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1. Be knowledgeable of the historical context, the state- view, reach well-reasoned conclusions, and test them
of-the-art, and emerging issues in the field of interior against relevant criteria;
design and its role in contemporary society;
3. Resolve the needs of the client, owner, and user
2. Demonstrate critical reasoning and requisite taking into consideration the relationship between
quantitative skills to identify, formulate, and resolve human behavior and the physical environment
interior design problems and create designs and the diverse needs, values, norms, abilities, and
that reflect economic, environmental, and social socioeconomic patterns that characterize different
sensitivities; locations, cultures and individuals.
3. Display a systems viewpoint, critical thinking, effective 4. Prepare a comprehensive program for an interior
communication and interpersonal skills, a spirit of design project, including evidence-based design
curiosity, and reflection in a professional and ethical problem solving, assessment of client and user needs.
manner; Critical review of appropriate precedents, an inventory
of space requirements, an analysis of site conditions,
4. Exhibit a commitment to life-long learning and a review of relevant codes, laws and standards, and a
professional development, involvement in professional definition of design assessment criteria;
activity and public service, and achievement of
professional licensure; 5. Produce a comprehensive interior design project
solution that includes the development of
5. Reflect a broad intellectual training for success in programmed spacing while integrating lighting, color
multidisciplinary professional practice, interior design, schemes, furniture, life-safety provisions, and the
diverse related careers, and achieving leadership roles design of sustainable interiors;
in industry, government, and academia.
6. Select and apply construction materials, products,
components, furniture, and building assemblies
Program Learning Outcomes to prepare technically precise drawings, outline
specifications and estimates of construction costs and
The following program outcomes describe competencies life-cycle costs for a proposed design;
and skills that our students acquire by the time of
graduation. Our graduates are expected to be able to: 7. Demonstrate teamwork skills and collaboration in
interdisciplinary projects that integrate different
1. Communicate effectively, orally, in writing as well as building environmental, electro-mechanical, and
graphically using manual techniques as well as digital structural systems in interior design;
tools to generate, evaluate, develop and communicate
ideas; 8. Demonstrate an understanding of the legal aspects
and ethical issues of practice organization and
2. Gather, assess and record and apply relevant management as well as the role of professional
information and raise clear precise questions, development, and the need to provide leadership in
interpret information, consider diverse points of the building design and construction process.
Curriculum

Total Credit Hours: 132

General Education Requirements 30 credit hours
Major Requirements 96 credit hours
Open Electives 6 credit hours

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