Design School Revives Shortened Grad Course

Outstanding concentrators in Architectural Sciences will again be able to complete in College the entire first year curriculum of the Graduate School of Design, McGeorge Bundy, Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, announced last night.

The program, suspended for financial reasons in 1953, will enable students to save a full year toward a Design School A.B. or Master's degree, which now require three and four years study respectively. A plan is also being discussed to admit qualified students into the Design School at the end of their junior year.

In addition, the College intends to give the School of Design additional financial support to alleviate the cost of instruction. This new policy decision, designed by Bundy to help sponsor undergraduates in their quest for a six-year Bachelor of Architecture degree, will permit the School of Design to add several courses to its present schedule.

Among the new courses in the School's expanded program are two half-courses in Freehand Drawing and Graphics, two half-courses on the Visual Arts of History, and a workshop half-course in Design Fundamentals.

Revival of Gropius

The latter course appears to be an attempt to revive on a small scale a double credit course formerly given by Walter Gropius, also called Design Fundamentals. Gropius' course, generally known as Design 1, was abandoned in June, 1952, after two years, because it required too much work from the students and too much money from the School.

The department also plans to expand its lecture courses and will have a visiting professor next year for a half-course on the Origins and Development of Contemporary Architecture.

The School of Design is directed by Dean Jose L. Sert, who cooperated with Bundy in planning all of the School's revisions. Since Sert replaced Joseph F. Hudnut as Dean of the School of Design last September, the department has taken many strides forward.

Financialy Solvent

For the first time in a long time, the School of Design is financially solvent. By increasing the tuition from $600 to $800, Sert has eliminated a $10,000 deficit, and by securing financial support from Bundy, he has paved the way to a much more complete curriculum.

The School of Design is divided into two parts, the Department of Architecture, headed by Sert, and the Department of City Planning and Architecture, headed by Reginald R. Isaacs. An important affiliate of the School within the College itself is the Department of Architectural Sciences, which is directed by Norman T. Newton, associate professor of Landscape Architecture.