footwear. Students develop skills for
working with a last and learn patternmaking, sewing,
construction, and lasting techniques for closed
shoes. Students will learn all steps necessary for
completing two stitched shoe uppers from the
collection, and create and complete, with soles
one pump shoe and one oxford/lace-up shoe.
FASD-365 Advanced Flatbed Knitting (3.00 cr.)
In this class, students will master the hand flat-
bed knitting machines. The class focuses on
Hand flat-Bed knitting for fully fashioned knit
fabrics using the ribber attachment, punch
card and advanced hand manipulated flat-bed
techniques. Students will develop a greater
understanding of the use of knit fabrics for
shaping and texture.
FASD-368 Experimental Surface Design
(3.00 cr.)
This course is a comprehensive study of the art
of print making for textiles that explores all
aspects of screen-printing for fashion as yardage
and decorative embellishment. The process of
creating graphic images and patterns will be
developed in the context of surface techniques
and color applications. Using these advanced
methods in experimentation, the relationship of
how surface inspires form and how form inspires
surface will serve as the vehicle of innovation
for garments.
FASD-391 Accessories Collection (3.00 cr.)
In this course, students will explore and learn
various techniques and skills required to
create one-of-a-kind jewelry and accessories
collections. Students will experiment with
materials and construction techniques specific
to their designs to develop a collection from
concept to finished pieces.
Course Descriptions
FASD-401 Collection I (3.00 cr.)
Senior Collection I is the hallmark of the educa-
tional experience in the Fashion Department.
Students express their individual design aesthetic
and philosophy through the execution of con-
temporary collections exhibiting engineered
skill, imagination and creative vision. An advisory
panel made up of a wide-scope of fashion
practitioners from the industry and faculty from
various departments at Pratt critique the process
throughout the semester. Critical research,
analysis, investigative fabrication, and a strong
concept and identity underpin the creative
approach to collection development and execution
in the first semester. Professional fashion models
are used for fittings in both semesters.
Requisite courses: Complete FASD-322 FASD-318
(Required, Previous)
FASD-402 Collection II (4.00 cr.)
Students execute finished garments from original
designs with prominent designers as critics.
Students choose areas of design interest.
Requisite courses: Take FASD-401
(Required, Previous)
FASD-441 Portfolio Development (2.00 cr.)
Encourages the development of the professional
portfolio in anticipation of the requirements of
various levels in the fashion industry. Portfolios
are based on the consolidation of knowledge in
design and drawing techniques used to express
design concepts. Guest critics speak to the class
on some of the many areas of the industry and
critique the development of student portfolios.
FASD-453 Advanced Patternmaking (3.00 cr.)
To build and expand upon the fashion
department’s core curriculum in pattern, draping
and construction by learning advanced methods
and techniques in areas of cutting, drafting
and assembly of garment construction that can
be used on their own or in combination with
traditional and conventional techniques.
FASD-480 Internship IV (4.00 cr.)
All fashion juniors and seniors in good standing
are required to complete this internship. The
internship experience gives the student practical
training and work experience in her/his chosen
area of the fashion industry.
FASD-481 Fashion In Europe (2.00-3.00 cr.)
This course of study takes students on a collab­
orative learning journey with peer institutions in
Europe. Each year the fashion department teams
up with prominent art and design universities
for a two-week immersion in fashion, product,
textiles and accessory. In addition, students
en­gage in diverse environments and exchange
cultural values with faculty, students and the
surrounding community-providing students with
a greater cultural understanding of fashion
practice beyond New York.
FASD-490 Internship III (3.00 cr.)
Students who successfully complete the required
internship may do an additional three credits of
internship in a related field or a different area of
the industry than the original work experience.
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FASD-9400 FASH Internship (Summer Only)
The internship is a learning experience at a
discipline-related professional site. It provides
students with an opportunity to apply academic
knowledge and skills in a practical setting, while
obtaining new knowledge and skills in prepar­-
ation for professional work or graduate school.
Students experience the application of
course­work lessons into a real-life context, thus
enrich­ing their education. They deepen their
knowledge about important applied aspects of
their discipline, enhance their professional skills
in a real-world context, build their professional
network, and inform their career choices.
Additional faculty-supervised activities provide
the opportunity for an in-depth reflection
on the internship experience.
FASD-9401 FASH Internship (1.00 cr.)
The internship is a learning experience at a
discipline-related professional site. It provides
students with an opportunity to apply academic
knowledge and skills in a practical setting, while
obtaining new knowledge and skills in prepar­-
ation for professional work or graduate school.
Students experience the application of
course­work lessons into a real-life context, thus
enrich­ing their education. They deepen their
knowledge about important applied aspects of
their discipline, enhance their professional skills
in a real-world context, build their professional
network, and inform their career choices.
Additional faculty-supervised activities provide
the opportunity for an in-depth reflection
on the internship experience.
FASD-9402 FASH Internship (2.00 cr.)
The internship is a learning experience at a
discipline-related professional site. It provides
students with an opportunity to apply academic
knowledge and skills in a practical setting, while
obtaining new knowledge and skills in prepar­-
ation for professional work or graduate school.
Students experience the application of
course­work lessons into a real-life context, thus
enrich­ing their education. They deepen their
knowledge about important applied aspects of
their discipline, enhance their professional skills
in a real-world context, build their professional
network, and inform their career choices.
Additional faculty-supervised activities provide
the opportunity for an in-depth reflection
on the internship experience.
FASD-9403 FASH Internship (3.00 cr.)
The internship is a learning experience at a
discipline-related professional site. It provides
students with an opportunity to apply academic
knowledge and skills in a practical setting, while
obtaining new knowledge and skills in prepar­-
ation for professional work or graduate school.
Students experience the application of
course­work lessons into a real-life context, thus
enrich­ing their education. They deepen their
knowledge about important applied aspects of
their discipline, enhance their professional skills
in a real-world context, build their professional
network, and inform their career choices.
Additional faculty-supervised activities provide
the opportunity for an in-depth reflection
on the internship experience.
Industrial Design IND-245 2D Representation I (3.00 cr.)
This two-semester required course introduces
and develops a range of 2D communication skills
ART-496 Special Studies (Copenhagen) (6.00 cr.)
essential for the practice of industrial design.
This study abroad program is a seven- or nine-
Starting with the basics of ideational sketching
week summer program consisting of a three-credit
the course progresses to cover alternate
lecture series on various aspects of the history,
techniques, digital methodologies, and broader
theory and practice of Scandinavian design and
issues of graphics, symbolic representation, and
the philosophical, economic and political factors
presentation. Subject matter is restricted to
that are affecting the practice of design in a
small-scale objects.
global context.
IND-246 2D Representation II (3.00 cr.)
IND-001 Shop Safety
Part two of the two-semester course introduces
This course covers safety, logistics, and operation
and develops a range of 2D communication
of both stationary and portable power tools
skills essential for the practice of industrial
available in the industrial design wood shop. The
design. Building on the basic skills learned in
course leads to shop certification, and upon
IND-245. Student’s draw large-scale objects
its successful completion, enables the students
including furniture, interiors and exhibit spaces.
to use the industrial design wood shop facilities
Students also learn to convey subtleties of form,
responsibly during their matriculated stay at
use, attitude and style in persuasive drawings
Pratt. There is a fee associated with this course.
and renderings. The course provides a closer
connection to Design Studio projects, with a
IND-201 Design Studio I (3.00 cr.)
greater emphasis on digital methodologies,
Design studio I is a part of the two-part course
elements of graphic design, narrative and overall
that is developed to incorporate all aspects of
visual communication.
“making”. Through a series of simple exercises,
individual and group projects, students will dev­
IND-301 Design Studio III (3.00 cr.)
elop a basic understanding of the design process
Design Studio III exposes students to scenarios
through research, ideation, iterative sketch
and users in depth. The course incorporates the
modeling, prototyping and presentation. Through
use of technology, materials and manufacturing
analysis and hands-on experience, students
processes in the development of the projects.
begin to understand the complex process of
In development of creative proposals students
designing while learning fabrication techniques.
are expected to perform at a high level of visual
aesthetics and functionality.
IND-202 Design Studio II (3.00 cr.)
Design Studio II is a second part of two- part
IND-302 Design Studio IV (3.00 cr.)
course that re-iterates the process of design and
Design Studio IV exposes students to scenarios
making. Assignments of a more complex nature
and users in depth. At the same time the course
allow students to build up on skills learned in
incorporates the use of technology, materials
Design Studio I, applying these skills to research,
and manufacturing processes. Learned by
ideation, iterative sketch modeling, prototyping
students in the previous Design Studio classes.
and presentation. Through a series of individual
Products and systems of increased complexity
and group projects students develop further
are offered as studio topics. Students get
their understanding of the design process. Using
exposure to industry-sponsored projects,
analysis and hands-on experience, students
working with manufacturing companies and
actively demonstrate an awareness of designing,
cultural and social agencies.
while applying fabrication techniques learned in
the previous semester.
IND-311 3D Representation III (3.00 cr.)
Continuing complex study of form and space
IND-211 3D Representation I (3.00 cr.)
methodology, this class is a process of visually
This course explores the study of the structure
organizing infinite varieties of elements,
of three-dimensional visual relationship and
relationships, and spatial positions. It is a
develops student skills in assessing the aesthetic,
process of visual experience that invests objects
functional and conceptual aspects of form and
with significance and meaning connecting
space. A three-dimensional sensitivity is developed
the methodology to the design process. The
through a series of exercises, projects, and
incorporation of color studies and digital tools
lectures allowing for the cognition, organization
will be integrated into the exercises.
and articulation of the 3-D elements of line, plane,
volume, space, tonal value, texture, color, and the
IND-312 3D Representation IV (3.00 cr.)
synthesis of the 3-D principles of proportion, scale,
The course develops student skills in assessing
balance, movement, grouping, hierarchy, structure
the aesthetic, functional and conceptual aspects
and spatial tension. Manual and digital tools will
of form and space. Complex principles and
be utilized in students’ projects and exercises.
elements of form and space methodology are
applied toward a pragmatic design. Advanced
IND-212 3D Representation II (3.00 cr.)
visual sensitivity, incorporating color theory,
The course is devoted to exploring and increasing
graphic design, and digital tools, will expand
students’ sensitivity to form and space metho­­
aesthetic understanding.
dology with the visual organization of surface
relationships, surface juxtapositions, and
configuration with an organic form. Manual and
digital tools will be utilized in students’’ projects
and exercises. Parameters and rules for any
set of exercises will encourage students to look
for finer details or aspects as they execute
successively more complex problems.
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IND-315P Advanced Model Shop (3.00 cr.)
This is an elective advanced course that allows
students to master their modeling and fab­
rication techniques in wood, metal, and plastics—
the most common materials used to build visual
and working prototypes. This course takes the
students through a series of design projects that
result in complete, full-size working prototypes.
IND-320 Design Engineering I (3.00 cr.)
The first of a two-semester sequence, this
combination lecture/lab course focuses on
materials, manufacturing methods and the
application of this knowledge to the practice
of industrial Design. The course will introduce
commonly specified materials, their properties,
costs, and impacts on sustainability and com­
merce. The course will also study the relationship
of specific manufacturing methods on formal
and aesthetic compositions as well as their
relationship of these choices to markets, users
and overall product feasibility.
IND-321 Design Engineering II (3.00 cr.)
The second of a two-semester sequence, this
combination lecture/lab course focuses on
methods of manufacturing and engineering, and
the application of this knowledge to the practice
of Industrial Design. The course will introduce
commonly specified production processes and
fundamental principles of design engineering.
The course will also study the relationship
between specific manufacturing methods and
formal, and experiential properties of products
as well as their relationship to markets and users.
IND-402A Design VI (product) (4.00 cr.)
Studios in Product, Furniture and Transportation.
In the senior design course, the student is
expected to exhibit a full range of professional
competence and facility in designing advanced
products, environments and component
complexes of broad scope. All phases of each
problem are brought to a professional level:
sketches, renderings, drafting, models, written
documentation and photographs.
IND-405 Special Projects (3.00 cr.)
Interdisciplinary study concerning an approved
industrial design project with research, design
and presentation completed under supervision
of faculty is involved. This is offered as a studio
elective in the junior and senior years with
chairperson and faculty approval.
IND-406 Special Projects (3.00 cr.)
Interdisciplinary study concerning an approved
industrial design project with research, design
and presentation completed under supervision
of faculty is involved. This is offered as a studio
elective in the junior and senior years with
chairperson and faculty approval.
IND-406 Directed Research II (2.00 cr.)
Interdisciplinary study concerning an approved
industrial design project with research, design
and presentation completed under supervision
of faculty is involved. This is offered as a studio
elective in the junior and senior years with
chairperson and faculty approval.
IND-409 3D Space Representation I (3.00 cr.)
This course is directed toward the understanding
of the concept of negative volume (space) in
relation to interior and exterior environmental
situations. The first semester is devoted to a
series of abstract visual experiences designed to
develop awareness of space and of the relation­
ship of forms to a particular negative volume. In
the second semester, the student applies theory
to a project (shop, restaurant, outdoor theater,
exhibition space, or some other area of our
environment) and brings it to finished model form.
IND-410 3D Space Representation II (3.00 cr.)
This course is directed toward the understanding
of the concept of negative volume (space) in
relation to interior and exterior environmental
situations. The first semester is devoted to a
series of abstract visual experiences designed to
develop awareness of space and of the relation­
ship of forms to a particular negative volume. In
the second semester, the student applies theory
to a project (shop, restaurant, outdoor theater,
exhibition space, or some other area of our
environment) and brings it to finished model form.
IND-417 Toy Design (3.00 cr.)
This course deals with design techniques related
to toy design, encompassing building, color,
graphics, simple mechanics, and drafting. These
will be applied through use of plastic, wood,
foam, wire, paint, pencils, markers and vacuum
forming. Special consideration is given to the
understanding of the child. The safety concerns
as well as the educational and fun value of the
toy will be considered. Children will judge the
student’s toy at the end of the semester.
IND-441 Professional Practice (3.00 cr.)
The mission of this course is to prepare
graduating industrial design students for their
transition from Pratt, to a career within the
Industrial Design Profession. It will cover and expect
presentation technique and delivery, along with
verbal and written thoroughness. This class is an
opportunity to develop a competitive edge in
one’s visual materials, and the ability to target,
seek and realize professional appointment.
IND-442 Professional Practice II (2.00 cr.)
This course covers the concepts of legal rights,
responsibility and obligations of the designer,
and reviews contracts, patents, copyrights,
and royalties. The course also covers areas of
professional responsibility within a corporate
environment, working for design consultants, and
the step-by-step procedure for establishing a
professional industrial design practice.
Requisite courses: Complete IND-441
(Required, Previous)
IND-443 Digital Ideation (3.00 cr.)
Digital Ideation provides students with
theoretical principles and practical examples
of a wide variety of digital technology, tools,
software and methods which designers are likely
to encounter in current practice. These include
solid and surface modeling, 3-D rendering,
animation, and output for rapid prototyping. This
course will afford students the ability to make
the best use of digital tools and methods suited
to a particular project. Emphasis is places on
ideation skill in the digital environment, bringing
initial concepts to sophisticated realization.
Course Descriptions
IND-450 Design Theory and Research (3.00 cr.)
This class provides the framework for students to
develop critical thinking and writing methods, to
participate in a current and meaningful discourse
on design theory and to articulate a written
proposal for their major capstone project to be
executed in their final semester.
IND-451 Prototypes I (3.00 cr.)
This course is offered to seniors who wish to
pursue their own special talents or inventive
faculties. The resulting forms must be designed
and built as complete, full-size, and useful
prototypes—that is, the first of a series. The
only restrictions on form are simple and logical:
to be able to execute the project with available
materials, tools and personal finance. Furniture,
mass production ceramics, lighting, portable
structures, and textiles are potential projects.
IND-452 Prototypes II (3.00 cr.)
This course is offered to seniors who wish to
pursue their own special talents or inventive
faculties. The resulting forms must be designed
and built as complete, full-size, and useful
prototypes—that is, the first of a series. The
only restrictions on form are simple and logical:
to be able to execute the project with available
materials, tools and personal finance. Furniture,
mass production ceramics, lighting, portable
structures, and textiles are potential projects.
IND-487 Sustainability and Production (3.00 cr.)
This course explores issues of sustainability
and social responsibility in product design with
an emphasis on materials and supply chain
flows. The importance of the designer’s role in
understanding the environmental and social
consequences of creating and producing
products will be emphasized. Intended for the
advanced undergraduate, studies on the impacts
of production and consumption will be covered
through readings, class discussions, and lecture
materials. Students will be introduced to tools
to assess the environmental impacts of products
and services to create baseline models; their
findings will be used to develop alternative concepts
that reduce environmental impacts of products.
IND-9400 Undergraduate Industrial Design
Internship
The internship is a learning experiences at a
discipline-related professional site. It provides
students with an opportunity to apply academic
knowledge and skills in a practical setting,
while obtaining new knowledge and skills in
preparation for professional work or graduate
school. Students experience the application of
coursework lessons into a real-life context, thus
enriching their education. They deepen their
knowledge about important applied aspects of
their discipline, enhance their professional skills
in a real-world context, build their professional
network, and inform their career choices.
Additional faculty-supervised activities provide
the opportunity for an in-depth reflection on
the internship experience.
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IND-9401 Undergraduate Industrial Design
Internship (1.00 cr.)
The internship is a learning experience at a
discipline-related professional site. It provides
students with an opportunity to apply academic
knowledge and skills in a practical setting, while
obtaining new knowledge and skills in prepar­-
ation for professional work or graduate school.
Students experience the application of
course­work lessons into a real-life context, thus
enrich­ing their education. They deepen their
knowledge about important applied aspects of
their discipline, enhance their professional skills
in a real-world context, build their professional
network, and inform their career choices.
Additional faculty-supervised activities provide
the opportunity for an in-depth reflection
on the internship experience.
IND-9402 Undergraduate Industrial Internship
(2.00 cr.)
The internship is a learning experience at a
discipline-related professional site. It provides
students with an opportunity to apply academic
knowledge and skills in a practical setting, while
obtaining new knowledge and skills in prepar­-
ation for professional work or graduate school.
Students experience the application of
course­work lessons into a real-life context, thus
enrich­ing their education. They deepen their
knowledge about important applied aspects of
their discipline, enhance their professional skills
in a real-world context, build their professional
network, and inform their career choices.
Additional faculty-supervised activities provide
the opportunity for an in-depth reflection
on the internship experience.
IND-9403 Undergraduate Industrial Internship
(3.00 cr.)
The internship is a learning experience at a
discipline-related professional site. It provides
students with an opportunity to apply academic
knowledge and skills in a practical setting, while
obtaining new knowledge and skills in prepar­-
ation for professional work or graduate school.
Students experience the application of
course­work lessons into a real-life context, thus
enrich­ing their education. They deepen their
knowledge about important applied aspects of
their discipline, enhance their professional skills
in a real-world context, build their professional
network, and inform their career choices.
Additional faculty-supervised activities provide
the opportunity for an in-depth reflection
on the internship experience.
SOD-001 Shop Safety
This course covers safety, logistics, and operation
of both stationary and portable power tools
available in the industrial design wood shop. The
course leads to shop certification, and upon its
successful completion, enables the students to
use the industrial design wood shop facilities
responsibly during their matriculated stay at
Pratt. There is a fee associated with this course.
Interior Design INT-234 Language of Drawing II (3.00 cr.)
Language of Drawing II emphasizes the
representation of spatial, material, and sensual
INT-201 Design Studio I (3.00 cr.)
elements in existing, proposed and remembered
These courses deal with our relationship to space,
environments. The course focuses on using
form and the environment in a broad sense.
drawing and representation tools and techniques
Emphasis is on human factors, scale, materials
as means to analyze, distill and present complex
and structures. The courses progress from abstract
information and ideas. Students are encouraged
to problem-solving through analysis and
to develop and refine a personal representational
include consideration of professional design
language, building upon an understanding of
problems of modern scope.
graphic conventions. The course emphasizes
the clarity and the expressive qualities of graphic
INT-202 Design Studio II (3.00 cr.)
communication applied to concepts of
These courses deal with our relationship to space,
interior design.
form and the environment in a broad sense.
Requisite courses: Take INT-233
Emphasis is on human factors, scale, materials
(Required, Previous)
and structures. The courses progress from abstract
to problem-solving through analysis and
INT-301 Design Studio III (3.00 cr.)
include consideration of professional design
Students study the design of large-scale spaces
problems of modern scope.
with an emphasis on planning institutional public
Requisite courses: Take INT-201
and commercial spaces (contract design work).
(Required, Previous)
The courses include an exploration of complete
solutions to environmental, interior and archi-
INT-217 Assemblies and Environments (3.00 cr.)
tectural problems based on space analysis and
Assemblies and Environments is an introduction
planning. Coordination of furnishings, materials,
to the principles and practices applied to the
user needs and equipment is emphasized.
constructed environment, providing an overview
Requisite courses: Take INT-202
of their materials, components, assemblies,
(Required, Previous or concurrent).
environmental systems, and construction theory.
Through weekly lectures on topics related to
INT-302 Design Studio IV (3.00 cr.)
materials and systems of the built environment,
Students study the design of large-scale spaces
the course examines the anatomy of a building
with an emphasis on planning institutional public
and how building systems are coordinated
and commercial spaces (contract design work).
with and impact the design of the interior. Through
The courses include an exploration of complete
a study of historical precedents, this course
solutions to environmental, interior and archi-
examines how, the evolution of materials, tech-
tectural problems based on space analysis and
nologies and integrated systems have impacted
planning. Coordination of furnishings, materials,
design solutions. Beyond an introduction to the
user needs and equipment is emphasized.
various building systems—including structural,
Requisite courses: Take INT-301
mech­­anical, plumbing, and electrical—the course
(Required, Previous)
will explore how acoustic, lighting and thermal design
impacts the quality of the interior environment.
INT-325 Emergent Platforms (3.00 cr.)
Emergent Platforms introduces students to digital
INT-218 Color Materials Lighting (3.00 cr.)
drawing, modeling and fabrication techniques,
Color, Materials, Lighting is an overview of the
exploring the relationships between design,
fundamentals of these elements of the interior
tools, and construction processes enabled through
environment and examines their interactions
evolving digital platforms. Integral to the explor­-
in impacting interior spaces. Functional and
ations will be an understanding of applicable
aesthetic properties of color and light, material and
materials—their effects, potentials, and constraints.
form will be explored. Building upon the found­
Students will explore potential of digital technol-
ations of color theory, this course studies those
ogies applied to various scales and applications
principles with respect to the interior environment.
across disciplines including furniture and objects
as well as environmental constructs.
INT-233 Language of Drawing I (3.00 cr.)
Requisite courses: Take INT-234 or INT-217
Language of Drawing I introduces students to the
(Required, Previous)
communication of physical and conceptual ideas
of space, materiality, light and construction.
INT-326 Materials Methods Meaning (3.00 cr.)
Emphasis will be places on developing methods
Through readings, discussions and assignments,
of working across media, understanding the
this course introduces students to formal and
appropriate form and means of representation
material approaches to design and construction.
to develop literacy and resourcefulness in design
Readings explore issues of aesthetics, form-
drawing and communication.
making, materiality, spatial and atmospheric exper­
ience, decoration, and details. Writing and
discussion will consider the design and fab­ri­cation
processes, and how attitudes and interpretations
of interior spaces are dynamic and changing.
Requisite courses: Take INT-217 or INT-234
(Required, Previous)
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INT-342 Time Culture Context (3.00 cr.)
Through readings, discussions and assignments,
this course students to psychological, social,
and cultural approaches to design. Readings explore
issues of identity, home, public and private,
and ethics.
INT-401 Design Studio V (3.00 cr.)
Advanced problems in design dealing with
complex interior and environmental problems
are presented in the fall semester.
Requisite courses: Take INT-302
(Required, Previous)
INT-402 Design VI: Thesis (4.00 cr.)
The spring semester (INT-402) is devoted entirely
to the development of a major design project:
the Senior Design Thesis—a full semester of work
on a self-initiated project based on a strong sense
of professionalism and design maturity.
Requisite courses: Take INT-401 INT-403
(Required, Previous)
INT-402 Design Studio VI-Thesis (3.00 cr.)
The spring semester (INT-402) is devoted entirely
to the development of a major design project:
the Senior Design Thesis—a full semester of work
on a self-initiated project based on a strong
sense of professionalism and design maturity.
Requisite courses: Take INT-401
(Required, Previous)
INT-405 Design Research Strategies (3.00 cr.)
Design Research Strategies is a course
intended to guide students in the research and
development of a thesis project. As such, this
course expands and builds upon the readings,
analysis, and research undertaken in previous
courses to address theoretical, social, cultural
and physical design issues. In this course
students will assemble the components of design
brief hat will be used to continue to guide the
project during the thesis design semester.
Requisite courses: Take INT-302
(Required, Previous)
INT-419 The Working Set (3.00 cr.)
The Working Set provides students the
opportunity to develop and apply their
knowledge of drawings, color, materials, lighting
and interior constructed assemblies to an
advanced-level study of an interior environment.
Students will investigate, represent and present
case study projects that reflect the design
of interior space as Gesamtkunstwerk, a total
work of art. Exploring scale from detail to
room, analysis of the case study will reveal the
relationships and integration of lighting, material,
furnishings, environmental systems and details
in a small-scale interior environment. The
Working Set will provide students familiarity with
interior documentation and representational
methods employed in the practice of interior
design culmination in the production of a
comprehensive set of working drawings of the
case study.
Requisite courses: INT-234 INT-217 INT-326
(Required, Previous)
INT-431 Professional Practice (2.00 cr.)
This course focuses on the practice of design
as a professional business, including the skills
required in office management, the marketing
of professional services, and client/contractor
relationships. It prepares the student both
for employment as an interior designer upon
graduation as well as for future opportunities as
a manager of designers and/or the development
of their own design firm.
INT-441 Position Practice Portfolio (3.00 cr.)
Positioning, Practice, Portfolio focuses on design
as a profession, and the elements that go into
forming, managing and marketing a firm. The
course considers the broader view of interior
design, such as the role and responsibility of the
interior designer, engaging in issues of ethics,
sustainability, and alternative practice settings.
The course will prepare the student both for
employment as an interior designer upon
graduation as well as for future opportunities
as a professional in design-related practice
settings, and/or the development of their own
design firm.
Requisite courses: Take INT-302
(Required, Previous)
INT-456 Special Projects (1.00-4.00 cr.)
Coursework/and or projects that are assigned on
an individual basis.
INT-481 Interior Options Lab (3.00 cr.)
The Interior Options Lab provides the oppor­
tunity for hands on exploration in selected areas
of interest. Projects will explore detail areas
of Interior Design rather that full interior Environ­
ments. Each options lab section will uniquely
address issues and practices relative to the
Interior Design Department concentration areas.
INT-485 Taste (3.00 cr.)
This course examines the relationship of design students with an opportunity to apply academic
and taste. This subject engages the material and knowledge and skills in a practical setting, while
the social, allowing course participants to exam­
ine the effect of rapidly changing cultural forces
on design and on its representations over time.
Requisite courses: Take HAD-364
(Required, Previous)
INT-9400 Interior Design Internship (0.00 cr.)
Summer
The internship is a learning experience at a
discipline-related professional site. It provides
students with an opportunity to apply academic
knowledge and skills in a practical setting, while
obtaining new knowledge and skills in prepar­-
ation for professional work or graduate school.
Students experience the application of
course­work lessons into a real-life context, thus
enrich­ing their education. They deepen their
knowledge about important applied aspects of
their discipline, enhance their professional skills
in a real-world context, build their professional
network, and inform their career choices.
Additional faculty-supervised activities provide
the opportunity for an in-depth reflection
on the internship experience.
Course Descriptions
INT-9401 Undergraduate Interior Design
Internship (1.00 cr.)
The internship is a learning experience at a
discipline-related professional site. It provides
students with an opportunity to apply academic
knowledge and skills in a practical setting, while
obtaining new knowledge and skills in prepar­-
ation for professional work or graduate school.
Students experience the application of
course­work lessons into a real-life context, thus
enrich­ing their education. They deepen their
knowledge about important applied aspects of
their discipline, enhance their professional skills
in a real-world context, build their professional
network, and inform their career choices.
Additional faculty-supervised activities provide
the opportunity for an in-depth reflection
on the internship experience.
INT-9402 Undergraduate Interior Design
Internship (2.00 cr.)
The internship is a learning experience at a
discipline-related professional site. It provides
students with an opportunity to apply academic
knowledge and skills in a practical setting, while
obtaining new knowledge and skills in prepar­-
ation for professional work or graduate school.
Students experience the application of
course­work lessons into a real-life context, thus
enrich­ing their education. They deepen their
knowledge about important applied aspects of
their discipline, enhance their professional skills
in a real-world context, build their professional
network, and inform their career choices.
Additional faculty-supervised activities provide
the opportunity for an in-depth reflection
on the internship experience.
INT-9403 Undergraduate Interior Design
Internship (3.00 cr.)
The internship is a learning experience at a
discipline-related professional site. It provides
obtaining new knowledge and skills in prepar­-
ation for professional work or graduate school.
Students experience the application of
course­work lessons into a real-life context, thus
enrich­ing their education. They deepen their
knowledge about important applied aspects of
their discipline, enhance their professional skills
in a real-world context, build their professional
network, and inform their career choices.
Additional faculty-supervised activities provide
the opportunity for an in-depth reflection
on the internship experience.
SOD-499 Independent Study (1.00-6.00 cr.)
In this undergraduate course, work is assigned
on an individual basis under advisement by a
faculty member, and in consultation with the
department’s chairperson. This course provides
undergraduate students with the opportunity to
pursue a project that goes beyond the existing
curriculum or facilities.
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SCHOOL OF LIBERAL ARTS
AND SCIENCES
Cultural History
CH-300 World Civilizations I (3.00 cr.)
This survey of human history from ancient times
to the French Revolution explores the variety
of civilizations which have evolved, with the aim
of promoting understanding of the historical
forces—intellectual, political and social—that
have shaped the course of world history.
CH-400 World Civilizations II (3.00 cr.)
A continuation of the core sequence, This seminar helps students synthesize and
this course brings the exploration of human
history into the present era.
Requisite courses: Complete CH-300 or CH-REQT
(Required, Previous)
CH-442 Romanticism to Existentialism (3.00 cr.)
An examination through literary and
philosophical sources of the two intellectual
movements that have shaped the culture of the
modern world. Rousseau, Locke, Schopenhauer,
Nietzsche, Kafka, Sartre and Camus are among
the authors whose works are considered.
CH-450 Special Studies (1.00-3.00 cr.)
A special study in any cultural history area under
the guidance of an instructor. It is designed for
students participating in Pratt programs abroad
and for those engaging in independent study.
Cultural Studies
CST-100 First-Year Seminar (3.00 cr.)
Introduces students to the varied forms of
scholarly research and cultural production here
at Pratt and around New York City. Participants
examine the many approaches to the study of
cultural production, and the contradictions and
possibilities inherent in the reproduction of
culture. It will draw on faculty here Pratt. As well
as integrate guest lectures, walking tours, and
site visits into the class.
CST-190 Beyond Google I (1.00 cr.)
Beyond Google examines many of the central
issues in Information Literacy (the ability to
critically retrieve, use, and evaluate information).
Topics include an introduction to information
best practices, research strategies. Search
engine limitations, online and print resources
and citation styles. Students will gain an
understanding of copyright, fair use. Plagiarism
and information ethics. The culture and theory of
contemporary information related issues will be
covered as well.
CST-390 Beyond Google II (1.00 cr.)
An advanced version of CST 190, focused on
identifying and using information sources
relevant to students’ Thesis and Senior Projects.
Requisite courses: Take CST-190
(Required, Previous)
CST-440 Senior Project (3.00 cr.) CST-9403P Cst Internship (3.00 cr.)
This course provides students with an opportunity This course is to provide students with a structure
to use their knowledge and experience to for experiential learning through internships
create an innovative organizational initiative or with local arts organizations, governmental
cultural intervention. This could entail organizing and nongovernmental agencies, non-profits
a neighborhood mural project, designing and elsewhere in the culture industry. The
and managing a Web site, producing a local or internship provides an opportunity to acquire
public access radio show, participating in an knowledge of these sites and to analyze the
aca­demic conference, etc. Students work closely strengths and weaknesses of existing institutions
with faculty to create a project topic and as well as their possibilities. A credit-bearing
course of study. internship is a three-way partnership between
Requisite courses: Complete CST-390 SS-225 the student, Pratt Institute, and an employer.
SS-299 (Required, Previous) The responsibilities of each partner must be
outlined in a Learning Contract completed at the
CST-480 Senior Thesis (3.00 cr.) beginning of the internship experience.
reflect upon their experiences in the program. Foreign Languages
Students present position papers outlining the
more pressing questions that have resulted from
CHI-101 Elementary Chinese I (3.00 cr.)
their studies. These papers are developed into a
This is a course in conversational Mandarin,
final thesis statement.
including basic grammar and basic functional
Requisite courses: Complete CST-440
vocabulary of the Chinese language, and aspects
(Required, Previous)
of Chinese culture.
CST-9400 Critical/Visual Study Intern
CHI-103 Chinese II (3.00 cr.)
This course is to provide students with a structure
This is a course in conversational Mandarin,
for experiential learning through internships
including basic grammar and basic functional
with local arts organizations, governmental
vocabulary of the Chinese language, and aspects
and nongovernmental agencies, non-profits
of Chinese culture.
and elsewhere in the culture industry. The
internship provides an opportunity to acquire
FREN-101 Introduction to French I (3.00 cr.)
knowledge of these sites and to analyze the
This course focuses equally on oral comprehen-
strengths and weaknesses of existing institutions
sion and speaking, reading, and written
as well as their possibilities. A credit-bearing
expression. Vocabulary is presented thematically in
internship is a three-way partnership between
the context of everyday life in France. Students
the student, Pratt Institute, and an employer.
will develop writing skills and will enjoy French songs,
The responsibilities of each partner must be
poems, and readings on cultural topics. A feature-
outlined in a Learning Contract completed at the
length French film will complete this introduction.
beginning of the internship experience.
FREN-102 Introduction to French II (3.00 cr.)
CST-9401 CST Internship (1.00 cr.)
This course is a continuation of French 101. The
This course is to provide students with a structure
course focuses equally on oral comprehension
for experiential learning through internships
and speaking by mimicking, responding to
with local arts organizations, governmental
questions and participating in brief conversations
and nongovernmental agencies, non-profits
with one another. New vocabulary will be pres­
and elsewhere in the culture industry. The
ented in the context of everyday life in France.
internship provides an opportunity to acquire
Fluency in spoken and written French will progress
knowledge of these sites and to analyze the
from simple sentences to paragraphs and
strengths and weaknesses of existing institutions
short compositions.
as well as their possibilities. A credit-bearing
Requisite courses: Complete HMS-101A
internship is a three-way partnership between
or 101B with a grade of C or better.
the student, Pratt Institute, and an employer.
(Required, Previous)
The responsibilities of each partner must be
outlined in a Learning Contract completed at the
FREN-201 Intermediate French I (3.00 cr.)
beginning of the internship experience.
French 201 is the first of two courses which
comprise Intermediate French. The class is
CST-9402 Cst Internship (2.00 cr.)
conducted as much as possible in French, and
This course is to provide students with a structure
focuses on listening, speaking, reading and
for experiential learning through internships
writing. We begin with a review of basic pron­
with local arts organizations, governmental
unciation, vocabulary, verbs and grammar.
and nongovernmental agencies, non-profits
Each chapter features a relevant short French
and elsewhere in the culture industry. The
film. Using cultural themes that introduce new
internship provides an opportunity to acquire
vocabulary, we then move on to more complex
knowledge of these sites and to analyze the
grammar. French literature is introduced in
strengths and weaknesses of existing institutions
poems and short stories for reading, discussion
as well as their possibilities. A credit-bearing
and written reaction. We conclude with a
internship is a three-way partnership between
feature-length French film.
the student, Pratt Institute, and an employer.
The responsibilities of each partner must be
outlined in a Learning Contract completed at the
beginning of the internship experience.
Course Descriptions 291
FREN-202 Intermediate French II (3.00 cr.) Humanities and Media Studies HMS-201B Intro Literary and Critical for Arch II HMS-203C International Novels (3.00 cr.) HMS-225A Introduction to Journalism (3.00 cr.) HMS-240A Intro to Film History/Analysis
French 202 is the second of two courses which (3.00 cr.) Important novels from African, Asian, and Latin This course teaches basic techniques of (3.00 cr.)
comprise Intermediate French. The class is con­ This introductory seminar is in correspondence American cultures introduce vivid lives, moral journalism, including research, interviewing, This course is an introduction to the history, analytic
HMS-101A Literary and Critical Studies I
ducted as much as possible in French, and focuses with your architectural design studio and is issues and aesthetic values which differ from fact-checking and ethics-all in the context of concepts, and critical vocabulary necessary
(3.00 cr.)
on listening, speaking, reading and writing. The intended to help you challenge and develop your those in the Euro-American tradition but which readings in the history of journalism and under for understanding cinema as a major cultural
This class serves as an introduction to reading and
thrust this semester is more advanced spoken and ideas about the relationship between space, show common passions and problems. Films, the guidance of an experienced professional. form of the 20th century. You will be invited to
writing about literary texts and critical theory,
written French, and more challenging literature. the body and the built environment, as well as guest speakers, and field trips enlarge cultural Students research and write basic news stories see cinema as a dynamic and international art
with a concentration on composition, critical
to give your practice in both articulating these perspectives. Writing encourages comparative and profiles and generate story ideas, with form that has evolved in response to its own
analysis, and research. Students are requires to
ITAL-101 Italian I (3.00 cr.) ideas and relating them to the context, syntax research and personal involvement. encouragement to pursue suitable outlets for history, that of the other arts, and wider historical,
write essays based on the critical analysis of
This course introduces students to Italian, and intention of your architectural investigations publication. Classroom instruction and writing political, technological, and economic contexts.
texts across a range of genres. Emphasis is placed
emphasizing comprehension, speaking, reading, in the studio. In this seminar, as a way of building HMS-205A African-American Culture (3.00 cr.) assignments are supplemented with field trips The goal of this class is to serve as an introduction
on using writing as an extension of the thought
and writing through the study of grammar and on the work you did in HMS 101B, we’ll broaden Survey of African-American Culture explores and guest lectures from professional journalists. both to film history and to how to think, write,
and creative process, and as a tool that can be
elementary composition and oral drills. the understanding of the form of language your the art generated by women and men of African The course is a preferred elective for Writing and talk about films as media of cultural praxis.
integrated across academic and artistic dis­
Requisite courses: Complete HMS-101A developed in that class by engaging with a variety descent in the United States and the Caribbean. Program students.
ciplines. There will be a focus on mastering the
or HMS-101B with a grade of C or better. of texts to help you examine the content of We will explore archetypes and stereotypes, HMS-261A Intro to Public Speaking (3.00 cr.)
elements of the thesis-centered essay and
(Required, Previous) language out it the world and its place in archi- themes of flight and return, of assimilation and HMS-225B Intro to Feature Writing (3.00 cr.) This course is an introduction to effective public
developing research skills.
tecture. We will begin by developing distinctions resistance and seek to uncover the meaning and This class will provide a hands-on introduction to speaking as well as effective communication in
ITAL-102 Italian II (3.00 cr.) between the notion of language and culture substance of voices resisting silence. newspaper and magazine reporting, with a focus small groups. All students will develop, organize,
HMS-101B Literary Critical Studies
This course continues the first semester of Italian and explore the understanding that language is on writing a wide array of feature articles-among and deliver several types of speeches; study
for Arch Students I (3.00 cr.)
given at Pratt’s Brooklyn campus. The course is performative, produced through representation, HMS-208A Medieval Literature and Culture them news features, profiles, reviews and human in workshop form the dynamics of various inter­
This class serves as an introduction to literature,
designed to give ITAL-101 first semester beginners perception and experience of the material envi- (3.00 cr.) interest pieces. personal communication situations, such
composition, critical analysis, and research for
a good working knowledge of both written and ronment, and mediated through many different Since the term “Middle Ages” is burdened as conflict management, job interviews, body
architecture students. Students are required to
spoken Italian. Conversational skills are stressed. forces (cultural, symbolic, social). The emphasis with designating one thousand years of history HMS-230A Literary Criticism and Theory Survey language, and cross-cultural exchanges; and
write essays based on the critical analysis of texts
Requisite courses: Complete HMS-101A of the second semester course is on post-colo- (c.500-1500), this course will provide a necessarily (3.00 cr.) improve critiquing and listening skills. Students
across a range of genres. Emphasis is placed
or HMS-101B with a grade of C or better. nial theory and critical race theory. As a way to limited overview of a few major literary, philo­ The status of literature—its meaning, structure, truth will complete research papers and lead mini-
on using writing as an extension of the thought
(Required, Previous) feed these explorations, we will study texts from sophical, religious, and aesthetic issues that value, and social function—has proven, through- workshops about further aspects of inter­
process, and as a tool that can be integrated
a range of fields such as literature, film, criticism, defined the period in Western Europe. Literary out history, to be surprisingly controversial, personal communication.
across academic and artistic disciplines. Stress is
ITAL-102I Italian II (Rome) (3.00 cr.) science, philosophy, architecture, and cultural and philosophical texts will be situated within and has generated endless commentary. This class
placed on mastering the elements of the thesis-
This course continues ITAL-101 offered in the fall. theory, and then create a conversation between the historic, aesthetic, social, and intellectual provides a survey of the field of literary criticism HMS-262A Introduction to Acting (3.00 cr.)
centered essay and developing research skills.
The course is designed to give beginnings a these texts and your own ideas through a variety contexts in which they emerged in order to and theory from Antiquity to the present. Texts This class enables students to develop fund­
This course is open ONLY to Architecture students.
good working knowledge of both written and of writing challenges. The pace of the seminar provide a sense of the specific trends that char­ are drawn from a range of theoretical schools or amental acting skills including voice, movement,
spoken Italian. Conversational skills are stressed. allows for greater reflexivity and thoughtful con- acterized shorter periods within the medieval movements, including formalism, structuralism, expression, imagination, character development,
HMS-200B Advanced Literary Critical Studies
The course also introduces and integrates struction of ideas that are presented in the stu- era. The trends to be studied will vary each psychoanalysis, Marxism, feminism and gender trust and relaxation.
for Arch I (3.00 cr.)
aspects of Italian culture relative to the spring se- dio. In many ways, the literary and critical studies semester the course is taught. studies, sexuality studies, deconstruction, and
This course enables registered Architecture
mester curriculum conducted in Rome. Aspects seminar is the nodal point for all of the other post-structuralism. While the course focuses on HMS-290A Sound Across the Arts (3.00 cr.)
students who have completed their first-
of literature, history, sociology, and anthropology courses in the architecture program; it is in the HMS-208B Early Modern Literature and Culture literary criticism, connections are also made to This course is an introduction to sound
semester Freshman English requirement to take
are introduced by visiting lecturers who will seminar that you will learn to practice reflexivity (3.00 cr.) art criticism and intellectual history. across the arts. Students will encounter works
an advanced writing-intensive class linked to
discuss issues of historic and contemporary Italian through speaking, performance and writing. We This course provides an overview of the roots created in the fields of experimental music,
their first-semester design studio. All first year
culture. A weekly film series introduces critical will divide our work into three units, each of of modern Western culture and its global HMS-231B Introduction to New Testament sound art, sound installation, film sound, and
students, regardless of status, will register in the
classic Italian cinema feature and documentary which requires you to focus on a different medi- engage­ments. The goal is to provide the student (3.00 cr.) audio literature. We will discuss the project,
following semester in HMS 201B.
films. Relevant museum visits are also scheduled um and a different type of academic writing; as with a grasp of the range of historical, philo­ This introductory, nonsectarian course includes techniques, theories, and other intersections
as part of the course. the final project of each unit, you will produce a sophical, and literary issues raised by early extensive readings from a modern English trans- between and among the creative contexts for
HMS-201A Literary and Critical Studies II
Requisite courses: Complete HMS-101A written essay that engages with both a primary modern texts and images produced prior to 1700. lation of the New Testament; plus a supplementary artists working in the medium of sound.
(3.00 cr.)
or HMS-101B with a grade of C or better. text (such as a novel, a film, a work of architec- It aims to move the student towards an appreciation text, media presentations, lecture-discussions,
While students continue to deepen and refine
(Required, Previous) ture or your own final project in the architectural of the alterity of this period, and thus of the and a field trip. We explore contributions from HMS-291B Intro Transdisciplinary Writing
the critical thinking and writing skills required
design studio) and the theoretical/critical; texts contingency of ways of thinking and creating that many disciplines that relate to biblical scholarship (1.00 cr.)
in 101A, emphasis is places on exploring literary
ITAL-201 Intermediate Italian I (3.00 cr.) and concepts we have discussed during the we take for granted in the modern era. (e. g., history, archeology, linguistics) in order This one-credit writing workshop provides an
and visual texts in historical and cultural contexts
This course will build on skills learned in first-year semester. In each unit, you will first complete a to more fully understand the texts in their original introduction to language formation across the
and in their myriad relations to critical theory.
Italian, continuing to emphasize comprehension, series of pre-draft assignments form which you HMS-215 Writing for the Professional (3.00 cr.) cultural settings. Students do additional research disciplines. By adapting principles from the
Students will also continue to develop and refine
speaking, reading and writing through the study of will develop (and substantially revise) an essay; Students learn effective business communication. (e.g., on art influenced by the New Testament, on philosophy of language, students will learn to
a writing style characterized by coherency, clarity
readings, grammar, oral communication and writing. for the research assignment of the course, you The use of professional language and the prin­ciples controversies rooted in the New Testament, etc.), locate a material language that corresponds
of expression, analytical rigor, and personal style.
Requisite courses: Complete HMS-101A will produce a ten-page essay. At the end of the of organization are stressed in the resume, write papers, and present their findings in class. with their making process at one within and
The course will culminate in an independent
or HMS-101B with a grade of C or better, term you will turn in a complete portfolio with all cover letter, proposal, letter of refusal, memo, beyond the discipline of architecture. In weekly
research project that helps to point students
and ITAL-102 (Required, Previous) of the essays you have produced this semester, presentation and research report and other HMS-232A Horror and Monstrosity (3.00 cr.) assignments, students will develop new forms of
toward their further focused studies.
and a reflection on the revisions of the essays. docu­ments. The course also includes a focus on This course will serve as a general introduction language making, text-image and performance
Requisite courses: Complete HMS-101A
ITAL-202 Intermediate Italian II (3.00 cr.) the electronic workplace and professional to the issues of horror, monstrosity, and the practices in relationship to a studio project.
or HMS-101B with a C or greater.
Students will achieve an intermediate level HMS-203A World Literature Survey I (3.00 cr.) comm­unication norms related to the workplace. abject in literature, film, and theory. Topics may
(Required, Previous)
competency in the language skills of writing, reading This course investigates major literary works Requisite courses: Complete HMS-101A include: the uncanny, the fantastic, catharsis, the HMS-292B Intro Transdisciplinary Writing II
comprehension, speaking and oral comprehen- of mythology, epic poetry, drama, fable and or HMS-101B with a grade of C or better. sublime, the gaze, liminality, trauma, return of the (1.00 cr.)
sion, and to gain an understanding of aspects of religious poetry from around the world, extend­ (Required, Previous) repressed, projection, splitting, Freud’s analysis This one-credit writing course provides an
Italian culture such as regional distinctions, ing from the Mesopotamian period to the early of dreams, the gothic, etc. Materials will include introduction to language formations across the
cuisines, politics, cinema, music, art and literature. 17th Century. These works are examined within HMS-221B Advanced Literary and Critical historical materials, literary texts by authors such disciplines. Expanding the curriculum of HMS
Requisite courses: Complete HMS-101A their specific literary and historical contexts. for Arch II (3.00 cr.) as Hoffman, Kafka, Gilman, etc., and films by 291B, this course enables students to develop a
or HMS-101B with a grade of C or better, This course enables registered Architecture Wiener, Hitchcock, Powell, Romero, Polansky, material language in negotiation with the social
and ITAL-201 (Required, Previous) HMS-203B World Literature Survey II (3.00 cr.) students who have completed 220B and who Argento, Barker, Scott, Jeunet, Gans, Park, etc. and political dimensions of their mediation
This course investigates major literary works of have credit for their second-semester Freshman Specific texts and films may vary. processes and representational logics into a public,
poetry, prose and drama from around the world English requirement to take an advanced writing- performance dimension. For a final assignment,
from the 17th Century to the present. These intensive class linked to their second-semester students will assemble a text-image based
works are examined within their specific literary design studio. project that locates their project in a social and
and historical contexts. political context.
Requisite courses: HMS-291B
(Required, Previous)

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HMS-300A Children’s Literature (3.00 cr.)
A (selective) survey of 300 years of books written
for children, with particular emphasis on the
idea of childhood as implicit in the texts and
(sometimes) explicit in the illustrations. HMS website for descriptions of topics being
Students may approach the course as critics or
as (potential) creators—i.e. writers/illustrators.
HMS-300B Literature of Pop Culture
(3.00 cr.)
This course investigates how works of the 20th
Century literary sub-genres of science, western,
romance, horror and detective fiction reflect
in their familiar stylistic conventions popular
national myths, gender stereotypes and other
prevailing social and political perspectives.
HMS-300D Satire (3.00 cr.)
Students study satire, a literary mode that
blends social criticism with humor and wit to
the end that human institutions or humanity
may be improved. The range of readings is from
Aristophanes’ Lysistrata and Petronius’ The
Satyricon, to contemporary fiction and works
such as Maus.
HMS-300S SPT: Literary Studies (3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to enable students
to explore special topics in literary studies in a
concentrated way. See HMS website for descrip­
tions of topics being offered in a given semester.
Students will learn contemporary theories and
methods via an in-depth exploration of the topic at
hand. May be repeated for credit as topic changes.
HMS-301A Modernist Literature (3.00 cr.)
This course will serve as a general introduction to
the various literatures and literary cultures which
came about due to the massive cultural disloca-
tions of the early twentieth century. Topics
may include: theories of modernism and moder-
nity, stream of consciousness, literary montage,
fragmentation, alienation, literary expressionism,
Harlem Renaissance, queer modernisms, etc.
Authors may include: Oscar Wilde, Henry James,
James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot, Gertrude
Stein, Djuna Barnes, Robert Musil, Rainer Maria
Rilke, Franz Kafka, Wyndham Lewis, Samuel Beckett,
Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes, etc.
HMS-301B Modernist Drama (3.00 cr.)
This course examines a sampling of works by
modernist playwrights such as Ibsen, Shaw,
Brecht, Chekhov, O’Neill and Beckett to explore
how contemporary drama has been and
continues to be informed by the ideas of these
19th and 20th Century innovators of the theater.
A term paper is required.
HMS-301S SPT: Modern and Contemporary
Literary and Cultural Studies (3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to enable students
to explore special topics in modern and
contemporary literary and cultural studies
in a concentrated way. See HMS website for
descriptions of topics being offered in a given
semester. Students will learn contemporary
theories and methods via an in-depth
exploration of the topic at hand. May be
repeated for credit as topic changes.
HMS-303S SPT: World Lit/Culture (3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to enable students to
explore special topics in world literary and
cultural studies in a concentrated way. See
offered in a given semester. Students will learn
contemporary theories and methods via an in-
depth exploration of the topic at hand. May be
repeated for credit as topic changes.
HMS-304B Perspectives on U.S. Literature
(3.00 cr.)
This course examines a selection of works, mainly
fiction and nonfiction, from the 17th century
to the present, which raise interesting questions
about American identities and histories, and
about narrative and genre.
HMS-304S SPT: American Studies (3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to enable students
to explore special topics in American studies
in a concentrated way. See HMS website for
descriptions of topics being offered in a given
semester. Students will learn contemporary
theories and methods via an in-depth
exploration of the topic at hand. May be
repeated for credit as topic changes.
HMS-305A New Wave Deafness in the Arts
(3.00 cr.)
From an outsider perspective, the non-Deaf
community tends to define deafness by the absence
of hearing. Broadening our view to include
how members of the Deaf community view their
experiences, we will familiarize ourselves with
disability theory in order to enter a discourse about
what role our societal perspectives play in neg­
otiating the line between disability and culture.
Based on our understanding of the subjective
nature of disability and considering deafness as
a culture having departed from disabled origins,
we will explore the ways in which Deaf artists,
writers, filmmakers, comedians and architects have
contributed to mainstream culture and the role
their cultural identity plays in their works. We will
read academic texts on disability theory, explor-
ative works on deafness, and first-hand accounts
of the Deaf experience as well as observe the cross-
genre intertextuality of Deaf expression.
HMS-308A Shakespeare (3.00 cr.)
This course examines representative Shake­
spearean plays as works of dramatic art and as
reflections of Renaissance culture. A term
paper is required.
HMS-310S SPT: Poetry/Poetics (3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to enable students to
explore special topics in poetry and poetics
in a concentrated way. See HMS website for
descriptions of topics being offered in a given
semester. Students will learn contemporary
theories and methods via an in-depth
exploration of the topic at hand. May be
repeated for credit as topic changes.
Course Descriptions
HMS-311B Detective Fiction (3.00 cr.)
This course will investigate forms of detective
fiction—and discourses of mystery and crime
more broadly—in literature, cinema and
other media. We will rethink their development
form the post-Enlightenment urbanization of
the gothic in the nineteenth century to the rose
of whodunit mysteries and hard-boiled crime
fiction in the twentieth century (including con-
nections to other genres like the psychological
thriller, western and science fiction), as well
as film noir, neo-noir, and more experimental,
postmodern and contemporary examples form
across nations and cultures. Our critical and
theoretical inquiries will consider how stories
of criminal transgression and forensic fact-finding
relate to historical transformations of subjectivity
and society, and how they pose challenging
questions about truth, justice and power that
persist to this day.
Requisite courses: HMS-201A
(Required, Previous)
HMS-320A Poetry Writing (3.00 cr.)
This section of Creative Writing introduces
students to poetry writing as process and practice.
Students will explore imaginative composition
through directed exercises in writing poetry
and poetic prose. These exercises will be supp­­
orted by the close reading and analysis of
short works by a variety of authors. Completed
exercises will be presented to classmates for
constructive comment.
HMS-320B Fiction Writing (3.00 cr.)
Students will explore the imaginative comp­-
osition of fiction through regular creative writing
assign­ments and analysis of passages from
selected authors.
HMS-320C Screenwriting II (3.00 cr.)
This course continues Screenwriting I in further
developing the use of setting, location, narrative
structure, conflict, character development and
dialogue. In the first half of the course, students
write short scenes. In the second half, they work
on scripts for a 10 – 15 minute film.
HMS-320D Screenwriting I (3.00 cr.)
This course introduces students to the fund­amental
techniques of screenwriting. Topics covered
include formatting, setting, location, narrative
structure, conflict, character develop­ment
and dialogue. In the first half of the course, students
write their own short scenes. In the second
half, they develop and expand those scenes into
a script for a 10 – 15 minute short film.
HMS-320S SPT: Creative Writing (3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to enable students to
explore special topics in creative writing in a
concentrated way. See HMS website for descriptions
of topics being offered in a given semester. May
be repeated for credit as topic changes.
HMS-325C Reporting the City (3.00 cr.)
This class will provide a hands-on chance to
improve your reporting skills, whether your focus
is news or feature writing, we’ll explore what it
means to be a professional journalist, and you
will have a chance to interview diverse people,
attend public events and hearings, and write
investigative and human interest articles.
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HMS-325S SPT: Journalism (3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to enable students to
explore special topics in journalism in a concen­
trated way. See HMS website for descriptions of
topics being offered in a given semester. May be
repeated for credit as topic changes.
HMS-330A Freud and Lacan (3.00 cr.)
This course covers works by Sigmund Freud,
the founder of psychoanalysis, and the French
psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan, who reread
Freud through the lens of developing twentieth-
century philosophy and structural linguistics.
Also examined will be the works of other thinkers,
writers, artists and filmmakers that exemplify
and/or engage psychoanalytical ideas.
HMS-330B Postmodernism
and Creative Practices (3.00 cr.)
In this class, we will read primarily theoretical
writings about Postmodernism and think and
write creatively in response to them, considering
how they speak to our lives as well as providing
resources for our practices as artists, writers,
designers. Practices and concepts may
include sampling, queering, networks, fractals,
emergence and open systems, sustainability,
deconstruction, radical plurality, hybridity, irony,
kitsch, simulacra, the virtual, and so on. Our
focus will be on how to do things with theory.
HMS-330C Thought/Brain/Mind (3.00 cr.)
This course will examine theories of thought,
the brain and mind from ancient philosophy
to contemporary cognitive neuroscience.
Topics may include: self-reflection, recursion,
creativity, intuition, rationalism/empiricism,
psychoanalysis, neuroanatomy, cognitive science,
artificial intelligence, etc. No prior experience
in philosophy, computer science or biology is
required—just bring yourself and an open mind.
HMS-330S SPT: Literary and Cultural Theory
(3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to enable students to
explore special topics in literary and cultural
theory in a concentrated way. See HMS website
for descriptions of topics being offered in a
given semester. May be repeated for credit as
topic changes.
HMS-331S SPT: Cultural Studies (3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to enable students
to explore special topics in cultural studies
in a concentrated way. See HMS website for
descriptions of topics being offered in a given
semester. Students will learn contemporary
theories and methods via an in-depth
exploration of the topic at hand. May be
repeated for credit as topic changes.
HMS-332S SPT: Gender Studies (3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to enable students to
explore special topics in gender studies in a
concentrated way. See HMS website for descrip­
tions of topics being offered in a given semester.
Students will learn contemporary theories and
methods via an in-depth exploration of the topic at
hand. May be repeated for credit as topic changes.
HMS-340B Myth Into Film (3.00 cr.)
This course explores analytic approaches to the
mythic resonance of selected films, emphasizing
classic motifs such as the Hero Quest, Origins,
and Death and Rebirth, as well as myths of
everyday living. Screenings are preceded by
commentary on background information and
followed by interpretations of the mythic
and cinematographic contributions to the
achievement of the films.
HMS-340D Cinema/New Media (3.00 cr.)
During cinema’s early years there was much
debate as to whether film was an entirely new
art form, or an art at all. Now, at the dawn of
cinema’s second century, this course examines
the relationship between film, emerging forms
of new and digital media, and other aspects of
cultural production.
HMS-340E Documentary Image (3.00 cr.)
This course introduces students to the history,
theory, and practice of making documentary
images in photography and video. In addition to
reading/viewing visual/critical works and writing
short critical and evaluative essays, students
will learn to use the basic photo/video tools
in Apple’s iPhoto and iMovie applications to
produce individual and group photo-essay and
digital video shorts, and then assemble these
with iWeb to display on their own websites. Class
time will be split between these academic and
‘praxis’ components.
HMS-340S SPT: Cinema/Media Studies
(3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to enable students to
explore special topics in cinema and media studies
in a concentrated way. See HMS website for
descriptions of topics being offered in a given
semester. Students will learn contemporary
theories and methods via an in-depth exploration
of the topic at hand. May be repeated for credit
as topic changes.
HMS-341 Special Topics (1.00 cr.)
This course is designed to enable students in
Copenhagen to explore special topics in a
concentrated way. See HMS website for descrip­
tions of topics being offered in a given semester.
Students will learn contemporary theories and
methods via an in-depth exploration of the topic at
hand. May be repeated for credit as topic changes.
HMS-341B Postwar Japanese Film (3.00 cr.)
This screening class will present a historical survey
of the major trends in Japanese cinema from
the post-war period to the early 1980s. We will
study and view classic works by such acknowledged
masters of world cinema as Kurosawa, Ozu,
and Mizoguchi, but also groundbreaking films by
lesser known directors.
HMS-342 Special Topics (2.00 cr.)
This course is designed to enable students in
Copenhagen to explore special topics in a
concentrated way. See HMS website for descrip­
tions of topics being offered in a given semester.
Students will learn contemporary theories and
methods via an in-depth exploration of the topic at
hand. May be repeated for credit as topic changes.
Course Descriptions
HMS-342S SPT: European Cinema/Media
(3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to enable students
to explore special topics in European cinema
and media in a concentrated way. See HMS
website for descriptions of topics being
offered in a given semester. Students will learn
contemporary theories and methods via an in-
depth exploration of the topic at hand. May be
repeated for credit as topic changes.
HMS-343 Special Topics (3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to enable students in
Copenhagen to explore special topics in a
concentrated way. See HMS website for descrip­
tions of topics being offered in a given semester.
Students will learn contemporary theories and
methods via an in-depth exploration of the topic at
hand. May be repeated for credit as topic changes.
HMS-360A The New Circus (3.00 cr.)
In this class we will combine practical skills with a
study of the historical and theoretical issues
involved in the evolving new circus movement.
Practical skills include, juggling, slack rope walk-
ing, object puppetry, basic partner acrobatics,
and clowning. We will explore performance styles
ranging from Judson influenced improvisation to
clown schtick and the grand circus Ta-Da. We
will look at traditional circus history, history of
the sideshow, pageantry, political theater, writings
on freaks and otherness, contemporary perfor-
mance art, and clowning. We will also collaborate
on an end-of-semester show.
HMS-360C Intro to Performance Practice
(3.00 cr.)
This class explores the art, the play, the tech­
nique and the rigorous fun involved in bringing
a strong presence to the unique space of
performing. The class begins with a focus on
physical and vocal training, moving through
improvisation, generation material, and working
with prepared material. Time and timing, space,
tenderness, chaos, intention, perception, lying,
and the imaginary are examples of the kinds
of ideas we might use as tools to move us into
exploratory spaces. This class is required for the
Performance and Performance Studies minor but
open to non-minors as well.
HMS-360D Intro to Performance Studies
(3.00 cr.)
In this course, students will learn the funda­
mental concepts, terms, and theories in the
field of performance studies. Students will learn
how to use these frameworks to understand
traditional performance arts as well as gain
unique perspectives on their own major fields,
on other art/design practices, and on everyday
life, by learning to see the world performatively.
This class is required for the Performance and
Performance Studies Minor but open to non-
minors as well.
HMS-360S SPT: Performance Studies (3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to enable students
to explore special topics in performance and
performance studies in a concentrated way. See
HMS website for descriptions of topics being
offered in a given semester. Students will learn
contemporary theories and methods via an in-
depth exploration of the topic at hand. May be
repeated for credit as topic changes.
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HMS-390A Poetry Across Media (3.00 cr.)
What is a poem? Who is a poet? What are the
limits of the poem? In this course we will look
and listen for poems and the poetic across a
variety of contexts. Among our poetic texts will
be works publishes as poems in different media
(i.e. print, audio, internet, and video) and works
typically presented as representative of other art
forms (such as sculpture, painting, music, video
art, conceptual art, net art, and dance). This interdisciplinary course will focus on
We will discuss these works in the context of
poetry criticism and media theory.
HMS-390S SPT: Music and Sound Studies
(3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to enable students to
explore special topics in music and sound studies
in a concentrated way. See HMS website for
descriptions of topics being offered in a given
semester. Students will learn contemporary
theories and methods via an in-depth exploration
of the topic at hand. May be repeated for credit
as topic changes.
HMS-392A Languages of Music (3.00 cr.)
This course is a concentrated introduction to
the materials and forms of music. Music is a
language. Students will learn to analyze it, write
about it and write it. The course aims to demystify
music, and particularly music composition, so
that students will be empowered as participants
in it. Students with no musical training are
wel­come but should be aware that this is an
intensive course that includes the fundamentals
of reading music.
HMS-400A Comic Apocalypse (3.00 cr.)
This course examines authors responding to
the major social, cultural, and spiritual upheavals
of the twentieth century with humor, ranging
from exuberant release to mocking despair.
Representative writers such as Celine, West, Miller,
Beckett, Heller, Vonnegut, and Pynchon are exam­-
ined for their use of mordant irony and sense of
the absurd.
HMS-400S SPT: Literary Studies (3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to enable students
to explore special topics in literary studies in a
concentrated way. See HMS website for descrip­
tions of topics being offered in a given semester.
Students will learn contemporary theories and
methods via an in-depth exploration of the topic at
hand. May be repeated for credit as topic changes.
HMS-403S SPT: World Literature and Culture
(3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to enable students to
explore special topics in world literature
and culture in a concentrated way. See HMS
website for descriptions of topics being offered
in a given semester. Students will learn contem­
porary theories and methods via an in-depth
exploration of the topic at hand. May be repeated
for credit as topic changes.
HMS-404A Democratic Vistas (3.00 cr.)
This course looks at the first great age of American
literature as it coincided with the country’s
greatest social upheaval, the Civil War. Rep­
resentative authors will be examined as they
express the intellectual contradictions of their
times, from the most expansive social and
metaphysical optimism to the darkest skepticism.
HMS-404C US Immigration/Diaspora (3.00 cr.)
This course will introduce students to the field
known as American Studies and its particular
approach to representations of immigration,
diaspora, and citizenship in American literature
and culture.
HMS-404D Girls in American Literature and Art
(3.00 cr.)
visual and literary representations of American
girls that appeared during the nineteenth and
twentieth centuries. We shall also examine
feminist work on how this imagery helped shape
a range of gender and other social perspectives.
HMS-404E Photography
and American Literature (3.00 cr.)
This course will investigate the impact
photography has had on American literature and
culture. Examining a variety of literary, visual,
and cultural texts from the middle of the
nine­teenth century to the present, we will focus
on the role photography has played in the
construction of race, gender and contestations
over American citizenship.
HMS-404S SPT: American Studies (3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to enable students
to explore special topics in American studies
in a concentrated way. See HMS website for
descriptions of topics being offered in a given
semester. Students will learn contemporary
theories and methods via an in-depth
exploration of the topic at hand. May be
repeated for credit as topic changes.
HMS-405A Harlem Renaissance (3.00 cr.)
This course explores the historical, cultural and
literary roots of the early twentieth-century
Harlem Renaissance. Booker T. Washington,
W.E.B. Dubois, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard
Wright and music/film of the era will be
examined and discussed.
HMS-405S SPT: African American Literature
and Culture (3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to enable students to
explore particular special topics in African
American literature and culture in a seminar setting.
May be repeated for credit as topic changes.
HMS-410A Modern Poetry (3.00 cr.)
This course focuses on key poets of the early
20th Century instrumental in setting the course
for modern poetry, and who continue to
influence contemporary poetry. Students read
essays and poetry by Stéphan Mallarmé, Ezra
Pound, T.S. Eliot, Gertrude Stein, William Carlos
Williams, Langston Hughes, Mina Loy, HD and
André Breton and will consider the question:
What makes a poem modern? Features of
modern poetry will be explored in the work
of such post-WWII poets as Frank O’Hara and
Harryette Mullen. Students will hand in short
weekly responses and one longer essay.
Course Descriptions
HMS-410S SPT: Poetry and Poetics (3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to enable students to
explore special topics in poetry and poetics in a
concentrated way. See HMS website for descrip­
tions of topics being offered in a given semester.
May be repeated for credit as topic changes.
HMS-420S SPT: Creative Writing (3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to enable students to
explore special topics in creative writing in a
concentrated way. See HMS website for descrip­
tions of topics being offered in a given semester.
May be repeated for credit as topic changes.
HMS-430A Theory for Artists and Writers
(3.00 cr.)
This course covers foundational texts of critical
theory from the nineteenth century (Marx, Freud,
Nietzsche), landmarks of the twentieth century
(Foucault, Deleuze, Butler, Jameson, Anzaldua,
Debray, Kelley), a novel, and selected critical essays.
HMS-430B Rhizomatics (3.00 cr.)
Rhizomatics is a way of thinking, creating, and
living described in the writings of Deleuze, Guattari,
Lyotard, DeLanda and Badiou. Through readings
of selected works of philosophy by these
writers—on art, politics, ethics, everyday life, desire
and sex, biology, music, animal behavior, film,
painting, etc.—we will work to understand what
it might mean to exist in a state of constant,
multi-level becoming. We will also look at works
of art, politics, music and media created in
response to these often highly experimental
writings. No prior experience necessary.
HMS-430D Psychoanalysis and Art (3.00 cr.)
This course examines the relationship between
psychoanalysis and art from different perspec-
tives, including the centrality of art and language
to the development of psychoanalytic theory and
the integration of psychoanalytic theory into
the cultural critique of art, literature, and cinema.
The course will provide an introduction not
only to major psychoanalytic theories, including
those of Freud, Jung, and Lacan, but will demon-
strate the myriad and complex ways psychoanalysis
has become inextricable from contemporary
art criticism and theory.
HMS-430S SPT: Literary and Cultural Theory
(3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to enable students to
explore special topics in literary and cultural
theory in a concentrated way. See HMS website
for descriptions of topics being offered in a
given semester. May be repeated for credit as
topic changes.
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HMS-431A Modernism and Postmodernism
(3.00 cr.)
This course examines literature, art, music, and
architecture associated with modernism and
postmodernism, along with their philosophical
backgrounds. Topics covered include the
aesthetic response to the rise of capitalism,
differences between modernism and postmod-
ernism, and concepts typically associated with
postmodernism, including commodification,
globalization, simulacra, pastiche, schizophrenia,
paranoia, the decline of historical conscious-
ness, challenges to the universal subject, and
time-space compression. Authors covered may
include Nietzsche, Proust, Kafka, Mann, Joyce,
Woolf, Pynchon, Borges, and Morrison.
HMS-431S SPT: Cultural Studies (3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to enable students
to explore special topics in cultural studies in a
concentrated way. See HMS website for descrip­
tions of topics being offered in a given semester.
Students will learn contemporary theories and
methods via an in-depth exploration of the topic at
hand. May be repeated for credit as topic changes.
HMS-432A Feminist Film and Theory (3.00 cr.)
This course explores a variety of films alongside
some of the classic works of Western feminist
film theory, as well as transnational and contem-
p­orary feminist writing on film, video, digital
media and geo-politics.
HMS-432S SPT: Gender Studies (3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to enable students to
explore special topics in gender studies in a
concentrated way. See HMS website for descrip­
tions of topics being offered in a given semester.
Students will learn contemporary theories and
methods via an in-depth exploration of the topic at
hand. May be repeated for credit as topic changes.
HMS-433S SPT: Postcolonial Studies (3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to enable students to
explore special topics in postcolonial studies in a
concentrated way. See HMS website for descrip­
tions of topics being offered in a given semester.
Students will learn contemporary theories and
methods via an in-depth exploration of the topic at
hand. May be repeated for credit as topic changes.
HMS-434A Analyzing Race and Whiteness
(3.00 cr.)
This course will introduce students to various
ways of analyzing representations of race. In
particular, we will examine the construction of
whiteness in U.S. culture by looking at literary,
visual, theoretical, and legal texts from the
eighteenth to the twenty-first century.
HMS-434B Representing Difference (3.00 cr.)
What is a stereotype? What is an archetype? Are
all raced types stereotypes? This course explores
several approaches to reading types in narratives
of different contexts, our study will focus on
representations of blackness produces in the US
American context. We will read scholarly articles
on the nature of stereotype, read essays on
narrative conventions and the creative process,
and screen creative works that both present and
explode stereotypes.
HMS-434S SPT: Critical Race Studies (3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to enable students to
explore special topics in critical race studies
in a concentrated way. See HMS website for
descriptions of topics being offered in a given
semester. Students will learn contemporary
theories and methods via an in-depth exploration
of the topic at hand. May be repeated for credit
as topic changes.
HMS-440A Documentary Film (3.00 cr.)
How do our real lives compare to our stories about
real lives? This course explores narrative con­
ventions for telling true stories in film. We will
investigate differences in approach according to
who is presenting the narrative and what the
audience is expected to know about the subject.
We will identify forms, sounds, and images
asso­ciated with true stories and trace them across
biopics, documentaries, and historical dramas.
HMS-440B Cinema and the City (3.00 cr.)
This course will study the relationship between
the rise of the modern city and the development
of photography and cinema. Indeed, it is imposs­
ible to imagine the development of the cinema
without the city, and cities themselves have been
shaped by cinematic form. What is the relation
between cityscape and screen space? How
has the modern city been represented in cinema?
HMS-440C Contemporary Media Theory
(3.00 cr.)
This course explores the transformation of
society and consciousness by and as media
technologies during the long 20th century;
students will read some of the most influential
works of media analysis written during the past
century as well as explore cutting edge analysis
generated during the last 20 years.
HMS-440E Poetics of Cinema (3.00 cr.)
This course investigates relationships between
image and narrative in cinema. Weekly creative
assignments—informed by close readings of
film excerpts and text—will culminate in the
design of a short, poetic film project. We will
view visionary work by innovative filmmakers,
and engage in close reading, followed by active
discussion, to deepen our understanding of
artistic choices—in the use of metaphor, point
of view, association, montage, image/action,
frame, composition, time, space, kinetics,
transformation, multiple perspectives, reflexivity,
gesture and the body, non-linear narrative,
amongst others—in the act of visual storytelling
central to the cinematic enterprise.
HMS-440F Women in International Cinema
(3.00 cr.)
This course considers the vision of prominent
and pioneering films, with particular attention to
the gaze, subjectivity, ambivalence, multiplicity
of perspective, identification and disruption, as
cinematic vocabulary and subject. We will look
at films—in the works of artists such as Agnes
Varda, Lois Weber, Claire Denis, Marguerite Duras
and Alain Renais, Julie Taymor, Susanna Bier,
Rainer Fassbinder, Wong Kar Wai, Ang Lee and
Todd Haynes—with an emphasis on identity,
sexuality and gender.
Course Descriptions
HMS-440I Film Sound (3.00 cr.)
Is film a visual medium? This course explores some
of the theoretical concerns in designing the
sound of a film, including the creation of sound­-
tracks, the use of original scoring, and voiceovers.
HMS-440J Key Concepts in Net Art (3.00 cr.)
Net Art is an interdisciplinary field roots in a
number of other Practices—conceptual art,
performance art, video art, video games, poetry,
and mail art, to name a few. We will study works
of art on the internet and the practices of
making and presenting art that precede them.
Alongside works of art and art criticism, we will
read works about the nature of the internet as
a medium. Key concepts include: transmission,
narration/narrative, presence, interactivity,
identity, instrument, gaming, digital vs. analog,
medium and mediation.
HMS-440K Intensive Film Theory (3.00 cr.)
This course provides an intensive introduction
to film theory and philosophy, contextualized
in relation to movements in international film
history. Topics likely to include approaches to
the cinematic apparatus, montage and mise-
en-scene, gaze and spectatorship theory, and
approaches drawn from media studies, sound
studies, psychoanalysis, semiotics, feminist,
queer, and post-colonial studies. The course
is required for the Cinema Studies minor but
is open to non-minors as well.
HMS-440S SPT: Cinema/Media Studies
(3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to enable students to
explore special topics in cinema and media studies
in a concentrated way. See HMS website for
descriptions of topics being offered in a given
semester. Students will learn contemporary
theories and methods via an in-depth exploration
of the topic at hand. May be repeated for credit
as topic changes.
HMS-441A Global Cinema (3.00 cr.)
In iconic films selected from contemporary
global cinema, we will examine how the invention
of new cinematic language is used to evoke
poignant insight into human experience, and
potentially influence our perceptions of reality.
Modules organized by genre will consist of
screenings, supplemented by guest filmmaker(s),
seminar discussions, readings, research and
student creative projects.
HMS-460S SPT: Performance Studies (3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to enable students
to explore special topics in performance and
performance studies in a concentrated way. See
HMS website for descriptions of topics being
offered in a given semester. Students will learn
contemporary theories and methods via an in-
depth exploration of the topic at hand. May be
repeated for credit as topic changes.
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HMS-461A Race, Gender, Internet (3.00 cr.)
As the Internet and social media pervade our
daily lives and social relationships, it is crucial that
we understand what norms and value are em-
bedded within the technologies we engage with
every day. This course understands the Internet
as something more than just a means with which
to communicate and share information. As
students will learn, it is as much a technological
form as it is a set of social, cultural, economic,
and technological relationships. In this course,
we will examine how race, gender, and difference
more broadly are embedded in the design, oper-
ations, and accessibility of the Internet.
Requisite courses: HMS-201A
(Required, Previous)
HMS-465A Culture and Copyright (3.00 cr.)
Copyright laws intend to protect “original works
of authorship”. But what counts as an original
work of authorship and who counts as an authorial
subject, as this course will show, are culturally
and socially constructed determinations based
on dominant norms, assumptions, and values. As
a result, the history of copyright is a history of
unequal social relations and cultural exchanges.
This course investigates this history as well
as the ongoing struggles by those excluded or
margin­alized from copyright law’s purview to
protect their cultural productions, practices,
and knowledge’s.
Requisite courses: HMS-201A
(Required, Previous)
HMS-472A Bodies, Technology, Visuality
(3.00 cr.)
This course examines how a wide range of tech-
nologies form early film lighting technologies to
cosmetics to algorithms shape the ways bodies
are visualized and represented. The focus on the
intertwined relationships of bodies and visual
technologies will enable students to understand
the social, cultural, and political implications of
technological designs and operations.
Requisite courses: HMS-201A
(Required, Previous)
HMS-483 Visual Journal (3.00 cr.)
Three credit Humanities course at DIS for
Undergraduate students. The visual journal is
a process-driven, analytical tool where you
record drawn inquiries for this course, as well as
for studio, study tours, and self-driven studies.
The focus of this course is for you to develop
skills on facilitating better explorations and
understandings of what you perceive: observing,
analyzing, and communicating the diverse human
conditions and possibilities of the impact the
physical environments and objects has on human
behavior. This course will focus on contextual,
climatic, historical, social and regulatory dimen-
sions of local cultural aesthetic.
HMS-490A Electro-Acoustic Music (3.00 cr.)
Electro-Acoustic Music acquaints students with
the history of electronics in music/audio art,
gives them a measure of technical competence
with current tools in analog and digital audio
and presents exercises that promote original,
creative work. Familiarity with Macintosh
computers and their operating systems is
required for this course. Formal music training
is not a prerequisite, but experience playing
an instrument and/or a strong desire to create
original audio works will be very helpful.
HMS-490S SPT: Music and Sound Studies
(3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to enable students to
explore special topics in music and sound studies
in a concentrated way. See HMS website for
descriptions of topics being offered in a given
semester. Students will learn contemporary
theories and methods via an in-depth exploration
of the topic at hand. May be repeated for credit
as topic changes.
HMS-491A The Artist’s Book (3.00 cr.)
This course develops critical frameworks for
inter­preting and creating artists’ books; that is,
artworks in which the book is a medium.
We will study such books alongside histories of the
field, theoretical writings, and critical commentaries.
These studies will inform our endeavors to
create, catalogue, and/or critique artists’ books in
which visual, verbal, and material elements are
interwoven. Advanced students from various fields
are encouraged to use and expand their own
dis­ciplinary perspectives. Visits to collections around
New York City will supplement Pratt’s resources.
HMS-492A Animation Narrative (3.00 cr.)
Animating Narrative focuses on the fundamentals
of storytelling and how to employ strong narrative
elements in visual work, with an emphasis on
animation and film. As a starting point, the course
examines traditional stories and their underlying
structures, looking closely at ancient mytho­
logies from various world cultures and the common
narrative elements they share, while comparing
the visual representations that cor­respond to
these elements. The course advances to less
traditional narrative structures (i.e. nonlinear, anti-
heroic, sensory based, etc.) and the more complex
and often abstract, largely nonfigurative or
color schematic based visual representations some
of these structures have evoked.
HMS-493 Ecopoetics (3.00 cr.)
Human language use is an inherently ecological
practice in that it participates in forming the way
we think, write, and act in regards to the world
we share with other living things. As such,
lang­uage can be used as a force for imagining and
establishing new ways of living together, but it
must also be scrutinized for the ways in which our
past and present linguistic concepts and strategies
have contributed to a history of unsustain­able
attitudes and practices. In this course, we will read
across a broad spectrum of poetry, philosophy,
and history—as well as looking at a number of
works in other media (film, video, image, and earth-
works)—in order to contextualize contemporary
ecolinguistic practices. We will also write: In the
spirit of experiment and serious play, our poems
and essays will test some of the ideas, concepts
and orientations we discover along the way.
Course Descriptions
HMS-493A Writing as Photography (3.00 cr.)
This course explores ways in which writing can
recreate and investigate modes of photography.
Writing and photography are at a point of
potential interchangeability, where both are tools
for utilitarian communication and poetic forms.
Writing as Photography will enact the historic
and contemporary overlap between the two
mediums with seminar discussions on readings
and workshops on writing exercises in poetry,
prose, and criticism.
HMS-494A Concept Art and Writing Practices
(3.00 cr.)
In this conceptual art-and-writing course,
students will design, carry out, and document
a “cultural expedition” designed to recuperate
cultural lineages, dimensions of experience,
and kinds of knowledge that are at risk of being
lost. We will explore how poetics can expand
our notions of sustainability to include cultural
recovery and reanimation and we will learn to
use specific writing and investigative (action-
based) procedures, such as sustained looking
practices, not-taking and commonplace books,
audio recording and transcription, archive
assembly and investigation, and site-specific
research and performance. Be ready to step
out of the classroom and into a more flexible,
open, and versatile way of looking at writing, at
the past, and at how we can, out of that past,
construct a more diverse and desired world.
HMS-496A Creative Writing Art and Design
(1.00 cr.)
This course is a one-credit writing workshop
designed to support artistic and design practice
and provide students with creative approaches
to meet writing required of them in school and
more generally. Students will read and write
about visual art, design, dance, money, news
and politics, science, poetry. They will also write
first person essays and collaborative texts about
their own practice of making. Students will
complete weekly assignments and cooperatively
review work in class. Students will be given the
opportunity to publish their work on a class
blog or print anthology. For a final assignment,
students will prepare a writing portfolio and
present a revised artists statement.
HMS-496B Option Transdisciplinary Writing
(1.00 cr.)
This one-credit writing workshop provides an
advanced course in transdisciplinary writing as a
critical practice in an authorship-collective,
dispersed and individual. Continuing the curriculum
of HMS 292B in language formation across the
disciplines, this course enables students to interpret
and stake the critical position as an individual/
collective expression. Individual sections may
be cross linked and integrated with a section
of fourth year Option studio.
Requisite courses: HMS-292B
(Required, Previous)
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HMS-497B Research Writing Architecture
(1.00 cr.)
This one credit-writing course provides an those international students who have yet to satisfy
introduction to language formations across the
disciplines. Expanding the curriculum of HMS
291B, this course enables student to develop a
material language in negotiation with the social
and political dimensions of their mediation
processes and representational logics into a
public, performance dimension. For a final
assignment, students will assemble a text-image
based project in a social and political context.
Requisite courses: HMS-291B
(Required, Previous)
HMS-498B Advanced Transdiciplinary Writing
(1.00 cr.)
This one credit course provides a capstone
in language formations across the disciplines. By
adapting principles form the philosophy of
language, students will learn to locate a material
language that corresponds with their studio
design project at once within and beyond the
discipline of architecture. In weekly assignments,
students will learn through a dedicated writing
practice to present their final project as a
concept that is derived from a body of research.
Requisite courses: HMS-497B (Required, Previous)
ARCH-503 (Required, Concurrent)
HMS-665A Culture and Copyright (3.00 cr.)
Copyright laws intend to protect “original works
of authorship”. But what counts as an original
work of authorship and who counts as an authorial
subject, as this course will show, are culturally
and socially constructed determinations based
on dominant norms, assumptions, and values. As
a result, the history of copyright is a history of
unequal social relations and cultural exchanges.
This course investigates this history as well
as the ongoing struggles by those excluded or
margin­alized from copyright law’s purview to
protect their cultural productions, practices,
and knowledge’s.
PLAB-499 Poetics Lab (3.00 cr.)
The Poetics Lab course is an intensive faculty/
student seminar, play-space and transdisciplinary
think-tank involving a small group of faculty and
students from across the Institute. Selected
faculty and students explore various aspects of
an announced topic, thinking and creating
together on a range of relevant problems and
provocations. Enrollment is by permission only;
a selection process takes place during the
semester before the class: please see advisor
for details.
LAS-499 Independent Study (1.00 – 6.00 cr.)
In this undergraduate course, work is assigned
on an individual basis under advisement by a
faculty member, and in consultation with the
department’s chairperson. This course provides
undergraduate students with the opportunity to
pursue a project that goes beyond the existing
curriculum or facilities.
Intensive English Program ENGL-097 Intensive English Program
The Intensive English Program accommodates
ENGL-063 Full-Time English Immersion
Pratt’s Intensive English requirement. Classes
The Summer Certificate Program (SCP) is a
of no more than 12 students each emphasize
certificate-bearing course in which students
listening and reading comprehension skills through
work to improve reading, writing, speaking and
methods and materials that complement
listening in an art and design context. Students
students’ artistic and academic careers. Students
study 24 Hours per week in this course.
are encouraged to utilize the state-of-the-
art computerized Language Resource Center
ENGL-065 Half-Day Intensive English
for addi­tional practice, and the Writing and Tutorial
Integrated skills course designed to help
Center for one-on-one tutoring and convers­
students make progress in reading, writing,
ation practice. The course is developmental
speaking and listening in an art and design
in nature and is not offered for academic credit.
context. Students study 12 Hours per week in this
course.
ENGL-098 Special Topics
The purpose of this independent study course
ENGL-081 Integrated Skills: Speaking Focus
is to provide international students English
Provides integrated English language skills
language instructional options outside the realm
instruction to Certificate of English Proficiency
of a standard classroom.
(CEP) program students, with a focus on speaking
skills and academic preparation.
ENGL-100 Literary and Critical Studies—
International Students (3.00 cr.)
ENGL-082 Integrated Skills: Listening Focus
This is a text-based writing course open to
Provides integrated English language skills
international undergraduate students, featuring the
instruction to Certificate of English Proficiency
study of cross-cultural essays and short fiction.
(CEP) program students, with a focus on listening
ENGL-100, taken in place of HMS-101A, places an
skills and academic preparation.
emphasis on providing enhanced cultural famil-
iarity while improving the oral and composition skills
ENGL-083 Integrated Skills: Writing Focus
of speakers and writers whose first language is
Provides integrated English language skills
not English. Students receiving a C grade or higher
instruction to Certificate of English Proficiency
in ENGL-100 go on to ENGL-102.
(CEP) program students, with a focus on writing
skills and academic preparation.
ENGL-102 Literary and Critical Studies—
International Students II (3.00 cr.)
ENGL-084 Visual/Verbal
This is the second course in a two-course
Provides specific English language skills
series beginning with the prerequisite ENGL-100.
instruction to Certificate of English Proficiency
ENGL-102 students continue to build academic
(CEP) program students who wish to understand
and critical skills through work with literary,
the relationship between that which is seen (visual)
critical, and visual texts both in the traditional genres
and that which is spoken or written (verbal).
of poetry and drama and in the recent ones of
hypertext and performance. Through frequent
ENGL-085 Reading/Notetaking/Study Skill
writing based upon the readings, successful
Provides specific English language skills strategies to
students improve their written expression and lay
Certificate of English Proficiency (CEP) program
the foundation of academic composition. This
students in order for them to write effecti­vely for
course meets the requirement of HMS 103A.
college-level courses, including graduate (MFA)
Students must receive a grade of C or higher
thesis preparation and completion.
to have successfully passed this course.
ENGL-100 and ENGL-102 are prerequisite for all
ENGL-086 Art/Self/College Writer
Liberal Arts courses.
Provides specific English language skills strategies to
Requisite courses: Complete ENGL-100
Certificate of English Proficiency (CEP) program
(Required, Previous)
students in order for them to write effecti­vely for
college-level courses, including graduate (MFA)
AIC-111P Studio Language 1 (3.00 cr.)
thesis preparation and completion.
This course is designed for English language
learners to develop verbal and nonverbal co­
ENGL-087 Integrated Skills: Reading Focus
mm­unication skills need for studio lasses in
Provides integrated English language skills
Foundation year and future studies. A balance
instruction to Certificate of English Proficiency
will be maintained between language learning
(CEP) program students, with a focus on reading
methodologies and immersive studio investiga-
skills and academic preparation.
tions. Emphasis will be places on activities that
support active participation (speaking and
listening skills), vocabulary expansion, analysis
and interpretation of art and design work, and
invest­igations of cultural identity.
Course Descriptions 299
AIC-112P Studio Language 2 (3.00 cr.)
This course is the second in a sequence
designed for English language learners to develop
verbal and nonverbal communication skills
needed for studio classes in Foundation year and
beyond. A balance will be maintained between
language learning methodologies and immersive
studio investigations. Emphasis will be placed
on expanding active participation (speaking and
listening skills), honing skills for sophisticated
analysis and interpretation of art and design work,
and deepening investigations of cultural and per­
sonal identity through language and visual work.
Interdepartmental Electives
AIC-101 Art of Cinema (1.00 cr.)
This is a film studies course for a general audi-
ence, focusing on the analysis of a Pratt Film
Society semester program including classic cinema,
and noteworthy contemporary films. This class will
look at work from the international, Holly­wood,
and independent film worlds, and particularly those
critically acclaimed works that are innovative in
their approach to exploring the medium.
CP-400W Contemplative Art Making (1.00 cr.)
This course focuses on creativity and creative
practice in the arts through the lens of contem-
plative inquiry, including embodied perception,
mindfulness, meditation, visualization,
beholding, deep listening, mind mapping, free
writing and visual journaling. Students will explore
the world of meditation, mindfulness and move-
ment contemplative practices for an inward-
focused reflective learning journey and art making
processes through drawing. This interdisciplinary
elective is both a practical, hands-on learning
experience and an analytical experience.
Students will study and experience contemplative
practices; and experiment with their own
creativity through mindful drawing as the focal
point for their artistic process.
PILAT-105W Beginner Mat Pilates (1.00 cr.)
This course is designed for students to develop
the ability to perform beginner Mat Pilates
exercises for wellness. Students will be able
to understand and perform the basic Pilates
workout according to the inherent principles
introduced. The goals of Pilates are to achieve
mind and body alignment; facilitate balance,
flexibility and strength, improve posture and
focus on the powerhouse (core muscles).
PILAT-135W Core Integration (1.00 cr.)
Core Integration offers students the opportunity
to access and strengthen their center (core
muscles) as a place of orientation for physical
movement and acquire a deeper knowledge of
anatomy with their own unique alignment. Form
Rollers will be uses as the major tool to explore
places of tension as well as build strength and
awareness to create a deeper connection and
trust of their individual bodies. Students will be
encouraged to research their movement patters
and support their musculoskeletal system
through embodiment of the course teachings.
PILAT-205W Intermediate Mat Pilates (1.00 cr.)
The Intermediate Mat Pilates course takes
students into the second level of the Pilates
method. This course requires students to build
even further on core awareness and strength,
while integration fluidity, breath, joint release,
centering, spinal alignment and precision. This
class offers a full body workout to lengthen and
strengthen the body while enhancing flexibility
and balance.
Requisite courses: Take PILAT-105W PILAT-106WP
(Required, Previous)
PILAT-305W Advanced Mat Pilates (1.00 cr.)
The Advanced Mat Pilates course takes students
into the advanced Mat Pilates Method for
achieving optimal physical fitness. This course
requires students to further build core strength
and awareness, while integrating fluidity, breath,
joint release, centering spinal alignment and
precision. This course offers a full body workout
to lengthen and strengthen the body while
enhancing flexibility and balance.
Requisite courses: Take PILAT-106WP PILAT-205W.
(Required, Previous)
YOGA-105W Beginning Hatha Yoga (1.00 cr.)
This course offers students the fundamentals
of Hatha style yoga practice, emphasizing a
vinyasa style (yoga sequences connected with
the breath) along with an introduction to Yogic
philosophy. Attention will be given to postural
alignment to safely develop strength, endurance,
flexibility, and balance, as well as reduce stress.
Students’ will develop greater awareness of their
bodies for body-mind alignment; and will be able
to establish their own personal yoga practice.
YOGA-125W Yogalates (1.00 cr.)
Yogalates is a hybrid introduction course to Yoga
and Pilates, two complementary body/mind
exercise regimes. Both practices strengthen
core and postural muscles, while improving
balance and coordination. Specifically, Yogalates
integrates Pilates exercises for core strength,
and Hatha Yoga exercises for limb strength and
flexibility. Both practices emphasize correct
breathing and meditative mindfulness. The
intended result is overall enhanced fitness and
awareness of one’s body for mindbody alignment.
YOGA-135W Beginner Qigong (1.00 cr.)
Qigong. (Pronounced chee gung) is an ancient
Chinese Body-Mind-Spirit practice involving slow,
gentle, repetitive movement with gentle breathing
and a focused mind. This practice produces
physical healthiness and flexibility, a calm, clear,
centered mind, and a palpable increase in energy,
as well as an uplifted mood. Each session will
be a combination of actively practicing Qigong with
discussion drawing on traditional Chinese teach-
ings. Current cutting-edge scientific re­search in
fields such as Quantum Physics, medical biology,
neuroscience, brain research, and consciousness
studies will be explored along with the nature of
reality. Students will leave with an easy and very
practical Qigong practice and a greatly expanded
view of self and of existence.
Course Descriptions
YOGA-136W Intermediate Qigong (1.00 cr.)
Intermediate Qigong practice offers students an This course is designed for students to develop
extended view both of “self” and of the nature
of “reality”. Each session will combine actively
practicing Qigong along with discussion drawing method of yoga involves synchronizing the breath
upon traditional Chinese teachings and current
cutting-edge scientific research from such fields
as Quantum Physics, medical biology, neuro­
science, and brain and consciousness research,
as well as teachings from the world’s wisdom
traditions and shamanic traditions. Through the
learnings of Intermediate Qigong, students will
expand their Qigong repertoire and deepen the use
of the practice exploring new ways of being
“present” with oneself. Students will also discover
advanced ways of interacting with their environ­
ment (people, animals, plants, things). The
primary goal is to learn to live life more fully and
more joyfully.
Requisite courses: YOGA-135W (Required, Previous)
YOGA-145W Supported Yoga with Props
(1.00 cr.)
This course will teach students how to effectively
use props in their Yoga practice to create
support and stability, enhance alignment and side
in making challenging poses more accessible. The
use of Chairs, blocks, straps and bolsters will be
utilized in all categories of poses.
YOGA-155W Yoga Therapy (1.00 cr.)
The yoga Therapy course introduces the inner
traditions and historical context of yoga philo­
sophy and its contemporary perspective. Yoga
as Therapy will be explored. Each class will
investigate philosophies of yoga traditions and
incorporates a physical practice including postures,
breathing techniques and meditation. Yoga
offers us immediate observation and experience
of our relationships, thoughts, feelings, and
emotions of self and the world around us.
YOGA-205W Intermediate Hatha Yoga (1.00 cr.)
This course offers students an intermediate
Hatha style yoga practice. With the inclusion of
all yoga postures taught in Beginner Yoga (YOGA-
105WP), additional postures will be introduced to
deepen the students’ yoga practice, emphasizing
a Vinyasa style (yoga sequences connected with
the breath) along with the Yogic philosophy
teachings. Attention will be given to postural
alignment to safely develop strength, endurance,
flexibility, and balance, as well as reduce stress.
Students will develop a greater awareness of
their bodies for body-mind alignment, and will be
encouraged to continue to expand through their
own personal yoga practice.
Requisite courses: Take YOGA-105W or DAN-105
or DAN-106; (Required, Previous)
YOGA-225W Yoga of Meditation (1.00 cr.)
The Yoga of Meditation course is the study and
practice of the main styles and common threads
of meditation. Students will learn tools to train
the mind’s attention in ever increasing mindful
awareness of their inner and outer world, as a
way to expand their ability to make conscious
and optimal choices in every moment. Meditation
is an effective mindbody practice that supports
mental, emotional, and physical balance through
alignment, as well as fosters a sense of inner calm.
Topics will range from the scientifically recog-
nized benefits of meditation, to its applications
for wellbeing, creativity and sustainability.
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YOGA-315W Ashtanga Yoga (1.00 cr.)
the ability to perform Ashtanga Yoga Primary
Series exercises for wellness and fitness. This
with a progressive series of poses, a process
producing internal heat that detoxifies muscles
and organs. The result is improved circulation, a
light and strong body, and a calm mind.
Requisite courses: YOGA-105W
(Required, Previous)
Math and Science
MATH-150 Algebra and Trigonometry (3.00 cr.)
Topics in algebra, trigonometry, and analytical
geometry are covered.
MSCI-110 Intro to Physics/Chemistry (3.00 cr.)
This introduction to physics and chemistry is
designed to prepare architecture students for
their technological courses involving building,
building materials, and building infrastructure.
The course is non-calculus based.
MSCI-160 Great Adventures in Evolution
(1.00 cr.)
Behind every evolutionary discovery there
is a story. By exploring these stories and the
discoveries they yielded, this course provides
a solid foundation in evolutionary biology to
students with minimal scientific background.
Through weekly discussions we will illuminate
what motivates the scientists who make great
discoveries, how these discoveries are made, and
where these discoveries fit into the development
of evolutionary biology as a scientific field.
MSCI-200 Math and The Imagination (3.00 cr.)
This course is a survey of basic mathematical
concepts that demonstrate the nature of
mathematics. Topics are chosen from areas such
as the concept of paradoxes and controversies,
infinities, elementary number theory, modular
arithmetic, fractals and chaos, topology,
elementary probability and statistics.
MSCI-201 Symmetry, Shape and Space (3.00 cr.)
This course explores some visual aspects of
mathematics. Topics are chosen from areas
such as geometric constructions, tessellations
of the plane, symmetry groups, Platonic
and Archimedean solids, spirals, Fibonacci
numbers, the golden mean, phyllotaxis, spaces
of dimension greater than three, and non-
Euclidean geometry.
MSCI-202 CAD Math (3.00 cr.)
Introduces students to the mathematical
principles underlying their computer programs.
It familiarizes them with equations of lines and
planes, forms for rotation and translation figures
on a computer, transformations for 3-D, and
prospective projections onto the screen.
MSCI-203 Subversive Mathematics (3.00 cr.)
In this course we will examine the use and abuse
of mathematics in many realms of everyday
life. Mathematics is a powerful tool that can
be effectively used to inform and mislead, aid
and exploit, empower and disenfranchise. It
is only with an understanding of mathematics
that we can hope to wisely navigate through a
world imbued with it. You will become a smarter
consumer by becoming familiar with methods
of financing and investing, a more conscientious
consumer by learning how the environmental
sustainability of your consumption can be
assessed, and a more informed citizen through
understanding of how mathematics and statistics
are used in politics.
MSCI-210 Science and Society (3.00 cr.)
The science and Society course explores some
of the most pressing science issues facing the
human condition today. Through lectures,
readings, discussions, and writing, the class will
explore such issues as climate change, alternative
energy, genetic engineering, emerging infectious
diseases, and the overall forecast for the human
condition in the next several decades. Students
will gain an appreciation of how science can
inform policies that will shape our society, and
will recognize the limitations of our current
knowledge in prediction how modern technology
will shape the human condition in the future.
MSCI-211 Rev Concepts in Science (3.00 cr.)
This course emphasizes the philosophical
significance of the concepts of science, but it is
non-traditional and non-chronological in
approach. Relativity and quantum theory are com­-
pared with earlier concepts. The impact of
Newtonian science and rationalism will be analyzed
leading to a discussion of possible limitations and
defects in the application of rationalist concepts
to modern life and society. Applications of
quantum and relativistic outlooks to areas of
social science, economics, political science
and psychology are also discussed. SCI-170
or departmental permission is a required
prerequisite for this course.
MSCI-220 Science of Light (3.00 cr.)
This introduction to light and optical phenomena
in nature and technology will acquaint students
with various physical aspects of light. We will
delve into optical effects in nature such as the
formation of rainbows, the colors of the sky
and bubbles, mirages, the formation of images
by our eyes and reception of those images by
the rods and cones of our retinas. The use of
light in technology will be explored by examining
topics such as fiber optics, light sources (from
the sun to light bulbs to pixels), one-way mirrors,
3D movie glasses, and image formation with
pinholes, lenses and mirrors. Special attention
will be paid to the operating principles and
functioning of cameras from their lenses, to their
viewfinders, apertures and filters.
Course Descriptions
MSCI-220C Science of Light (3.00 cr.)
This introduction to light and optical phenomena
in nature and technology will acquaint students
with various physical aspects of light. We will
delve into optical effects in nature such as the
formation of rainbows, the colors of the sky
and bubbles, mirages, the formation of images
by our eyes and reception of those images by
the rods and cones of our retinas. The use of
light in technology will be explored by examining
topics such as fiber optics, light sources (from
the sun to light bulbs to pixels), one-way mirrors,
3D movie glasses, and image formation with
pinholes, lenses and mirrors. Special attention
will be paid to the operating principles and
functioning of cameras from their lenses, to their
viewfinders, apertures and filters.
MSCI-221 Conceptual Physics (3.00 cr.)
This course focuses on the conceptual aspects
of physics and thus uses minimal mathematics.
Besides providing exposure to classical, as well
as quantum physics, the course also considers
the influence of physics on different areas of
society, and highlights research at the cutting
edge.MSCI-221 Conceptual Physics (3.00 cr.)
This course focuses on the conceptual aspects
of physics and thus uses minimal mathematics.
Besides providing exposure to classical, as well as
quantum physics, the course also considers the
influence of physics on different areas of society,
and highlights research at the cutting edge.
MSCI-222C Intro. To Electronics (3.00 cr.)
This is a science course intended for the
student curious about modern electronics and
its use in enhancing their own designs as well
as in prep­aration for Pratt’s DDA and ID courses in
interactive installations and robotics. Covering
basic physics and electronics theory with practical
applications in circuit design and interfacing,
the course requires students to use critical and
logical thinking to construct working electronic
circuits that provide for control of input and
output devices, the safe and reliable connection
of one circuit to another or to an embedded
controller (Arduino, Raspberry PL, etc.) or
computer port.
MSCI-223 Astronomy (3.00 cr.)
This is a course in basic astronomy, which will
provide an overview of our current understanding
of the universe around us. Topics will include
the origin of the universe, galaxies, stars, planets,
interstellar matter, black holes, supernovas,
space travel, and the possibility (or not) of
extra­terrestrial life, as well as the observational
techniques we use to reveal the universe.
MSCI-223C Astronomy (3.00 cr.)
This is a course in basic astronomy, which will
provide an overview of our current understanding
of the universe around us. Topics will include
the origin of the universe, galaxies, stars, planets,
interstellar matter, black holes, supernovas,
space travel, and the possibility (or not) of
extraterrestrial life, as well as the observational
techniques we use to reveal the universe.
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MSCI-224 The Physics of Music (3.00 cr.)
Music enriches our lives and plays a major role
in societies, cultures and economies around the
globe. In this course, we will explore the under­
lying physics behind music. We will start with
a general description of sound waves before
delving into how sound is produced by musical
instruments. We will cover how we perceive
music, including the functioning of our ears, and
will analyze notes, musical scales and chords
in terms of the frequencies involved. We will also
plug in and examine the electrification of instru­
ments, including the operation principles of
speakers and microphones, and the recording of
music from wax to MP3s. The surrounding in which
we listen to music affect the experience as
well, so we will examine the acoustics of indoor
and outdoor spaces.
MSCI-225C Starstruck: Meet our Universe
(3.00 cr.)
This course provides an overview of our current
understanding of the universe, allowing
students to explore the vastness and details of the
cosmos while inviting them to integrate scientific
ideas into their own works of films, podcasts,
discussions, and writing include the origin of the
universe and that of matter, galaxies, stars,
planets in and outside of our solar system, black
holes, supernovae, dark matter, dark energy, the
possibility of extraterrestrial life, space travel,
as well as the observational techniques used to
reveal the cosmos. Students will gain perspective
on our place in the universe as we explore how
we know what we know, exposing how science is
a process rather than an outcome. Discussions
will also address the under representation of
minorities and women in the science.
MSCI-230 Chemistry of Pigments (3.00 cr.)
Before the advent of the discipline of chemistry,
artists relied solely on pigments that could be
harvested from the natural environment. In this
course you will be introduced to the creation
of pigments y chemical means. The course is a
general chemistry course with the main focus
on inorganic chemistry. Through the synthe-
sis of pigments we will explore basic chemical
concepts like chemical bonding and different
chemical reactions. We will discover how chem-
ical properties allow us to understand the color
of pigments and we will touch on the chemical
makeup of binders and the making of paint.
MSCI-231 Chemistry of Textiles (3.00 cr.)
In this course students will gain an understanding
of the chemistry involved in fibers and textiles.
Students will learn to identify textiles based on
simple scientific methods and to understand
differences and similarities among natural and
manufactured fibers. We will discuss the process
of producing synthetic fibers and how the
end-use requirement of the textile is related to
its chemical structure. The function of various
compounds used in the cleaning of textiles will
be introduced. The course concludes with a
discussion about sustainability and environmental
issues related to the textile industry.
MSCI-232C Chemistry of Artist Materials
(3.00 cr.)
This is a “hands-on” core course that
introduces students to the chemistry behind
artists’ materials, including the chemistry of
frescoes, traditional oil paintings, dyes, inks,
illuminated manuscripts and textiles. Laboratory
experiments, trips to museums, molecular
visualizations of materials, films and multimedia
presentations also part of the course. By the
end of the semester, students produce their
own fresco and tempera paintings, illuminated
manuscripts and dyed textiles and are able to
discuss the chemistry involved in each of these
processed and how these different typed of
works of art deteriorate with time.
MSCI-250 Geology (3.00 cr.)
Presents the fundamental facts and principles
of geology, such as the nature and origin of the
earth’s landscape and underlying rocks; the
work of water, wind, and glaciers; and the role of
volcanoes, plate tectonics, and earthquakes.
MSCI-250C Geology (3.00 cr.)
This course provides a survey of the comp­
osition, structure, and history of the solid earth,
with emphasis on how internal processes shape
the earth. Major areas of focus include plate
tectonics, the rock cycle, seismology, volcanic
processes, and mineral resources.
MSCI-251 Planet Earth (3.00 cr.)
In this course we analyze how the earth works—
the ways solar energy, internal heat, and human
civilization mold the earth’s surface environment
and its scenery, climates, and vegetation. The
earth is a complex machine and we examine its
component parts and interactions in order to
better understand its past, present and future.
MSCI-251C Planet Earth (3.00 cr.)
In this course we analyze how the earth
works: the ways in which solar energy, internal
heat, and human civilization mold the earth’s
surface environment-its scenery, climates, and
vegetation. We examine the Earth’s component
parts and interactions in order to better
understand its past, present and future.
MSCI-252C Natural Catastrophes (3.00 cr.)
Earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, floods,
meteors, and climate change impact our world.
In this course we take a “real world” case history
approach to examining the physical causes of
natural disasters and, equally important, the
human contribution to them. We also discuss
the engineering, planning, and political steps
necessary to prevent disasters and equally
important, the human contribution to them.
We also discuss the engineering, planning, and
political steps necessary to prevent disasters or
at least soften their impact.
Course Descriptions
MSCI-260 Evolution (3.00 cr.)
This course provides a background in the fund­
amental principles of evolution, including natural
selection, adaptation, population genetics, co-
evolution, speciation, and macroevolution. Using
historical texts as well as cutting-edge research
papers, we will explore the ongoing development
of Darwin’s theory of evolution. Through the
readings, activities, and dialogue supported by
the course, students will learn to apply evolutionary
concepts to both the natural and human-mediated
world around them.
MSCI-261 The Evolution of Play (1.00 cr.)
This short course explores the evolution of
play in a diversity of animals. Looking at the
behavior of juveniles and adults, we will come
to understand playfulness as an adaptation
produced by Darwinian natural section. In class
we will use a variety of games to investigate the
adaptive value of play; as a final project, students
will produce a game of their own designed to
aid the survival and/or reproduction of players
or analyze a modern form of play from an
evolutionary perspective.
MSCI-262 Botany (3.00 cr.)
Botany is the scientific study of plants. This
course provides an introduction to the
essential components of botany. This includes:
Morphology (what does a plant look like? How
can we describe the differences between plants
to classify them and understand how they are
related to each other?), Physiological function
(how does a plan work what does it need to
grow? How does it respond to environmental
stressors like drought?), and Cellular function
and genetics (How are plant cells different from
animal cells? what about plant sex? how do plants
reproduce and evolve into the great diversity of
plant on planet earth?).
MSCI-264 Form and Design in Nature (3.00 cr.)
The natural world is constructed from quite
simple components. These components are
however configured into increasingly complex
degrees of myriad forms which are then reflec-
tive of their function within specific environ-
ments. This course will survey this diversity of
form and design beginning with molecules which,
in their simplest configurations, give rise to
water and minerals (including fossils) and, more
complexly, biological macromolecules. We will
then consider more complex and interesting
than just ‘mushrooms’) and plants (flowers are
just the beginning). Finally, we will conduct a
more thorough investigation of the great variety
and beauty of aquatic and terrestrial animal life
form the simplest sponge to humans. All of the
above will be presented from an evolutionary
perspective via weekly lectures and hands-on
micro-and macroscopic examination and study
of laboratory specimens. Trips to parks and
museums will be required. There is an expecta-
tion of sustained class engagement and personal
responsibility in timely and accurate completion
of assignments.
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MSCI-270 Ecology (3.00 cr.)
Ecology is the study of the interactions between
organisms and their environment. This course
provides a background in the fundamental prin-
ciples of ecological science, including concepts
of natural selection, population and community
ecology, biodiversity, and sustainability. Students
will acquire an “ecological literacy” about how
the natural world works, and develop an under-
standing of how scientific methods are used to
construct ecological knowledge. The course will
also explore some of today’s major ecological
challenges, and the important research that is
being done to address these concerns.
MSCI-270C Env Science and Ecology (3.00 cr.)
Like any other organism, humans rely on their
environment-most prominently the living part
of that environment-in order to survive. But
unlike any other species, humans have the ability
to re-shape the diverse environments they
inhabit in profound, fundamental, and potentially
destructive ways. This course explores how living
ecosystems function and how that functioning
provides the resources required by both
individual humans and the societies we form.
It also considers how we have transformed our
environment I n ways that can threaten both our
own health and the health of the ecosystems
upon which human civilization depends. Many
scientists suggest that we have entered a new
geologic epoch, the Anthropocene; this course
explores ways in which the “age of humanity” can
become a sustainable—rather that apocalyptic—
episode in evolutionary history.
MSCI-271 Ecology for Architects (3.00 cr.)
Architects build structures that serve as
environments for organisms: human beings.
Therefore, it is crucial that architects understand
the ways in which organisms interact with the
environment and other organisms. This course
will investigate topics in ecology that will enable
students to think more broadly about what it
means to design living and working spaces.
MSCI-280 Environmental Sci for CM (3.00 cr.)
The underlying nature of our world, as revealed
through science, has a controlling impact on
the materials, designs, and structures available for
construction of our built environment. Coverse-
ly, both the act of fabrication of our built
environment and the nature of the structures we
build have a profound effect on our natural
environment. This course will introduce concepts
in the natural, biological and physical sciences
that clarify these interactions and prepare students
to understand the environmental impact of their
construction choices.
MSCI-283C Breeders Propagators/Creators
(3.00 cr.)
Humans are the only species to play host to two
complex evolving systems: One genetic and one
cultural. Our unique and extensive use of culture
has allowed us to become the most dominant
species the earth has ever seen. But the use of
cumulative culture as our greatest means of surviving
also creates a variety of dilemmas, both for
individual people and our species as a whole. This
course explores our roles as baby breeders,
culture propagators, and idea creators. Under-
standing these fundamental human activities will
allow us to understand how our genes and culture
have coevolved and what that unique coevolution
means for the present and future of our species.
MSCI-300 Calculus I (3.00 cr.)
Topics in analytic geometry, functions of one
variable, limiting processes, differentiation of
algebraic and trigonometric functions, definite
and indefinite integrals are covered.
Requisite courses: Take MATH-150 or pass the
math placement exam. Contact the Department
of Mathematics and Science for information on
taking the exam: ARC LL G-37 sci@pratt.edu
718.636.3764 (Required, Previous)
MSCI-301 Calculus II (3.00 cr.)
Applications of the definite integral; trans­
cendental functions; methods of integration;
improper integrals; curves in rectangular
polar and parametric forms; interactive and
numerical methods.
Requisite courses: Take MSCI-300
(Required, Previous)
MSCI-302 Statistics (3.00 cr.)
This is a comprehensive survey course in statis­
tical theory and methodology. Statistical theory
topics include descriptive statistics, data analysis,
elementary probability, and hypothesis testing;
methodology topics include sampling, goodness-
of-fit testing, analysis of variance, and least
squares estimation.
MSCI-330 Chemistry for Art History (3.00 cr.)
This course introduces Art History majors to the
basics of chemistry and the chemistry behind
artists’ materials and techniques. Students
engage in guided activities, such as guided lab-
­oratory experiments, to gain insight into the
properties and chemical behavior of artists’
materials. Lectures are developed to reinforce
the understanding of chemical principles and
address their connection to artist materials. In
addition, several guest speakers including art
conservators and conservation scientists will
introduce issues in related to their field of expertise.
Course Descriptions
MSCI-331 Chemistry of Roman Art (3.00 cr.)
In this course students will gain an understanding
of the chemistry involved in the art and
architectural materials utilized in ancient Rome.
The course will draw on research from Pompeii
and Herculaneum, which provide a wealth of
preserved information about the history, tech­-
nology, and culture of the Roman people.
Through case studies, students will learn about
the chemistry of Roman building materials,
glasses, and pigments. Deterioration of wall paintings
and mosaics will be discussed and students
will learn how scientific analysis can provide
guidelines for conservators on how to preserve
the art at the ancient sites.
Requisite courses: Take MSCi-330 MSCI-232C
(Required, Previous)
MSCI-362 The Evolution of Sex (3.00 cr.)
This course explores the evolution of sexual
reproduction as an alternative to nature’s original
means of propagating genes (asexual cloning).
We’ll explore why sex evolved, weighing the
benefits and liabilities associated with sexual
reproduction and will also look at the diversity of
sexual strategies employed across all kingdoms
of life, considering the conflict and cooperation
inherent in the reproductive process. The course
will conclude by looking at the sexual behavior of
humans and our closest primate relatives.MSCI-
381 Green Building Science (3.00 cr.)
This course will equip students with the basic
technical knowledge they will need to assess the
true sustainability of design and construction
options in building design. Drawing on physics,
engineering, chemistry, and environmental
studies, students will learn how to understand
the performance of a building from the
perspectives of water use and waste disposal,
heat flow and energy consumption, air flow and
the indoor environment, fenestration and lighting
requirements. By the conclusion of the course,
students will have a clear understanding of how
to advance in the field of sustainable building,
including familiarity with carbon footprints, the
US Green Building Council’s LEED program, and
the Passive House standard.
MSCI-432 Nature of Color (3.00 cr.)
In this course we study how color is created at
the atomic and molecular level by interaction of
light at the physical surface of reflective objects.
From there we elucidate the chemistry of the
perceptive organ, the eye, via its interaction with
light with some coverage of the neurological/
perceptual factors of the synthesizing organ, the
brain. We will perform several lab experiments
treating the nature of color from both a physical
and chemical perspective.
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MSCI-433 Degradation and Materials (3.00 cr.)
In this course students will gain an understanding
of how art and design materials degrade and
how they can be preserved. Dirt plays a major
role in the deterioration of materials therefore
optimal cleaning methods are a necessity.
Scientific methods are important for the study
of art and design materials. The use of multi-
spectral imaging and polarized light microscopy
for characterization of art and design materials
will be discussed. We will cover how to determine
realistic goal for treatments. Students will choose
an art or design material and get a chance to
scientifically characterize, clean, degrade, and
apply a treatment allowing for a deeper under­
standing of the materials they use in their practices.
Requisite courses: MSCI-230 MSCI-231 MSCI-330
or MSCI-331 (Required, Previous)
MSCI-436 Toxics in the Environment (1.00 cr.)
This course focuses on toxic and hazardous
substances in the environment, with particular
emphasis on trace metals and organic
compounds associated with construction
materials and the urban/industrial environments. offerings from the Chair of the Department of
It examines issues such as urban air quality and
indoor air pollution, the persistence of toxic
chemicals in the environment, and the regulation
and cleanup of toxic substances. Case study
discussion focuses on sources and exposure
to toxic substances in the built environment
in general, and the New York City urban
environment in particular.
MSCI-438 Chem of Modern Poly Materials
(3.00 cr.)
The development of synthetic polymers such
as plastic, rubber, and nylon is one of the main
achievements of the 20th century. This course
introduces students to the fundamentals of
organic chemistry within the context of modern
polymeric materials. Students will prepare
various synthetic polymers but also work with
commercial available polymeric materials. Works
of art made of such materials are extremely
challenging to conservators since they are vulnerable
towards deterioration. Signs of degradation
such as discoloration, stickiness, and cracking
are usually observed within less than 30 years.
Analytical instrumentation will be used to identify
and characterize molecular changes before and
after artificial aging.
MSCI-463 The Evolution of Cooperation
(3.00 cr.)
When we describe what propels evolution,
“competition” and exploitation” are the
processes that first come to mind. However,
cooperation within and between organisms has
also played a prominent role in the evolution
of the earth’s organisms. In this course, we will
consider the various levels at which cooperation
has emerges as the result of natural selection,
starting with single-celled organisms and building
up the human cultural systems. While the
course has no prerequisites, the reading and
assignments will be aimed at highly-motivated
students; students will be expected to conduct
significant independent inquiry.
MSCI-470 Behavioral Ecology (3.00 cr.)
Behavioral ecologists look at the responses of
animals to their environment from an evolution-
ary perspective: they ask the questions “how
did this behavior evolve?” and “how does this
behavior contribute to survival and reproduc-
tion?” In this course we will consider a wide
variety of behaviors (group formation and social
behavior, predator-prey interactions, foraging
decisions, mate choice, parental care, life history
strategies, territoriality, altruism) as the product
of evolution. After becoming familiar with the
methods and techniques of behavioral ecology,
students will complete their own scientific and
creative inquiry into animal behavior.
MSCI-490 Special Topics (1.00 – 3.00 cr.)
Focuses on areas of topical interest and
current faculty research. The subject matter of
these courses changes from semester to semester
as a reflection of new scholarly developments,
and interests of students and faculty. Since
schedules and topics change frequently, students
should seek information on current SCI-490
Math and Science.
Math and Science
Writing Intensive
MSWI-210C Science and Society (3.00 cr.)
The science and Society course explores some
of the most pressing science issues facing the
human condition today. Through lectures,
readings, discussions, and writing, the class will
explore such issues as climate change, alternative
energy, genetic engineering, emerging infectious
diseases, and the overall forecast for the human
condition in the next several decades. Students
will gain an appreciation of how science can
inform policies that will shape our society, and
will recognize the limitations of our current
knowledge in prediction how modern technology
will shape the human condition in the future.
MSWI-220C The Science of Light (3.00 cr.)
This introduction to light and optical phenomena
in nature and technology will acquaint students
with various physical aspects of light. We will
delve into optical effects in nature such as the
formation of rainbows, the colors of the sky
and bubbles, mirages, the formation of images
by our eyes and reception of those images by
the rods and cones of our retinas. The use of
light in technology will be explored by examining
topics such as fiber optics, light sources (from
the sun to light bulbs to pixels), one-way mirrors,
3D movie glasses, and image formation with
pinholes, lenses and mirrors. Special attention
will be paid to the operating principles and
functioning of cameras from their lenses, to their
viewfinders, apertures and filters.
Course Descriptions
MSWI-224C The Physics of Acoustic Music
(3.00 cr.)
Music enriches our lives and plays major role in
societies, cultures and economies around the
globe. In this course, we will explore the of that environment—in order to survive. But
underlying physic behind acoustic music. We will
start with a general description of sound waves
before delving into how sound is produced
by musical instruments. We will cover how we
perceive music, including the functioning of
our ears, and will analyze notes, musical scales
and chords in terms of the frequencies involve.
The surroundings in which we will examine the
acoustics of indoor and outdoor spaces.
MSWI-230C Chemistry of Pigments (3.00 cr.)
Before the advent of the discipline of chemistry,
artists relied solely on pigments that could be
harvested from the natural environment. In this
course you will be introduced to the creation
of pigments y chemical means. The course is a
general chemistry course with the main focus on
inorganic chemistry. Through the synthesis of
pigments we will explore basic chemical concepts
like chemical bonding and different chemical
reactions. We will discover how chemical prop­-
erties allow us to understand the color of pigments
and we will touch on the chemical makeup of
binders and the making of paint.
MSWI-260C Evolution (3.00 cr.)
This course provides a background in the fund­
amental principles of evolution, including natural
selection, adaptation, population genetics,
coevolution, speciation, and macroevolution. Using
historical texts as well as cutting-edge research
papers, we will explore the ongoing development
of Darwin’s theory of evolution. Through the
readings, activities, and dialogue supported by the
course, students will learn to apply evolutionary
concepts to both the natural and human-mediated
world around them.
MSWI-263C Biological Significance Art (3.00 cr.)
The drive to create and innovate is central to the
human condition and is unmatched in the animal
kingdom. It may be the most defining feature
of the behavioral changes—resulting in behavioral
modernity—that distinguish humans from our
nearest primate and human ancestors. This course
explores the concept of behavioral modernity
and asks the questions: What evidence is there
for the earliest appearance of art and tech-
nology in the fossil record? What role do these
advances play in the biological success of our
species? What accumulate knowledge do we take
for granted that allows us to appreciate art, in-
terpret symbolism and interact with technology
that our ancestors lacked? In answering, students
will explore the nature of art and technology
through a biological lens, as adaptations to harsh
environments and varied landscapes. We will
explore the earliest evidence for tool use and
art making as well as search the animal kingdom
for evidence of these same behaviors. We will
observe how technological advances can tell us
about cognitive advances, looking both to the fossil
record and cognitive development for evi­
dence. Finally, we’ll consider whether there are
costs to the adaptations that led to our reliance
on innovation.
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MSWI-270C Ecology Environ and Anthropocene
(3.00 cr.)
Like any other organism, humans rely on their
environment—most prominently the living part
unlike any other species, humans have the ability
to re-shape the diverse environments they
inhabit in profound, fundamental, and potentially
destructive ways. This course explores how living
ecosystems function and how that functioning
provides the resources required by both
individual humans and the societies we form.
It also considers how we have transformed our
environment in ways that can threated both our
won health and the health of the ecosystems
upon which human civilization depends. Many
scientists suggest that we have entered a new
geologic epoch, the anthropocene; this course
explores ways in which the “age of humanity” can
become a sustainable-rather than apocalyptic-
episode in evolutionary history.
MSWI-283C Breeders Propagators/Creators
(3.00 cr.)
Humans are the only species to play host to two
complex evolving systems: One genetic and one
cultural. Our unique and extensive use of culture
has allowed us to become the most dominant
species the earth has ever seen. But the use of
cumulative culture as our greatest means of surviving
also creates a variety of dilemmas, both for
individual people and our species as a whole. This
course explores our roles as baby breeders,
culture propagators, and idea creators. Under-
standing these fundamental human activities will
allow us to understand how our genes and culture
have coevolved and what that unique coevolution
means for the present and future of our species.
PHYS-131 Physics I (3.00 cr.)
Students learn about the mechanics of solids,
including statics and dynamics, work, energy,
machines, elasticity, fluids at rest and in motion,
fundamental concepts of heat and temperature
and heat transfer. Laboratory experiments are
coordinated with classwork.
PHYS-132 Physics II (3.00 cr.)
Covers such topics as electricity and magnetism,
including resistance, inductance and capaci-
tance; DC and AC circuits; measuring instruments;
production, transmission, and absorption of
sound; and light sources and intensity measure-
ments. Laboratory experiments are coordinated
with classroom work.
Philosophy PHIL-265 Aesthetics (3.00 cr.)
What is art? Must art be beautiful? Are aesthetic
this course judgments and taste merely subject–
PHIL-200 Problems in Philosophy (3.00 cr.
ive? Is the aesthetic sphere autonomous? What
An introduction to central philosophical about
are the relations between art and politics, artistic
knowledge and belief, causality and freedom,
experiment and institutional reality? Is originality
nature and metaphysics, mind, identity and arti­ficial
important? Is there a difference between art and
intelligence, and the problems of moral judgment.
craft? These and other questions, belonging to
the philosophical reflection on art (the sensuous
PHIL-205 Philosophy Through Film (3.00 cr.)
and the practical) are covered in this course. For
An introduction to philosophical issues raised
students with a general interest in the problems
by classical and modern cinema. As this is a
of art and aesthetic experience.
philosophy course and not a course in film
theory or history, we will use films to discuss
PHIL-301 Logic (3.00 cr.)
questions of epistemology, metaphysics and ethics;
An elementary introduction to logical thinking.
among the topics considered are memory,
One-third of the course is devoted to problems
time and the mind-body relationship; language
of language and semantics.
and identity; illusion and reality; guilt, violence,
forgiveness and justice. Extensive readings
PHIL-307 Philosophy/Contemp Cltrl Thry
will be drawn from philosophy, literature, and
(3.00 cr.)
film theory.
An examination of contemporary cultural critique
as developed in contemporary intellectual
PHIL-208 History Of Philosophy, Ancient
movements, such as critical theory, post-
(3.00 cr.)
structuralism and deconstruction anti-theory.
A survey of major figures and theories from
The course also elicits and explores central
Greek and Roman antiquity to the early
insights of cultural critique in the context
Renaissance, which follows the development of
of contemporary intellectual, political, and
philosophic themes such as the nature of the
aesthetic concerns.
good life, the difference between truth, belief
and opinion, free will and determinism, religion
PHIL-311 Philosophy of Literature (3.00 cr.)
and political obligation, and the reality of
In this course we will enter the lively borderlands
the physical world. The course introduces char-
between literature and philosophy, where we will
acteristic examples of philosophic argument
begin to explore questions of good and evil
and inquiry through close readings of philosophers
motivation and freedom, chance and time power
like Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, Augustine, Aquinas,
and performativity, language, subjectivity, and
Ockham, Bacon and Machiavelli.
memory. And after that, we’ll move on to the really
big issues! Through readings of literary texts
PHIL-209 Modern Philosophy:
from Greek tragedy to postmodern fiction—and
History and Problems (3.00 cr.)
philosophy ranging from structuralism to pheno­-
What is knowledge? Does consciousness exist?
menology, systems theory and psychoanalysis—
Is morality just a cover for human prejudices and
we will map out some of the vexed relationships
fears? What do we think we’re doing when
between truth and rhetoric, author and audi-
we speak? This course introduces the key debates
ence, sense and nonsense, argument and image,
that have shaped modern philosophy through a
text and context, the fake and the authentic.
close reading of philosophers ranging from
Montaigne and Descartes to Kant, Hegel and
PHIL-312 Philosophical Ethics (3.00 cr.)
Nietzsche representing a variety of positions from
Ethics may be broadly defined as the inquiry
the empiricist and rationalist to the skeptical
into what we should or ought to desire, feel or do.
and nihilist.
All lives and all cultures there is an ethical
dimension, but in philosophical ethics we look
PHIL-210 Ethics and Social Issues (3.00 cr.)
for the reasons behind moral thinking, and we ask:
This course brings moral and ethical and ethical
what is an ethical judgment? Are ethical judgments
reflection to bear on concrete moral problems
universal or culturally specific? Are they ex­
in public and private life. When philosophy
pressions of emotional preferences or do they
engages practical and social issues, it puts into
correspond to facts about the world? What
question the distinction between the political
is the goal of ethical action: individual happiness,
and the personal, between controversy and
pleasure or fulfillment? The greatest good of the
consensus. Debates may change but the
greatest number? And can we know what is right
problems of justice, duty and fairness continue
or wrong, what we ought to do? We will
to arise, demanding not partisanship but rigorous
examine these issues through contemporary ex­-
investigation, conceptual clarity, and self-
amples and recent philosophical discussion.
examination all of which philosophers from antiquity
Moral theo­ries discussed will include utilitarianism,
to the present attempt, with varying degrees
moral realism versus moral relativism, intuition-
of success. Issues discussed in this course may
ism and deontology, and perfectionism.
include violence and war, human and animal
rights, sexual freedom, giving and taking life,
PHIL-320 Existentialism (3.00 cr.)
censorship and resistance, duties to other species,
A comprehensive treatment of existentialist
cultural and religious conflict, and poverty
philosophy, including the work of Kierkegaard
and famine.
and Nietzsche, and the contemporary work of
Heidegger and Sartre.
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PHIL-350 Metaphysics (3.00 cr.)
Metaphysics is the study of reality and its nature.
Raising fundamental questions about time,
matter, space, identity, action, objects, chance,
causation and freedom, metaphysical inquiry
underlies all specialized forms of knowledge and
discourse, from the natural sciences to recent
and early modern theories of consciousness,
subjectivity and meaning. Other central topics in
metaphysics are the mind/body relationship, the
existence of God, the relation of substance and
accidents, and the reality of number.
PHIL-355 Theories of Knowledge (3.00 cr.)
This course examines the nature and scope
of knowledge. Is knowledge innate, or is it the
product of our experiences? What makes it
possible, what makes it legitimate, and what are
its limits? We will read and consider some of the
major arguments from the ancient world through
the modern era and into the present day,
addressing concepts such as skepticism, truth,
justification, rationality, evidence, testimony,
illusion, and perspective, as well as investigation
the conception of knowledge pursued in the
natural and social sciences.
PHIL-356 Environmental Ethics (3.00 cr.)
If we can be ethical in our relation to others,
why can’t we be ethical in our relations with the
environment? This course assesses the capability
of traditional ethical paradigms (and their
alternatives) to address current environmental
issues, including global climate change, food
ethics, sustainable consumption practices, and
the intrinsic value of non-human nature.
PHIL-400 Phenomenology (3.00 cr.)
Phenomenology is most commonly used to refer
to a movement in 20th century philosophy, the
central figures of which were Edmund Husserl,
Martin Heidegger, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Maurice
Merleau-Ponty. What these philosophers share
is their view that the proper subject matter of
philosophy-what distinguishes it from other
disciplines, including the objective sciences-is
experience, and that experience can only be
studied subjectively from within the first person
point of view. In addition to the general topic
of the nature and structure of experience,
related areas of interest will include first person
perspectives on the self and its relation to itself,
body, world, and other selves, as well as the
emotions that are constituted by those relations
(pride, shame, anxiety, love, hate,).
PHIL-415P Philosophy and Race (3.00 cr.)
What can philosophy offer with respect to the
notion of “race”? How can it contribute to a
discourse and struggle that largely finds itself
spoken of along the lines of biology, psychology,
anthropology, sociology, culture, politics, history,
and even geography? In this course we will
cover these and other like questions in a way that
surveys that many ways in which race has
become a theme for philosophers in thinking
about our social being as well as individual identity.
PHIL-450 ADV Topics in Philosophy (3.00 cr.)
Philosophy is a conversation in which ideas and
arguments are the speakers; the most important
thinkers in the tradition are those who create
concepts, transform categories and habits of
reading, and reshape the map of thinking. This
seminar offers a close engagement with the
work of a single major thinker, or movement
through: (1)an in-depth study of one influential
book , The Critique of Pure Reason, Being and
Time, Philosophical investigations, Madness and
Civilization, Capital, or The Phenomenology
of Perception); or (2) a sequence of key texts.
Requisite courses: Take 3 credits from subject
PHIL (Required, Previous)
Social Sciences
SS-200 Introduction to Sociology (3.00 cr.)
Covers basic concepts for the study of primitive
and modern society, social processes operating
in human groups, personality development in
various societies, major institutional groupings,
and social change.
SS-201T Sustainable Core (3.00 cr.)
The Sustainable Core provides an overview of
sustainability by exploring definitions, applications,
and debates in relevant disciplines engaged in
the relationships between environmental quality,
social equity, and economic activity. In addition
to lectures and discussion led by the course in-
structor, Pratt Institute faculty and guest speakers
who are experts on specific topics will provide
guest lectures. The Sustainable Core provides
experience in how sustainability is practices
across the disciplines of the Institute.
SS-202 Economics (3.00 cr.)
An examination of the problems of the American
economy and proposals for their solution.
Unemployment, poverty, discrimination,
economic concentration, inflation, ecology,
the quality of public services, and relations with
foreign lands are discussed.
SS-203G Global History to 1800 (3.00 cr.)
This is a survey of global history that will expose
students to the most salient forces, ideas,
movements, and events of world history for 1200
to 1800.
SS-204G Global History Since 1800 (3.00 cr.)
This is a survey of global history that will expose
students to the most salient forces, ideas,
movements, and events of world history from the
end of the French Revolution in the early 1800s
to the present day.
SS-205 Political Institutions (3.00 cr.)
An examination of the theory and operation of
the major types of political systems. The course
focuses on the question of power as it extends
from the state to daily life. Both formal and
informal, sanctioned and unsanctioned modes of
political expression will receive attention.
Course Descriptions
SS-209 Intro to Anthropology (3.00 cr.)
Introduces disciplines in the field of anthropolo-
gy such as physical anthropology, ethnology, and
linguistics. Material constructions pertaining to
the hypotheses and theories concerning human
evolution, comparative cultural analyses, and the
nature and significance of language are exam-
ined. As a comparative discipline, anthropological
study provides important insights into the struc-
ture and functioning of culture in kinship as well
as class-based societies. This study encompasses
a range of societies from simple hunting and
gathering to industrialized ones. Visual material is
an important adjunct to this course.
SS-209G Intro to Anthropology (3.00 cr.)
Introduces disciplines in the field of
anthropology such as physical anthropology,
ethnology, and linguistics. Material constructions
pertaining to the hypotheses and theories
concerning human evolution, comparative
cultural analyses, and the nature and significance
of language are examined. As a comparative
discipline, anthropological study provides
important insights into the structure and
functioning of culture in kinship as well as class-
based societies. This study encompasses a range
of societies from simple hunting and gathering
to industrialized ones. Visual material is an
important adjunct to this course.
SS-210 General Psychology (3.00 cr.)
A study of human mental processes and
behavior. Problems of maturation, motivation,
emotional and mental development, disorders,
and treatment are covered.
SS-218G Spiritual Awakenings (3.00 cr.)
This course is a history of the creation and devel-
opment of seven major religious, philosophical,
and spiritual traditions that transformed the
ancient world from China to Greece during the
Axial Age (c.800-200 BCE). Students will examine
scriptures and seminal writings that provided
the founding truths of Buddhism, Jainism,
Confucianism, Taoism, and Greek philosophy and
science, and that enriched and deepened the
older Hindu and Hebrew traditions.
SS-220G Islam Muhammad Great Khans
(3.00 cr.)
This course is an overview of the history of the
Islamic world from the time of the Prophet
Muhammad in Mecca in the seventh century to
the eve of European imperialism. The course
concentrates on the growth and diversity of
Islamic cultural and religious traditions not only
in Arabia and the Middle East, but also in North,
West, and East Africa, and Central, South, and
Southeast Asia.
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SS-225 The Symposium (3.00 cr.)
In The Symposium, students become acquainted
with the professional work of Pratt faculty and
distinguished visitors who work in the range
of fields covered by the Department of Social
Science and Cultural Studies. The course is
structured around presentations by faculty and
on general themes that will change year by year.
Students will gain broad and deep knowledge
of the fields of study and approaches available
to them as they prepare for Moderation. All
students majoring in Visual Studies are required
to take The Symposium in the semester before
their advancement to Moderation.
SS-230 Sociological Theory (3.00 cr.)
Sociological Theory is the core and scaffolding
of Sociology. When anyone is asked to describe
a discipline as important as sociology, three
deceptively simple but in reality quite complex
questions arise. The first, “What is sociology?”
can only be answered sociologically along with
the second: “What is society?” Finally, a third
question arises from the title of the very first
sociology course taught in America, what are
the “ends and uses of society?” This course will
be an exploration of sociological theory. We will
follow a thematic approach stressing some of the
key concerns of sociology: power, the state, self,
authority, family, race, gender, social evolution,
and of course, society.
SS-232 Freud and Beyond: Psychoanalysis
(3.00 cr.)
This course aims to introduce students to
contemporary and classical psychoanalytic
theory. By focusing on the theoretical
reorientations of psychoanalytic theory
in response to changing social, economic,
cultural and political contexts, we will examine
the ways in which the theory and practice of
psychoanalysis changed over time in order
to illuminate, interpret and reinterpret our
psychological landscapes.
SS-235P Sociology Music, Sound and Noise
(3.00 cr.)
This course examines everyday life through
our experiences of music, sound, and noise.
Because the field of the sociology of music is
as broad as the world of sound, we will focus on
the production, meaning, use, and construction
of soundscapes and auditory environments.
Individual or group soundscape projects will
be accompanied by readings that together will
provide students with a foundation in active
critical listening and the sociological study of
music, sound, and noise. The course will require
a good deal of listening to perhaps study of
unfamiliar music and musical genres, but you
do not need to be able to read music or play an
instrument for this course.
SS-236G Comparative Revolutions (3.00 cr.)
This course looks at the concept of political
revolution that results in the overthrow of an ex­ist­-
ing government and/or colonial regime and
replacement with something entirely new. The
course begins with a discussion of generic
rev­olution, defines what is a revolution, types of
revolution (political, anti-colonial liberation move­
ments, etc.) and factors that help bring them
about including the role of economics and ideology.
SS-240 Shaping the Contemporary City
(3.00 cr.)
Through the interdisciplinary perspectives of
history, urban geography, sociology, and public
policy, students will consider critical concepts
of urban studies with a particular focus on
social and spatial inequalities. Students will be
introduced to multimedia, qualitative and
quantitative research methodologies to docu­
ment the urban experience with a particular
emphasis on a social issue.
SS-241 Cities and Globalization (3.00 cr.)
What is the relationship between the history
of the city and the history of globalization? To
tackle this question we will look at theories and
histories of the city and of globalization from
a macro and micro-perspective, proceeding
roughly chronologically and thematically. Each
week we will focus on one city and one theme
related to the history of cities and globalization,
such as Beijing and the dawn of globalization,
London and the expansion of industrial played
in the creation and maintenance of global
institutions, ideologies, and socio-economic
classes that have contributed to the emergence
of globalization and its attendant social,
economic, political, and cultural consequences.
SS-243 Story of Freedom in the U.S (3.00 cr.)
This course provides a thematic survey of US
history, from the colonial period to the present,
through one of the most important dynamics
that shaped US politics, economics, society and
culture: the democratic paradox of authority and
freedom. Students will have the opportunity look
at a number of key moments, and to complete
a project that focuses on related events and
questions of most interest to them.
SS-246G Lines in the Sand (3.00 cr.)
This course will trace the development of the
idea of territorial sovereignty and its role in
the creation of the modern nation-state and
the international state system. It will be along
the edges and outlines of territorial states, and
in the movements of peoples and ideas and
goods across these lines, where ewe will take our
vantage points to examine the most fundamental
units of world politics.
SS-247TP Students, Politics and Protest
(3.00 cr.)
This course examines the history of student
movements globally since World War II. Beginning
in the 1950s civil rights movement in the United
States, the course examines antiwar movements,
the uprisings of 1968, anti-capitalist movements,
anti-Apartheid, and more recent political
movements including Occupy, the Arab Spring,
and Black Lives Matter.
Course Descriptions
SS-249G Secret Activities of the CIA (3.00 cr.)
One of the main functions of the U.S. Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA) is to collect and
evaluate intelligence about foreign countries in
order to assist US national security operations
around the world. But the CIA also engages in
secret operations abroad that have opposed
progressive governments as well as political and
labor movements, while sporting right-wing,
often brutal dictatorships and movements. Its
operations have directly or indirectly caused
the torture and death of countless millions of
innocent people—even genocides.
SS-250 The Ethics of Research (3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to provide a broad base
for students to gain an understanding related
to the histories of knowledge production, includ-
ing the impact of enlightenment, modernity and
the development of disciplines. There is a
sustained focus upon the impact of such formu-
lations on the development of global history and
thought through a consideration of epistemic
injustice. As a way forward, students will be
encourage to think of alternative methodologies.
SS-255 Between Image and Word (3.00 cr.)
Captions, artists’ statements, essays on their
own and others’ work, extended critical essays,
theoretical statements about the nature of
photo­graphy: all of these are forms of writing
undertaken by photographers. In this course, we
will study the writings of photographers with an
eye to understanding the many contexts in which
photographers write and the expectations for
good writing those contexts create. The course
will be both theoretical and practical, in the
sense that students will study the writings of photo­
graphers in order to understand the various
contexts of photographic writing and the ways
photographers have responded to them and will
develop their own skills in meeting the demands
of the good use of words. All readings will be by
artists who use Course Description: both photo­
graphic images and words to make meaning.
SS-256GP Law, War and Empire (3.00 cr.)
Societies and Cultures world-wide have debated
the justification, conduct and ethics of warfare
for thousands of years. Providing an historical
background, including an examination of classic
texts of war such as the Bhagvad Gita and Sun
Tzu’s The Art of War, this course explores major
themes within the framework of law, war and empire
such as just war, civilized vs. savage warfare,
military tribunals, treatment of prisoners of war,
the use of torture, genocide and war-crimes,
and the impact of new technologies on warfare.
SS-260P Applied Child/
Adolescent Development (3.00 cr.)
This course introduces students to the field of
child and adolescent development by examining
the application of various theoretical framework
with the aim of understanding and promoting
psychological development. We survey classical
psychological paradigms and examine research in
applied settings, approaches to developmental
assessment, and contemporary social issues
which bear direct relevance on development of
children and adolescents in 21st century.
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SS-261G Sexual Politics (3.00 cr.)
This class comparatively examines how
sexuality and gender intersected with politics to
shape modern societies. We will address the
global dimensions of sexuality, but our readings
will primarily focus on developments in Asia,
Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and
North America. Our weekly discussions will revolve
around several interesting themes including
gender-role construction, theories of sexual
identity, state regulation of sexual behavior, and
rise of LGBTQ emancipation movements. After
discuss­ing the significance of these themes
on the local level, we will then examine them within
large cultural, social and transnational contexts.
SS-262 Theories of Gender (3.00 cr.)
This interdisciplinary course explores the con-
cept of gender. This is approached through the
lens of feminist and post-structuralist thinkers
that address the establishment and subversion of
sex and gender categories and hierarchies and
their cultural manifestations, especially in the
arts. The course will cover a range of topics form
20th and 21st century gender, queer, and Tran’s
theory, including gender binaries and spectrums,
empowerment and subversion in popular culture,
genes, hormones, biology, and contemporary
trans activism.
SS-272 History of the 1970s (3.00 cr.)
This course is a political and social history of
the “long” 1970s, from the Tet Offensive of
the Vietnam War in 1968 to the inauguration
of President Ronald Reagan in 1981. We will
examine this period from a number of different
perspectives, using a wide range of sources
including: television, film. Creative non-fiction,
fashion, and music.
SS-276 Music, Creativity, Consumption
(3.00 cr.)
This interdisciplinary course examines the relation­
ship between musical practice and cultural
criticism through the lens of perspectives on
what constitutes the “authentic” and “inauthentic”
creation, expression, and consumption of music,
and the social, cultural, and critical concerns
that underpin them, across a range of genres
including western classical music, jazz, improv­
isation, pop, rock, serialism, and electronica.
Topics are drawn from philosophy, musicology,
critical theory, cognitive science, legal theory,
and music criticism, and include crea­tivity and the
mind, creativity and the body; style, race,
and genre; silence and noise; originality and
copy­right; and consumption, technology and the
music industry.
SS-278G Caribbean Music and Festivals
(3.00 cr.)
The course examines contemporary cultural
expressions of the Caribbean region in a historical
context. It explores how popular culture has
been transformed into an important tool in shap-
ing national identities and has also transcended
national boundaries to become pan-diasporic and
global. The course focuses on the 19th through
the 21st centuries, drawing on examples across the
Caribbean region and in the metropolitan centers
of the US, Canada, and Europe.
SS-281 Modern Conspiracy Theories (3.00 cr.)
This is an interdisciplinary exploration of modern
conspiracy theories from the French Revolution
to the present. It aims to both provide a better
understanding of the growth of conspiracism
as a phenomenon as well as provide a historical
exploration of the roots and contexts of specific
conspiracy theories.
SS-288 Animals: Ethics and Representation
(3.00 cr.)
Debate is ongoing as to how we should behave
towards animals and why. Is it wrong to eat them,
or to test medicines on them? Can we do moral
harm to animals or only physical harm? If we do
think we have moral obligation toward animals,
what is the ground for these obligations? In this
class we will consider questions of ethics, mind,
and representation in interrogation the relation
between human and non-human animals.
SS-290 Darwin, Marx, Nietzsche, Freud
(3.00 cr.)
In this course we will examine our concepts of
society, power, value, and desire through reading
selected works by Karl Marx, Charles Darwin,
Friedrich Nietzsche, and Sigmund Freud. The
goal is not to attempt to prove or disprove
their many arguments, but to understand those
views and the social context that shaped them
through a close examination of their works.
Special emphasis will be on reading the original
texts and attention will be paid to how they went
about their critiques as well as the revolutionary
consequences that followed—including those
that were often antithetical to their own views
and work.
SS-292 Epidemic Disease in History (3.00 cr.)
Disease has been present throughout human’s
history and has had a profound effect on people
and events. The purpose of this course is to
examine these biological agents, their impact on
history and to look at society’s responses, rang-
ing from magic and religion to science, medicine,
and the institution of the modern hospital.
SS-299 Moderation (3.00 cr.)
“Moderation” provides the students with the
opportunity to reflect on their studies, identify
their interests and begin to focus on the aims
and structure of the final two years of their
program. Moderation requires students to
examine their initial experiences in the program,
their goals and their interests, to evaluate their
performance and their commitment to a course
of study, and to chart their final two years of
college with help of a faculty committee.
SS-305 The Visual Culture of Violence (3.00 cr.)
This class is a conceptual introduction to the
visual culture of violence.
Our focus will be placed on understanding
images of violence as they appear across a
range of visual media. Students will engage with
and critique various theories of violence in the
process of analyzing the appearance of violence
in our communities, cultures, and subcultures.
Discussion will focus on the impact and meaning
of visual images of violence as well as the
practices of showing and seeing.
Course Descriptions
SS-310 Cities Cultures (3.00 cr.)
Beginning with a brief history of the develop-
ment of urban collectivities, this course will
take a cross-cultural look at the similarities and
differences in areas such as concentrations of
populations, cultural exchange, social power,
centers of government, manufacturing, money
management, trade, and religion, among others.
The course also examines the issue of power
differentials played out over time in spatial
arrangement, social control, work, and leisure.
SS-312 Heritage Practices (3.00 cr.)
This seminar considers heritage in relation to
both archaeological sites and natural landscapes
that have undergone transformations due to
indigenous rights, green politics and international
tourism. The course examines the development
of key ideas including conservation, wilderness,
sustainability, indigenous knowledge, non-renew-
ability, and diversity. This seminar will contextualize
World Heritage sites, nongovernmental
agencies (NGOs) and public interest projects within
contemporary global politics.
SS-314 Piracy/Smuggling on High Seas (3.00 cr.)
This course provides a history of piracy and
smuggling that cuts through popular myths and
identifies how images of “pirate” have impacted
contemporary culture. Then, turning historically,
the course examines piracy and smuggling in
comparative American and Asian contexts, first
by illustrating how pirates affected, interacted
with, and helped establish empires, then by
turning to the social and cultural worlds of
pirates themselves.
SS-318 Heretics, Bandits and Rebels (3.00 cr.)
Students consider resistance to myriad forms
of domination by individuals and groups not
represented in conventional historical accounts.
The course reviews the historical record,
seeking to develop alternative methodologies
to reconstruct meaning and power relationships
of social and cultural contexts outside the
mainstream. The cases examined in the course
are drawn from different historical settings,
ranging from the heresy of a 16th century miller
and cat killing Parisian apprentices under the
ancient regime to anti-colonial revolts in the
19th century and Indian and social bandits in the
contemporary United States.
SS-319P Karl Marx in Context (3.00 cr.)
This course will be an exploration of the work of
Karl Marx in its social and intellectual context.
Students will gain a familiarity with Marx’s writings
on a wide range of subjects, as well as directly
encounter with Marx’s work and the many
“Marxisms” and interpretations of Marx that have
emerged since his death. Readings include The
German Ideology, The 1844 Manuscripts,
Grundrisse, Capital, The Eighteenth Brumaire, and
Marx’s doctoral dissertation and his Anthropolog-
ical Notebooks, correspondence, interviews with
Marx, and contemporary critical accounts.
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SS-320 Gender and Capitalism (3.00 cr.)
This course explores links between capitalism
and gender, race, ethnicity, and immigration,
bring into focus the relationship between
political economy and the feminist and LGBTQ
movements. We examine how the gender binary,
the family, the regulation of sexuality, and social-
reproductive labor have been linked to private
property, labor, and production under capitalism,
to the reproduction of class and race relations,
and to regimes of migration control.
SS-322 Women in Muslim Worlds (3.00 cr.)
This course explores the dynamics of gender
relationships along historically and geographically
diverse Muslim communities. Intellectual and
sociological underpinning of women and Islam
are discussed to overcome dichotomies such
as tradition and modernity, or the East and the
West. The practices and experiences of Muslim
women are explored as subjects and agents in
time and space throughout the globe.
SS-323 Anthropology of the State (3.00 cr.)
In this class students will take a social scientific
approach in analyzing a range of issues related
to the concept of the State as it operates in
the scope of our everyday lives and around the
world. We will draw from classic anthropological
and sociological accounts of the state by such
figures as A.R. (Anarchy) Brown, Pierre Clastres,
Frederick Engels, Philip Abrams, Marshall Sahlins,
and David Graeber among others in order to
discuss what the state is. When it emerged, and
what life might look like without one.
SS-330 Cultural Studies (3.00 cr.)
This course explores the relations of cultural
artifacts in the contemporary world to their
various social contexts. Culture is understood as
the material expressions and images that
people create and the social environment that
shapes the way diverse groups of people
experience their world and interact with one
another. The course focuses on the critical
analysis of these various forms of media, design,
mass communications, arts, and popular culture.
SS-332 Public Space (3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to introduce students,
artists, and designers to the key political, social,
design and theoretical considerations
informing public space. Our focus will be on a
broad range of public spaces, from the material
to the digital, including publicly owned parks,
streets, and sidewalks, privately owned or managed
public spaces, temporary spaces at the inter­
stices of the urban, and crowd sourced social
media spaces. We will focus on the production
of public space including considerations of
who constitutes” the public” and how struggles
over rights, representation and design, are
central to democratic politics.
SS-333 Social Justice Think Tank (3.00 cr.)
In this hands-on class, students will engage with
the theory and practice of social justice focusing
on struggles in New York City. The goal is to
build the capacity of students as critical scholars
and engaged artists to become partners in
the building of more democratic and equitable
communities through reflection and action.
Students will experiment with creative interventions
and activist research including mapping, street art
strategies, photo documentation, video, interviews,
and digital technologies.
SS-339 Gentrification and Urban Change
(3.00 cr.)
Gentrification is the talk of the town. But what
exactly is gentrification? What produces it?
And where do you fit in? This class will focus on
gentrification as a process of urban change,
considering its contemporary manifestations in
cities around the world. Course topics will
include an overview of the history of urban develop­
ment and housing policy, structural racism,
community development, “the Right to the City,”
and grassroots social movements. We will explore
New York as a case study, documenting the
stories that shape people’s everyday struggles living
in one of the world’s “global cities” through
readings, discussion, film, multimedia, archival re­-
search, oral histories, and new digital technologies.
SS-340 Middle East Society and Culture
(3.00 cr.)
An examination the society and culture of the
Middle East—the countries and peoples between
and including Egypt and Iran—from historical,
social, and political perspectives. The first half
of the course examines the Islamic heritage,
the socioeconomic structure of the region, the
impact of imperialism, and the rise of nation­
alism. The second half focuses upon states, political
movements and social structure in the region,
from independence to the present.
SS-343 Latin American Society (3.00 cr.)
This course explores Latin American society from
the discovery/conquest of the Americas to the
present situation of Latin Americans on both
continents. Central to the course will be the
condition of pre-conquest indigenous cultures;
the dynamics of colonialism; independence and
nationalist movements; inter-American relations
and contemporary issues of bilingualism, popular
culture, and politics.
SS-350 Technology and Future of Work
(3.00 cr.)
How will computers and automation affect
our work lives? This course will examine the
economics of technological change, the social
and economic effects of automation, and the
responses of unions and other forces to these
important changes.
Course Descriptions
SS-355 Mass Media and Society (3.00 cr.)
An examination of the psychological impact
of the modern mass media. Basic models of
communication, persuasion, motivation, and
attitude formation are presented and applied
to the study of the effects of the media on
mental and emotional development and on the
formation of social attitudes. The course also
examines the social implication of the effects
of commercial and political propaganda and
the “marketing” of political figures as well as the
social consequences of the development of a
“post-literate” society.
SS-356P Visual Analysis (3.00 cr.)
This hands-on course introduces students to
the methods and practice of visual analysis. We
will examine how people understand images
and how they create, circulate, and store
(or destroy) visual imagery. The rise of racial
capitalism and visualities of resistance will be our
guiding threads as we trace and interrogate the
emergence of media formats, technologies of
vision, forms of spectacle and collecting, taboo
images and their mass consumption in a global
context across historical periods. In addition
to a final project, students will conduct visual
ethnographies of New York City and curate an
online social media archive.
SS-357 Psychology of Gender/Sex Roles
(3.00 cr.)
An exploration of a variety of issues relating to
human sexual behavior from theoretical, biologi-
cal, and social perspectives. Sexual development,
sex roles, and gender identity (how we see
ourselves as male or female) will be discussed.
SS-358 Environmental Psychology (3.00 cr.)
This course offers a broad overview of the
interdisciplinary field of environmental psych­ology.
We will focus upon the dynamic relationship
between people and places in order to under­
stand how our behavior and cultural values
shape our environment, and how, in turn, our
surroundings affect us. The course will explore
the environments where we live, work and play,
with a particular focus on the built environment
and the role of design in producing social spaces.
SS-359 Cognitive Psychology (3.00 cr.)
Cognitive psychology is the empirical study of
longstanding questions about what we know,
how we know it—and how our knowledge is
structured, accessed, and used. This course
examines the theory, research, and methods of
classic and contemporary.
SS-360P Spies! History. of Espionage (3.00 cr.)
This course is about spies, spying, and spy craft,
but more broadly it is about the history of states
and statecraft, and the evolving roles of state
intelligence agencies in Western democracies.
We will look at the historical development of
espionage alongside the growth of states and the
state system, explore the shadowy world of how
spy agencies really operate, analyze specific spy
operations, study the responses the growth of
spying and covert operations has elicited from
the general public, and study the popularity of
the spy as a hero and anti-hero in fiction.
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SS-361P Drug, Arms and War (3.00 cr.)
This course explores issues surrounding drugs,
society, political economy and war. It introduces
students to the subject by taking an historical
look at the role drugs have played at different
stages of history, the role of drugs and empires
in the modern period and drugs and covert
operation in contemporary international history.
The course also examines the implication of the
war on drugs, the emergence of new drugs and
the role of drugs in popular culture.
SS-366 The Caribbean Experience (3.00 cr.)
This is a survey course on the historical
interrelations between African-Americans and
people of the Caribbean, from the advent of
colonial North America to the postcolonial
period. This course will offer an interdisciplinary
view of the economic and social-political
relations between these two regions of the
African Diaspora, discussing their parallel
development during and after slavery as well
as their parallel relationships to European
colonizers and to slave resistance and other
intercollaborating social movements.
SS-368 Discourse Theory (3.00 cr.)
This is an interdisciplinary course, which blends
linguistics, anthropology, sociology, philosophy,
and political thought for the purpose of exploring
the concept of ‘language’ and its role in the
social sciences. Moving through the intellectual
traditions of structuralism, social anthropology,
Marxism, phenomenology, psychoanalysis,
and poststructuralism, students develop an
understanding of what discourse is and how it
functions in social life.
SS-369 Perception and Creativity (3.00 cr.)
Students examine the ways in which our perce-
tion and creativity are shaped by personal
experience and social environment. Students also
discuss the visual arts, music, and dance from the
perspective of contemporary theories of individual
creative expression, culture, and communication.
SS-370 Hip Hop Culture (3.00 cr.)
Hip Hop is one of the most influential cultural
movements of the past 30 years, yet its origins
are relatively humble. Drawing upon historical,
sociological and philosophical writings, as
well as music and film, we will examine this phen­
omenon’s unlikely rise to global recognition.
Topics of investigation would include: Hip Hop
vs. Rap; popular culture vs. mass culture;
regionalism and mobility; the civic value of art;
race and gender in artistic expression; the politics
of provocation; and deliberative democracy.
SS-382 Politics of Climate Change (3.00 cr.)
Climate change is transforming both physical
and intellectual landscapes. It is destabilizing
ecological and political systems and raising
new problems for existing debates about the
relationship between markets, political
structures, and the natural world. In this course
we first strive to understand the realities of
climate change by surveying relevant scientific
and sociological literature. We then attempt to
assess the situation critically, considering how
and why the problem arose, which individuals,
institutions, and structures share responsibility
for it, and what sort of political response is
called for. We review how thinkers from various
political traditions-liberal, cosmopolitan, eco­
socialist, anarchist, postcolonial, and others—
have answered these questions, and develop
our own positions on effective and just ways of
addressing the issue.
SS-390P Neuroscience and Art (3.00 cr.)
This course explores multiple links between
neuroscience and art. Through lectures, readings
and case studies we will attempt to bridge a
gap between art and human brain science.
General topics that will be covered include basic
architecture of the central nervous system and
its known properties.
SS-391 Child and Adolescent Development
(3.00 cr.)
Theories of development from infancy through
adolescence are critiqued through readings in
psychology and literature, formal observations,
and personal experiences. Learning and
environmental factors such as gender, race,
disability, and economics in the home, school,
and community are included in the discussion.
Students consider language acquisition and
literacy development, sexuality, and cultural
identity development.
SS-404 African Cinema (3.00 cr.)
This is a course on African modernity through
an exploration of African Cinema and globalizing
African cities. Using African cinema as our entree,
we will explore the idea of the postcolonial
city and the impact of modernization on urban
Africa. How has the circulation of people,
capital and commodities affected urban life
in African societies? In turn, how is African
cosmopolitanism transforming spaces within
national borders, as well as outside Africa?
Students will be expected to watch films, do all
the readings, participate in class discussions, and
present a final paper.
SS-409 Walking New York (3.00 cr.)
This course explores the history, ecology and
future of New York City. Its central focus will be
environmental and historical inquiries into
the idea of the city. Participants will also read and
discuss ideas about the city that have emerged
in the wake of the destruction of the World Trade
Center and Hurricane Sandy. Using ethnography
and fieldwork as tools of inquiry, students will
study emerging concerns, theories and ideas about
the future of New York City. In the process,
we will also consider current international develop­
ments and their implications for the future of
cities. This course will culminate in a series
of creative and, scholarly explorations focusing
on the idea of the city.
Course Descriptions
SS-411 Concepts of Materiality (3.00 cr.)
Drawing on distinct but overlapping art historical
and archaeological methodologies, intersecting
with philosophy, anthropology, and the history
of science, this seminar examines the many ways
that objects, things and matter are thought to
hold meaning, memory and history. Tracing the
evolution of the concept of materialism through
time and across various disciplines the course
will focus on the idea of the immanent and
nonlinear nature of materialisms as well as the
ways in which embodied subjectivities can be
conceptualized and materialized. This course will
hesitate in the space between the formations
of these theories, particularly in light of new
materialisms, and, matter, itself, never inert or
static but always in the process of becoming.
SS-412 Art, Culture and Community
Development (3.00 cr.)
This course will provide students with the
historical, conceptual, and analytical background
as well as the interdisciplinary perspective that
they would need to work in the field of arts-
based community development. The first part
of the class will be devoted to reviewing the
historical role of arts in social movements and
urban planning efforts. Then the focus will be
on evaluating and analyzing the divergent roles
of arts and design in contemporary urban and
community development using case studies.
SS-413P Star Trek: Technology and Allegory
(3.00 cr.)
Star Trek was from its very start, in 1966, part
and parcel of a moment of deep social and
cultural transformation and a shrewdly self-
conscious intervention on mainstream American
culture. The course will explore all the historical
and cultural referents of these series, and will
address the ideological; elements of the Cold
War and the Neoliberal Eras that form the
contextual basis for a utopian narrative that
holds an actually existing world in abeyance.
SS-414P Dreamworld and Catastrophe
(3.00 cr.)
There is already a long history of modern ideas
concerning technology and machines, starting
with the belief of a mechanical universe in the
1600s all the way to recent poststructuralist
analyses depicting social processes as a type
of machine. Since the 1920s, we have seen the
growth of a vast fictional and analytic literature
about machines. Taking Susan Buck-Morss’
notion-developed from Benjamin-that discrete
historic periods begin with a utopian dreamworld
that later can only be recognized as a full blown
catastrophe when that era nears its end, the
course explores the euphoric and the pessimistic
texts and cultural representations of machined,
tracing a trajectory form the anthropological
Humanism that dominated from the 16th Century
to the mid-20th Century ending in our current
posthuman condition inside a network of
machines that now masters us.
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SS-415 Cont. Political Populism (3.00 cr.)
What is populism? Who are the “people”?
What are the “elites” who are allegedly keeping the
“people” down? How can the language of
populism be used by individuals and institutions
from all across the political spectrum advocating
for, and fighting against, all sorts of different,
and sometimes contradictory, things? And why have
invocations of this sort of language proven to
be so useful politically, especially in recent years?
This course will take a hard look at these questions
about populism, and will compare and contrast
various forms of populism around the globe.
SS-416P Representing the Real (3.00 cr.)
The course will examine the political, historical,
material, and ethical aspects of representation.
In particular, it will interrogate the idea of
documentary as a disinterested reproduction
of a neutral reality, making students aware of the
rhetorical and social forces always at work
in representation and presenting the docu­
mentarian as a politically engaged citizen rather
than a detached, objective observer. Over
the course of the semester, students will build
on theory and examples to develop a detailed
critical proposal for a documentary project.
SS-420 Islamic Philosophy (3.00 cr.)
This course is an introduction to Islamic thought
and philosophy of the classical and medieval
periods and how it relates to broader trends in
human thought.
SS-421 Merchants, Scholars, Mystics (3.00 cr.)
This course follows the spread of Islam beyond
empires-across the Indian Ocean to South and
Southeast Asia, regions that today are home
to more than a quarter of the world’s Muslims.
Beginning at the time of the Prophet Muhammad,
the course charts the role of maritime
merchants, scholars, and Sufi mystics in creating
this critically important and diverse sphere of
the Islamic world to the present day. Today
these regions contain the world’s largest Muslim
democracy and some of the emerging Asian
economies that play increasingly influential roles
in shaping our world.
SS-422 Great Port Cities (3.00 cr.)
This course examines great port cities of the
world in comparative fashion. We will look at
well-known cities such as New York, Venice,
Amsterdam, and Shanghai, as well as less visible
ones from early modern times to the present.
In analyzing port cities as thoroughfares of
transnational traffic, we will focus on people,
goods, ships, communities, and political relations
that have evolved in these intense and creative
hubs of human activity.
SS-423 Merchants, Trade, and Empire (3.00 cr.)
This course will look at the circulation,
innovation, and interaction of societies in the
Indian Ocean littoral via networks stretching
across Eurasia and Africa from Nagasaki to
Course Description: London, Bombay to Istanbul,
Zanzibar to Venice.
SS-424 Who Built New York City? (3.00 cr.)
From the pre-European settlers, early English
and Dutch colonizers, the great wave of
European immigration in the late 19th and early
20th Century, to contemporary global and
diverse immigrant groups, this course will examine
the physical and material characteristics of
the environment that preceded and followed
the arrival of each group to the areas that now
constitute New York City.
SS-430 Methods of Cultural Analysis (3.00 cr.)
Provides a grounding in some of the basic
skills of the analysis of culture: archeological,
ethnographic, experimental, historiographical,
survey, discursive and visually analytical. The
concrete objects of study, the data, and the
examples for class exercises are drawn from
specific design, media, arts, communications,
and popular culture sources. Students gain
familiarity with computer applications of data
analysis and use of video for data collection, as
well as sensitivity to the conceptual issues raised
in translating information between pictures,
words, and numbers.
SS-431 Ancient Bodies and Ancient Cities
(3.00 cr.)
This course explores the constitution of the
self within the ancient city. The focus will be on
Ancient South Asia, Mesopotamia, and Egypt.
Topics explored will include theories of the body,
space, and how the built environment effects
constructions of an urban self and subjectivity.
SS-433 Community-Based Praxis (3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to introduce students,
artists, and designers to the theory, methods
and ethics of community-based participatory
research and social practice. Participatory action
research (PAR) is an epistemological stance that
assumes knowledge is rooted in social relations
and most powerful when produced collabora-
tively through action. This commitment is shared
by social practice artists who collaborate with
communities in their work. In this class students
will gain the necessary skills and knowledge to
integrate community-based research into their
artistic practice, scholarship, and everyday life.
SS-434 Social Justice Praxis Lab (3.00 cr.)
Focusing on the fine arts of resistance, this class
is situated at the overlap of social justice and
social practice. Collectively we will consider the
possibilities and limitations of an engaged
artistic and design practice through case studies,
lectures, workshops, and reflections upon our
own public interventions. Our explorations will
integrate theoretical investigation with critical
methodological approaches, engaging personal
and political perspectives. Placing emphasis upon
collective process and community-building as
foundational to social justice and social practice
work, students will develop a final public project.
Course Descriptions
SS-441 Contemporary Jazz Avant-Garde
(3.00 cr.)
This course examines the contemporary avant-
garde jazz scene from its roots in the 1990s.
During the final decade of the twentieth century,
the Knitting Factory rose and fell as the global
center for new and avant garde jazz music. Since
then much of the scene has shifted to Brooklyn,
where it has been carried forward by an ex­
citing young generation of musicians from Park
Slope and Ditmas Park to Bushwick. This course
examines the history of key figures of the
1990s “Downtown” scene and the generation
that followed.
SS-444 Abnormal Psychology (3.00 cr.)
Students examine neurotic and psychotic patterns
of behavior with an explanation of etiology.
Methods of diagnosis, treatment, and prevention
of mental illness is reviewed. Emphasis is on
the development of creative-expressive skills in
art therapy as an approach to the resolution of
interpsychic and interpersonal conflicts.
SS-456 Social Psychology (3.00 cr.)
A survey of psychological processes in the inter­
action of individuals and groups; descriptions
of group dynamics; methods of group conflict
solution; and psychological approaches to
social problems.
SS-460 Modern Political Thought (3.00 cr.)
Students discuss central concepts in political
thought such as sovereignty, natural law, liberty,
equality, and progress with an eye to their
impact on the formulation of ideologies, such as
Fascism, Communism, and Democracy.
SS-461 International Politics (3.00 cr.)
The course covers the modern state system,
factors affecting American and foreign national
policies, causes and control of international
conflict, and the emergence of world order.
SS-462 Life and Society Russia (USSR) (3.00 cr.)
Examines historical developments in 20th
century Russia, from the decline and fall of
Czarist Russia to the October Revolution of 1917,
through the rise and fall of the Soviet Union
under Lenin and Stalin and their successors, to
the contemporary post-Soviet period of Russia
and the successor states.
SS-463 Women in Modern Society (3.00 cr.)
The course begins with a brief historical survey
of the role of women in the Western world,
proceeds to a discussion of the women’s suffrage
movement of the 19th and early 20th centuries,
and concludes with a study of the current
women’s liberation movement.
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SS-469 The Human-Animal Relationship
(3.00 cr.)
To what extent does “the animal” challenge
central assumptions about what it means to be
human? This course probes how the modern
condition enables the alienation of humans from
humans and from nonhuman animal beings.
We use ethnographic methods to examine the
human-animal relationship in practice, add­
ressing the treatment of animals as pets, for
food and entertainment, and in commerce and
science. How do these practices shape human-
animal futures, knowing many creatures face
extinction today?
SS-470P Science and the Origins of Race
(3.00 cr.)
This class will investigate the many scientific
discourses on human difference have shaped and
are shaped by the social forces and conflicts.
We will examine the debate on the origin of
species, and whether races represent different
species of humans, especially in 19th and early
20th century America. The course will survey how
these questions were fundamental to scientific
theories of evolution, degeneration, progress
and catastrophe, eugenics, the “social life” of DNA,
and the relationship of modern humans to our
predecessors and to other primates. Through
our exploration of how the meaning of human
variety changes over time, the course introduces
the critical analysis of the sociology and history
of science.
SS-480 Africa: Society and History (3.00 cr.)
From the emergence of early humans to
contemporary developments, this course takes
the measure of African history, culture, and
political economy. The first half of the course
surveys the archeological, anthropological,
and historical record, and the second half
explores current events and thematics. Africa
is explored in its internal diversity and its
international relations.
SS-483 Special Studies (Copenhagen) (3.00 cr.)
This study abroad program is a seven- or nine-
week summer program consisting of a three-credit
lecture series on various aspects of the history,
theory and practice of Scandinavian design and
the philosophical, economic and political factors
that are affecting the practice of design in a
global context.
SS-485 Afro-American Society and Culture
(3.00 cr.)
An exploration of the historical, political,
economic and cultural experience of African-
Americans in the United States from slavery
to the present. Special attention is given
to contemporary race relations, media
representations, social policy, and diversity
within African-American communities.
SS-490 Special Topics (3.00 cr.)
Special topic offerings in the social sciences focus
on areas of topical interest and current faculty
research. They allow a place in the curriculum
for more concentrated study in traditional fields
as well as reconceptualization of existing modes
of understanding the social world. The subject
matter of these courses changes from semester
to semester as a reflection of new scholarly
developments and the emerging interests of the
students and faculty. SS-493 counts in the same
way as any other social science elective. Since
schedules ant topics change frequently, students
should seek information on current SS-493
offerings from the Chair of the Social Science
and Cultural Studies Department.
SS-491 Special Topics (1.00 cr.)
Special topic offerings in the social sciences focus
on areas of topical interest and current faculty
research. They allow a place in the curriculum
for more concentrated study in traditional fields
as well as reconceptualization of existing modes
of understanding the social world. The subject
matter of these courses changes from semester
to semester as a reflection of new scholarly
developments and the emerging interests of the
students and faculty. SS-493 counts in the same
way as any other social science elective. Since
schedules ant topics change frequently, students
should seek information on current SS-493
offerings from the Chair of the Social Science
and Cultural Studies Department.
SS-492 Special Topics (2.00 cr.)
Special topic offerings in the social sciences focus
on areas of topical interest and current faculty
research. They allow a place in the curriculum
for more concentrated study in traditional fields
as well as reconceptualization of existing modes
of understanding the social world. The subject
matter of these courses changes from semester
to semester as a reflection of new scholarly
developments and the emerging interests of the
students and faculty. SS-493 counts in the same
way as any other social science elective. Since
schedules ant topics change frequently, students
should seek information on current SS-493
offerings from the Chair of the Social Science
and Cultural Studies Department.
SS-493 Special Topics (3.00 cr.)
Special topic offerings in the social sciences focus
on areas of topical interest and current faculty
research. They allow a place in the curriculum
for more concentrated study in traditional fields
as well as reconceptualization of existing modes
of understanding the social world. The subject
matter of these courses changes from semester
to semester as a reflection of new scholarly
developments and the emerging interests of the
students and faculty. SS-493 counts in the same
way as any other social science elective. Since
schedules ant topics change frequently, students
should seek information on current SS-493
offerings from the Chair of the Social Science
and Cultural Studies Department.
Course Descriptions
Social Science
Writing Initiative
SSWI-210T General Psychology (3.00 cr.)
Psychology is a study of human mental
processes, behavior and activities. This course is
designed to familiarize students with major areas
of psychology and provide them with knowledge
of key psychological theories. The course
covers basic topics of psychology such as origin
of human knowledge, emotional and mental
development, behavior in groups, psychological
disorders and their treatment.
SSWI-222G Making/Faking Nature (3.00 cr.)
This course explores a wide range of philosophical
conceptions of nature and examines how these
theories have influenced the way we treat
our environment, animals, and each other. We
will consider, among other things, whether nature
is dead, if there was ever such a thing as wilder­
ness, whether we can restore or improve nature,
and if so, who should have the power and auth­ority
to do so. Readings are selected from a variety
of fields in the social sciences and cultural studies.
SSWI-224T Nomads and Settlers (3.00 cr.)
Crossing cultural, linguistic, and political borders
is an increasingly common occurrence. This
course investigates the impact on our thinking
and creativity when we have lived in more than one
society, or if we move across cultural, linguistic,
and political domains within a particular
society. Through cultural studies and cultural socio­
logy, we will explore how social, cultural, and
political repositioning relates to creative and intell­­
ectual work. Students will reflect upon common
points of tension and ambiguity in understanding
issues of political subjectivity and cultural prod­
uction in relationship to migration and mobility.
SSWI-228TP Intro to Theory and Critique
(3.00 cr.)
The course introduces students to different modes
of critical inquiry from the fields of modern
political and social theory, gender and sexuality
studies, postcolonial studies, and critical
race studies. Students learn the theoretical
foundations of concepts such as critique, ideology,
power, subjectivity, freedom, and resistance
and discuss their political relevance for under­
standing gender, class, and race relations,
as well as the histories of capitalism, colonialism,
and migration.
SSWI-233T Violence As Politics (3.00 cr.)
This course is a critical study of the relationship
between violence and political power. It provides
analytical skills to understand the context and
circumstances of violence as political. This is a study
of critical evaluation of various perspectives on
the relationship between violence and power, and
an interrogation of the causes and con­sequences
of violent forms of political actions and actors
by focusing on how violence is conceptualized,
legitimized, challenged and critiques. Samples of
historical episodes and literary representations
of collective violence such as civil wars, geno­cides,
ethnic cleansings, regional battles, rev­o­­lutionary
warfares and global wars are identified to
capture justifications and de/legitimizations of
violence by perpetuators, participants, resistors
and survivors.
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SSWI-234G Genocide (3.00 cr.)
This course surveys and examines legal, political
and historical contexts, causes and con­
sequences of the crime of all crimes, i.e. the
deliberate and systematic destruction of an entire
people or ethnic group. Understanding that
further devastation can only be prevented with
a sharper historical imagination, awareness and
responsibility of global citizenship, the course
focuses on comprehending historical and social
conditions of genocide and identifying diverse
legal and cultural conceptualizations of violence
against groups. Political claims regarding state-
formation, nation-building, homogenization and
assimilation that may establish grounds for
ethnic cleansing are compared. Historical and
critical engagements with the multifaceted
consequences of mass violence are examined.
SSWI-235T Education and Society (3.00 cr.)
This course explores classical and contemporary
debates about the political, cultural, creative,
moral and social role of education. We will
examine the experiences, meanings and purposed
of learning both inside and outside the classroom
through reading, research, and practice. This
course introduces students to old and new theories
of knowledge and pedagogical practice,
addressing key controversies about authority and
democracy, communities, social activism and
advocacy, tradition and resistance, and the shaping
of teachers and students as social agents. This
course will take place, and the relationship
between specific contexts and actors in relation­
ship to abiding ideals and philosophical beliefs
about education.
SSWI-237T Death and Dying (3.00 cr.)
The question of death has always haunted
philosophical contemplation, artistic production,
political authority and investigations of the
psyche. Any contemplation of existence and
meaning must in some way concern itself with the
problem of finitude. This class will follow a broad
ranging exploration into the phenomenon of
death and dying as it is grasped in various culture
and communities. Whereas historically theology
attempts to provide answers to the question
of death, philosophy, art and other responses to
death have sought to raise questions. We will
approach the topic through philosophy, literature,
politics and psychoanalysis, covering a broad
range of topics including: fear; knowledge and
death; mourning and loss; existence, meaning
and the horizon of death and extinction.
SSWI-240T Shaping the Contemporary City
(3.00 cr.)
Through the interdisciplinary perspectives of
his­tory, urban geography, sociology, and public
policy, students will consider critical concepts
of urban studies with a particular focus on
social and spatial inequalities. Students will be
introduced to multimedia, qualitative and quant­
itative research methodologies to document
the urban experience with a particular emphasis
on a social issue.
SSWI-241G Cities and Globalization (3.00 cr.)
What is the relationship between the history
of the city and the history of globalization? To
tackle this question we will look at theories and
histories of the city and of globalization from
a macro and micro-perspective, proceeding
roughly chronologically and thematically. Each
week we will focus on one city and one theme
related to the history of cities and globalization,
such as Beijing and the dawn of globalization,
London and the expansion of industrial played
in the creation and maintenance of global
institutions, ideologies, and socio-economic
classes that have contributed to the emergence
of globalization and its attendant social,
economic, political, and cultural consequences.
SSWI-242G Culture, Identity, Power (3.00 cr.)
This course looks at the significance of cultural
materials-architecture, painting, decorative
arts, writing, ritual, and religious practices-
in establishing and maintaining the power of
rule. We will focus on two different regions
of the world, between 1300-1800, in order to
understand the development and consolidation
of governing power in the modern world.
Historical comparisons will enable students to
gain skills in identifying and analyzing expressive
forms of power, forged through a range of
cultural practices. Throughout the course,
students will use these insights to critically assess
the use of contemporary cultural materials for
power-making in our world today.
SSWI-244TP Memphis to Ferguson (3.00 cr.)
Freedom and democracy-no two words are
more commonly associated with the political
history of the United States. What happens when
we look at those terms through the freedom
dreams of black citizenship movements? How
does it change the way we see U.S. social,
cultural and political history? How might it
enhance our understanding of contemporary
politics and culture? This course will undertake
such a re-thinking, using a rich body of
primary and secondary sources that track the
development of the United States, from the end
of the Civil War to the emergence of the Black
Lives Matter movement.
SSWI-245G The Empire Strikes Back (3.00 cr.)
This is an interdisciplinary course, which blends
history, sociology, anthropology, philosophy and
political thought for the purpose of exploring
the concept of ‘empire’ and its role in the social
sciences. The course begins with the present
crisis in Europe and moves through examples in the
histories of German, Roman, Turkish, Spanish,
British, American, and French imperialism as
they have been interpreted by historians and
theorists in order for students develop an under­
standing of what empire is and how it functions
in the global political world.
Course Descriptions
SSWI-250T The Ethics of Research (3.00 cr.)
This course is designed to provide a broad bade
for students to gain an understanding related to
the histories of knowledge production, including
the impact of enlightenment, modernity and
the development of disciplines. There is a sustained
focus upon the impact of such formulations on
the development of global history and thought
through a consideration of epistemic injustice.
As a way forward, students will be encourage to
think of alternative methodologies.
SSWI-255T Telling Tales (3.00 cr.)
Writing intensive course devoted to the
questions: What does the term ‘narrative’ mean,
why does it matter to culture and knowledge,
and what do we do when we tell stories?
Students will read and write about myths, stories
and historical accounts, and study classical and
contemporary theories of meaning, language,
communication and authorship. Supplementary
material will be drawn from work in poetics,
linguistics, history, psychology, media and social
science. The role of narration in film, music and
the visual arts will also be considered.
SSWI-262T Theories of Gender (3.00 cr.)
This interdisciplinary course explores the con-
cept of gender. This is approached through the
lens of feminist and post-structuralist thinkers
that address the establishment and subversion of
sex and gender categories and hierarchies and
their cultural manifestations, especially in the
arts. The course will cover a range of topics form
20th and 21st century gender, queer, and Tran’s
theory, including gender binaries and spectrums,
empowerment and subversion in popular culture,
genes, hormones, biology, and contemporary
trans activism.
SSWI-276T Music, Creativity, Consumption
(3.00 cr.)
This interdisciplinary course examines the relation­
ship between musical practice and cultural
criticism through the lens of perspectives on
what constitutes the “authentic” and “inauthentic”
creation, expression, and consumption of music,
and the social, cultural, and critical concerns
that underpin them, across a range of genres
including western classical music, jazz, improv­
isation, pop, rock, serialism, and electronica.
Topics are drawn from philosophy, musicology,
critical theory, cognitive science, legal theory,
and music criticism, and include crea­tivity and the
mind, creativity and the body; style, race,
and genre; silence and noise; originality and
copy­right; and consumption, technology and the
music industry.
SSWI-288T Animals: Ethics and Representation
(3.00 cr.)
Debate is ongoing as to how we should behave
towards animals and why. Is it wrong to eat them,
or to test medicines on them? Can we do moral
harm to animals or only physical harm? If we do
think we have moral obligation toward animals,
what is the ground for these obligations? In this
class we will consider questions of ethics, mind,
and representation in interrogation the relation
between human and non-human animals.
313
SSWI-291T England Bloody England (3.00 cr.)
England ruled the world, until it didn’t. An idea
of nationhood that began with Merlin and Arthur
survives almost unrecognizably in a post-
imperial, multiethnic Britain, a federation on the
verge of dissolution. This course examines English
identity and culture through myth and legend,
popular culture and historical narrative, touching
on questions of identity, ethnicity, politics, style,
nostalgia, class, language and representation.
SSWI-293T Weimar Film and Culture (3.00 cr.)
Combining the study of film, history, social move­
ments, psychopathology and art, ‘Weimar Film
and Culture” presents a portrait of Germany at its
moment of greatest cultural crisis: between
WWI and Nazism, between artistic experimentation
(the Bauhaus, Neue Sachlichkeit, Expressionism
and proletariat culture) and conservative
reaction. Weekly screenings feature classic silent
and early sound films from directors like Fritz Lang
and F.W. Murnau, with stars like Louise Brooks,
Asta Nielsen, Emi Jannings and Peter Lorre.
SUST-201 The Sustainable Core (3.00 cr.)
The Sustainable Core provides an overview of
sustainability by exploring definitions, controversies,
trends and case-studies in various systems
and locales (urban/rural, local/national/global).
In addition to lectures and discussion led by
the course instructor, Pratt Institute faculty and
guest speakers who are experts on specific
topics will provide guest lectures.
SUST-310 Global Environmental History
(3.00 cr.)
Global Environment History is a one-semester
survey of the history of human-environment
relationships form the emergence of the Homo
genus in the Paleolithic Age to the established
consequences of the Anthropecene at the
end of the twentieth century. Students assess
current sustainability challenges such as global
climate change, food security, and water scarcity
in historical perspective, examine the roles of
Hunter-Gatherers in manipulating ecosystems,
the ecological consequences of the transition
from hunter-gatherer society to agriculture, and
the ecological consequences of the transition
from agriculture to industry.
SUST-311 American Environmental History
(3.00 cr.)
American Environmental History is a one-
semester survey of the history of human-
environment relationships in the United States
from pre-Columbian times to the present.
SUST-319 Sustainability and Fashion (3.00 cr.)
Spurred by the immense popularity of fast
fashion, the apparel industry is the second most
polluting industry in the world today after oil.
Increasing news coverage of factory disasters
and child workers throughout the second-and
third-tier economies that supply Western
countries with trendy apparel has also alerted a
global audience to the appalling labor practices
of a trade that employs one-sixth of the world’s
population. This course explores key issue areas functions in the production of the magazine.
in sustainable fashion, such as workers’ rights,
environmental degradation, corporate responsi-
bility and consumer awareness.
SUST-401 Power, Pollution, and Profit (3.00 cr.)
Modern, society relies on burning fossil fuel for
energy, with serious economic, public health,
and environmental consequences. Learn the
history of how we came to rely on unsustainable
energy sources and ways in which our future use
of energy may be made more sustainable.
SUST-405 Production, Consumption, Waste
(3.00 cr.)
No product or building is adequately designed
without considering the consequences of its
deterioration and disposal. Evaluating the ways in
which consumers, states, and manufacturers
define and classify waste allows us to consider those
consequences. In this course, students analyze
ways in which waste is created, defined, and
managed in industrial society, and they create
recommendations for improving problems with
the waste stream.
SUST-410 Nature and Technology in History
(3.00 cr.)
This course challenges the view that a clear and
unwavering boundary exists between nature and
technology. Rejection this dichotomy, the course
shows how the history of each can be united in
a constantly shifting panorama where definitions
of “nature” and “technology” alter and overlap.
Students will discuss key readings in the
interdisciplinary field of Envirotech history and
develop research papers assessing the complex
relationship of nature and technology.
SUST-420 Environmental Justice (3.00 cr.)
Why do some people live and work in healthy,
safe environments and others do not? Who
decides? This course addresses the struggles
of those who bear the brunt of the planet’s
ecological crises. It examines what “justice” and
environment” mean at the intersections of race,
class, age, gender and nation. Students explore
such topics as the history of environmentalism,
imperialism and conquest, access to healthy,
affordable food and representational authority
among poor communities of color.
SUST-430 Planet Ocean (3.00 cr.)
Ocean acidification. Exterminated fish. Bleached
corals. This course travels to the planet’s last
frontier—the ocean—to understand the root causes
of its deterioration and to connect to its force
and splendor. Students explore islands and waves,
empires and economies, nightmares and fan­
tasies among sailors, surfers, scientists and slaves.
Our goal is to make visible the hidden but con-
sequential practices unfolding at sea so that we think
the “planet” beyond land-based perspectives.
Course Descriptions
SUST-440 Environmental Economics (3.00 cr.)
This course examines theories and methods of
economics relevant for understanding the
environment. It combines theoretical analyses and
economic history to understand the social forces
relevant to sustainability and climate change
with discussions on specific environ­mental poli-
cies related to pollution, energy, climate change,
and health issues. Specific topics addressed
include externalities, property rights, economies
of scale, competition and con­centration, distri-
bution, growth and development, and demo­graphic
shifts. Alternative policies will be addressed
including regulation, cost-benefit analysis, pop­
ulation controls, fines and criminal penalties,
the carbon tax, cap-and trade, green technologies,
campaigns to change consumer behavior, and
anti-poverty programs.
SUST-445 Sustainable Technology (3.00 cr.)
This course considers the microeconomics
and macroeconomics of technological change
and what determines which technologies
become widely adopted. By examining specific
technologies and sectors, the course will
explain why technologies which have hurt the
environment have been promoted and what are
the forces which have retarded the diffusion
of alternative sustainable technologies. Specific
sectors which will be examined include trans­
portation, energy production, construction, and
food production. Energy-saving and resource-
saving technologies in other sectors will also be
considered. The role of the public sector—both on
a national and international level—will be addressed.
Writing
WAC-495A Studio Writing 1 (1.00 cr.)
This one-credit course, required in the spring of
junior year, will sharpen students’ capacities in
art-critical thinking and writing, both analytical
and creative, in preparation for senior thesis
and future professional practices. The Fine Arts
Visiting Artist Lecture Series and the students’
own studio work will serve as the vehicles for
research, discussion, and writing in the course.
Instruction will take place during 15 classroom
hours and in the students’ studios.
WAC-495B Studio Writing 2 (1.00 cr.)
This one-credit course, required in the fall of
senior year, applies the skills learned in studio
writing I to fuller examination and articulation
of the ideas and contexts that drive the student’s
own work and practice. Students will continue
to engage in related critical research and to
sharpen their capacities in art-critical thinking
and writing, both analytical and creative, in
preparation for senior thesis and future professional
practices. Instruction will take place during 15
classroom hours and in the students’ studios.
WAC-495C Studio Writing 3 (1.00 cr.)
This final one credit course in the Studio Writing
sequence is focused on the development of the
thesis statement that is required as a corollary to
the senior thesis exhibition. Instruction will
take place during 15 classroom hours and in the
students’ studio.
314
WAC-497A Thesis Writing (1.00 cr.)
This course explores the writing and critical skills
necessary for the successful completion of the
major-department senior capstone or under­
graduate thesis. In a workshop setting, students
will engage in free writing followed by critical
and structural evaluation, revision, and final
editing, with a focus on introductory paragraphs
and thesis statements. Students will also examine
techniques for structuring a complex discussion;
develop an understanding of what assertions
and claims need evidentiary support; and consider
the elements of success­ful and insightful conclusion.
WR-101 Writer’s Studio I (4.00 cr.)
The Writing Studios comprise a six-semester
sequence that guides students through explor­
ations of the many forms of creative written
expression. In the first two semesters, using
exercises analogous to the short and long poses
in the drawing studio, students explore the
properties of written language, participate in
exercises designed to help them recognize
their composing processes and voices, explore
relationships between text and image and develop
an understanding of traditional and nontraditional
forms. In the next two semesters, students
build on the foundation year through instruction
that exposes them to the ways that literary genres
are transformed into other media (e.g. history
into fiction or drama, fiction into film). The
Writing Studios in the junior year provide students
with opportunities to write in increasingly
more specialized genres and to produce works
of professional quality.
WR-102 Writer’s Studio II (4.00 cr.)
The Writing Studios comprise a six-semester
sequence that guides students through explor­
ations of the many forms of creative written
expression. In the first two semesters, using
exercises analogous to the short and long poses
in the drawing studio, students explore the
properties of written language, participate in
exercises designed to help them recognize
their composing processes and voices, explore
relationships between text and image and develop
an understanding of traditional and nontraditional
forms. In the next two semesters, students
build on the foundation year through instruction
that exposes them to the ways that literary genres
are transformed into other media (e.g. history
into fiction or drama, fiction into film). The
Writing Studios in the junior year provide students
with opportunities to write in increasingly
more specialized genres and to produce works
of professional quality.
WR-110 Critical Thinking and Writing I WR-201 Writer’s Studio III (4.00 cr.)
(3.00 cr.)
In Critical Thinking and Writing, students probe
the ways that reading and writing are related at
fundamental levels. They consider how writing
is an intellectual activity that helps them to
interpret our world critically, analytically, and
creatively. The class uses writing as a process,
subject to interpretation and revision. In this
process, students learn how to write analytically,
using other texts as well as our own words
to construct arguments, interpretations and
meanings. Students will interrogate basic issues
of representation, language, and the complicated
relationship between words, images and “things.”
They will also explore the connections between
subjectivity, law, authority and narrative.
WR-111 Critical Thinking and Writing II (3.00 cr.)
In the second semester of this course, we will
examine two topics: the Ethics of Writing, and
Writing and Difference. The Ethics of Writing
will explore the formation of modern subjectivity
by considering the self’s relation to itself. Know­
ledge of self—know thyself—has been one of
the oldest human preoccupations from Ancient
China and Greece. Writing and Difference will
explore how writing and representation organize
our understanding of race, class, ethnicity,
and gender.
Requisite courses: Complete WR-110
(Required, Previous)
WR-120 Word, Usage, Style I (3.00 cr.)
Whereas the studios focus primarily on fiction,
poetry and creative nonfiction, this course
is designed to provide a foundation for the compo­
sition of good, clear prose of the sort one is
required to write on a daily basis—the prose of
emails and job applications, of academic
essays and letters to the editor. After a brief
exploration of the history of English and ety­mology,
the emphasis will fall on grammar, word choice,
vocabulary, syntax, logic and argumentation.
Students will thus sharpen their expository prose
through a sustained focus on the “left brain” or
analytical aspects of written expression. Most of
the assignments will be based around composing
and revising papers assigned in other courses
in the freshman year: World Literature I, Critical
Thinking and Writing I, and Friday Forum.
WR-121 Word, Usage, Style II (3.00 cr.)
Whereas the studios focus primarily on fiction,
poetry and creative nonfiction, this course
is designed to provide a foundation for the compo­
sition of good, clear prose of the sort one is
required to write on a daily basis—the prose of
emails and job applications, of academic essays
and letters to the editor. As in WR-120,
students will thus sharpen their expository prose
through a sustained focus on the “left brain,”
or analytical aspects of written expression. Most
of the assignments will be based around compos­
ing and revising papers assigned in other courses
in the freshman year: World Literature II, Critical
Thinking and Writing II, and Friday Forum II.
Course Descriptions
This course provides an introduction to the
possibilities of specialization in a written form
which the student pursues in the next course,
and an opportunity to explore the many ways
written forms can be realized, recreated, or
simply illustrated in other media.
WR-202 Writer’s Studio IV (4.00 cr.)
This course provides students with an
opportunity to re-image written texts by re-
writing them for other media. Students learn the
ways writers collaborate and communicate with
other artistic professionals to realize projects.
WR-300 Writer’s Forum (1.00 cr.)
Provides students with the opportunity to
interact with published authors, agents, editors,
and other discipline-related professionals who
are invited to campus for formal and informal
colloquia with students. Students keep journals
and participate in discussions.
WR-301 Writer’s Studio V (4.00 cr.)
During this course, students begin to identify
their concentration and have the opportunity
to define an area in which they might like to
write their capstone project. Students research
opportunities for publication and recognition for
student efforts. Their work may be in any genre
or a combination of genres.
WR-302 Writer’s Studio VI (4.00 cr.)
Students explore two or three projects that
have literary potential as their capstone project.
They continue to research opportunities
for publication and recognition for student
efforts, and their work may be in any genre or a
combination of genres.
WR-320 Special Topics (3.00 cr.)
These courses provide students with the
opportunity to interact with published authors,
agents, editors, and other discipline-related
professionals who are invited to campus for formal
and informal colloquia with students. Students
keep journals and participate in discussions.
WR-325A Prattler Workshop I (3.00 cr.)
This course is intended to familiarize students
working on the Prattler with all aspects of
generating, editing and designing the content of
the school magazine, as well as the managerial
skills required to coordinate such efforts. Most
classes take the form of editorial meetings, and
multiple writing assignments will be required
of all students, pertaining to their respective
functions in the production of the magazine.
WR-325B Prattler II (3.00 cr.)
This course is intended to familiarize students
working on the Prattler with all aspects of
generating, editing and designing the content of
the school magazine, as well as the managerial
skills required to coordinate such efforts. Most
classes take the form of editorial meetings, and
multiple writing assignments will be required
of all students, pertaining to their respective
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WR-330 The Professional Workplace (2.00 cr.) WR-493 Ecopoetics (3.00 cr.) A Architecture (department), 25–34
Designed as a prerequisite for WR-390
(Internship/Seminar), this course informs
Human language use is an inherently ecological
practice in that it participates in forming the
Index Academic calendar, 237–241
admission deadlines, 175
academic degrees, 25–26
contact information, 25
students about the job descriptions of entry- way we think, write, and act in regards to the world contact information, 237 curricula, 34
level positions in a variety of publishing venues. we share with other living things. As such, deposit deadlines, 182 overview, 25–26
The course will feature field trips to job sites and language can be used as a force for Imagining overview, 237–241 Art, School of, 41–99
short-term, off-site placements. and establishing new ways of living together, but Academic dismissal, 215 Art and Design Education, 52–56
it must also be scrutinized for the ways in which Academic facilities fees, 198 Associate Degree programs, 57–63
WR-360 Saturday Writing School (4.00 cr.) our past and present linguistic concepts and Academic Integrity Code, 216–217 contact information, 41
Pratt’s Saturday Writing School is a teaching strategies have contributed to a history of unsus- Academic probation, 215 curricula, 56, 69–70, 77, 86–88, 96
laboratory that provides writing classes for local tainable altitudes and practices. In this course, Academic standing, 213–215 Digital Arts, 64–70
adolescents. Depending on program enrollment, we will read across a broad spectrum of poetry, Accreditation Film, 71–77
each pair of writing major undergraduates philosophy, and history—as well as looking at a of Pratt Institute, 211 Fine Arts, 78–88
is assigned a class of between three and six number of works in other media (film, video, School of Architecture, 24, 25 Foundation, 44–51
middle school students. Writing undergrads are Image, and earthworks)—in order to contextualize second Baccalaureate degree and Pratt minors in, 97–98
responsible for the planning and teaching of a contemporary ecollngulstic practices. We will Institute, 218 overview, 43
ten-week sequence of writing lessons guided also write: In the spirit of experiment and serious transfer credit and, 181, 183, 205–206 Photography, 89–96
by the theory and strategies presented by play, our poems and essays will test some of ACT, 175 Art and Design Education, 52–56
the instructor. The instructor supervises and the ideas, concepts and orientations we discover Administration, 235 academic degrees, 53, 54
advises student teachers and will visit them in along the way. Admission, 173–184 contact information, 53
their classroom during each two-hour session. applications, 174, 179 curricula, 56
A seminar immediately following each class is WR-501S Special Topics in Experimental Writing Arthur O. Eve Higher Education Opportunity overview, 53
a forum for reflection on common issues and (2.00 cr.) Program, 183–184 Arthur O. Eve Higher Education Opportunity
problems, both classroom and societal, emerging This course explores special topics in experi­ Associate Degree, admission to programs, 182 Program, 183–184
from the Saturday Writing School experience. mental writing and in relevant theory and criticism. Associate Degree, applicants with, 179 Associate Degrees, general information
May be repeated for credit as topic changes. campus tours and information sessions, 174 admission to programs, 182
WR-390 Internship/Seminar (3.00 cr.) changing schools within Pratt, 183 applicants with, 179
Each student is placed in an internship for one WR-502S Special Topics in Poetry and Poetics contact information, 1, 173 in School of Art, overview, 57–63
semester. Internship venues are usually publish­ (2.00 cr.) cultural partnerships in New York City, 4–7 transfer credits for, 206
ing houses, agents’ offices, newspaper offices, This course explores special topics in poetry deadlines, 175 Associate Degrees (School of Art)
Internet publishers, film studios, television and poetics. May be repeated for credit as decisions, 182 Associate of Applied Science (AAS), 58
stations and other work sites that have in-house topic changes. deposit deadlines, 182 Associate of Occupational Studies (AOS), 57
publishing capabilities. English requirement/language placement, contact information, 57
WR-503S Special Topics in Form and Theory 181–182 overview, 57
WR-420 Senior Project I (4.00 cr.) (2.00 cr.) essay, 177, 180 Associate of Applied Science (AAS)
This course lays the groundwork for completion This course explores special topics in poetry financial aid, 182 Building and Construction, 36
of the Senior Project, a sustained work or and poetics. May be repeated for credit as high school applicants, 175, 178 in School of Art, 58
collection of works, including a short critical topic changes. high school or equivalency requirements/ Athletics and Recreation, 225–226
introduction, in one of the major genres—poetry, proof, 175, 178–179 Attendance policy, 207
fiction (novel, novella and short story), essay, WR-505S SPT: Collaborative Writing (2.00 cr.) home-schooled applicants, 178 Auditing courses, 198
screenplay, drama, or in certain exceptional This course explores special topics in poetry hours, 174
cases, a hybrid thereof. Students explore the and poetics. May be repeated for credit as I-20 form, 181 B
genre they select from a literary, historical, and topic changes. Intellectual Property Policy, 183 Baccalaureate degrees, second, 218
theoretical angle; assemble an anthology of international students, 175, 178, 179, 180–181 Bachelor of Architecture (BArch), 25–26
exemplary examples of work in the genre selected; letters of recommendation, 176, 180 Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA)
and complete a substantial draft of a manuscript. national portfolio days, 174 Art and Design Education, 53
nonmatriculated/special students, 183 BFA/MA Art and Design Education, 54
WR-421 Senior Project II (4.00 cr.) portfolios for, 176–177, 180 Digital Arts, 65
This writing intensive course concentrates on the PrattMWP College of Art and Design Fashion Design, 123
completion of the Senior Project, a sustained (Extension Center), 183 Film, 71
work or collection of works, including a short program rankings, 4 Fine Arts, 79–80
critical introduction, in one of the major genres— readmission, 182–183 History of Art and Design, 158
poetry, fiction (novel, novella, short story), essay, test scores (SAT or ACT), 175 Interior Design, 139–140
screenplay, drama, or, in certain exceptional Title IX statement, 174–175 Writing, 161
cases, a hybrid there of. transfer students, 179–181 Bachelor of Professional Studies (BPS),
website, 174 Construction Management, 36
Advanced Placement (AP) policy, 158, 179, 205 Bachelor of Science (BS), Construction
Advertising Art Direction emphasis Management, 36
(Communications Design), 114 Banking facilities, 201
Alumni Billing, 201
Fashion Design (School of Design), 124 Board of trustees, 233
Pratt Institute, 15 Book minor, 171
Applications, 174, 179, 209 Brooklyn campus
Architectural Theory and Technology minor, 36 campus tours, 1, 19, 174
Architecture, School of, 21–39 directions, 243–245
accreditation, 24, 25 general information, 8
Architecture (department), 25–34 Bulletin
Construction Management, 35–38 changes to, 218
contact information, 21 organization of course offerings, 211
curricula, 34, 38
fees, 198 C
minors in, 36, 38, 39 Campus Ministry, 221
Morphology concentration, 26, 39 Campus tours, 1, 19, 174
overview, 23–24 Career and Professional Development, 226–227

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Ceramics minor, 98 Direct Loan programs, 201. see also Financial aid Flywire, 202 School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 150, 151, Morphology concentration/minor (Architecture), R
Certificate of English Language Proficiency Drawing. see Fine Arts Foundation (School of Art), 44–51 158, 161 26, 39 Rankings, 4
Program (CEP), 168 contact information, 45 zero-credit internships, 199 Museum and Gallery Practices minor, 97 Readmission, 182–183, 209
Certification, teachers. see Teacher certification E overview, 45 IRS notice, 201 MyPratt, parent module, 209 Registration and academic policies, 203–218. see
China, international students from, 181 Email accounts, 204 Foundation (School of Design), 104–111 MyPratt access, 204 also Tuition and fees
Cinema Studies minor, 169 English language proficiency contact information, 105 J academic dismissal, 215
Classes, admission to, 204 English requirement/language placement, overview, 106 Jewelry. see Fine Arts N Academic Integrity Code, 216–217
Collection accounts, 201 181–182 National Architectural Accrediting Board academic probation, 215
Communications Design, 112–122 Intensive English Program, 166, 168 G K (NAAB), 25 academic standing, 213–215
Advertising Art Direction emphasis, 114 Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), Gender and Sexuality minor, 171 Key replacement fees, 198 National portfolio days, 174 admission to class, 204
contact information, 113 58, 166, 175, 178–182, 186 Grades Korea, international students from, 181 New student orientation, 220 application deadlines, 209
curricula, 113–114, 121–122 Enrollment verification letters, 207 grade point average (GPA), 213 Nonmatriculated/special students, 183 attendance policy, 207
Graphic Design emphasis, 114 Essay, 177, 180 grade reports, 212 L NYSED Initial/Professional Certification. see changes and withdrawals, 207–208
Illustration emphasis, 114 grading system, 211–212 Laboratories, 168 Teacher certification changes to bulletin and, 218
overview, 113 F Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP), 215 Late payment fees, 199 contact information, 203
Community Art and Design Education minor, 97 Faculty Graduation, 217–218 Late registration, 204 O continuing students, 204
Computer facilities, 168 faculty bios (see individual names of Grant programs. see Financial aid Learning/Access Center, 227–228 Off-campus admission appointments, 174 course/section changes, 208
Construction Management, 35–38 programs, contact information) Graphic Design emphasis (Communications Leave of absence, 208–209 Office of Student Affairs. see Student Affairs, degree audits, 216
academic degrees, 36 general information, 11, 19 Design), 114 Letters of recommendation, 176, 180 Office of email accounts, 204
contact information, 35 libraries, 232 Liberal Arts and Sciences, School of, 147–171 Organization of course offerings, 211 enrollment verification letters, 207
curricula, 38 Fashion Design, 123–130 H classes in Liberal Arts, 165–168 Orientation, new student, 220 first day of class and balances due, 201
minors, 36, 39 academic degree, 123 Health Services, 228–229 contact information, 147 general information, 203
overview, 35–36 contact information, 123 High school applicants, 175, 178 Critical and Visual Studies, 151–156 P grade point average (GPA), 213
Continuing education, 19 curriculum, 124, 130 High school or equivalency requirements/proof, curricula, 155, 160, 164 Parent and family programs, 220 grade reports, 212
Counseling, 229 overview, 123–124 175, 178–179 History of Art and Design, 157–160 Payments, 201 grading system, 211–212
Course withdrawal refunds, 200 Fashion minor, 145 High school students, PreCollege Program for, 19 minors in, 169–171 Performance and Performance Studies minor, 170 graduation and degrees, 217–218
Creative Writing minor, 169 Federal refund policy, 200 History minor, 169–170 overview, 149–150 Personal data changes, 209 identification cards and services, 204
Critical and Visual Studies, 151–156 Fees. see Tuition and fees History of Art and Design, 157–160 Writing, 161–164 Philosophy minor, 170 late registration, 204
contact information, 151 Film, 71–77 academic degrees, 157–158 Libraries, 231–232 Photography, 89–96 leave of absence, 208–209
curriculum, 155 academic degree, 71 contact information, 157 contact information, 231 contact information, 89 MyPratt, parent module, 209
overview, 151–154 contact information, 71 curriculum, 160 faculty, 232 curriculum, 96 MyPratt access, 204
Cultural Studies minor, 169 curriculum, 77 minor in, 158 fees, 200 fees, 199 new students, 204
Curricula overview, 71–72 overview, 157 overview, 231–232 minor in, 97–98 organization of course offerings, 211
School of Architecture, 34, 38 Film/Video fees, 199 History of Art minor, 170 Literature and Writing minor, 170 overview, 89–90 personal data changes, 209
School of Art, 56, 69–70, 77, 86–88, 96 Film/Video minor, 98 Home-schooled applicants, 178 Loans. see Financial aid PLUS loans, 201 portfolio/work experience credit, 206
School of Design, 113–114, 121–122, 124, 130, Financial aid, 185–195 Housing Lock/key replacement fees, 198 Portfolios preferred name of students, 209
138, 144 Aid for Part-Time Study (APTS), 190–191 residency requirement, 205 for admission, 176–177, 180 readmission, 209
School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 155, contact information, 185 Residential Life and Housing, 221–225 M credit for, 206 repeated courses, 213
160, 164 documentation, 195 Manhattan campus national portfolio days, 174 residency requirement, 205
for entering students, 185–186 I campus tours, 1, 174 Pratt Institute. see also Admission; Financial aid; Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP), 215
D Federal College Work-Study Program Identification cards and services, 204 directions, 244–245 Registration and academic policies; Tuition second Baccalaureate degree
Degrees. see also individual names of degrees; (FCWS), 188 I-20 form, 181 general information, 8 and fees; individual schools requirements, 218
individual names of programs federal direct loan programs, 188–189 Illustration emphasis (Communications Design), Map (Brooklyn campus), 244–245 academic degrees, overview, 18 semester hour credits, 211
audits, 216 federal grant programs, 187 114 Master of Arts (MA)/BFA, in Art and Design alumni of, 15 student status, 206
graduation and, 217–218 federal refund policy, 200 Industrial Design, 131–138 Education, 54 Brooklyn campus of, 8 transcripts, 199, 209–210
overview, 18 grant programs, 186 contact information, 131 Meal plan, 225 campus tours, 1, 19, 174 transfer credits, 205–206
Delaware College of Art and Design, 7 instructions and schedules, 194–195 curricula, 138 Media Studies minor, 170 changing schools within Pratt, 183 Veterans Affairs (VA), 204–205
Design, School of, 101–145 for international students, 195 overview, 131–132 Minors exhibitions, 11 withdrawal from Pratt Institute, 208
Communications Design, 112–122 loan checks, 201 Intellectual Property Policy, 183 Architectural Theory and Technology, 36 faculty of, 11 (see also Faculty) withdrawal prior to conduct case
contact information, 101 out-of-state programs, 191 Intensive English Program Book, 171 general information, 3–4, 11, 227 (see also adjudication, 211
curricula, 113–114, 121–122, 124, 130, 138, 144 overview, 185 Certificate of English Language Proficiency Ceramics, 98 Internships) Repeated courses, 213
Fashion Design, 123–130 Parent Loan for Undergraduate Student Program (CEP), 168 Cinema Studies, 169 Manhattan campus of, 8 Residency requirement, 205
Foundation, 104–111 (PLUS), 189 general information, 166 Community Art and Design Education, 97 minors and combined programs, general Residential Life and Housing, 221–225
Industrial Design, 131–138 Pratt Institute employment program, 187–188 Interactive Arts emphasis (Digital Arts), 66 Construction Management, 36 information, 7 Returned checks, 199, 201
Interior Design, 139–144 Presidential Merit-Based Scholarships, 186 Interior Design, 139–144 Creative Writing, 169 PrattMWP (Utica, New York), 8–11
minors in, 145 progress monitoring and, 192–193 academic degree, 139–140 Cultural Studies, 169 PreCollege Program for high school S
overview, 103 restricted and endowed awards and contact information, 139 Fashion, 145 students, 19 SAT, 175
Digital Arts, 64–70 scholarships, 186 curriculum, 144 Film/Video, 98 rankings, 4 Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP), 215
academic degrees, 65 restricted grants and scholarships, 195 minor in, 140, 145 Gender and Sexuality, 171 school exchange programs, 7 Scholarships. see Financial aid
contact information, 65 Satisfactory Academic Program (SAP), 193 overview, 139 History, 169–170 School of Continuing and Professional School of Architecture. see Architecture, School of
curricula, 69–70 state aid to Native Americans, 194 International Affairs, 230 History of Art, 170 Studies, 19 School of Art. see Art, School of
Digital (3-D) Animation and Motion Arts state education agencies, 191–192 International students History of Art and Design, 158 Study Abroad programs, 7, 24, 132, 205 School of Continuing and Professional Studies, 19
emphasis, 66 state grant programs (TAP), 189–190 admission of, 175, 178, 179, 180–181 Interior Design, 140, 145 summer intensives, 19 School of Design. see Design, School of
Interactive Arts emphasis, 66 United States Bureau of Indian Affairs Aid from China and Korea, 181 Literature and Writing, 170 sustainability commitment, 7–8 School of Liberal Arts and Sciences. see Liberal
lab fees, 199 to Native Americans Higher Education English requirement/language placement, Media Studies, 170 technology of, 11 Arts and Sciences, School of
overview, 65 Assistance Program, 193 181–182 Morphology, 39 website, 174 Sculpture. see Fine Arts
2-D Animation emphasis, 66 Veterans Administration (VA) educational Flywire for, 202 Museum and Gallery Practices, 97 PrattMWP College of Art and Design (Extension Semester hour credits, 211
Digital (3-D) Animation and Motion Arts emphasis benefits, 194 I-20 form, 181 Performance and Performance Studies, 170 Center), 183 Senior Project/Thesis, 18. see also individual
(Digital Arts), 66 Fine Arts, 78–88 Internships Philosophy, 170 PreCollege Program for high school students, 19 departments
Directions, 243–246 academic degrees, 79–80 general information, 11, 227 Photography, 97–98 Printmaking. see Fine Arts Social Justice/Social Practice minor, 170–171
Brooklyn campus, 243–244 contact information, 79 School of Architecture, 24, 35, 36 Psychology, 170 Psychology minor, 170 Special students, admission of, 183
Manhattan campus, 244–245 curricula, 86–88 School of Art, 57, 72, 79, 89 Social Justice/Social Practice Minor, 170–171 Stafford direct loans, 201
map (Brooklyn campus), 244–245 overview, 79 School of Design, 123, 124, 139 Sustainability Studies, 171 Student Affairs, Office of, 219–230
studio deposits, 199 Athletics and Recreation, 225–226

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 Campus Ministry, 221 Work experience credit, 206
Career and Professional Development,
226–227
Writing, 161–164
contact information, 161
Notes
contact information, 219 curriculum, 164
Counseling, 229 degree in, 161
Health Services, 228–229 overview, 161
International Affairs, 230 Writing and Tutorial Center, 168
Learning/Access Center, 227–228
meal plan, 225 Z
new student orientation, 220 Zero-credit internships, 199
overview, 219
parent and family programs, 220
Pratt Institute Internship Program, 227
Residential Life and Housing, 221–225
Student Involvement, Department of,
219–220
student organizations, 220–221
Students. see also Admission; Registration and
academic policies; Student Affairs, Office of;
Tuition and fees
full-time vs. part-time status, 206
preferred name of, 209
Study Abroad programs, general information, 7,
24, 132, 205
Summer intensives, 19
Sustainability Studies minor, 171

T
Teacher certification
Art and Design Education, 53, 54
general information, 7, 18, 19
Technology fees, 198
Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL)
general information, 166, 175, 178–182, 186
School of Art, 58
Test scores (SAT or ACT), 175
Title IV funds, 200
Title IX statement, 174–175
Transcripts, 199, 209–210
Transfer students, 179–181
credit for, 181, 183, 205–206
general information, 179–181
School of Architecture, 23, 36
School of Art, 57, 58
School of Design, 140
School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 166
Trustees, 233
Tuition and fees, 197–202
adjustments, 201
alternative loan checks, 201–202
banking facilities, 201
billing, 201
collection accounts, 201
contact information, 197
costs, 197
direct loans (Stafford, PLUS), 201
fees, 198–200
Flywire for international students, 202
IRS notice, 201
payments, 197–198
refunds, 200–201, 202
registration, 201
returned checks, 201
room and board, 224–225
2-D Animation emphasis (Digital Arts), 66

V
Veterans Affairs (VA), 204–205

W
Withdrawal
changes and, 207–208
from Pratt Institute, 208
prior to conduct case adjudication, 211

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