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IND 315 Interior Design Studio III IND 275 or ARC 250 3
ARC 320 Env. Design I: Lighting & Acoustics IND 260 or ARC 210 3
IND 335 Textiles IND 215 3 INTERIOR DESIGN - Study Plan
IND 340 Interior Design Studio IV IND 315 + IND 335 3
IND 350 Materials and Specifications IND 255 3
ARC 420 Env. Design II: Energy and Systems ARC 320 or (ARC 240 + ARC 270) 3
DES 410 Research Methods & Programming IND 315 3
First Year (Freshman)
IND 390 Professional Practice & Ethics IND 315 3
IND 399 A Internship A 90 Credit Hours + IND 390 1.5 Code Title Credit Prerequisite(s)
IND 399 B Internship B IND 399 A 1.5 ARL 101(A) Communication Skills in Arabic Lang. 3 No Prerequisite
IND 415 Interior Design Studio V IND 340 + Senior Status 3 IELTS average score of 6 or EMSAT average
ENG 200 English II 3 score of 1400 or passing grade in ENG 102
IND 430 Graduation Project I DES 410 + IND 280 3 FWS 100/USS001 as Co-req if placed in ENG 200
Fall
IND 460 Working Drawings IND 350 + ARC 420 3
(Semester 1) IND 100 Introduction to Interior Design 3 No Prerequisite
IND 470 Graduation Project II IND 430 + IND 415 6 Graphic Thinking and Freehand
DES 100 3 No Prerequisite
PRE 001 Professional Elective 1 - 3 Drawing
PRE 002 Professional Elective 2 - 3 DES 110 Design Communication I 3 No Prerequisite
Total Credit Hours 15

Open Electives 6 Credit Hours MTT 101 Pre-Calculus 3 None
FWS 205 UAE and GCC Society 3 ENG 102 + FWS 100(E) or FWS 100 (E) as co-req if
students enter to ENG 200 course directly
Course Code Course Title Prerequisite(s) Credit Hours Spring
OPE00 1 Open Elective I - 3 (Semester 2) GES 201 General Science 3 ENG 102
DES 120 Design Communication II 3 DES 110
OPE00 2 Open Elective II - 3
DES 130 Design Foundations 3 DES 100
Students choose PRE 001 and PRE 002 from the following list of proposed professional electives.
Total Credit Hours 15

Professional Electives
Second Year (Sophomore)
Course Code Course Title Prerequisite(s) Credit Hours
Code Title Credit Prerequisite(s)
IND 581 Advanced Furniture Design and Detailing IND 290 3
IND 215 Interior Design Studio I 3 DES 110 + IND 100
IND 582 Islamic Interiors DES 220 3
IND 235 Building Technology I 3 DES 120 + DES 130
DES 580 Architectural Photography DES 220 or LAR 230 3
Fall DES 210 Computer Aided Design 3 DES 120
ARC 540 Sustainable Design ARC 420 or ARC 410 3
(Semester 3) DES 220 Architectural History I 3 ENG 200
ARC 583 Building Information Modeling DES 210 or ARC 280 3
IND 240 Color Theory In Design Applications 3 No Prerequisite
ARC 590 Building Economics IND 460 or ARC 340 3
STT 100 General Statistics 3 No Prerequisite
Total Credit Hours 18

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