Interior Design & Architecture
Bachelor of Science
About this program
The Bachelor of Science in Interior Design and Architecture prepares you to design spaces that support how people live, work and feel. You’ll learn to create interior environments that are functional, sustainable and responsive to human needs. The program blends creative thinking with technical skills and includes both residential and commercial design. You’ll finish with a senior project and be ready to start your career and take the IDEX California Exam.
Program Curriculum and Requirements
Program Scope
The mission of the Interior Design & Architecture program is to prepare students for a career in the interior design industry. Students are engaged in both hands-on and theoretical approaches to the study of residential and commercial interior design. Within this framework, the critical tenets of creative thinking and sensitivity to human needs within the built environment are emphasized. To this end, students are encouraged to consider global perspectives, cultural differences and physical differences, all of which play a role in creating functional and aesthetic interior environments.
Students earning a Bachelor of Science degree in Interior Design are equipped to engage in entry level interior design practice and are eligible to sit for the IDEX California Exam immediately upon graduation.
Program Learning Outcomes
- Students will exhibit technical and professional interior design graphic communication skill sets and abilities.
- Students will plan interior design solutions considering individual and family needs including health, wellness, and lifecycle changes.
- Students will plan interiors considering cost analysis and construction methods and approaches.
- Students will develop design process methods that include application of theory, current methods and technologies, and understanding of diversity and global needs.
- Students will consider sustainability and eco-sensitivity within interior design study and solutions.
- Students will exhibit the ability to research, investigate, synthesize and apply findings to the interior design solutions.
- Students will identify and evaluate issues of social responsibility, professional behavior, and ethics.