Parsons School of Design Undergraduate Programs
MISSION Parsons students are designers, artists, and scholars who learn to apply the transformative capacity
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and purposefully. Our diverse community of students and faculty explore multiple sites and scales of engagement, from on-campus
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research initiatives to partnerships that b ring about change in New York and in the world. Parsons’ future will b e shaped by the core
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Programs Programs
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Programs Programs in NYC in NYC Architectural Architectural Design Design BFABFA 18 18 Communication Communication Design Design BFABFA 21 21 Design Design andand Technology Technology BFABFA 22 22 Design Design History History andand Practice Practice BFABFA
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Fashion Fashion Design Design BFABFA
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FineFine ArtsArts BFABFA
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Illustration Illustration BFABFA
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Integrated Integrated Design Design BFABFA
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Interior Interior Design Design BFABFA
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Photography Photography BFABFA
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Product Product Design Design BFABFA
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Strategic Strategic Design Design andand Management Management BBABBA
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Other Other Learning Learning Opportunities Opportunities Parsons Parsons Paris Paris
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Minors Minors
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BA/BFA BA/BFA DualDual Degree Degree (with (with Eugene Eugene Lang Lang College College of Liberal of Liberal Arts)Arts)
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Youth Youth andand TeenTeen Programs Programs 51 51 University University Resources Resources 53 53 Student Student Support Support and and Admission Admission
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Anthropology
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Art and Design History
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Chinese Studies
Philosophy
Comics and Graphic Narrative
Photography
Communication Design
Politics
Contemporary Music Creative Coding
Post-Genre Music and Creation
Creative Entrepreneurship
Printmaking
Creative Technologies for Performative Practice
Psychology
Culture and Media
Screenwriting
Dance
Social Practice
Data Visualization
Sociology
Design Studies
Sustainable Cities
Digital Humanities
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Dramatic Arts
Religious Studies
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Economics
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Environmental Studies
Theater
Ethnicity and Race
Urban Studies
Fashion Communication
Visual Studies
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Parsons School of Design—recently named the Best School for Art and Design in the United States and ranked third in the world 1 —has offered innovative approaches to education since its founding in 1896. Today we’re the only major American art and design school within a comprehensive university, The New School, which also houses a rigorous liberal arts college, an outstanding
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performing arts school, a legendary graduate school, and other renowned programs. Here you can master established creative practices or advance emerging ones and study across all university disciplines. Surrounded by fresh perspectives and the university’s extensive resources, you research and create in broader, deeper, and more forward-looking ways. And, guided by Parsons faculty, you produce work that reflects human experience while responding to the call for innovation and change.
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Expanding the Boundaries of Design At Parsons, you discover that art and design have the capacity to disrupt the status quo and spark the change needed in the world today. They can be employed to confront climate change, address race relations, and transform management through thoughtfully conceived objects and ideas. Here becoming an artist, designer, or business strategist means working across disciplines, learning to collaborate, and questioning every assumption in order to create more reflectively and responsibly. We give you the freedom to do so by integrating disciplines, inspiring personal change, and offering you support as you forge new paths in art, design, and industry.
NYC: A Global Center of Creativity, Thought, and Industry Innovation NYC offers endless creative inspiration and opportunity. And for Parsons students, it’s an expansive open field for making and research. From the first semester, courses take you out into the city to design creative ways to improve urban life. In internships and collaborations with nonprofit, government, and commercial partners, you test ideas and develop skills Parsons Undergraduate Programs
and networks that support you during your time on campus and beyond.
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TOP: For the Empowerhouse project, students partnered with local agencies in developing ways to use design and policy to improve socioenvironmental conditions at several scales. The project resulted in a two-family house built with Habitat for Humanity, which inspired Habitat to adopt new energyefficient building methods.
BOTTOM: Parsons students used weather balloons outfitted with digital cameras to map Union Square and other Manhattan green spaces to study change in urban ecosystems over time.
FACING PAGE: An NYC government partnership enabled students to transform a campus parking spot into a public space with seating and tables, built from sustainable materials with Parsons’ Making Center facilities.
TOP AND BOTTOM: Experienced in a range of media and teaching methods, Parsons instructors help you express your ideas, explore techniques, and develop solutions to problems through design. FACING PAGE: Your community lasts long after you graduate. Faculty remain mentors, alumni connect professionally, and peers form organizations and businesses together after graduation.
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At The New School, you’re surrounded by teachers who help you bring together the people, projects, and classes you need for your unique creative journey. Our accomplished faculty encourage you to boldly experiment and guide you to become technically proficient, conceptually sophisticated, and reflective about your work. They are also working professionals who
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share their experience and connections. Based in a global center of culture, commerce, and innovation, faculty put you in contact with the city’s game changers—the United Nations, Planned Parenthood, Google, and Teen Vogue, to name a few—for collaboration on projects. Peers test your ideas and inspire new directions—and often become your professional colleagues. Open-minded, independent, diverse, and aware, they come from every state in the United States and more than 100 countries worldwide, making our university’s student body one of the most international in the country.
Four Years That Last a Lifetime Learning here readies you to design a life according to your own goals, values, and roadmap. For four years, you’re challenged to elevate your creativity with critical thought. You partner with peers throughout the university—performers, media makers, policy analysts—sharpening your collaborative skills. You focus your vision while broadening your abilities. Parsons’ approach to education sets us apart and sets you on your path—
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with the tools and a creative community to last a lifetime.
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Art and Design in Global Contexts Art and design speak clearly in the global conversation. Learn the language through workshops and courses in which you work directly with creative communities around the world, bringing together knowledge, perspectives, and resources to address critical conditions facing the world today. International educational partners—and Parsons Paris, our European hub—offer opportunities for sustained cultural and academic immersion. Parsons orients you in global contexts, where creativity catalyzes innovation and change.
Space for Making, Reflecting— and Innovating At Parsons, we embrace the new, the unknown, the unimagined. It’s our tradition of innovation, dating back to the school’s founding in 1896. Discover creative problem solving, collaboration, visual communication, iteration, prototyping, and analysis—tools that enable you to confidently, thoughtfully bring about change in a swiftly evolving world. Building on the solid platform of your Parsons education, you can become a leader in fields Parsons Undergraduate Programs
that already exist—or pioneer new ones.
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TOP: At Parsons Paris, the atelier-like learning environment fosters collaborative work in heritage luxury industries such as couture. BOTTOM: Designers at Parsons’ PETLab gaming incubator and residents of St. Louis, Senegal, created a climate disaster– preparedness game for the Red Cross/Red Crescent, which was presented at the UN Climate Change Conference.
FACING PAGE: Students and faculty of Parsons’ DESIS Lab, the U.S. branch of an international social innovation incubator, interviewed Brooklyn residents with the aim of developing environmentally sustainable alternatives to cars.
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Academics: an Overview Our curriculum spans established art and design disciplines and includes newer interdisciplinary fields, such as resilience and sustainability studies, service design, and immersive storytelling media. Minors in a variety of disciplines—such as management, creative entrepreneurship, foreign languages, and psychology—enable you to tailor your course of study to your goals and interests. See page 50 for details. Majors Offered in New York City Architectural Design (BFA) Communication Design (BFA) Design and Technology (BFA) Design History and Practice (BFA) Fashion Design (BFA) Fine Arts (BFA) Illustration (BFA) Integrated Design (BFA) Interior Design (BFA) Photography (BFA) Strategic Design and Management (BBA) Majors Offered at Parsons Paris Art, Media, and Technology (BFA) Fashion Design (BFA)
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Product Design (BFA)
Strategic Design and Management (BBA)
Schools Undergraduate and graduate programs at Parsons are grouped into the following schools to facilitate collaboration and resource sharing:
» 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) The School of Art and Design History and Theory offers an array of seminars and lectures in history, criticism, and writing that focus on visual and material culture. These courses are integral to studio work and help you develop an understanding of the role of visual culture, art, and design
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over time, in various settings, and as a means of fostering change.
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Your First Year Your first year is one of discovery and exploration. Studio courses build a variety of making skills, while seminars expand your ability to reflect critically on art and design and their connections to the wider world. Together they provide a foundation for your creative practice and intellectual development over the next three years. They also introduce you to systems-based approaches to design, in which you consider a range of factors—sustainability, technological change, user experience, globalization—to create work suited to an evolving world. The forces of change in society today aren’t one-dimensional, and neither are your interests. Our approach to education gives you the tools you need to explore complex issues and bring together a range of talents and passions in studies that are wholly your own. The process takes you throughout New York City, where you encounter firsthand the ways creativity fuels urban life. You apply your new perspectives and critical-thinking and communication skills to share your insights. The first year also allows those entering as undeclared students the opportunity to explore a range of art and design disciplines, which helps them decide on a major.
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TOP: For a course project, students placed 3D letterforms throughout the city, engaging subway riders with public art while developing an understanding of the effects of changing scale and setting. BOTTOM: Students in the first-year Sustainable Systems course learn how policymaking at the United Nations directly affects global climate change. FACING PAGE: First-year students develop their color theory abilities on-site at a Brooklyn handcrafted wallpaper firm.
Architectural Design BFA Communication Design BFA Design and Technology BFA Design history and practice BFA
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Fashion Design BFA Fine Arts BFA Illustration BFA
Interior Design BFA Photography BFA Product Design BFA Strategic Design and Management bba Other Learning Opportunities
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Integrated Design BFA
Programs
School of Constructed Environments
Architectural Design BFA Career paths include Architecture* Landscape architecture* Environmental art Urban design Exhibition design Product and industrial design Interior design
In this pre-professional program, you investigate the history, language, and social practice of architecture within a fine arts context. You create socially engaged, collaboratively made, and globally oriented work. In internships, courses, and workshops, you build collaborative skills and broaden your design knowledge with peers in related interior, product, urban, and lighting design
Furniture design
programs. Visits to architectural firms and manufacturers
City planning
provide further insight into the world of professional practice.
Facilities management
The program offers design-build opportunities within New
Construction management
York City, such as the Street Seats public seating initiative
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* Further study and additional requirements for licensure required
and housing studios with community partners.
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TOP: Alexander Floyd, Aquatic Axis, rendering. Aquatic Axis, created in the BFA Architectural Design course Design Studio 5, proposes a mass transport connection between northern Manhattan and the South Bronx. The project is designed to facilitate commuting and provides opportunities to interact with the natural environment.
BOTTOM: Jialei Tang, Playnature, rendering. Designed in a studio course, Play-nature is a care center for four-year-olds in the Bronx. Design features including acoustic ceilings and recessed classrooms are intended to accommodate the school’s teaching methods and address children’s needs.
FACING PAGE: Naiky Paradis, Transit Hub, model created for Design Studio 5.
TOP: Grace Hong, Like-Like, digital interface MIDDLE: Kaisha Murzamadiyeva, Ornek Typeface, type design BOTTOM: Dylan Hughes, Identity, identity design FACING PAGE: Whitney Badge, Shift to Question, digital interface and publication
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Communication Design BFA This program provides the ideal environment for directing your imagination and intellect toward exploring how we communicate through language and visual form. Discover how typography and interaction form the bedrock of brand and editorial design, digital product design, information design, type design, and motion and spatial graphics.
Career paths include Brand design and strategy Digital product design Editorial design Environmental and spatial graphics Exhibition design Information visualization Motion graphics
The BFA Communication Design program is grounded in
Type design
the study of typography (the visual shape of language) and
UX/UI design
interaction (the causal relationships between people and digital experiences). These two areas run through the STEMdesignated curriculum to initiate you on a lifelong journey toward personal agency and a mastery of craft. You work
moment or over time. From drawing typefaces and making books to creating exhibitions and designing digital products, you develop the capacity to shape the visual environment around you.
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project, and convey meaning, to be experienced in a single
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in increasingly expansive contexts to systematically plan,
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design and technology BFA Career paths include Creative technology Creative coding Game design, development, and art Experience design Digital product and software design Interaction design Computational arts Digital advocacy
Choose a pathway—Game Design or Creative Technology—and solve design problems by remixing software, hardware, art, and design creatively. Code becomes your second native tongue and expressive means of connecting with others. You develop a sustainable, unique process for researching, experimenting, designing, prototyping, iterating, and producing projects that keeps pace with an evolving industry. Students pursue a pathway in Game Design or Creative
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Technology through their studies in Core Studio Systems and Core Lab Systems, which are complemented by program electives. The Game Design pathway in the BFA DT program immerses you in the world of indie game design and development. It gives you tools and pipelines that grow and expand with your skill set and provides you with an understanding of the process from brainstorming to game publication. Creative Technology focuses on bringing art and humancentric design into programming and engineering, providing a set of tools drawing on physical computing, creative coding, user experience design, and fabrication.
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TOP: Jon Murry, Ready Made Exhibition, virtual reality project MIDDLE AND BOTTOM: Yumeng Wang, KAIR (Klapaucius Artificial Intelligence Resort) 2030. KAIR is a multimedia interactive installation featuring fictitious monologues by emulation workers from the year 2030. The project explores the relationship between humans and AI machines. FACING PAGE: Or Zubalsky, Meeting Table, installation and instrument with electronics
TOP: In Making + Meaning courses, students integrate hands-on and scholarly learning from studio work and seminars. BOTTOM: Traditional scholarly exploration is complemented by studio courses, in which students develop relevant design and making skills. FACING PAGE: This program gives students the opportunity to collaboratively explore disciplines beyond design in courses offered by Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts.
design history and practice BFA This one-of-a-kind program provides you with an education in art and design that involves both practice and theory. You learn through multiple modes of text-based and material analysis in studio and seminar classes. This interdisciplinary experience provides you with the skills needed for hands-on design work along with related historical and social knowledge drawn from the liberal arts.
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Career paths include Design Art and design research Museum education Publishing
As a student in the program, you choose a pathway in Art History, Design Studies, Fashion Studies, Museum and Curatorial Studies, Spatial Design, or Visual Studies. You combine this with a studio pathway that immerses you in Data Visualization, Sustainable Cities, or Fashion Strategies. By studying ideas and their application simultaneously, you develop informed aesthetic judgment, an understanding of the historical context in which art and design are created, and the ability to approach your own practice from that informed perspective.
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a specific area of design practice, such as Photography,
Incorporating curricular offerings from both Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts and Parsons’ BFA programs, BFA Design History and Practice integrates design practice with the study of history and theory. Students benefit from the rich knowledge of guest lecturers from diverse Parsons
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programs and from Lang.
“Seeing a design go from paper to the physical realm and watching the public engage with it inspire me for the work I want do in the future.”
Before coming to Parsons, Finn attended two other universities, whose rigid, traditional approach to education limited his ability to question and experiment. At Parsons, he found an open, diverse, collaborative community eager to engage his values and imagination. “I think my 16-year-old self would be surprised to see the freedom that I have here to explore and play,” Finn says. One way Finn has taken advantage of his freedom at The New School is enrolling in classes offered at Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts, also part of the university. “It gives my architecture work a new layer of depth and gives me a new perspective to approach creative problem solving,” Finn says. In his Sustainable Systems class at Parsons, he learned that responding to environmental threats doesn’t have to mean design sacrifices. And in his Design & Build class, he put this idea into practice, collaborating with 15 students from different disciplines to build Street Seats—sustainable public seating at the corner of Fifth Avenue and 13th Street that gave New Yorkers a much-needed outdoor
space in which to rest and enjoy conversation After conducting intensive research for
or a meal. Street Seats, students chose fast-growing, lightweight, weather-resistant Vietnamese bamboo for their hand-built 40-foot-long sculptural seating project. Seventy-five planters made from recycled plastic were placed inside its frame; lit by solar panels, “As an undergraduate architecture
they gave off an inviting glow at night. student, I think it’s rare to have the opportunity to take a project from the first sketch to putting the final nail in the frame, and it’s even more rare to build that project in one of the most prominent cities in the world,” says Finn. “It’s both surreal and really satisfying to see our design in the real world. It inspires me for the work I want to do in the future.”
The background is a rendering of a café Finn designed for a hydroponic facility in Gowanus, Brooklyn.
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such as a tagging system that helps them
designed to assist sight-impaired individuals,
Kendall created garments with features
articles of clothing,” Kendall explains.
such as distinguishing between different
but that are really tough for blind people,
that you never think of when you have sight
“Garments have all these design features
clothing for people with visual impairments.
She applied her learning to Sensory, a line of
with the world outside of the classroom.
to create clothes that allow for engagement
materials come from, where they go, how
the clothing manufacture process: where the
Kendall learned to consider every facet of
In her Systems and Society class,
scientist or environmentalist might use.
designer in terms not unlike those a social
people.” Now she describes her role as a
powerful. It can spread ideas and connect
possible,” Kendall says. “Fashion is really
things with a garment that I didn’t think
could be much more. “You can do so many
became a senior, she had learned that design
make beautiful clothes. But by the time she
first came to Parsons, she simply wanted to
Kendall always loved fashion. When she
“You can do so many things with a garment that I didn’t think possible. Fashion is really powerful. It can spread ideas and connect people.”
Shown behind Kendall is a garment she created for Kellektiv, her thesis, which was aimed at empowering women recovering from sexual assault.
the world.
thinker, and maker—could mean in
understand what her voice—as designer,
feel empowered, and it helped Kendall
Kendall says. Her project helped wearers
can really affect our sense of self-worth,”
what we wear and how we feel, and it
huge psychological connection between
put together their own outfits. “There’s this
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TOP LEFT: Ji Won Choi, Excessivism. Created in the Collection pathway, Excessivism features symbols intended to draw attention to clothing overconsumption and construction techniques that reduce material waste. BOTTOM LEFT: Paris Amaro, Carnal. Created in the Fashion Product pathway, Carnal is a line of handcrafted jewelry designed to celebrate the body. Amaro’s minimal, abstract pieces were inspired by the lines of the body. BOTTOM RIGHT: Lucy Jones, Seated Design. Created in the Systems and Society pathway, Seated Design is a methodology for analyzing and modifying design infrastructure to facilitate the creation of functional, attractive, and comfortable garments for seated individuals while raising awareness of their needs. FACING PAGE: Jacob Olmedo, And the World Will Be As One. Created in the Materiality pathway, Olmedo’s thesis project explores—from the perspective of a bee—the political and social implications of climate change and species extinction while examining guerrilla gardening as a means of connecting humans and the natural world. Shown is a runway look by Olmedo and his research project.
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FASHION DESIGN BFA
In the BFA Fashion Design program, you are encouraged to challenge existing perceptions of fashion by employing your own unique lens, disrupting norms with the objective of proposing innovative outcomes. By examining advanced
Career paths include Academic research Arts residency Brand strategy Concept development Creative technical design Fashion curation
social, theoretical, and contextual applications of fashion
Fashion design
design, you learn to express deeper levels of messaging and
Fashion product
critical thinking and practice through your work.
Fashion theory
Students select one of four pathways—Collection,
Fiber art
Materiality, Fashion Product, or Systems and Society—
Sustainability research
through their coursework in Design Studio and Specialized
Textile design
Studio, which helps them develop an approach to fashion
Textile conservation
design that aligns with their personal interests. While
Virtual reality
fundamental practices related to garment and collection development, research, materiality, and systems thinking are employed in all of the pathways, each one focuses on a specific area of fashion design. Your senior thesis is self-proposed and is expressed through a range of outcomes. Faculty, visiting lecturers, and
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This innovative program has trained generations of designers who continue to redefine the global fashion landscape.
external critics engage with you on creative, intellectual, and practical levels throughout the process. External partners offer you opportunities to develop a professional practice through collaborative projects and competitions that augment your academic experience.
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Offered both in New York City and at Parsons Paris.
Programs
School of Art, Media, and Technology
Fine Arts BFA Career paths include Fine art Curatorial studies and practice Arts administration Museum, auction house, gallery, and art fair management Art history and criticism Art education*
This major prepares you to maintain a studio practice in fine arts. You learn to express your unique concepts in a wide range of artistic media, using a variety of strategies. You develop the historical and critical awareness you need to establish an art practice while gaining the professional knowledge you need to launch a career in fine arts.
Publishing Art therapy*
This program guides you to discover your artistic voice,
Art installation
familiarizing you with traditional techniques of painting,
* Requires further study and additional requirements for licensure or certification
drawing, sculpture, and video, as well as interdisciplinary methods that can include performance, multimedia installation, and digital interaction. Internships and electives in topics such as art history, theory, and professional
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practices broaden your perspective and prepare you for a future in the field.
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TOP: Andrea Sundt, Water Compulsion, sculpture BOTTOM: Robert Hickerson, Objekt Permanence, photograph FACING PAGE: Yu Tada, Comment series, digital print
TOP: Sophia Coco, Love Immortal, handmade book BOTTOM: Anna Outridge, Eliot Trix, animated short still FACING PAGE: Paula Searing, The Best Time I Have Had in a Long Time, storyboard for a toy theater
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Illustration BFA Cultivate your vision, authorial voice, creative problem-solving abilities, and curiosity while translating ideas into forms including picture books, comics and graphic novels, animation, hand lettering, editorial and advertising illustrations, toy and puppet designs, and surface and display design.
Career paths include Illustration Publishing Advertising Fine arts Animation
In this major, you create work for mass reproduction and distribution, developing your visual storytelling skills through representational drawing, writing, and painting in two and three dimensions and across time. University electives broaden your skills and perspectives. You apply your learning in projects and internships with partners including Nickelodeon, 350.org, the New York
Fest and gatherings of professional organizations build your network.
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Industries. Events like Comic Arts Brooklyn and MoCCA
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Times, Moleskine, City Lore, Barnes & Noble, and Brooklyn
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School of Design Strategies
Integrated design BFA Career paths include Entrepreneurship Service design Urban design Fashion design Sustainability management Consulting Fine arts
Today, as technology and global networks transform the world, designers must be versatile, knowledgeable problem solvers. This program allows you to engage in a research-based studio practice, exploring a range of materials and methods and bringing together diverse design fields. Prepared to enter social, cultural, and ecological fields, many graduates go on to combine design and entrepreneurship in innovation-focused businesses. The flexible curriculum, which provides a creative and
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intellectual base for integrative work through thematic interdisciplinary studios and labs, facilitates focused study and disciplinary exploration. Areas of inquiry include object-based art making, community partnerships, communication design, performance methods, entrepreneurship, fashion design, and creative technology. You can design your own unique interdisciplinary pathway by taking elective courses in other Parsons programs and at other colleges of The New School. Core classes in the Integrated Design program focus on creative inquiry, research methodologies, collaboration with community partners, business strategy, and professional development. Learning is anchored in collaborative and entrepreneurial approaches applied in projects with partners including the Urban Homesteading Assistance Board, SWALE, the Center for Urban Pedagogy, and the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
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TOP: Alexis Walsh, LYSIS. For her fashion collection, Walsh designed couture garments featuring 3D sculptural elements created with Shapeways software. BOTTOM: Yu Ling Wu, Know Your Rights. Wu’s round accordion booklet contains legal rights information for immigrants facing the possibility of deportation or ICE raids. The book can be disguised as a wearable, coaster, or magnet. FACING PAGE: Amplify: Creative and Sustainable Lifestyles in the Lower East Side. Amplify addressed sustainability and the everyday needs of older adults in New York City through collaborative support services.
When Rohil moved to New York from Cape Town, South Africa, his new city seemed “larger than life”—the perfect place to make big-budget action movies at a traditional film school. Then he saw that students at Parsons were taking traditional narratives and turning them into video games and VR, creating ways for the “audience to feel like they’re uncovering the story themselves.” And the Parsons students were using new media to Rohil enrolled at Parsons and now creates
tell stories that mattered. work that pushes him out of his comfort zone, like a project bringing together set design, film and immersive technology, and a life-sized robot or a video game in which the player battles hordes of demonic fast food avatars that stand in the way of getting healthy— At Parsons, Rohil feels free to work in
projects that unite fun and substance. a range of media and finds opportunity in the collaborative interplay of programs throughout The New School. For one project, he enlisted students from the university’s School of Media Studies to record zany voiceovers for his game. Above all, Parsons
“At Parsons, you’re provided with a structure, but you’re also encouraged to challenge it. It makes you a fearless creative force.”
encourages Rohil to experiment, make mistakes, and keep going. “At Parsons, you’re provided with a structure, but you’re also encouraged to challenge it,” Rohil says. “It makes you a fearless creative force.” He is learning to design with intent, emphasize inclusivity and diverse perspectives, and reflect deeply on the power of creativity—or, as he puts it, to ask, “What impact does this have on the world?”
The background is the interface from Rohil’s game Here Comes the Neighborhood, in which players explore individual identity in urban settings.
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her to develop a booklet titled How the F*ck to Vote. Designed to strip the “political jargon” out of election information, the book clarifies the voting process with snappy, informal language, graphic design, and Yu Ling’s signature humor. “It’s one of the projects that I’m most proud of,” she says. “The New School
a Theater major with a minor in Race and
Ethnicity at Eugene Lang College of Liberal
Arts, a blend made possible by the university’s
BA/BFA program. At Lang, she was inspired
by one of her courses to consider political
systems, oppression, and social justice, and
“What I’m making now is unlike anything I ever imagined making. I feel like I found who I am and who I want to be.”
was creating something. These influences led
Integrated Design major at Parsons and
Shown behind Yu Ling is an artist’s book she made with an unusual folding scheme meant to evoke the stimulating environment of New York City.
am and who I want to be.”
ever imagined making. I feel like I found who I
What I’m making now is unlike anything I
has enabled me to see the world differently.
at Parsons, she learned to ask herself why she
Yu Ling has become something of
a master of combining fields: She’s an
combine her interests.
and the perfect medium through which to
realizing that books could be an art form
her hands and designing things digitally,
She discovered her love of working with
she learned much more than bookbinding.
studies. In her Artist’s Books class at Parsons,
diverse fields and care deeply about her
The New School challenged her to explore
unsure of her adequacy as an artist. But
When Yu Ling came to Parsons, she felt
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TOP: Pei Chun Liao, Story Corps, rendering BOTTOM: Elysia Belilove, Kin Steps and Co-Work Space, rendering
FACING PAGE: Hayden Manders and Meredith Woolfolk, co-housing project for homeless mothers, created for the Design Studio 3 course, rendering
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Interior design BFA In 1906, Frank Alvah Parsons established the country’s first interior design curriculum, framing the discipline as an intellectually rigorous practice and a creative force in everyday life. Today this research-based, design-intensive major prepares you for careers in which you create comfortable, imaginative, and intelligently designed interiors.
Career paths include Interior design Sustainable design Set design Exhibition design Historic preservation Consulting Facilities design
In this program, you work with faculty, peers, and outside professionals designing interior environments that reflect an understanding of sustainability, cultural differences, and the human need for comfort, safety, and well-being. Courses guide you through the study of materiality and two- and three-dimensional form and space. The studio complexity in a wide range of project types, with a focus on design process, lighting, building systems, color, textiles, and stakeholder engagement. You develop and analyze your designs through a combination of hand drawings, physical models, collage, computer renderings, and
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experience introduces interior design issues of increasing
animations created using both digital and analog methods. An interdisciplinary curriculum, along with lectures and access to New York City’s premier firms and showrooms,
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broadens your practice.
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School of Art, Media, and Technology
PHOTOGraphy BFA Career paths include Advertising Art and creative direction Arts production and administration Content creation
In this major, you develop the technical, conceptual, aesthetic, and professional skills needed to establish a successful creative practice. You explore analog and digital processes for video/motion production and the creation of photobooks and installation art.
Documentary and social practice
The BFA Photography curriculum enables you to study
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Editorial
photography in relation to social engagement, fashion
Emerging technology
culture, creative industry, imaging technology, and
Fashion
contemporary art while developing research, critical
Gallery and studio management
writing, and technical skills. You focus your interests
Image post-production
in electives offered throughout the university and in
Publishing and online media
internships at galleries, publishing houses, and cultural and
Video production
commercial organizations. Access to state-of-the-art labs,
Visual art
shooting studios, and equipment supports your creativity; student exhibitions and critiques build your network.
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TOP: Zeta Gao, Youthquake, fashion editorial BOTTOM: Joanne Imperio, untitled, from the Centre of Equal series FACING PAGE: Patricia Lopez Ramos, Food for Thought, digital C-print
TOP: Daniel Martinez, Prism BOTTOM: Miriam Josi and Stella Lee, Nomad planters FACING PAGE: Gabriella Ravassa, Coco, coffee bean– collecting bucket
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PRODUCT DESIGN BFA In this major, you cultivate the technical and critical skills needed to design objects, systems, and services that enhance human abilities and relationships. You address contemporary realities including sustainability and technological change while exploring materials, manufacturing, aesthetics, and social engagement in both local and global contexts.
Career paths include Industrial design Product development Manufacturing Furniture design Humanitarian and service design Health design Toy design
In this program, you acquire broadly applicable
Creative direction
studio, making, and critical thinking skills including research, graphic representation, sketching, modeling, prototyping, and presentation. Electives—on topics such as digital and physical model making, professional practice and entrepreneurship, material and process and metalworking—deepen your practice. Projects and internships with companies like Poltrona Frau, IKEA, Roche Bobois, and Areaware connect you to the industry. Museums, archives, and exposure at international design fairs supplement Parsons’ resources, such as the Parsons
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School of Design Strategies
STRATEGIC Design and management BBA Career paths include Innovation consulting Entrepreneurship Brand strategy Marketing and public relations Design-led research Leadership and management
The business of design and the design of business are at the center of the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Strategic Design and Management. In studios and seminars combining business, design, and liberal arts, you apply interdisciplinary learning through projects and research. Engaging and dynamic courses cover a range of topics including innovation and sustainability research, entrepreneurship, systems thinking, quantitative reasoning, financial management, visual communication, and information design. Through these courses, you
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develop a broad and integrated set of skills that can be applied across the design strategy spectrum. Courses and projects led by practicing professionals enable you to work with entrepreneurs, designers, activists, and academics at companies and organizations ranging from HUGO BOSS, Panasonic, and Design Within Reach to the United Nations Development Fund and the City of New York. You explore interests and career paths in electives offered throughout The New School. Internships give you real-world experience. You graduate prepared to develop design-driven strategies, manage projects, and assume entrepreneurial and leadership positions. Offered both in New York City and at Parsons Paris.
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TOP: Maurice Dusault, Portrait of a Drowning City, multiplatform urban intervention (installation, print booklet, Web interface) BOTTOM: L. Curry Aycock, The Art of Balance, mobile app FACING PAGE: Suzannah Tarkington and Bozhou Luo, BOUW, digital publication
Alex Ficquette Alumnus, BBA Strategic Design and Management
If you wonder whether design can bring people together—or drive them apart—ask Alex. While a student in the BBA Strategic Design and Management program, Alex delved into the human factors that designers take into consideration to make products and services successful. His aptitude for listening, reflecting, and finding creative solutions to problems big and small brought him success in internships at Michael Kors, Stella McCartney, Barneys New York, and a Broadway PR company. He ended up in one of his field’s most coveted positions: design researcher at IDEO, the legendary design and innovation consultancy.
At IDEO, Alex took the human-centered
“what if we ...?” approach he learned at
Parsons and applied it to projects for
local nonprofits and global firms. He
interviewed research participants across
the country, synthesizing his insights on
untapped opportunities and proposing
design-based approaches to address needs.
From his studies at Parsons Alex knew
that problem-solving techniques based in
design research are surprisingly adaptable
to a range of settings. But in the course of
researching user experience for a media
client, he learned just how valuable his own
design and management skills had made
him. Word of his talent at predicting user
behavior and his success in coordinating
the many steps to positive user experience
quickly got around. Soon he was approached
for a media job, which led to his current
position as associate plaza producer for NBC
television’s TODAY Show. Reflecting on his
providential career shift, he says, “Parsons
taught me that observation and asking
questions are as important as studio skills—
they can take you anywhere.”
“Parsons taught me that observation and asking questions are as important as studio skills—they can take you anywhere.”
Parent of Keeler Near, BFA Fashion Design
William Near
Shown in the background are William Near and his son Keeler. Keeler is wearing a shirt he made for his thesis fashion collection.
could take a business course. Or he could take
could take courses outside of his discipline. He
resonated with me was the fact that Keeler
was there. And one of the things that really
was wild; it was cool. The design element
situation,” Billy recalls. “The energy of Parsons
background. “It was a really fun, upbeat
the ceiling while Kanye West played in the
of New School courses projected across
students’ day event, they saw a constellation
The New School’s campus for an admitted
When Billy and his son Keeler first arrived on
dad, I’m really proud of him.”
become. His creativity has flourished. As his
things I’ve noticed is how confident Keeler’s
career as an artist,” Billy says. “One of the big
a lifetime and are hugely influential in his
forming relationships that will probably last
up to and admires these teachers. He’s
are renowned in their fields. “Keeler looks
develop relationships with professors who
At Parsons, Billy has also seen Keeler
graduation.”
education has set him up to thrive after
the imagination,” Billy says, “but Keeler’s
world is not a sure thing by any stretch of
his own. “Surviving as an artist in today’s
lay the groundwork for two fashion lines of
a minor in Creative Entrepreneurship—and
design degree, enabling him to complete
classes added a new dimension to his
Keeler bloom at Parsons. Keeler’s business
Over the next four years, Billy saw
was going to have amazing opportunities.”
university’s liberal arts school. I knew Keeler
of the 1980s at Eugene Lang College, the
a class delving into the punk movement
“Surviving as an artist in today’s world is not a sure thing by any stretch of the imagination, but Keeler’s education has set him up to thrive after graduation.”
Parsons Paris, located in the heart of the city, offers you an intimate, atelier-like environment in which to create, guided by Parsons’ signature curriculum.
New York City
Parsons Paris Undergraduate Degrees Art, Media, and Technology BFA Fashion Design BFA Strategic Design and
The learning community at Parsons Paris is made up
Management BBA
of full-time undergraduate and graduate students from around the world, including students visiting from the university’s New York City campus and other American and international colleges. Bachelor’s programs currently offered are Art, Media, and Technology (BFA); Fashion Design (BFA); and Strategic Design and Management (BBA). Summer Intensive Studies programs are open to pre-college students (ages 16 and up) and college students. In Paris—recently voted one of the best cities in which to study1—you discover how bringing together French and global brands, new media, and social innovation enriches Small classes foster close interaction with faculty and interdisciplinary collaboration with peers across fields of study. Our special partnerships with fashion companies, luxury maisons, academic institutions, museums, and archives across Paris present unique opportunities to expand
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your work and knowledge of design around the world.
and diversify your learning. Parsons Paris is proud to offer students a complete range of student services, career support, and year-round activities to make their study abroad experience as safe, academically challenging, and enjoyable as possible.
Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings (2019), a London-based global provider of specialist higher education and career information.
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Other Learning Opportunities
Minors The growing array of minors offered in New York City at Parsons and throughout The New School advance your study of art and design, broaden your professional skills and perspectives, and give you a competitive edge on job and graduate school applications.
Anthropology
Moving Image Arts
Art and Design History
Museum and Curatorial Studies
Capitalism Studies
Music Composition 1
Chinese Studies
Philosophy
Code as a Liberal Art
Photography 1
Comics and Graphic Narrative
Politics
Communication Design
Post-Genre Music: Performance
Contemporary Dance
and Creation 1
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Contemporary Music
Printmaking 1
Creative Coding
Psychology
Creative Entrepreneurship 1
Race and Ethnicity
Culture and Media
Religious Studies
Data Visualization
Screenwriting
Design Studies
Social Practice
Dramatic Arts 1
Sociology
Economics
Sustainable Cities
Environmental Studies
Techniques of Music
Fashion Communication 1
Temporary Environments
Fashion Studies
Theater
Film Production
Urban Studies
Fine Arts 1
Visual Studies
Food Studies
Writing
French Studies Gender Studies Global Studies Hispanic Studies History Immersive Storytelling Interdisciplinary Science Japanese Studies Jewish Culture Journalism + Design Literary Translation Literature Management and Leadership Migration Studies
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are necessary for certain minors because of space limitations. For updated information, visit newschool.edu/academics/minors.
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BA/BFA Dual Degree In this five-year interdisciplinary dual-degree program, you study both art and design and the liberal arts in depth, earning a BA from Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts and a BFA from Parsons.1 The BA/BFA program equips you with the superior critical thinking and studio skills you need to succeed in today’s complex globalized workplace or in advanced study. newschool.edu/babfa
Youth and Teen Programs Start your Parsons experience now in a pre-college program on Saturdays throughout the year in New York, or join us for Summer Intensive Studies, offered in June and July at our New York and Paris campuses. Build a portfolio or take art and design courses before beginning undergraduate fashion styling, design and management, and more. Offered through Open Campus, The New School’s home for continuing, professional, and pre-college education, Parsons youth and teen programs enable you to explore creativity, build skills, network with peers, and, in some cases, earn college credit.
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studies in disciplines such as graphic design, photography, animation,
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in BBA Strategic Design and Management cannot participate in the BA/BFA pathway.
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The Making Center Libraries
and Archives Galleries, Exhibition Spaces, and Performance Venues New School Art Collection Social Justice at The New School Industry Partnerships
Centers, Institutes, and labs
University Resources
New School Public Programs
University Resources Parsons Undergraduate Programs
THE MAKING CENTER—a place
disciplines and design studies. The archives
TO TRANSFORM CONCEPTS
span Parsons’ history, from its founding
INTO CREATIONS
to today, conserving primary-source
Access to state-of-the-art and traditional
materials produced by our community,
tools at the Making Center facilitates your
including illustrations, graphic design
creative growth and gives you hands-on
samples, fashion sketches, articles,
experience using everything you’ll need
photographs, and recordings. Learn more
as a creator. Available resources include a
at newschool.edu/parsons/facilities.
motion capture studio; 3D printers; laser cutters; CNC routers; high-speed plotters;
Galleries, Exhibition Spaces,
printmaking equipment for all media;
and Performance Venues
woodworking, metalworking, and sewing
The Sheila C. Johnson Design Center (SJDC),
tools; and digital imaging, audio, and
an award-winning space designed by Lyn
production gear. The inviting, light-filled
Rice Architects, is a university hub of
space is also a place where community
creativity and scholarship. Located on
forms: Students and faculty collaborate and
the ground floor of Parsons’ building at
discuss creative challenges at the center’s
the corner of Fifth Avenue and 13th Street,
many ample work tables.
the center offers programming including exhibitions curated by the SJDC staff, student
LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES
work exhibitions, and a rich variety of
Supporting your research are the university’s
events advancing the university’s mission of
libraries and some of the country’s finest
promoting public dialogue on the role of art
academic resources, available through the
and design in civic life. The center’s more than
online Research Library Consortium of South
4,000 square feet of gallery space, equipped
Manhattan. On-campus resources include
to support the full range of media, offers
the List Center Library, the University Center
students opportunities to curate and create
Library, the Performing Arts Library, and
programming for courses or by invitation.
the Kellen Design Archives & Special
The New School also maintains a number
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Collections at the Sheila C. Johnson Design
of practice, rehearsal, and performance
Center. Degree-seeking students can also
spaces, including the university’s
use the extensive resources at NYU’s Bobst
20,000-square-foot facility at 55 West 13th
Library, the Cooper Union library, and the
Street, Tishman Auditorium at the University
New York School of Interior Design and
Center, and The Auditorium at 66 West 12th
Cardozo libraries.
Street. Our black box performance space at
At the Kellen Design Archives, you can explore Parsons’ celebrated history in studio
151 Bank Street features state-of-the-art sound and lighting systems.
TOP, FACING PAGE: The Making Center, the university’s network of cutting-edge creative tools, is located primarily in the Parsons building at Fifth Avenue and 13th Street. MIDDLE: The Kellen Archives, part of the university’s extensive archival holdings, contains materials documenting Parsons’ history and creative output, including project work by our celebrated alumni. BOTTOM: Exhibitions at the Sheila C. Johnson Design Center invite the public to participate in discussion of the role of design in fostering social good.
MIDDLE: The Sheila C. Johnson Design Center presents exhibitions on timely topics such as the intersection of technology and craft. Shown here is an exhibition developed with the Royal College of Art (RCA), London. BOTTOM LEFT: Projects involving partners like fashion retailer H&M challenge students to design within realworld industry constraints. BOTTOM RIGHT: Sol LeWitt’s Wall Drawing #1073 A and B, Bars of Color (New School), 2003/2015, shown here, enlivens the first and second floors of the university’s 55 West 13th Street building.
Some of our recent partners:
The New School’s Art Collection makes
AARP
passing through campus buildings a
Aperture Foundation
transformative experience. Installations
Areaware
created expressly for our community—such
Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
as Glenn Ligon’s site-specific commission
Children’s Museum of the Arts
For Comrades and Lovers (facing page,
Chinese American Planning Council
top right), which envelops visitors to
Citi Community Fund
the University Center’s Event Café; José
COACH
Clemente Orozco’s A Call for Revolution and
Condé Nast
Universal Brotherhood, a sweeping fresco
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
cycle created in 1931; and Kara Walker’s
Cornell Tech
Event Horizon (facing page, top left), an
EILEEN FISHER
immersive artwork filling Arnhold Hall’s
Gilt Groupe
stairwell—explore themes particularly
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relevant to The New School. Pioneering
works from the collection of nearly 2,000,
Habitat for Humanity
including pieces by Martin Puryear,
HELA
Adrian Piper, and photographer and New
HUGO BOSS
School teacher Berenice Abbott, are found
IKEA
throughout campus, offering you moments
Intel
of inspiration and discovery.
Japan Society
New York City
NEW SCHOOL ART COLLECTION
Levi’s
New School
Luxottica
The New School’s Office of Social Justice
Luxury Education Foundation
develops and supports university initiatives
Made in NY
that promote social justice in the world in
Marie Claire
four thematic areas: stratification (by race,
Milk/Made
class, income, sexuality, and sexual identity),
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immigration and migration, climate and
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environment, and technology in society.
Nike
The Office of Social Justice also supports
Nokia
internal policy and culture change to foster
NYC Department of Parks and Recreation
a welcoming and inclusive university
NYC Department of Transportation
environment and advance The New School’s
NYC Housing Authority
mission of cultivating engaged innovators
NYC Media Lab
equipped to address pressing social issues.
Panasonic
The New School
Kering Social Justice at The
Planned Parenthood INDUSTRY PARTNERSHIPS
Poltrona Frau
Industry partnerships at the university
Red Cross
connect you to leading organizations and
Roche Bobois
brands whose mission, knowledge base,
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leadership, and creativity align with yours.
Samsung
Partnerships challenge faculty and students
SXSW
to develop customized solutions that drive
Tag Heuer
innovation and help businesses thrive in a
Teen Vogue
complex, diverse global economy.
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University Resources
NEW SCHOOL PUBLIC PROGRAMS
Research communities of practice at
Public Programs at The New School offers
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you more than a thousand events each
Center for Data Arts
year—most presented free—providing fresh
Center for New York City Affairs
perspectives and expanding your network.
Center for Public Scholarship
These lectures, conversations, exhibitions,
Center for Transformative Media
concerts, and performances feature a range
Collaboratory
of intellectual leaders and include the Nth
Community Development Finance Lab
Degree, a series of events featuring thinkers,
Designed Realities Lab
visionaries, and creators who bring about
DESIS (Design for Social Innovation
positive change in the world.
and Sustainability) Lab Digital Equity Lab
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ELab (a design-led entrepreneurial lab)
Scholarship and creative learning happen
Engage Media Lab
both in and outside of the classroom
Graduate Institute for Design, Ethnography,
at The New School. Across our campus,
and Social Thought (GIDEST)
students and faculty come together in
Healthy Materials Lab
interactive, collaborative spaces to rethink,
Humanities Action Lab
reimagine, and redesign the world. In these
Open Style Lab
labs, centers, facilities, and research
PETLab (Prototyping, Evaluation,
institutes, they produce groundbreaking
Teaching, and Learning Lab)
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work that challenges the way we
Sheila C. Johnson Design Center
traditionally solve problems.
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TOP: Parsons—the U.S. home of DESIS, a global service design organization—recently hosted “Resilient Cities, Livable Futures,” a conference on strategies for building urban centers’ resilience in the face of weather-related disasters. MIDDLE: A student creates a composition using samples from the Healthy Materials Lab’s library of nontoxic products such as rubber flooring, tile backing made from reused juice boxes, and flooring made from linseed oil, wood flour, and jute. Also shown are eco-fabrics created in a collaboration with Tide detergent. BOTTOM: At far left is Elaine Welteroth, editor in chief of Teen Vogue, in conversation with Amy Farid and Anastasia Garcia at Fashion Culture and Justice, a campus event. FACING PAGE: A DESIS Lab research exhibition.
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ACADEMIC AND CAREER ADVISING You will receive ongoing, holistic support from academic and career advisors, who will help you design your unique degree pathway and prepare to effect change in the world after graduation. This innovative approach means you visit only one office to embark upon and complete your academic and career advising journey. And at the Parsons Career Expo, more than 100 recruiters gather to discuss creative positions with you, review your portfolio, and invite you to apply for jobs. We also offer resources for those who want to pursue advanced studies or start their own businesses. Advisors are here to help you:
» Articulate your values » Select courses and graduate on time » Think about career options » Consider study and work abroad opportunities
» Connect with faculty members » Locate relevant support services if you are a first-generation student, student veteran, or student with a disability
single year, New School students interned at more than 1,000 organizations, including Viacom, HBO, Beth Israel Hospital, the Huffington Post, the International Rescue Committee, Louis Vuitton, Apple, and more. Students find internships by meeting with their success advisor (their career and academic advisor), attending Career Services events, and drawing on relationships with university partners, faculty, and fellow students. INTERNATIONAL STUDENT AND SCHOLAR SERVICES We welcome students from around the world. Whether you are an international student or scholar or an exchange visitor, you are joining a thriving academic and artistic campus in one of the world’s great cities. We offer both immigration advice and cultural support in a welcoming and friendly environment.
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We want The New School to be your home
FINANCIAL AID
away from home. We achieve this by:
The New School is for students from a
» Providing expertise and support
variety of backgrounds. The university
throughout the U.S. visa application process and offering advisement on the maintenance of F-1 and J-1 immigration status, employment, program changes,
funds a variety of institutional scholarships, fellowships, grants, and stipends through its comprehensive financial aid program. We also participate in government grant,
and other immigration-related matters
loan, and work study programs as well as
scholars on higher education practices
services.
» Advising incoming students and
in the United States and other cultural
programs for veterans of the U.S. armed If you are admitted to a degree program,
adjustment issues
you will automatically be considered for
programs at The New School and with
and, if applicable, artistic ability. Admission
» Providing international student other institutions both in New York City and in other countries
merit aid on the basis of your academic counselors can answer questions about merit eligibility. U.S. citizens and residents who wish
HOUSING
to receive need-based aid must first
Housing isn’t just four walls and a roof.
complete the Free Application for Federal
It’s an opportunity to form bonds, ease
Student Aid (FAFSA). The FAFSA determines
the transition from home to college, learn
students’ eligibility for federal and state
to appreciate differences, and make new
grants, federal loans, and work study. File
friends for life. Our four residences in
this application online at fafsa.ed.gov using
Greenwich Village offer students a nurturing,
The New School’s code, 002780.
supportive environment as well as many social, educational, and cultural activities. For more information, visit newschool.edu/ housing.
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Collab: Intel Fashion & Tech Intel challenged students to demonstrate how to integrate the Intel™ Curie Module int... Curate the Future by Reimagining the Past Ethnographic studies are examined through a curatorial lens. Spark a Conversation with the City the civic sphere. Empower a House
Embrace ambiguity.
Parsons School of Design celebrates art and design in
A bright idea illuminates the world like a porch light in the night. Rewrite the Ethics of Drones Two Design and Technology graduates explore the contentious relationship between huma... Don’t Tell a Story — Illuminate a Manuscript We embrace new media, design, and technology to reimagine the power of storytelling.
Close Silicon Valley’s Gender Gap Two MFA Design and Technology graduates spark a love of technology in girls.
Change your vantage point.
Wikipedia History of Visual Communications Graphic Design Referenced Meggs’ History of Design Graphic Design: A New History The Design Library at the Design Museum Thinking for a Living IconofGraphics AIGA Medalists The ADC Hall of Fame The best and the brightest. The Design Shadow SpeakUp Alki1’s Photostream on FlickR
A Library of Design Images. This History of Graphic Design and its Audiences
University Programs
Our University at a Glance
A Few Facts that Set Us Apart
Offers more than 120 degree and diploma programs, more than 55 undergraduate minors, and 11 graduate minors.
#1 for small classes
Students come from all 50 states and 115 countries.
#1 art and design school
9:1 student-to-faculty ratio.1 Provides financial aid and scholarships to 82% of students.2
Among national universities, The New School has the highest proportion of classes with fewer than 20 students.3
Parsons School of Design is the top art and design school in the United States.4
#1 most international university We have a higher percentage of international students than any other U.S. university with more than 10,000 students.5
#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.
Statement of Accreditation The New School is accredited by the Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE, 3624 Market Street, 2nd Floor West, Philadelphia, PA 19104; 216.284.5000). MSCHE is an institutional accreditor and federally recognized body. The New School has been accredited by MSCHE since 1960. All degree programs at the New York City campus of The New School are registered by the New York State Department of Education (NYSED, 89 Washington Avenue, Albany, New York 12234; 518.474.1551). Both NYSED and MSCHE provide assurance to students, parents, and all stakeholders that The New School meets clear quality standards for educational and financial performance. For full accreditation information, please visit newschool.edu/provost/accreditation. The information included in the catalogs and all materials of the university
represents the plan of The New School at the time they are made public. The university reserves the right to change without notice any content in its print or online materials, including but not limited to tuition, fees, policies, degree programs, names of programs, course offerings, academic activities, academic requirements, facilities, faculty, and administrators. Payment of tuition and attendance of classes constitute acceptance of university policies set forth on this page and in the catalogs and other pages linked from it. For up-to-date tuition and fees, including important information regarding the University’s Reservation of Rights, please visit newschool.edu/about/ university-resources/right-to-know. Published 2020 by The New School. Produced by Marketing and Communication, The New School.
2019–2020 academic year. 2018–2019 academic year. Does not include non–New School aid or loans. 3 U.S. News & World Report (2018). 4 Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings (2020). 5 U.S. News & World Report (2019). 1
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Here you are. Now that you have discovered our acclaimed design school, located in a city of innovators, you are ready for the next step in your creative journey. Start yours at Parsons, where you will find the space to investigate, learn something new, and solve problems of all kinds. We are catalyzing action and new ideas on campus and beyond, making the world better by design. Talk to us. We are here to provide more information, answer questions, and introduce you to a unique path to academic excellence. Office of Admission 72 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10011 212.229.5150 or 800.292.3040 thinkparsons@newschool.edu newschool.edu/parsons newschool.edu/visit-undergrad
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The New School—a university where world-renowned colleges come together to seek out new ways to create a more just, more beautiful, and better-designed world. Learn more about our colleges and programs: Parsons School of Design
Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts
College of Performing Arts
The New School for Social Research
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