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Advanced Placement (AP) through the College Board: SAIC awards 3 college credit hours for each AP score of 4 or 5 in ALL academic areas (priority) or studio arts. Students admitted to SAIC as first-time freshmen may transfer a maximum of 12 total combined credits from the following categories in any combination thereof: Advanced Placement (AP) through the College Board: SAIC awards 3 college credit hours for each AP score of 4 or 5 in ALL academic areas (priority) or studio arts.

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Prepress/Desktop Publishing and Digital Imaging Design

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Art Teacher Education

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An SAIC education is crafted for the specific needs of artists, designers, and scholars. With us, you won't declare a major, but will design your own course of study. Beginning with an idea, liberal arts coursework and off-campus study - internships or study trips - act as fuel for the ideas you bring to fruition in the studio. To encourage experimentation and professional preparation, we have a credit/no-credit grading system in which critiques with your faculty and peers provide valuable feedback. We are also proud to be the only art and design school in the world with a world-class museum, the Art Institute of Chicago, as an integral part of our campus.

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School of the Art Institute of Chicago

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