Interior Design Certificate, Credit Certificate
Interior designers combine problem solving skills and artistic vision to create environments that are safe, functional, sustainable, creative, aesthetically pleasing and enhance the human experience. This degree program prepares students to apply their technical training and study of design fundamentals and concepts for positions in both residential and commercial specialties including interior design firms, architectural firms, corporate and facility planning, the materials, textiles, furniture and furnishing's industries, to-the-trade and retail sales and services, interior design product design and manufacturing, and many other positions in the applied interior design and arts related industries.
Courses may be taken in any sequence as long as course prerequisites are met. Some courses may be offered in alternate semesters only.
Program objectives
Upon successful completion of this degree, students will be able to:
- Apply creative and technical solutions with in the built environment using design fundamentals, theories, and concepts to address the functional needs, design aesthetics, and enhance the quality of life and culture of the occupants.
- Employ the interior design process, which follows a systematic and coordinated methodology, including research, programming, analysis, design development and integration of knowledge into the creative process to produce an interior space, which fulfill the project goals.
- Create design schematics using both manual and computer-aided techniques to produce to-scale drawings, construction documents, and presentation components.
- Select and specify materials, finishes, colors, furniture, fixtures, and equipment to appropriately express the aesthetic design concept, meet social, psychological and physiological needs, address functionality, sustainability, and environmental impact of the project as a whole and its individual parts with attention to maintenance and lifecycle performance, and adhering to safety and regulatory requirements.
- Conduct professional oral, written and graphic communication presentations.
- Coordinate and collaborate in teamwork structures within the Interior Design profession.