Scotland Study Abroad Program at the Glasgow School of Art
About the Glasgow School of Art in Scotland
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What the Glasgow School of Art has to offer • Leading-edge art study in an inspiring city • Recognized for its international role in educating artists, designers and architects • Located in the iconic Mackintosh Building, considered the masterwork of graduate Charles Rennie Mackintosh • Programs in fine art, design and architecture • Each department is fully equipped with studios and workshops • An active students association offers clubs and societies for social, cultural and athletic interests, including an innovative Drama Club and Film Society • An annual fashion show that all students can work on
Housing • Housing is in student residences less than five minutes from campus with individual rooms and shared living areas and cooking facilities • Students who cannot be placed in student residence accommodation live in non-GSA-operated housing or in University of Glasgow halls of residence • Students in all housing purchase or prepare their own meals
Academics • Students acquire artistic skills, develop vision and imagination and learn communication skills • Students spend 30 to 35 hours a week in the studio working on independent projects under faculty supervision • Students in both fine arts and design enroll in the studio program and one historical and critical studies class per term • Studies in architecture are based on studio work and are strongly biased toward design
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