PARsons school of design Graduate Programs

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M.ARCH Architecture

MS Data visualization

MFA DESIGN AND TECHNOLOGY

MS DESIGN AND URBAN ECOLOGIES

MA DESIGN STUDIES

MFA FASHION DESIGN AND SOCIETY

MA FASHION STUDIES

MFA FINE ARTS

MA HISTORY OF DESIGN AND CURATORIAL STUDIES

MFA INDUSTRIAL DESIGN

MFA INTERIOR DESIGN

MFA LIGHTING DESIGN

MFA PHOTOGRAPHY

MS STRATEGIC DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT

MA THEORIES OF URBAN PRACTICE

MFA TRANSDISCIPLINARY DESIGN

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Discover a university dedicated to unleashing your creativity.Parsons School of Design, recently ranked the country’s top art and design school,* has offered students innovative approaches to education since its founding in 1896. Today we’re the only American art and design school within a comprehensive university—The New School—which also houses a rigorous liberal arts college and a progressive performing arts school. Here you can master established art and design fields or advance emerging ones and study across all university disciplines.

Guided by Parsons’ faculty, graduate students draw on the university’s extensive resources to challenge convention and innovate, improving people’s lives directly and preparing for an evolving world.

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ABOUT PARSONS

A Legacy of Progressive Innovation

Parsons has pioneered art and design education since its beginnings, championing new movements and teaching methods that have shaped generations of artists, designers, scholars, entrepreneurs, and commu-nity leaders. Programs at Parsons are grouped into the following five schools:

• School of Art and Design History and Theory (ADHT)• School of Art, Media, and Technology (AMT)• School of Constructed Environments (SCE)• School of Design Strategies (SDS)• School of Fashion (SOF)

This organizational structure supports Parsons’ educational mission, and its interdisciplinary approach builds community among students and faculty in related disciplines.

A Distinguished Faculty, a Collaborative Approach

Parsons’ faculty of leading design practitioners, artists, critics, historians, writers, and scholars reflects the spectrum of art and design disciplines. Instructors collaborate with students to develop technologies and refine research methodologies, creating work that is relevant to contemporary social, cultural, and economic systems. By combining art and design studio curricula with instruction in liberal arts and business, Parsons faculty members prepare students to lead in a range of fields and to excel in their creative practice. To learn more about the faculty, visit newschool.edu/parsons-faculty.

Parsons gives students the tools needed to achieve professional success and prepares them to think beyond current para-digms. They arrive here with diverse interests, perspectives,

and backgrounds; they graduate prepared to creatively and critically address the complexities of life in the 21st century.

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Second-year students in the MFA Fashion Design and Society program present their work publicly each year, attracting industry and press attention.

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A community for learning

Parsons, like The New School as a whole, is a commu-nity made up of people representing a wide range of identities, backgrounds, and academic and professional practices. Parsons students come from all 50 states and 109 countries, making the university one of the most geographically diverse in the country. At Parsons, col-laboration with individuals of varied perspectives and backgrounds enriches the overall educational experi-ence and prepares students to communicate and build relationships within the increasingly global workplace.

An urban focus

Cities are models of sustainable living because of the efficient resource use and forms of community life that are possible in densely populated areas. New York City is an ideal setting in which to study the ecologies of urban environments. The city also offers opportunities to explore emerging design fields, such as the design of services. Parsons instructors are part of the city, too; most are working professionals who practice the disciplines they teach.

DIVERSITY AND PARSONS

Parsons is committed to achieving greater diversity, with a community that reflects a broad range of experiences, identities, cultures, and beliefs. Cultivating a learning environ-ment in which all can thrive requires respect and an under-standing of academia’s vast spectrum of social, political, and economic contexts. Diversity enables tomorrow’s designers to devise innovative, thoughtful solutions to social inequities and injustices. This effort emphasizes contributions from historically underrepresented people within higher education.

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The University at a Glance(Fall 2014)

10,131 Total enrollment at The New School

3,489 Total graduate enrollment at The New School

880 Total graduate enrollment at Parsons

5,085 Total enrollment at Parsons

40 Percentage of international students at Parsons

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11:1 Student-to-faculty ratio

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ACADEMICS

Faculty and students form a diverse body of scholars critically addressing contemporary issues in their fields, moving beyond current frameworks using advanced practical and theoretical knowledge.

Because Parsons is part of a large research univer-sity, students have access to courses in a range of subjects. Visit the university course catalog to see the variety of topics available to you as part of your curriculum: courses.newschool.edu.

degrees of difference

In addition to its graduate degree offerings, Parsons offers a variety of associate’s degrees (AAS) intended for mature students hoping to make a career change or add career-enhancing skills to their résumés. If you have a bachelor’s degree in an unrelated field and lack the formal training or professional experience needed to be competitive for entry into a graduate degree program at Parsons, explore our AAS offerings in Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Interior Design, and Fashion Marketing.

Continuing studies

Parsons also offers open enrollment courses in which nondegree students of all ages can build portfolios or take art and design courses for credit or on a non-credit basis. Intensive courses for undergraduate and graduate credit are offered each summer on the New York campus and in Parsons programs abroad. Some courses are offered online. newschool.edu/parsons-continuing-studiesnewschool.edu/parsons-summer

With a renowned comprehensive curriculum, Parsons offers students many opportunities to collaborate across academic disciplines within a diverse

intellectual community. The university’s extensive libraries, archives, studio spaces, and other resources enrich research and projects, while public symposia and events connect the university to real-world practices.

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Students in Parsons’ graduate urban programs recently collaborated with peers at KU Leuven, a Belgian partner university, to devise design-led responses to global urbanization, migration, and climate change as part of an internationally funded research project, which they presented publicly.

Study Options at Parsons Paris

The New School’s Parsons Paris campus offers courses, programs, and study abroad opportunities, enabling students to benefit from our pioneering approach to learning in an intimate setting in a European capital. Our exclusive part-nerships with the city’s premier art and design and social science organizations, such as Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Institut d’études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), and ENSCI–Les ateliers (École nationale supérieure de création industrielle), give students unique learn-ing experiences. Parsons Paris offers the following graduate programs:

• Design and Technology (MFA)• Fashion Studies (MA)• History of Design and Curatorial

Studies (MA)• Strategic Design and Management

(MS, Global Executive)*

To explore the graduate degree programs currently offered at Parsons Paris, visit newschool.edu/parsons-paris.

*The Global Executive Master’s in Strategic Design

and Management—an 18-month program conducted

primarily online and with week- and weekend-long

intensives in Paris, New York City, and Shanghai—

launches in summer 2016. Students can complete

study while working full-time. Please contact us at

global@newschool.edu for enrollment restrictions

that may apply to your geographical area.

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The University Center, our sustainably built campus anchor, encourages interdisciplinary work through its open design and ample co-working areas.

Facilities

Access to state-of-the-art and traditional tools at the Making Center facilitates students’ creative growth. Available are 3D printers; laser cutters; CNC routers; high-speed plotters; printmaking equipment; woodworking, metalworking, and sewing tools; and digital imaging, audio, and production gear.

Art and photo studios, fabrication shops, a lighting simulation lab, a video “green room,” computer stations, and our new Innovation Lab offer additional resources. The University Center provides ample space for collaboration; meeting rooms, quiet-study areas, and practice rooms throughout campus offer work space as well.

University libraries and resources available through the online Research Library Consortium of South Manhattan support student research. Students can also draw on the Kellen Design Archives, which conserves Parsons-related primary-source materials.

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Courses and campus facilities help you stay current with the tools of your chosen practice—such as 3D printers like the one shown here.

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GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES

TOP: Lucia Cuba, MFA Fashion Design and Society ’12, drew on her experience in design and activism for her thesis project. She designed Artículo 6, a line of garments and “actions”—installations, performances, objects, photos, and videos—intended to raise awareness of the involuntary sterilizations of Peruvian women that took place in the 1990s and their present-day legal battle.

BOTTOM: Designer and alumna Donna Karan partnered with faculty and students on an initiative in Haiti, working with local designer Paula Coles on the DOT (Design, Organization and Training) Center, a new vocational education hub for Haitian artisans. Students helped design the space, explore products to develop, research local practices, and lead making workshops.

Parsons graduate students come from around the world. Over the past few years, we have received applications from every state in the United States and 109 countries.

Once here, they participate in projects with a global focus, show work abroad, and take courses overseas, developing their critical and creative abilities and gaining valuable experience.Learn more: newschool.edu/parsons/global-learning

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TOP: Designers at Parsons’ PETLab gaming incubator and residents of St. Louis, Senegal, created a game to develop climate-related disaster-preparedness systems for the Red Cross/Red Crescent. Versions of the game have been tested in Namibia, Kenya, Indonesia, and the Philippines, and the project was presented at the UN Climate Change Conference.

MIDDLE: Parsons and Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts students explored the rela-tionship between the arts and urbanism in Phnom Penh and New York at the Season of Cambodia Festival. Students curated a related multimedia exhibition documenting the role of arts in civic life.

BOTTOM: Students from Parsons’ School of Constructed Environments and graduate students in the university’s International Affairs program traveled to Jinga, Uganda, to collaborate with Slum Women’s Initia-tive for Development (SWID) on a project to develop housing.

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ARCHITECTURE (M.ARCH)School of Constructed environments

The MArch curriculum focuses on contemporary issues directly affecting the field, ranging from new representational techniques to sustainable built and natural systems. It prepares students to enter the professional architecture community and shape the built environment and the field.

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The Master of Architecture (MArch) program is a three-year NAAB-accredited professional degree for students holding a pre-professional undergraduate degree in architecture or a four-

year non-architecture degree. New York City provides students with a comprehensive context in which to develop design-build experience and explore architecture’s formal and sociopolitical dimensions. Students work with the NYC Department of Parks and Recreation, the NYC Housing Authority, and studios addressing environmental challenges presented by sea level rise and storm surge.

The studio course sequence challenges students to address demands imposed by use, site, context, structure, and construction. Interdisciplinary electives in history, theory, and technology highlight architecture’s pivotal role in shap-ing culture. Students can choose electives offered in other programs throughout The New School. Courses draw on Parsons’ network of municipal and institutional partners, local practitioners, and commercial clients, providing students with internship, design competition, and research funding opportunities.

Students in the Design Workshop design and construct—from schematics to punch list—a project for a nonprofit client. Established in 1996, the workshop embodies the progressive values of Parsons and The New School. It unites theoretical and hands-on learning and trains students to develop practices to improve the social and physical environment. Past projects include a sustainable laundromat and information center for Hurricane Katrina survivors, a rooftop garden with educational and recreational facilities for Bronx youth, and a pool pavilion for an NYC community.

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MFA Lighting Design/ M.Arch Dual Degree

Those who wish to pursue studies in lighting design and architecture can apply to the dual-degree program, a four-year, 120-credit-hour curriculum that combines the NAAB-accredited Master of Architecture and the MFA in Lighting Design. Interested students should apply directly to the dual-degree program; they will automatically be considered for admission to the individual Master of Architecture and MFA Lighting Design programs as well.

For more about faculty, courses, and requirements, visit newschool.edu/parsons-march.

Parsons’ School of Constructed Environments (SCE), alongside related degrees in interior, lighting, and product/industrial design. In the SCE studio, members of the diverse student body collaborate on complex design problems, from interiors to comprehensive architectural volumes, public spaces, and urban design.

Graduates have gone on to open their own practices and work in prominent firms, includ-ing Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Rogers Marvel Architects, LevenBetts, Bernheimer Architecture, Gensler, Lewis.Tsurumaki.Lewis, Matter Architecture Practice, Smith-Miller Hawkinson, and Young Projects.

Career paths include—Architecture; Engineering; Urban Planning; Landscape Design; Interior Design

TOP: Students in the Design Workshop created new lockers and changing room pavilions for the Sunset Park Recreation Center and Pool in Brooklyn.

BOTTOM: Jordana Maisie Goot and Moochi Liu, Project for spring 2013 Housing Studio

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DATA VISUALIZATION (MS)School of art, media, and technology

Today, the presentation of data is integral in the shaping of opinion, policy, and decision making in an increasingly global society. Giving students a competitive edge as they enter the field, the MS program responds to the increased demand for experts to turn data into insight.

Housed within Parsons’ School of Art, Media, and Technology, MS Data Visualization’s 30-credit cur-riculum can be completed in one or two years. The program integrates theory and studio practice, so stu-dents acquire the creative, quanti-tative, and coding tools needed to analyze and depict data, gaining a holistic understanding of context, audience, and objectives.

With the MS in Data Visualization, students obtain the diverse skill set needed to succeed in a range of data interpretation–related careers. Students graduate with portfolios demonstrating their ability to create databases and Web-based software tools that reflect an understanding of data analysis and information visualiza-tion for varied applications.

The program’s setting in New York City, a technological hub and pioneer of open-source culture, offers invaluable industry access. Students intern with industry leaders and external partners from the government, nonprofit, and commercial sectors. Faculty invite guest lecturers and critics to share

Parsons’ Master of Science in Data Visualization is a multi-disciplinary program in which students develop skills bringing together visual design, computer science, and

statistical analysis.

their insights and expose students to new possibilities in data visual-ization and related career paths.

Career paths include—Data Analysis; Digital Design; Advertising And Branding; Journalism; Business Consulting And Analytics Strategy; Management; Strategic Planning; Entrepreneurship; Social Enterprise; Public Policy; Trend Forecasting; Business Intelligence.

For more about faculty, courses, and requirements, visitnewschool.edu/parsons-msdv.

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TOP: Daniel Sauter, interactive program developed for the Burnham Centennial Pavilion, designed by UNStudio. Sauter, a professor in MS Data Visual-ization, created a program that dynamically translates visitor traffic data into changing light patterns in the pavilion.

MIDDLE: Graduates leave prepared to create online tools that express in visual form insights derived from data.

BOTTOM: Daniel Sauter and Mark Hereld, The Emergence Project

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DESIGN & TECHNOLOGY (MFA)School of Art, Media, and technology

Designers today face two fundamental challenges: the expanding influence of design within society and the increasing role of technology within design. The Master of Fine Arts in Design and

Technology program provides a lively environment in which to address these challenges.

The full-residency, two-year, 60-credit MFA in Design and Technology (MFA DT) curriculum is studio based, but critical thinking and study of the design process are central to the program. Areas of practice include interaction design, physical computing, game design, new media art, digital fabrication, data visualization, and critical

design. Candidates build ideas through prototyping, synthesizing research and practice.

Graduates embark on careers in creative, academic, commercial, and educational fields that engage with the growing influence of technology. In Collaboration Studio courses, students work with industry firms and nonprofits on real-world projects. Past partners include Apple, Eyebeam, gameLab, Human Rights Watch, Mozilla, NASA, the Red Cross,

For more about faculty, courses, and requirements, visitnewschool.edu/parsons-mfadt.

Samsung, and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Students collabo-rate with peers from other schools and colleges of The New School, a progressive urban university empha-sizing civic engagement.

MFA DT resides in the School of Art, Media, and Technology at Parsons, alongside programs in communication design, fine arts, photography, and illustration. Students supplement core courses with electives offered throughout Parsons and other schools and colleges of The New School.

Career paths include—Mobile and Application Design; Web, UI, and UX Design; New Media Art; Game Design; Motion Graphics; 2D and 3D Animation; Digital Filmmaking

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TOP: Data Cafe, a multidisciplinary project installed at Parsons Festival 2015, invited visitors to consider alter-natives to the present–day data-driven economy.

OPPOSITE LEFT: Manuel Rueda Iragorri, SCALE System. SCALE (Self Constructing Auxiliary Living Environment), an automated disaster response system, consists of flat-pack housing modules and a robot to assemble them.

OPPOSITE BOTTOM: Ramsey Nasser, Zajal. Zajal is a programming language for artists and hackers.

BELOW: Dong Yoon Park, Typography Insight. This app brings traditional typography teaching methods to tablets.

program alumni:Recent graduates include

Open Standards DeveloperR/GA

FounderFridge network, Google+

Design AnalystFrog Design Inc.

Creative TechnologistGoogle Creative Lab

Interaction DesignerIBM Design

Creative TechnologistNew York Times R&D Lab

Senior UX Design LeadMicrosoft Bing

Interaction DesignerDisney Interactive

Mobile Interaction DesignerNokia Research Center Beijing

Creative ManagerInterbrand

Interaction DesignerHUGE

Game DesignerInstitute of Play

Founder and Game DesignerLarge Animal Games

Installation Category FinalistAdobe Design Achievement Awards

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DESIGN & URBAN ECOLOGIES (MS)School of design strategies

The Master of Science in Design and Urban Ecologies program at Parsons radically reframes the study of and design approaches to cities. Through activism, research, and fieldwork, students gain a

broad understanding of the complex forces that influence urban growth and development. Using world cities like New York as a laboratory and working in transdisciplinary teams, they design processes for urban transformation.

The first graduate program of its kind in the United States, the two-year, 60-credit Master of Science in Design and Urban Ecologies explores the urban complex and its interconnections with political, social, economic, and environmental systems. Bringing together the academic strengths of Parsons and other schools and colleges of The New School, this studio-based program trains graduates to become agents of change, working with the communities and institutions that shape urban ecosystems.

Guided by internationally recognized urbanists, designers, and activists, students confront urgent problems facing cities and develop new research methodologies, design frameworks, and critical practices.

The program is aimed at urban planners, design professionals, social scientists, community lead-ers, and managers of nonprofit and government organizations moti-vated to critically address issues of contemporary urbanization.

Students collaborate with col-leagues in the research-based MA in Theories of Urban Practice program; in Parsons’ School of Constructed Environments and School of Art, Media, and Technology; in The New School for Social Research; in the Milano School of International

Affairs, Management, and Urban Policy; and in other schools and colleges of The New School.

Career paths include—Urban Design; Urban and Regional Planning; Public and Urban Policy; Leadership of Nonprofit and Civic Organizations; Community Planning and Organizing; Government Administration; Municipal/Regional Development; Social, Civic, and Environmental Enterprises; Urban Research and Consulting; Urban Curatorship; Academia; Doctoral Studies in Urbanism and related fields.

For more about faculty, courses, and requirements, visit newschool.edu/parsons-msdue.

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TOP: Sabrina Dorsainvil and Luisa Munera, Urban Atlas Project. Munera’s project employs various documentary, storytelling, and performative methods to record Harlem residents’ ideas about community development, connect citizens with shared goals, and facilitate direct action aimed at social change.

MIDDLE: Studio design skills offer new tools with which to guide sustainable and collaborative urban development.

BOTTOM: Anne Duquennois and Ron Morrison, Connecting Corners: Towards a Collaborative Food Ecology. The Connecting Corners website was created to maximize existing food and organizational resources and foster community integration in a NYC neighborhood.

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DESIGN STUDIES (MA)School of Art and design history and theory

The MA in Design Studies program draws on the unique range of graduate disciplines available throughout Parsons and the rest of The New School, an academic laboratory at the intersection of

design and scholarly research. In the program, students examine design’s complex interactions with society, technology, and contemporary culture, exploring its capacity to transform sociopolitical relations and investigating how design processes can effect social change.

The 42-credit research-driven program critically addresses historical, philosophical, theoretical, and social issues—politics, gender, power relations—related to design practices and products. Students work with pioneering design thinkers, emerging with the concepts and skills they need to become informed activists, writers, researchers, scholars, and consultants.

MA Design Studies investi-gates how design affects human experience and considers design as a fundamentally cross-disciplinary endeavor. Students are encouraged to take courses in the full range of graduate programs at Parsons (including design history, curato-rial studies, fashion studies, urban studies, and media studies), and at The New School for Social Research (including anthropology, history, economics, philosophy, politics, psychology, and sociology).

Aimed at both designers and nondesigners, MA Design Studies (which can be completed full-time or part-time) offers four overlap-ping, flexible project-based research pathways:

• Design through the integration of ecological, economic, technologi-cal, and social systems

• Design as a phenomenon whose analysis, insights, and

history offer guidance for dealing humanely with one another and the world we have made

• Design enabling practitioners to project and critically assess scenarios of the future

• Design writing and criticism for academic and general audiences

Career paths—Graduates can work in design-led entrepreneurial creative industries, applying their knowledge of design and social innovation to assist in research to support new product development, lead new approaches to curating and criticism, and help guide the work of media and consulting firms, think tanks, technology start-ups, and nonprofits such as NGOs and foundations. The program also provides a foundation for those who want to pursue doctoral studies in related disciplines.

For more about faculty, courses, and requirements, visit newschool.edu/parsons-mads.

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TOP: Students publicly share their perspectives and research on design’s multifaceted role in contemporary society, preparing for careers in fields ranging from academia to media to social innovation entrepreneurship.

BOTTOM: Plot(s), the MA Design Studies program’s student-run journal, presents the community’s research and gives students opportunities to develop their design criticism writing abilities.

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FASHION DESIGN & SOCIETY (MFA)School of Fashion

The MFA Fashion Design and Society at Parsons School of Design is the first graduate program of its kind in the United States, with a unique interdisciplinary and international approach to

fashion. Each year, a small group of students join this academy for advanced studies in fashion design and train to become innovative and progressive world-class designers. Initiated by Parsons alumna Donna Karan, the program has received support from major names in fashion such as Diane von Furstenberg, Swarovski, Uniqlo, and Kering.

The two-year, 60-credit program combines intensive studio-based projects with research and, in the tradition of social inquiry at The New School, helps students develop an understanding of the global critical, ecological, and business

contexts of their work. Supplemental classes in filmmak-ing, presentation, and photography broaden students’ visual design vocabulary and communication skills, preparing them for collaborative pro-fessional workplaces.

At the end of their second year, students present a

graduation collection. This pres-tigious exhibition attracts press, buyers, and other industry insiders and is sponsored by individuals and major fashion companies. In addition, students show their work on the runway in September during New York Fashion Week. At this event, students distribute a publica-tion documenting their collections, which is sponsored by Kering and other firms and is seen around the world. Student work is regularly featured in media outlets including

the New York Times, WWD, Vogue (US, UK), Style.com, Elle, Marie

Claire (US), SO-EN (Japan), and many others.

Part of Parsons’ renowned School of Fashion, the MFA program offers students opportunities to connect with the international community and industry part-ners and take part in high-profile collaborations. Students have won or are finalists at fashion events such as the International Fashion Showcase in London; International Talent Support (sponsored by Diesel); H&M Awards; New York Fashion Week; and the LVMH Prize. Graduates have gone on to design for firms including Alexander Wang, NIKE, Kanye West for Adidas, St. John, Burberry, Donna Karan, Calvin Klein, Coach, GAP, Reed Krakoff, Ralph Lauren, Narciso Rodriguez, and Opening Ceremony. Some have launched businesses, selling to stores like Dover Street Market.

Career paths include—Fashion Design; Archiving; Curating; Research; Teaching

For more about faculty, courses, and requirements, visit newschool.edu/parsons-mfafds.

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ABOVE: Andrea Jiapei Li, I AM WHAT (I AM), from a runway show presented during New York Fashion Week at MADE Fashion, Milk Studios, in New York City

BOTTOM: Pengji Cai, Garment Crash collection

OPPOSITE: Katherine Mavridis, Rather, it seeks a kind of suggestiveness; in holes, in emptiness

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opportunities to publish work and collaborate with MA Fashion Studies peers. Students complete intern-ships at fashion companies, maga-zines, and museums, including Elle, V Magazine, The Fashion Institute of Technology, Diane von Furstenberg, Comme des Garçons, Ralph Lauren, Halston, and Hermès.

Students have the opportunity to spend a second-year semester at Parsons Paris, where they have unprecedented access to some of the most prominent fashion and textiles collections in France through the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, the Musée Galleria, and the Yves Saint Laurent Foundation (see page 7 for more information). Depending on their research interests, MA Fashion Studies students may wish to supplement their studies with the Graduate Certificate in Gender and Sexuality Studies (GSS), designed to promote intellectual collaboration on issues of gender and sexuality in a variety of disciplines.

MA Fashion Studies graduates have gone on to pursue PhD degrees at top universities throughout the world; others work in top fashion media companies

In the groundbreaking interdisciplinary Master of Arts in Fashion Studies program, students develop a critical understanding of fashion and its complex intersections with identities, histories, and cultures in

the contemporary world.

MA Fashion Studies investigates the material and visual dimensions of fashion as dress, image, and bodily practice and as a major cultural industry that positions the individ-ual within society and the world. Students in the 42-credit program

are challenged to explore the interdisciplinary theories and methodol-ogies that have shaped fashion studies and to contribute to its advance-ment. Core and elective courses open up broad perspectives on fashion and its connections with design, production, consumption, imagi-nation, representation, embodiment, and identity. Informed by perspectives from a variety of disci-

plines, courses examine material from anthropology, sociology, art history, gender studies, visual studies, film and media studies, and material culture studies.

The program draws on New York City’s museums, exhibitions, and public events and also calls for students to observe streets, neigh-borhoods, and retail environments critical to the fashion system. The program sponsors public events, panels, and symposia such as “Fashion Criticism” and “Fashion Curation.” Student-led projects, like the journal BIAS, offer students

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TOP: Students in the Materiality of Fashion class examine a 1960s Yves St. Laurent colorblock dress from Parsons’ growing collection of gar-ments available for hands-on study.

BOTTOM: Students document fashions ranging from couture to streetwear for cultural analyses that they present on a variety of platforms.

OPPOSITE: BIAS is the annual student-run publication of the program. Other issue themes have included Fashion + Surveillance and Fashion + Healing.

and publishing houses including Rizzoli Publishing, Vogue, W, Nylon, I-D, and InStyle. Other graduates work as archivists, consultants, researchers, merchandisers, buyers, and public relations professionals in fashion houses and corporations such as Alexander Wang, Gucci, J.Crew, and Louis Vuitton.

Career paths include—Fashion Archiving; Museum Administration; Gallery Management; Media and Consulting; Criticism; Journalism; Academia

For more about faculty, courses, and requirements, visit newschool.edu/parsons-mafs.

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FINE ARTS (MFA)School of art, media, and technology

Guided by the belief that artists perform an essential role in society, the MFA in Fine Arts program provides a dynamic, challenging environment in which students develop diverse

studio-based practices and pursue interdisciplinary scholarship. Students come from many backgrounds and cultures and work in media including painting, drawing, sculpture, video, performance, digital media, installation, and photography.

MFA Fine Arts encompasses modes of study and practice ranging from rigorous formal and aesthetic investigations to social and political engagement. The two-year, full-time curriculum includes 27 studio, 12 academic, 6 professional prac-tice, and 15 elective credits. Students

work independently in their own studios and participate in weekly critiques with an interna-tionally acclaimed faculty of art professionals. The program curriculum centers on one-on-one studio visits, group cri-tiques, critical theory sem-inars, personalized classes, and writing and research for studio practice, as well as professional practices seminars. The Transdisciplinary Seminar reaches into the larger New School community and focuses on a range of

topics such as art and feminism, art and science, and art and poetry. Academic classes expose students to global contemporary discourse on art and develop their critical abilities.

Students interact with visiting artists of varied practices and cultural orientations. Recent visitors

include Shirin Neshat, Paul Pfeiffer, Tehching Hsieh, Kara Walker, Fred Wilson, Mark Dion, and Ann Hamilton. Prominent curators guide students preparing for their thesis exhibitions. Parsons’ industry and alumni connections yield abundant opportunities for collaboration and exhibition. Students have recently presented work at the Pulse Art Fair, The Kitchen, and Sydney College of the Arts at the University of Sydney and have held residencies at Skowhegan Institute and Jentel.

MFA Fine Arts is housed in Parsons’ School of Art, Media, and Technology (AMT), alongside the Communication Design, Design and Technology, Illustration, and Photography programs. Shared faculty and collaborative projects allow students to explore the inter-sections between art, technology, design, and social critique. Students can also draw on the extensive resources of The New School, a progressive urban university with a tradition of civic engagement and renowned graduate programs in the social sciences, media studies, and urban studies.

Career paths include—Fine Art; Arts Administration; Curation; Museum Management; Art Criticism; Teaching

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TOP: Bing Han, Void #2. Oil on canvas, 44 x 60 in.

MIDDLE: John Furer, Sequence of Tenses III and IV. Spray paint on acrylic sheet, poplar, plywood, MDF, veneer

BOTTOM: Thesis Exhibition Installation, The Kitchen, 2015

OPPOSITE: Jess English, The Original Skin #3. Aircraft-grade aluminum, fluorescent light, cleco fasteners, steel, plastic putty (approx. 74.4” x 60’)

For more about faculty, courses, and requirements, visit newschool.edu/parsons-mfafa.

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HISTORY OF DESIGN & CURATORIAL STUDIES (MA)School of Art and design history and theory

In addition, MA students can apply for paid teaching assistantships.

Parsons’ School of Art and Design History and Theory (ADHT) programs reflect the faculty’s expertise in areas including art and design methodology and philosophy, design criticism, cultural anthro-pology, sustainability, and material culture and are designed to provide stu-dents with opportunities to take related courses within ADHT. Students can access courses and collabora-tive projects taking place throughout Parsons and The New School, which open up new topics and areas of investigation in curatorial practice and historical research. Students graduate prepared to join alumni who work in some of the world’s most presti-gious nonprofit, commer-cial, cultural, and academic institutions.

Career paths include—Curatorial and leadership positions in museums and historic houses; specialist

This prestigious two-year master’s degree program, offered by Parsons in conjunction with Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, brings an object-focused and practice-based approach

to the study of European and American decorative arts and design from the Renaissance to the present. Housed for more than 30 years at Cooper Hewitt—the only U.S. museum devoted exclusively to historical and contemporary design—the program enables students to work directly with the museum’s collections and its curators, conservators, educators, and designers.

The MA History of Design and Curatorial Studies curriculum offers practical and theoretical instruc-tion in researching and displaying interiors and design objects such as furniture, ceramics, metalwork, textiles, and works in other media. New courses in curatorial studies and courses exploring the history of design in social and cultural context reflect the program’s broadened scope and relevance. Students com-plete the 42 required credits in two years of full-time study or three to four years of part-time study.

In the renovated Cooper Hewitt, graduate students have opportunities to curate exhibitions, create programming for the public, and produce interpretive materials, which provide essential hands-on experience in museum and curatorial practices. Access to the Smithsonian’s Design Library, New School library holdings, and the library consortium enriches object-based research. For-credit intern-ships enable students to explore professions in museums, auction houses, and galleries and on new online platforms. A limited number of master’s curatorial fellowships at Cooper Hewitt, which provide par-tial tuition remission, are available.

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Editorial positions (print and online)• Metropolis• New York Times• Martha Stewart Living• The Magazine

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and management positions in auction houses; academia; con-sulting for private and corporate collections; e-commerce; criticism and journalism; media

For more about faculty, courses, and requirements, visitnewschool.edu/parsons-mahistory.

TOP: The program is housed in the newly renovated Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Shown here are students researching in the National Design Library, North Reading Room.

BOTTOM: Cooper Hewitt’s collection of more than 250,000 objects and its world-class library offer Parsons students unique opportunities for curating and interpret-ing design objects—and reaching new audiences.

Alumni Career PathsGraduates hold curatorial posts in museums and collections worldwide and specialist positions in auction houses and galleries. They serve in a range of capacities related to interpreting, promoting, and educating the public about art and design.

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INDUSTRIAL DESIGN (MFA)School of constructed environments

environment, and promoting the quality of life.

Students develop their knowledge and skills at the uni-versity’s state-of-the-art product prototyping and testing facilities. In their second semester, MFA students explore limited-run making in New York City, and in the third semester they can investigate large-scale global production through virtual collaborations or study abroad at sites including Parsons Paris.

An innovation-focused university with programs in the social sciences, business and management, media studies, and the performing arts, The New School offers complementary courses that enrich design practice. Local industry events and collaborations with commercial and nonprofit partners deepen connections to the field. A specialized thesis project offers opportunities to develop designs that advance—or challenge—industrial design theory and practice.

New York City boasts the country’s largest number of creative-sector jobs and attracts top design talent. The MFA Industrial Design program attracts motivated, reflective students with

Parsons’ Master of Fine Arts in Industrial Design program offers an innovative two-year, 60-credit, full-time graduate curriculum that prepares students to negotiate the seemingly contradictory

forces at play in the growing product design industry. Students explore the way goods can be produced in both localized contexts (a “making in place” approach, which relies on regionalized needs and constraints) and globalized contexts (employing design principles focusing on universal needs).

In the MFA Industrial Design pro-gram, students combine advanced making skills and critical inquiry to design for production at all scales, from low volume to high volume, employing methods ranging from desktop manufacturing to systems involving global supply chains.

MFA Industrial Design’s curric-ulum balances competing interests such as economical production and sustainability, consumerism, social and environmental improvement, and global and local production, investigating ways to integrate and reconcile these forces as a whole. The faculty of design practitioners aims to develop a community of designers committed to improv-ing industry, protecting the

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TOP: Miriam Josi and Stella Lee Prowse, Nomad. Nomad is a locally manufactured planter made from recycled sailcloth and designed with New Yorkers’ small apartments in mind. The designers hope their product will encourage people to grow their own herbs and become aware of food sources.

LEFT: Parsons students and an in-house strategist at Poltrona Frau—a luxury furniture producer and frequent collaboration partner—explore the materials proposed for a competition project.

OPPOSITE: The design of Spiraloop, a vegetable masher created by program director Rama Chorpash, engages the production processes of a local Brooklyn spring manufacturer. The product embodies the kinds of decisions contempo-rary designers can make to influence systems involving employment, production and sustainability, and distribution, thereby advancing the field along responsible paths.

experience in product design but also accepts candidates from other design professions and disciplines such as engineering, management, anthropology, and psychology. Students graduate equipped with the ability to integrate the many considerations involved in product design and to lead as socially aware makers, strategists, and industry specialists. Graduates emerge

prepared to design innovative products and lead the industries that produce them as well.

Career paths include—Industrial Design; Product Development; Manufacturing; Furniture Design; Humanitarian and Service Design; Toy Design; Design Management; Architectural Building Systems

For more about faculty, courses, and requirements, visit newschool.edu/parsons/mfa-industrial-design.

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INTERIOR DESIGN (MFA)School of constructed environments

consumption, drawing and digital representation, and the history and theory of interior design. Students supplement core classes with electives offered throughout Parsons and in other New School divisions in fields such as design and technol-ogy, anthropology, psychology, and environmental and urban studies.

Using New York City as an urban laboratory, the curriculum draws on Parsons’ long-standing connections to interior design and architecture firms, manufacturers, galleries, and museums. During the second year, students develop a capstone project that culminates in a thesis project, written thesis book, and exhibition. Graduates are positioned to transform the field as practitioners and educators by working in interior design and architecture studios, developing new design practices, and collaborating with nonprofit, government, and educational institutions.

The program is offered by Parsons’ School of Constructed Environments (SCE), which also houses related programs in archi-tecture, lighting design, and product design. SCE students share research and fabrication facilities and work together in an open design studio

The Master of Fine Arts in Interior Design program at Parsons is uniquely positioned to lead the discourse and practice of interior design in the 21st century. Inaugurated in 2009 at Parsons, the

school where formal interior design education began, this graduate program builds on 100 years of leadership in the field. Design as a social practice is the program’s guiding philosophy. Students explore design as a force for change, a means of environmental stewardship, and a tool for shaping experiences.

Integrating sustainable design strat-egies with new developments in technology and materials, the two-year, full-time professional MFA in Interior Design* program prepares a new generation of designers to address social changes and demo-

graphic shifts shaping clients’ needs today. A faculty of distinguished practicing professionals work with students to imagine new possi-bilities for the design of habitable space. The program hosts “AfterTaste,” an annual international conference dedicated to expanding

the conceptual boundaries between interior design and related fields including art, architecture, film, science, psychology, philosophy, medicine, and music.

A 60-credit, studio-centered, research-oriented curriculum challenges students to analyze the relationship between human behavior, comfort, and perception and the built interior. Courses investigate materials and their envi-ronmental impact, fabrication and manufacturing processes, building systems and operational energy

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*Accredited by the National Association of Schools of Art and Design, this program fulfills the education requirement that qualifies graduates to sit for the National Council of Interior Design Qualification (NCIDQ) professional licensing exam.

collaborating on projects, uniting historically separate design disciplines to support cross- disciplinary innovation.

Career paths include—Interior Design; Industrial Design; Sustainable Design; Consulting; Teaching

MFA Lighting Design and Interior Design Double Major

The School of Constructed Environments offers students wishing to combine studies in interior design and lighting design a unique double major. In the MFA Lighting Design and Interior Design double major, a three-year, 90-credit-hour curriculum, students develop an in-depth technical and aesthetic understanding of the relationship between light and interior design. Interested students should apply directly to their primary program of interest—Interior Design or Lighting Design—and follow the application prompts for the double major.

TOP: Students created the environment shown here for the evening dinner of the “AfterTaste 2015: Inside Imagination” symposium.

BOTTOM: Paolo Agostinelli, Food for the City. This project proposes alternatives to current food systems; shown here is a space in which urbanites connect through rituals of dining.

OPPOSITE: Gosia Rodek, Pockets of the Inte-riors: Private workspheres in the open-plan environment

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LIGHTING DESIGN (MFA)School of constructed environments

The Lighting Design pro-gram is part of Parsons’ School of Constructed Environments (SCE), along with closely related programs in architecture, interior design, and product design. In the open envi-ronment of the SCE design studio, students work collaboratively on complex problems ranging from single interior environments to comprehensive architectural volumes, outdoor public space, and urban planning.

The School of Constructed Environments also offers two multidisciplinary programs, described on page 35, that enable students to develop an in-depth technical and aesthetic understanding of the relationship between light, architecture, and interior design.

Career paths include— Architectural and Interior Lighting Design; Theatrical Lighting; Exhibition Lighting; Equipment Design and Manufacturing

For more about faculty, courses, and requirements, visit newschool.edu/parsons-mfald.

The Master of Fine Arts in Lighting Design program at Parsons, the first of its kind in the world, has trained leaders in this rapidly evolving field for more than 30 years. With a solid foundation

in the intellectual, aesthetic, and technical dimensions of light, Parsons’ interdisciplinary curriculum focuses on human experience, sustainability, and the social impact of lighting design.

Students explore the relationships between theory, technical applica-tion, energy conservation, and social and environmental aspects of electric and natural light. The two-year, full-time course of study is composed of 24 studio credits, 30 credits of seminars (on cultural, historical, and perceptual aspects of light), and 6 electives. The unique curriculum is anchored in an integrated studio experience in which students interact with peers in architecture, interior design, and product design disciplines. Projects integrate research, conceptual design development, innovative representational techniques, techni-cal analysis, and full-scale study to uncover the experiential and social implications of illumination.

The birthplace of architectural lighting design, New York City offers students abundant opportunities for learning and career advancement. Students also benefit from access to important built projects, industry-related activities, trade shows, conferences, and the uni-versity’s network for professional internships and postgraduate placement. Lighting design is relevant to zoning and building regulations, traffic and pedestrian safety, neighborhood integration, and numerous other matters affecting the city.

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The School of Constructed Environments offers students wishing to combine studies in lighting design and interior design a unique double major. In the MFA Lighting Design and Interior Design double major, a three-year, 90-credit-hour curriculum, students develop an in-depth technical and aesthetic understanding of the relationship between light and interior design. Interested students should apply directly to their primary program of interest—Lighting Design or Interior Design—and follow the application prompts for the double major.

TOP: James Clotfelter, Silvia Mazzarri, Jordana Maisie, Atrium electric lighting visualization

OPPOSITE: Access to the Lighting Lab—a resource unique to this Parsons program—lets students take varying lighting conditions into account in their designs.

BOTTOM: Sirada Kuevibulvanich and Junkyeong Park, Light, Vision, and Representation

MFA Lighting Design/Master of Architecture Dual Degree

Those who wish to pursue studies in lighting design and architecture can apply to the dual-degree program, a four-year, 120-credit-hour curriculum that combines the NAAB-accredited Master of Architecture and MFA Lighting Design. Interested students should apply directly to this dual-degree program; they will automatically be considered for admission to the individual Master of Architecture and MFA Lighting Design programs as well.

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PHOTOGRAPHY (MFA)School of art, media, and technology

The MFA Photography program prepares students to become practicing artists and scholars who redefine the creative role of photography within contemporary culture. The program

challenges students to move beyond current paradigms, anticipating and setting trends rather than following them.

The flexible 26-month, 60-credit MFA Photography curriculum enables students to undertake local internships and apprenticeships and participate in international projects. The program begins with an eight-week summer session in residence at Parsons, the first of three, in which students attend lectures by and meet with visiting artists, curators, and critics. Recent visitors include Elinor Carucci, Lisa Oppenheim, Eva Respini, Anna Ostoya, Charlotte Cotton, Tehching Hsieh, Matthew Buckingham, Louise Lawler, Jason Fulford, Penelope Umbrico, Jill Magid, Dread Scott, and Artie Vierkant. In the fall and spring semesters, students engage in faculty-supervised independent study and fulfill course requirements on campus or online.

The school’s long-standing ties to the photography and art communities offer students access to New York City partners for intern-ships, exhibitions, research, and representation. Rigorous critiques and regular meetings with faculty and professional artists help students situate their work within broader historical, theoret-ical, and visual culture contexts. Program-sponsored conferences, such as the recent “Photographic Universe,” bring together practi-tioners and critics to explore con-temporary issues in the field. Annual

graduate thesis exhibitions and publications extend students’ reach into art communities. Graduates go on to publish, exhibit internation-ally, and work in related positions.

The MFA in Photography program is part of Parsons’ School of Art, Media, and Technology (AMT), which is also home to the Communication Design, Fine Arts, Design and Technology, and Illustration programs. Photography students work together and access the many academic resources of The New School, including all of Parsons’ programs, for their research.

Career paths include—Commercial Photography; Editorial Photography; Fashion Photography; Documentary Production; Fine Art

For more about faculty, courses, and requirements, visit newschool.edu/ parsons/mfa- photography.

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TOP: Craig Callison, Desktop_003, 2014, Pigment Print

ABOVE: Charlie Rubin, Red Rock Painted Truck Purple Tree

BOTTOM: Lara Atallah, The Abandoned Dinner Party (Coffee Time)

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School of design strategiesSTRATEGIC DESIGN & MANAGEMENT (MS)

in projects structured like real-world industry consulting jobs.

With evening classes and online instruction, this flexible grad-uate program is well suited to early- to mid-career professionals seeking to complement their design and business expertise with professional application. The program connects students to the broader intellectual community of Parsons and other schools and colleges of The New School. Housed in the School of Design Strategies at Parsons, the program is part of a leading urban university known for its courses on design thinking, organizational management, nonprofit manage-ment, sustainability management, leadership, and entrepreneurship.

Career paths include—Business; Sustainability Management; Innovation; Social Innovation; Entrepreneurship; Strategic and Service Design

For more about faculty, courses, and requirements, visit newschool.edu/parsons-mssdm.

The MS in Strategic Design and Management responds to the major restructuring of economies world-wide. The program incorporates design thinking, service design, and sustainability frameworks. Strategic Design and Management gradu-ate students focus on the evolving global economy and are exposed to sophisticated real-world perspec-tives on operations, sustainability, management, leadership, intrapre-neurship, entrepreneurship, and design innovation and research. A 36-credit program, Strategic Design and Management divides into two sections, each with its own distinct pedagogy: academic courses and integrative studios, both offered on campus and online. Coursework incorporates cutting-edge analyses of the new economy, which help students develop new business models and organizational designs for the creative industries. These classes provide hands-on experi-ence in designing, managing, and improving design-intensive and creative firms—and help students develop their capacity to inspire and lead creative teams. In the studios, students apply their course learning

The Master of Science in Strategic Design and Management program brings together a diverse group aspiring to initiate and lead change in emerging fields: business professionals wishing

to complement their business skills with design capabilities, design practitioners seeking to acquire expertise in business and leadership, and entrepreneurs looking to develop transformative business propositions for an evolving global economy. Led by a world-class faculty, the program is academically rigorous and industry focused. Students can complete the MS entirely on campus or online, or study both on campus and online.

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TOP: Students share their research at a public event held at Brooklyn’s Industry City venue.

BOTTOM: Students in the recent Designing Thoughts workshop, led by trend analyst and program visiting fellow Zuzanna Skalska, learned about new economies, their effects on society and commerce, and the value of global awareness. They were then asked to imagine future business challenges and develop creative responses to them.

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FIRST YEAR / FALLStrategic Design and

Management in New EconomiesSustainable Business ModelsManaging Creative Projects

and TeamsFIRST YEAR / SPRINGDesign Innovation

and LeadershipIntegrative Studio 1SECOND YEAR / FALLRegulatory and Ethical ContextsIndependent Project: Internship/

Action ResearchSECOND YEAR / SPRINGNew Design FirmsIntegrative Studio 2

Certificate Option

Part of the MS curriculum is available as an 18-credit Graduate Certificate in Business of Design. In this innovative program, students complete six design management, leadership, and innovation courses to qualify for the certificate. The program is aimed at professionals interested in managing in creative fields, innovation-focused com-panies, and firms that routinely employ design.To learn more, visit newschool.edu/ parsons-businessdesign.

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THEORIES OF URBAN PRACTICE (MA)School of design strategies

The Master of Arts in Theories of Urban Practice program offers an innovative path for students interested in acquiring a critical understanding of the design of urban environments and the

transdisciplinary knowledge required to transform cities.

The program reframes the study of urbanism and urban design as transformative practices that draw on an expanding body of knowledge, research, and action. This 30-credit research-driven MA degree program is for students who wish to pursue advanced studies in urbanism or careers as urban researchers, designers, teachers, design critics, policy advisors, and leaders of nonprofit organizations, public agencies, and private design and development firms.

Students conduct research and develop design strategies through critical engagement with contem-porary urban issues. They can take part in project-based studios in related programs, including Parsons’ MS in Design and Urban Ecologies and MFA in Transdisciplinary Design, as well as other New School graduate programs. The program is housed in Parsons’ School of Design Strategies, an educational environment that fosters innovative thinking about and experimentation with the design of cities, services, and ecosystems. Parsons is part of The New School, a pioneering university located in the heart of New York City that offers some of the nation’s most respected programs in design, social sciences, liberal arts, performing arts, and management and policy.

Career paths include—Urban Design; City Planning; Government Administration; Nonprofit Management; Collaborative Urbanism; Teaching; Research; Social Enterprise

To learn more about faculty, course descriptions, and requirements, visit newschool.edu/parsons-matup.

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TOP: MA Theories of Urban Practice program students Renae Diggs (left) and Joy Alise Davis (center) interview residents near Diversity Plaza in Jackson Heights, Queens, for their research.

OPPOSITE: Today urban designers often involve local stakeholders in the process of urban transformation, including the creation of public policy. Here, students meet with community members to gauge interest in a recycling initiative.

BOTTOM: A student sketches an infographic depicting the development of Cairo’s Al-Azhar Park, a complex 20th-century project to design an urban public space incorporating local needs, resources, and vernacular landscaping and architecture on a 500-year-old landfill site..

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TRANSDISCIPLINARY DESIGN (MFA)School of design strategies

Emphasizing collaborative design-led research, Parsons’ Master of Fine Arts in Transdisciplinary Design program serves as an academic laboratory in New York City for graduate students

seeking to define the next phase of design practice globally.

The MFA in Transdisciplinary Design program was created for designers interested in developing ideas, tools, and working methods to address the complex challenges of a global culture. Students work in cross-disciplinary teams, learn from industry leaders, and emerge with a portfolio that reflects the use of design processes to transform social relations and contemporary life. Graduates go on to work in traditional design consultancies or apply their skills in new ways, such as restructuring services like health care and public education, initiating microbusinesses, and developing projects for nongovernmental organizations.

The MFA in Transdisciplinary Design program is housed in Parsons’ School of Design Strategies (SDS), alongside graduate programs in Design and Urban Ecologies, Strategic Design and Management, and Theories of Urban Practice. In its programs and projects, SDS employs innovative approaches to design and business education in the context of cities, services, and ecosystems.

This two-year, 60-credit program focuses on project-based work connected to four flexible and overlapping research pathways:

• Systems explores ways to integrate ecological, economic, technological, and social systems to achieve common ends.

• Sustainability considers how to build public infrastructure for sustainable practices.

• The Social investigates the use of design to envision new modalities of social interaction and community.

• Urban seeks ways to reshape everyday practices within highly networked urban environments.

Career paths include—Service Design; Design Consulting; Academia; Business Development; International Development; Entrepreneurship; In-house Design Leads within Government Organizations and other Industries

For more about faculty, courses, and requirements, visit newschool.edu/parsons-mfatrans.

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TOP: Howard Chambers and Bland Hoke, Softwalks. Softwalks is a set of easy-to-install components that uses construction scaffolding to support seating, plantings, and lighting, fostering social interaction in a greener urban landscape. Softwalks won Fast Company magazine’s Innovation by Design Award (Student Category).

MIDDLE: Doremy Diatta, Material Communications. For her thesis, Diatta developed objects for parents of children with disruptive behavioral disorders to use at home to practice techniques learned in therapy. With support from Parsons, Diatta recently pre-sented her thesis at the 2015 Design Indaba conference in Cape Town, South Africa.

BOTTOM: Amplify The Bronx, the latest in a series of social innovation projects led by Parsons students and faculty, engaged local residents and staff of Soundview Park in a community engagement co-designing activity. Students learned about challenges facing park users and admin-istrators, heard residents’ perceptions of the park, and tested concepts aimed at increasing local stewardship and use of the park.

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STUDENT SERVICES

Housing

The university offers graduate housing, but most graduate students choose to live off campus. To learn more about housing options on and off campus, visit newschool.edu/student-housing.

Career Services

Internships and collaborations with external partners connect students with New York City’s professional communities and institutions and enrich their educational experience. Through these projects students develop valuable skills in collaboration.

The New School Center for Student Success assists students by developing industry contacts and professional opportunities. To help students find work, the office offers a range of services, including

• One-on-one counseling on job strategies• Résumé, portfolio, and interview preparation• On-campus job and internship fairs• Access to an online job database with more than

30,000 registered employers• Alumni career panels, workshops, and special events• A resource blog

To learn more and read alumni profiles, visit newschool.edu/css.

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Financial Aid and Scholarships

All graduate students who apply by the priority scholarship deadline of January 1* are considered for New School merit-based scholarships; no additional application is required. In addition, U.S. citizens or legal residents should file the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) between January 1 and March 1 if they are applying for either the summer or fall term. The FAFSA can be found online at fafsa.ed.gov (the New School/Parsons code is 002780).

Some graduate programs offer paying research assistant and teaching assistant positions that support research and develop students’ skills while defraying the costs of attendance.

Students should also research non–New School scholarships and grants that can be applied to graduate study.

For a list of additional scholarship opportunities, visit newschool.edu/scholarships-and-grants.

Tuition and cost of attendance

For up-to-date information on tuition and fees, visit newschool.edu/tuition-and-fees.

*Applications received after January 1 may be considered if space is available in the program.

A graduate education is an investment in your future. Students need to take action to be as well prepared as possible for the financial commitment. The New School

Office of Student Financial Services can help students budget and find support resources, including aid. For information on the cost of attendance and financial services, visit newschool.edu/sfs.

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Contact the Office of Student Financial Services Office of Student Financial Services

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sfs@newschool.edu

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SUMMER JUNE–AUGUST

• Explore housing options.

• MFA Photography students begin class in early June.

• Register for classes.

• MFA Design and Technology students attend Bootcamp in late July.

• Attend orientation.

• Classes begin in late August.

Spring JANUARY–MAY

• Apply for the fall term by January 1 (priority scholarship deadline).

• Check your application status online at newschool.edu/ admissionhub.

• Submit FAFSA online by March 1.³

• Check for correspondence from admission and faculty.

• Check for admission decision letter, sent out in mid-March or later.

• Meet faculty and alumni at events for admitted students.

• Submit tuition deposit.

• Apply for international student visa if necessary.

Fall SEPTEMBER–DECEMBER

• Review application requirements.

• Attend an admission event or portfolio review.¹

• Research non–New School scholarships.

• Register for the TOEFL or GRE if needed.

• Contact those who are writing recommenda-tions.

• Request college transcripts.²

¹See website for locations.

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federal eligibility requirements.

Most students who are considering graduate study begin the application process in the fall before their intended term of entry. The following timetable outlines a

schedule of the necessary steps.

Parsons and The New School are fully accredited by the Com-

mission on Higher Education of the Middle States Association

of Colleges and Schools. The New School, a privately supported

institution, is chartered as a university by the Regents of the

State of New York. Parsons is also an accredited institutional

member of the National Association of Schools of Art and

Design (NASAD) and a member of the Association of

Independent Colleges of Art and Design (AICAD).

In the United States, most registration boards require a

degree from an accredited professional degree program as a

prerequisite for licensure. The National Architectural Accrediting

Board (NAAB), which is the sole agency authorized to accredit

professional degree programs in architecture offered by institu-

tions with U.S. regional accreditation, recognizes three types of

degrees: the Bachelor of Architecture, the Master of Architecture,

and the Doctor of Architecture. A program may be granted

an eight-year, three-year, or two-year term of accreditation,

depending on the extent of its conformance with established

educational standards.

Doctor of Architecture and Master of Architecture degree

programs may require a pre-professional undergraduate degree

in architecture for admission. However, the pre-professional

degree is not, by itself, recognized as an accredited degree.

Parsons School of Design offers the following NAAB-accredited

degree program: Master of Architecture (pre-professional degree +

90 credits). Next accreditation visit for this program: 2016.

ACCREDITATION

ADMISSION

Contact the Office of Admission

Parsons School of Design

Office of Graduate Admission

72 Fifth Avenue

New York, NY 10011212.229.5150thinkparsonsgrad@newschool.edu

To apply, visit newschool.edu/parsons/apply.

Learn More About Parsons and Visit the Campus

There are a number of ways to connect with us: campus visits, open houses, portfolio days, and other admission events in New York City and around the world. If you are unable to travel, email an admission counselor.

GRADUATE STUDENT TOURSTours are recommended for prospective, applied, and ad-mitted students; they are intended not to provide answers to questions about academics or admission but rather to offer an overview of The New School’s facilities. Schedule a tour: newschool.edu/ parsons/grad-events. (Tours are not held on national

holidays or when the university is closed.)

A highlight of the tour is the University Center—the new hub of campus life, designed to facilitate collabora-tion within the New School community. To learn more, visit newschool.edu/university-center.

SPEAK WITH A PROGRAM DIRECTOR AND OBSERVE A CLASSSpeak to a program director to learn more about programs. Visit the program landing webpage to find the name of the director, and select the name to obtain an email address. Or find contact information using the New School online directory, at newschool.edu/directory. Some program directors welcome class visits.

INFORMATION SESSIONS, WEBINARS, AND GRADUATE PORTFOLIO DAYSProspective students should attend an information session to learn about Parsons, The New School, and Parsons’ graduate programs. Admission counselors explain the admission and financial aid process and answer questions. Webinars are also offered throughout the year. On Graduate Portfolio Days, faculty members give portfolio feedback before students apply. For more information, including upcoming session dates, visit newschool.edu/parsons/grad-events.

SPEAK WITH AN ADMISSION COUNSELORIf you have not yet submitted an application to Parsons or were recently admitted and have questions, request an appointment with an admission counselor by emailing thinkparsonsgrad@newschool.edu.

ADMISSION

The new school at A GLANCE

• Founded in 1919.

• Located in the heart of NYC in Greenwich Village, with a branch campus in Paris.

• Houses five schools and colleges.

• Offers 130 degree and diploma programs and majors and more than 50 minors.

• Has more than 10,000 degree-seeking students.

• Students come from all 50 states and 118 foreign countries.

• The New School offers a range of graduate programs. See details at newschool.edu/academics.

Membership and Accreditation The New School is a member of the Association of American Colleges and Universities and is accredited by the New York State Board of Regents and by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.

A few facts that set us apart

#1 FOR SMALL CLASSES: Among national universities, The New School had the highest proportion of classes with fewer than 20 students.

2014, U.S. News & World Report

#1 ART AND DESIGN SCHOOL: Parsons School of Design was named the Best College for Art and Design in the United States.

2015, Quacquarelli Symonds 2015 World

University Rankings

#1 MOST INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY: We have a higher percentage of international students than any other U.S. university.

2014, U.S. News & World Report

#1 FOR SUSTAINABLE BUILDING: The American Institute of Architects named the New School University Center one of the greenest buildings in the United States—and it’s the largest LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold Certified urban university building.

*By Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings, a London-based global provider of specialist higher education and career information. Ranking based on feedback from both academic peers and employers.

The New School is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Institution.For important information regarding your rights as a student, visit newschool.edu/your-right-to-know. Published 2015 by The New School. Produced by Marketing & Communication, The New School.

Photography: James Ewing, Andrew Gam, Conway Liao, Jessica Miller, courtesy of Daniel Sauter, Adam Schwartz, Martin Seck, Mat-thew Septimus, Albert Vecerka, Phillip Van Nostrand

graduate Programs

PARSONS School of DesignArchitecture MArch

Architecture/Lighting Design MArch/MFA

Business of Design Graduate Certificate

Data Visualization MS

Design and Technology MFA

Design and Urban Ecologies MS

Design Studies MA

Fashion Design and Society MFA

Fashion Studies MA

Fine Arts MFA

History of Design and Curatorial Studies MA

Industrial Design MFA

Interior Design MFA

Lighting Design MFA

Photography MFA

Strategic Design and Management MS

Theories of Urban Practice MA

Transdisciplinary Design MFA

Parsons ParisDesign and Technology MFA

Fashion Studies MA

Global Executive Master’s in Strategic Design and Management MS

History of Design and Curatorial Studies MA

THE NEW SCHooL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCHAnthropology MA/PhD

Creative Publishing and Critical Journalism MA

Economics MA/MS/PhD

Global Political Economy and Finance MA

Gender and Sexuality Studies Graduate Certificate

Historical Studies MA

Liberal Studies MA

Philosophy MA/PhD

Politics MA/PhD

Psychology MA/PhD

General Psychology MA

Clinical Psychology PhD

Cognitive, Social, and Developmental Psychology PhD Harm Reduction Certificate

Sociology MA/PhD

college of performing artsArts Management MA Launching fall 2017

MANNES SCHooL OF MUSICClassical Guitar MM/PSD

Collaborative Piano MM/PSD

Composition MM/PSD

Harpsichord MM/PSD

Orchestral Conducting MM/PSD

Orchestral Instruments MM/PSD

Piano MM/PSD

Theory MM/PSD

Voice MM/PSD

SCHOOL OF DRAMAActing MFA

Directing MFA

Playwriting MFA

MILANO SCHooL OF INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS, MANAGE-MENT, AND URBAN POLICYEnvironmental Policy and Sustain- ability Management MS

Julien J. Studley Graduate Program in International Affairs MA/MS

Leadership and Change Graduate Certificate

Nonprofit Management MS

Organizational Change Management MS

Organization Development Graduate Certificate

Public and Urban Policy PhD

Sustainability Strategies Graduate Certificate

Urban Policy Analysis and Management MS

CREATIVE WRITING PROGRAMCreative Writing MFA

MATESOLTeaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) MA

SCHooL OF MEDIA STUDIESMedia Studies MA

Media Management MS/Graduate Certificate

Documentary Media Studies Graduate Certificate