The Off Campus Study Program at NSCAD University enables students to pursue study away from the university under three circumstances:

• Independent Off Campus Study allows students to devise individual plans of study within Canada or abroad while registered for courses listed in the university calendar. Internships and practicum placements outside of Halifax would fall under this category.
  

• Exchange Study allows students to continue study at one of a number of institutions around the world with whom the university participates in an exchange agreement. NSCAD has exchange agreements with more than 70 participating institutions in 13 countries, including the USA schools who participate in the AICAD Mobility Program, and we continue to work to establish new exchange agreements each year.

• New York Studio Program (NYSP) is a one semester (fall or winter) residence in New York City at the NYSP's facilities in Brooklyn. Students may choose a studio option or internship option and receive 15 credits transfered to their NSCAD degree. One student is chosen from NSCAD per year and receives a $25,000 scholarship to participate.
  

Students are eligible to participate if they have completed a minimum of 60 credits and two art/design history courses at NSCAD prior to the off campus semester. Students with transfer credits, who have successfully completed two full-time semesters at the university with a minimum of 60 credits in total, may participate in an Exchange or Off Campus Study.

Participants are expected to document their off campus experience in such a way that the record of his/her experience may benefit other students considering such study. This summary will become part of the resources available in the Office of Student and Academic Services to students interested in pursuing these options of study. Students are required to return to the university and to register for at least one semester. A public presentation and submission of a two-page typed summary of the student's experience is also required. Tuition is paid to NSCAD and credits earned while on exchange or independent off campus study apply toward NSCAD degrees.

For detailed Off Campus Study Program information, including a list of participating exchange schools, procedures, deadlines and forms, download the Off Campus Study Book (pdf).

Contact Terrence Bailey, Director, Admissions (902) 494 8188, nscad.ca.
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