Interior Design Degree Program
Your Interior Design training includes the following courses:
- Design Fundamentals
- Introduction to Drawing
- Introduction to Interior Design
- Drafting
- Sketching and Rendering
- History of Interior Design:Ancient to Early Neoclassicism
- History of Interior Design:Late Neoclassicism to Present
- Textiles
- Interior Design Issues and Programming
- Resources and Materials
- Digital Media for Interior Design
- Computer Aided Design I
- Spatial Environments
- Computer Aided Design II
- Interior Design I
- Building Systems and Codes
- Computer Aided Design III
- Lighting Design for Interiors
- Interior Design II
- Computer Aided Design IV
- Interior Design III
- Interior Design IV
- Sustainable Design for a Global Society
- Special Topics in Interior Design
- Senior Interior Design Project I
- Senior Interior Design Project II
- Advanced Interior Detailing
- Interior Design Internship or Interior Design Capstone
- Senior Interior Design Portfolio
- Professional Business Practices for Interior Design
* Interior Design curriculum subject to change.
What You Can Learn in the Interior Design Degree Program
Successful graduates of the Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Interior Design will have had the opportunity to:
- Acquire advanced techniques for developing elevations, sections and details of interior spaces.
- Use AutoCAD to produce three-dimensional drawings.
- Develop advanced skills in architectural drawing and presentation techniques.
- Design and develop furniture drawings and details.
- Acquire an understanding of building systems with an emphasis on lighting systems and codes.
- Explore critical environmental impacts on human behavior and performance and review human factors, anthropometrics and ergonomics.
- Acquire the knowledge and skills to design a complete residential space.
- Explore interior design problem solving as it applies to contract projects.
- Develop insights to design sensitivity for special populations of all ages.
- Develop solutions for a specific major contract design project requiring food service (e.g., country club, hotel, sorority or fraternity house).
- Perform design development for specific contract design projects such as community clinic, medical and retail space.
- Select, research and develop an interior design for transportation needs of the next century, selecting from planes, trains, boats, space shuttles or other moving spaces.
- Be familiarized with the dynamics of working on a team as it applies to a major urban community contract project.
- Develop a contract project of major scope and be responsible for its design, delineation and presentation.
- Become familiarized with historic buildings, how they are preserved and their value in society.
- Develop a working knowledge of light sources, luminaries, electrical control, layout and specifications.
- Understand the techniques of concept development, analysis and diagrammatic studies and theory application as related to interior spaces.
- Explore interior design and architectural history.
- Use advanced programming to develop site analysis, cultural research, codes compliance requirements and preliminary concepts.
- Develop a complete portfolio that presents visual examples of interior design solutions to specific spatial problems to a panel for review.
- Become aware of laws which affect the interior design profession.
- Study the textile industry and its components, and acquire the skills needed to identify properties of natural and man-made fibers and relate this knowledge to interior design applications.
- Develop basic business skills and understand the professional practice.
- Understand how to prepare a professional portfolio and résumé.
Career Opportunities for Those with a Bachelor's Degree in Interior Design
Obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Interior Design can prepare you for such employment opportunities as:
- Commercial Junior Designer
- Residential Designer
- Historic Preservation Consultant
- CAD Rendering Specialists
- Furniture/Cabinet Designer
- Project Manager
- Showroom Manager
- and many others
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