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orthographic projection, shades and DES 210 - Computer Aided IND 215 - Interior Design Studio IND 335 - Textiles DES 410 - Research Methods & room acoustics, mechanical system
shadow, paraline drawing, sketching Design I Programming I noise, sound absorption and
skills, drawing and projection Credit Hours: 3 (2 lecture + 2 studio) isolation, and the basic principles of
composition, Drafted and freehand Credit Hours: 3 (1 lecture+ 4 lab) Credit Hours: 3 (1 lecture + 4 Prerequisite: IND 290 Credit Hours: 3 electrical systems.
drawing of actual and proposed Prerequisite: DES 120 studio) A study of fibers, yarns, fabric Prerequisite: IND 315
environments is considered including This course serves as an introduction Prerequisite: DES 120 + DES 130 + construction and finishes as related Introduction to the design process IND 399 - Internship
analysis of light, shade, materials, to various electronic media IND 100 to selection, use and care of fabrics. used in interior design with Credit Hours: 3
textures and various contextual employed within the practice of emphasis on the study of methods Prerequisite: 90 Credit Hours + IND
elements. Basic linear multimedia architecture and interior design. A series of studio exercises to IND 255 Building Technology II for gathering data and analysis of 390
software are also introduced to Creative and effective skills in the develop an understanding of the Credit Hour: 3 (2 lecture+ 2 studio) project information for the design
students as a presentation and use of computers in architecture use of a model for structuring synthesis. This course focuses on getting the
design communication tool. and interior design applications are design information, fundamentals Prerequisite: IND 235 student practically involved in the
Educational enrichment activities consistently stressed. The course of programming, research, This course would assist the students IND 290 - Furniture day-to-day business events in a
in this course will include field-trips introduces the students to the communication skills and the design explore different advanced building relevant, modern and automated
to project exhibits as well as art concepts of building information process. This course is designed systems and technologies as well Design organization. The student will follow a
museums and architectural offices. modeling. Students completing this to introduce the students to the as means of deploying them in Credit Hours: 3 (1 lecture+ 4 studio) well-planned course of action during
course will have a working knowledge basic elements of design including buildings. It will emphasize the Prerequisite: IND 275 + DES 210 the period of training. The plan
DES 120 - Design of BIM software as well as advanced vocabulary, configuration, form prefabrication of internal structures will be devised jointly by the site-
Communication II rendering software and nonlinear and order. Educational enrichment including internal finishing, This course will study furniture supervisor and college-supervisor.
Credit Hours: 3 (1 lecture + 4 studio) multimedia tools. activities in this course will include stairs and fittings. An overview of through the evaluation of historic The course is intended to be a
furnishings as well as contemporary
breakthrough experience in exposing
Prerequisite: DES 110 DES 220 - Architectural History I invited professionals for the jury and advanced concepts and properties furnishings. Issues include student to the organizational work
famous local interior designers as
This course builds upon the guest speakers. of additional different systems will ergonomics, anthropometrics, culture and the nature of business
also be discussed, with emphasis
drawing skills introduced in Design Credit Hours: 3 quality of materials, and methods of complexities.
Communication I and introduces Prerequisite: ENG 200 IND 235 - Building Technology I on graphical communication. This construction.
course provides more advanced
the students to three-dimensional This course is an historical and IND 275 - Interior Design Studio IND 390 - Professional Practice
visualization of the built environment conceptual survey of architecture Credit Hours: 3 (1 lecture+ 4 studio) and specialized aspects of interior II and Ethics
focusing on perspective projections. from prehistory to Medieval. The Prerequisite: DES 120 construction elements and systems, Credit Hours: 3
which define the space and provide
The courses also introduces basic 3D course will address questions of style Credit Hours: 3 (1 lecture + 4 studio)
sketching techniques using manual and cover the major movements Discussion of various aspects of character to interior spaces. Prerequisite: IND 215 + IND 240 Prerequisite: IND 315
and digital means. and figures in architectural history. the construction industry including IND 260 - Interior Construction This course concentrates on the This course is an introduction to
introduction of major branches
DES 130 - Design Foundation The course will focus on the way of construction technology, Credit Hours: 3 (1 lecture+ 4 studio) Interior design of the personal the organization, management, and
architecture provides the physical, fundamentals of structures and environment at the individual level. practice of Architecture and Interior
Credit Hours: 3 (2 lecture + 2 studio) spatial, and temporal frameworks building design, typical construction Prerequisite: IND 235 + DES 120 Emphasis is on residential design. Design as a business and profession.
Prerequisite: DES 100 for human interaction with nature, materials and methods, construction This course will develop the interior Emphasis is placed on the range of
This is a foundation class in principles the metaphysical realm, institutions, management and cost factors, and construction knowledge to solve ARC 320 - Environmental Design services provided, professional ethics,
relating to all areas of design of the others, and ourselves. professional careers. interior architectural problems in new I Lighting and Acoustics business management, marketing,
contracts and negotiations, design
built environment. The course is IND 280 - History of Interior construction with an emphasis upon Credit Hours: 3 (2 lecture + 2 studio)
designed to introduce the students Design IND 240 - Color Theory in Design high-rise structures. Special concern Prerequisite: IND 260 or ARC 210 cost analysis/control, and other
to the basic elements of design Applications in the adherence to building, fire and aspects of professional practice.
The course introduces the students
including vocabulary, configuration, Credit Hours: 3 Credit Hours: 3 handicapped accessibility codes is to This course is a comprehensive
form and order. The classes consist of Prerequisite: DES 220 Prerequisite: No Prerequisite be observed in the preparation of the overview of the luminous and sonic to effective techniques for resume
writing, letters of introduction,
both theoretical and practical studio working drawings. environment with consideration to
which is based on assignments, field This course will examine twentieth- This course will study color theory IND 350 - Materials and energy conscious design. Content portfolio preparation, and job
studies and contextual study. The and twenty-first (21st) century and application relative to the Specifications includes human physiological and interview techniques.
studio assignments and exercises architecture and its origins. Through interior environment. Emphasis will psychological perceptions of light ARC 420 - Environmental
are aimed to demonstrate an slide lectures, readings, and field be placed on human response to Credit Hours: 3 (2 lecture+ 2 studio) in the built environment, natural Design II: Energy and Systems
understanding of the use of a model trips. The course will focus on color, science of color/light and color/ Prerequisite: IND 255 and electric light sources, day
for structuring design information, issues concerning style, technology, pigment, principles of color design, lighting design techniques, lighting Credit Hours: 3
design process, research and urbanism, regionalism, function, and implementation through design This course will study materials and measurements and controls, light Prerequisite: ARC 320 or (ARC 240 +
communication skills. and reform to address the diverse projects. finishes applicable to the interior and form, computations for quantity ARC 270)
forces that have shaped modern environment including production and quality light, and the use of
architecture. This course will also methods, limitations, quality control, illuminated models for day lighting This course will study of the
discuss the recent history and application, and uses. Emphasis is on and electric lighting design, the base influences of energy, human comfort,
development of the field of interior specification for commercial interiors principles of acoustics impacting climate, context, heating, cooling
design. and liability issues for designers. and water on the design of buildings
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