IND_BDES - Interior Design

About this Program

• College: Design, Construction and Planning
• Degree: Bachelor of Design
• Credits for Degree: 120

To graduate with this major, students must complete all university, college, and major requirements.

Interior design utilizes creativity, art, science, and technology to create imaginative, functional and inspiring spaces that:

• Serve the needs, function and requirements of individuals
• Provide a sense of place and attachment to those in interior environments.
• Are conceived responsibly and in ways that are sustainable
• Engage all stakeholders as active participants in the design process.

Graduates of the program develop on all levels: as thoughtful leaders, innovators, collaborators and as ethical and socially engaged human beings. The program prepares students for a variety of professional careers. Students gain experience in many sectors of design such as workplace design, retail, healthcare, residential and hospitality design.

The department conducts extended field trips to cities such as Atlanta, Chicago, Memphis, and New Orleans during which students interact with experienced designers, significant projects and buildings, exhibitions and showrooms. During the summer after the junior year students have opportunities to study abroad at the Detmold School for Architecture and Interior Architecture at the University of the Applied Sciences in Detmold, Germany. During that summer students are required to enroll in the required Design Field Experience (DFE) program, and choose to do paid internships, study abroad, perform research, or conduct field learning.

The four-year program is accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA). For those upper-level students interested in graduate level studies the program offers a 4+1 option, which allows them to receive a Master of Interior Design requiring only one additional year.

Organized trips to experience interior design, architecture and art in urban settings are required in the junior and senior years. Students should plan to have adequate funds for these required field trips and for their design studio project materials.

The four-year program is accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA).