Bachelor of Fine Arts
in Interior Design

This course introduces students to the fundamental principles and techniques of architectural drafting, focusing on developing the skills necessary to create precise technical drawings and blueprints for interior design projects.

Students explore various drawing techniques and tools relevant to interior design, emphasizing sketching, rendering, and visualization skills essential for communicating design concepts effectively.

This course covers the application of graphic standards specific to interior design, including symbols, codes, and conventions used in architectural drawings and specifications.

This course introduces students to the historical and intellectual content of western art through an evolution of History of Art from ancient times to the end of Late Middle Ages in Europe. The analysis is set in an extended historical, social, political and cultural context. The relationship between art and society, for centuries, is also studied to elaborate comparisons between history and the contemporary cultural world.

Prerequisite(s): None

This first required college level-writing course introduces students to effective written communication through mastery of the writing process to include personal and professional contexts to include strategies for discussing, reviewing, development and structure, rhetorical strategies, organizational approaches, interpretive modes, of various written forms. Students will begin academic research skills to connect to their own writing and interests. This course fulfills a Gordon Rule requirement.

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This course is designed to prepare students for space planning practices in small-scale residential and commercial spaces with demonstrated application of fundamental design elements, principles and processes. Students will understand and apply knowledge of anthropometrics and ergonomics, programming processes, building elements and systems, furniture layout, and design development through basic visual presentation.

In this course, students will explore both two-dimensional and three-dimensional skill sets to develop and communicate their design solutions. Students will learn rapid visualization and basic tools for image manipulation and presentations.

This course gives emphasis to multiple types of finishes for interior environments while referencing materials and specifications, standards and certifications, procurement and product lifecycle, furniture and furnishings, and equipment for both residential and commercial typologies of spaces.

This course provides students with a general understanding of the changes that have taken place in the world since the appearance of humankind. This course covers the breakup of the Old World, the events of the Middle Ages in Europe, the rise of industrialization, the growth of imperialism, the two world wars, the changes in the post war world, and globalization. This course also introduces students to the economic, political and social processes in the world of today.

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Building upon the skills developed in English Composition I, this course focuses on advanced writing strategies and rhetorical techniques, with an emphasis on argumentation, research-based writing, and critical analysis.

This course is designed to lead students to residential design typologies from concept development, the programming process, space planning, and design resolutions. Students are expected to apply the principles of human factors, accessibility, universal design, sustainability and residential standards and codes.

The course focuses on the value of AutoCAD, the analytical thought process that goes with it, functional commands, and features of the software, and demonstrates how to use the tool to complete any interior design or space planning project.

The course will investigate the historical and social concepts of architecture, interiors, and furniture, from ancient times through the late twentieth century. It provides an integrated and interdisciplinary overview of architectural details, architectural and interior surface treatments, space planning, interior architectural features, motifs, color, lighting, textiles, and decorative accessories.

This course introduces students the basic concepts of college mathematics to include algebra and will follow a logical sequence for students to gain confidence in polynomials, equations, inequalities, the straight line, Cartesian coordinates, functions and graphs, systems of linear equations, logarithms and exponentials, matrix algebra, limit of a function, and derivate of a function and integral.

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This course provides students with oral communication skills needed to develop stronger personal, professional and educational presentation and experiential use of speaking. Students will apply theory and techniques to individual and group settings. Fulfills a Gordon Rule requirement.

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This course is designed to lead students to office or retail interiors from concept development, the programming process, space planning, and design resolutions. Students are expected to apply the principles of human factors, accessibility, universal design, sustainability, wellness and commercial standards and codes.

In this course, students will creatively explore multiple software, media and methods in imaginatively communicating interior design presentations, digital manipulations and rendering techniques. Students will learn systems in ordering and sequencing their thought processes through print and digital presentation boards.

The course will examine an integrated approach to history from Art Nouveau to the Present times. Focused on the survey of architecture, interiors, furniture, and decorative arts, the holistic approach shares the sociocultural context, economic and political underpinnings, and technical innovations of the period and place and their impact on interior design.

This course introduces the basic concepts of Euclidean geometry and non- Euclidean geometry utilizing a problem- solving approach relevant to all majors. Students will explore the inductive method and review the foundations of geometric points, lines, segments; coverage of all 2-D figures; and an analysis of coordinates, vectors, and trigonometric relations.

Prerequisite(s): MAC105

This course provides students with an introduction to environmental factors and provides a foundation for real life issues for the scientific aspects affecting sustainability, environmental policies, economics and the awareness of personal choices.

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This course is designed to lead students to educational or athletic interiors from concept development, the programming process, space planning, and design resolutions. Students are expected to apply the principles of human factors, accessibility, universal design, sustainability, wellness and commercial standards and codes.

This course addresses codes and regulations affecting interior spaces. Students will address various building-specific regulations such as occupancy load, construction types, fire codes, sprinkler requirements, egress and stairs, passive and active approaches to conservation; and mechanical, plumbing and HVAC systems.

The course focuses on broad overview of the Building Information Modeling (BIM) process. The course prepares the student in the design integration of BIM to most of the building disciplines: architectural, interior design, structural, mechanical, plumbing and electrical.

The class has the aim of studying Production Companies as subjects, which develop an economic activity of market transformation, showing their structural and functioning aspects. In order to do so, there will be illustrated the prevalent and innovative methods of Organization, Management tools and Control principles. At the end of the class, the student will have learnt the main knowledge about the Manufacturing Company System, which will help him to develop insights into topics of sectorial interest. There will be in-depth analysis through the “Case Study”.

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A cross-disciplinary course examining a specific issue or topic of relevance in the evolving visual & performing arts and contemporary culture essential design studies. Students will expand critical thinking skills such as analyzing and synthesizing shifting trends and diverse lifestyles that impact evolutionary and market changes.

This course is designed to lead students to healthcare interiors from concept development, the programming process, space planning, and design resolutions. Students are expected to apply the principles of human factors, accessibility, universal design, sustainability, wellness and commercial standards and codes.

Students will gain an understanding of the fundamentals of natural and artificial lighting design and principles of acoustics applied in residential and commercial typologies of space.

In this course, students will advance in creatively diversifying the use of multiple software, media and methods, and imaginatively communicating large-format interior design presentations, competition-level digital manipulations and rendering techniques. Students will learn systems in crafting their narratives, ordering and sequencing their thought processes through print and digital presentation boards.

This introductory course will provide students with engaging research and experiential knowledge. Individual focused topics will include learning and memory, emotions, perception, personality, motivation, and behavior.

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This course will provide students with critical thinking skills while studying major theories of ethics. Ethics will be defined and analyzed to understand different points of view to include values, cultural, socio-economic and other influences allowing students to demonstrate effective reasoning skills to make decisions.

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This course is designed to lead students to museums, performance facilities and hospitality interiors from concept development, the programming process, space planning, and design resolutions. Students are expected to apply the principles of human factors, accessibility, universal design, sustainability, wellness, adaptive reuse and commercial standards and codes.

This course focuses on preparing the student to conceptualize and realize their designs through the accurate use of interior details, annotations, and construction specifications. Students learn the assemblies of walls and ceilings, floor patterns and transitions, cabinet and millwork, doors, and custom-built furniture among many others.

Students will gain an understanding of sustainable design strategies and practices as they impact built environments. The course will give emphasis to the use of renewable resources; design considerations affecting climate change; innovative use of energy, lighting and water; environmental quality and interior rating systems for better design decisions.

In this course, students will delve into an in-depth examination of a particular research topic that can essentially define the future vision of the interior design industry. Students will learn to interpret case studies and find meaningful content in the literature review, create design problems that address mega and micro trends that express new sensibilities, collect and gather data, analyze and synthesize data, and critically propose goals and considerations leading to an effective design solution.

This course, students will explore and help develop strategies for “learning to think” and “thinking for learning” using the process of deductive argument and the notion of validity. Students are expected to use methods for analyzing and evaluating their beliefs by developing an ideological framework.

Prerequisite(s): None

The course focuses on the design and execution of contract documents for interior spaces used for residential and commercial purposes. Students will demonstrate their skills in presenting furniture, furnishing and equipment contracts, detailing concepts, and construction specifications.

Students will gain an understanding of the professional standards in facilitating one’s entry to the creative industry, professional licensure and networking with affiliated organizations, open collaboration and professional development courses, project management and allied design opportunities, design entrepreneurship in the delivery of products and services among many others.

The course is developed to give the student an opportunity to gain additional body of knowledge in interior design, enhance technical skills, and apply the learned theories within an approved creative association and supervised time frame.

This final course manifests the undergraduate capstone design project developed by the student from dedicated research. The final work must unveil a rigorous design project that embodies a holistic representation of all the programmatic courses in interior design. The final project must provide a seamless connection between discernible objectives and resolutions which are visually and orally presented to a professional body of designers.

This course will provide students with a basic understanding of how society functions. It will examine social phenomena in terms of social forces, group relations and social structures. Sociological topics will include the social construction of knowledge, socialization and culture.
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