ADV CERT in Design History

Offered through the Department of the History of Art and Design, the Advanced Certificate in Design History is a 15-credit program that provides deepened study of the histories and theories of design to those pursuing a Pratt graduate degree in any discipline as well as Master’s Degree holders interested in a stand-alone certificate. 

• The Program offers students a rigorous foundation in the questions particular to the field of design history as well as flexibility to pursue more focused study through a range of electives that span the history and theory of interior, industrial, fashion, illustration, graphic, and communications design.  It offers students and professionals expertise and insights that will increases students’ professional knowledge and skills whether teaching, making, writing or administrating. 

• Courses are dynamic; they are continually updated to reflect contemporary concerns and scholarship in design history, especially in regard to sustainability, diversity, equity and inclusion. 

Advanced Certificate Coordinator
John Decker
jdecker@pratt.ed