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ADHT's undergraduate courses bring together all of Parsons' students to acquire the intellectual depth necessary to become leaders in their chosen fields. The school's research-driven graduate programs educate the next generation of theorists, writers, critics, historians, curators, and scholars.
Students grapple with key forces shaping the world today—radical shifts in ecological flows, changes in living and working systems, growth of economic disparity, trends in consumption patterns, and increasing ethnic diversity—as they design functional, beautiful, and sustainable products, interiors, and buildings.
Students and faculty explore relationships between design and social change in the context of cities, services, and ecosystems. The school is an experimental learning environment configured to advance innovative approaches to design and business education.
A launch pad for a variety of careers in global fashion, the school promotes activism as well as innovation, melding excellence in design, craft, and marketing with civic and environmental engagement.
Rigorous practice and critical scholarship prepares students to become leading agents of commentary and change. The school offers superb training in the art and design disciplines, expanding these fields beyond their traditional boundaries through interdisciplinary collaboration and exchange.
Parsons Summer, Pre-College Academy, and Continuing Education programs are housed together as Parsons SPACE. They offer open enrollment, nondegree study options in art and design for students of all ages and levels for credit or noncredit.
For the professional prepared to make the leap into design, Parsons offers Associate in Applied Science (AAS) degrees in Fashion Design, Fashion Marketing, Graphic Design, and Interior Design. The AAS degree programs are best suited to students with college experience who are clear about their interests in the field of design and prepared for rapid immersion in a professional course of study.
Architectural Design / (BFA)School of Constructed Environments
Focusing on collaboration, research, and critical thinking, this four-year, pre-professional degree program prepares students for careers in architecture, landscape architecture, urban design, exhibition design, interior design, environmental art, and related fields.
In this program you can study:
Architectural History, Theory, and Criticism; Architecture; Ecosystems/Environmental Systems; Integrated Design; Landscape Architecture and Design; Materials and Fabrication; Social Practice and Innovation; Sustainable Design; Urban Design/Urban Studies
Architecture / (M.Arch)School of Constructed Environments
This three-year, NAAB-accredited graduate program focuses on contemporary issues affecting architecture. Courses in design, history, theory, technology, and representation encourage experimentation with the logics of building within a multifaceted and diverse cultural and environmental milieu.
In this program you can study:
Architectural History, Theory, and Criticism; Architecture; Design Research; Ecosystems/Environmental Systems; Integrated Design; Landscape Architecture and Design; Materials and Fabrication; Social Practice and Innovation; Sustainable Design; Urban Design/Urban Studies
Architecture / (M.Arch) / Lighting Design / (MFA)School of Constructed Environments
Students may combine graduate studies in lighting design and architecture in the dual-degree program—a four-year curriculum that combines the NAAB-accredited Master of Architecture and the MFA Lighting Design degrees.
In this program you can study:
Architectural History, Theory, and Criticism; Architecture; Integrated Design; Lighting
Art and Design History and TheorySchool of Art and Design History and Theory
The core curriculum for undergraduate students throughout their four years at Parsons includes required coursework in art and design history and theory. Elective courses are organized into pathways that investigate specific fields of knowledge more deeply.
In this program you can study:
Architectural History, Theory, and Criticism; Art History, Theory, and Criticism; Curatorial Practice; Design History, Theory, and Criticism; Design Research; Design Thinking; Fashion History, Theory, and Criticism; Theory; Visual Culture Studies
BA/BFA Dual DegreeThis dual-degree, five-year program combines a BFA from Parsons with a BA from Eugene Lang College. It offers a strong liberal arts education and focused art and design study, requiring 90 credits each in liberal arts courses and studio courses.
In this program you can study:
Architectural History, Theory, and Criticism; Art History, Theory, and Criticism; Cultural Studies; Design History, Theory, and Criticism; Design Research; Design Thinking; Ecosystems/Environmental Systems; Education; Entrepreneurship; Fashion History, Theory, and Criticism; Integrated Design; Interdisciplinary Design; Service Design; Social Media; Social Practice and Innovation; Sustainable Design; Theory; Transdisciplinary Design; Urban Design/Urban Studies
Communication Design / (BFA)School of Art, Media, and Technology
Learn the art of persuasion by creating compelling messages, narrating them meaningfully, and developing strategies to broadcast them. This program encompasses typography, print design, data mapping, motion, sound, branding, packaging, advertising, and spatial and environmental graphics.
In this program you can study:
Advertising; Animation and Motion Graphics; Branding; Broadcast Design; Computer Graphics; Data Visualization and Mapping; Graphic/Communication Design; Illustration and Graphic Novels; Interface Design; Printmaking; Publication Design; Sound Design; Spatial Graphics; Typography; Visual Arts; Visual Culture Studies; Web Design
Continuing EducationSummer, Pre-College Academy, and Continuing Education (SPACE)
Each semester, continuing education offers open admission, nondegree studio, history, and business-oriented courses in art and design for beginner adults and accomplished professionals. Students may enroll for credit or noncredit, or apply courses towards a Parsons SPACE certificate.
In this program you can study:
Advertising; Architecture; Drawing; Fashion; Fine Arts; Graphic/Communication Design; Illustration and Graphic Novels; Industrial/Product Design;