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to selection use and care of fabrics. This course is an introduction to IND 290 - Furniture will be conducted to cover IND 399 B - Internship from an environmental perspective
The purpose of this course is to construction and detail drawings. It Design prospected residents’ requirements emphasizing on the essential
introduce and familiarize the student enables students to gain knowledge client questionnaire and trend Credit Hours: 1.5 building services and applications
with textiles and fabrics as they relate in interior finishes and to implement Credit Hours: 3 (1 lecture+ 4 studio) survey will be implemented, and Prerequisite: IND 399 A used in common buildings. Energy
specifically to Interior Design. The that into their drawings. Prerequisite: DES210 or IND215 advanced knowledge of building This course focuses on getting the sources, strategies of sustainability
student will gain knowledge of basic This course will study furniture systems, codes, regulations, and student practically involved in the and its basic principles are covered
concepts of the characteristics of The aim of this course is to increase through the Theory and application building characteristics will be taken day-to-day business events in a in accordance. This face-to-face
natural fibers, manufactured fibers, the students’ implementation of of furniture design and construction into consideration in the proposed relevant, modern, and automated course covers environmental
yarns, finishes, & fabric construction working drawings for any given emphasizing the continuing design. organization. The student will follow design principles, site potentials,
methods, fabric care and labeling project. development of three-dimensional a well-planned course of action and climatic factors. It explores
information, Evaluate code IND 350 - Materials and design skills and attention to ARC 320 - Environmental Design during the period of training. The indoor air quality, thermal efficiency,
requirements and test results; and Specifications physical detail; aspects of structure, I Lighting and Acoustics plan will be devised jointly by the site and cooling systems, leading to a
select appropriate fabrics for specific ergonomics, and aesthetics are Credit Hours: 3 (2 lecture + 2 studio) supervisor and college-supervisor. midterm exam. The latter part of the
interior design applications. Credit Hours: 3.00 (3+0) addressed in the process of Prerequisite: IND 260 or ARC 210 The course is intended to be a course addresses water conservation,
Prerequisite: IND 255 breakthrough experience in exposing waste management, and fire safety
Additionally, students will develop an designing and constructing furniture This course is a comprehensive measures.
understanding of dyeing, printing, This course examines various aspects pieces. This course focuses on the overview of the luminous and sonic students to the organizational work
finishing processes and will be able of materials and finishes applicable issues related to customized furniture environment with consideration to culture and the nature of business IND 430 - Graduation Project I
to identify and classify textiles used to the interior environment and design including construction, styles, energy conscious design. Content complexities
by their yarns and weaves. Students is delivered face-to-face through function, and technical aspects. includes human physiological and IND 390 - Professional Practice Credit Hours: 3 (2 lecture+ 2 studio)
will learn the terminology of textiles lectures, assignments, and project Through the study of the human psychological perceptions of light and Ethics Prerequisite: DES 410 + IND 280
as used by the interior design work. The course will focus on form and by researching appropriate in the built environment, natural The preliminary stage of the senior
industry and will understand the interior materials and specifications materials and construction and electric light sources, day Credit Hours: 3 design project, IND 430, includes
transformation raw fibers undergo and will include their applications, techniques, students develop a lighting design techniques, lighting Prerequisite: IND 315 project research, data gathering,
before reaching the end user. performance, limitations, production design for a furniture prototype measurements and controls, light This course introduces students and analysis. Upon completion of
Students will also research a current methods, and environmental impacts. from conception to construction. and form, computations for quantity this subject, the student should be
topic, such as Sustainability or green With an emphasis on commercial The student should be able to and quality light, and the use of to the profession of architecture able to define basic concepts of
textiles, fibers yarns, woven& non- interiors, the course will enable demonstrate his/her knowledge illuminated models for day lighting and interior design. Students will interior design facility programming.
gain knowledge of the profession,
woven, Fabric , Fabric structure etc. students to consider and compare understanding and skills to develop and electric lighting design, the base The students will reinforce their
alternatives when selecting materials the benefits of joining professional
IND 255 Building Technology II for an interior design project. The and evaluate design prototypes principles of acoustics impacting organizations, career planning, knowledge of how to collect,
organize, interpret, communicate,
room acoustics, mechanical system
for multiple projects, varying in
Credit Hour: 3 (2 lecture+ 2 studio) course will help students formulate scale. The student will have the noise, sound absorption and and preparing for a job search. The and evaluate data. On weekly bases
course will make students aware of
Prerequisite: IND 235 specifications of the materials, take necessary techniques to translate isolation, and the basic principles of the ethical and legal responsibilities student will follow up their research
off quantities, and work out rough design concepts to finish prototypes. electrical systems. progress with the specified instructor.
This course would assist the students cost estimates for a project. All projects will be submitted and of design professionals. Students will
in exploring different advanced evaluated face-to-face. IND 399 A - Internship learn of types of business formations,
building systems and technologies DES 410 - Research Methods and organization, and management
as well as means of deploying them Programming IND 275 - Interior Design Studio Credit Hours: 1.5 required to efficiently run a design IND 315 - Interior Design Studio
in buildings. It will emphasize the Credit Hours: 3 II Prerequisite: 90 Credit Hours + IND practice as well as types of personnel III
prefabrication of internal structures Prerequisite: IND 315 390 and project compensation. Further, Credit Hours: 3 (1 lecture, 4 studio)
including internal finishing, Credit Hours: 3 (1 lecture + 4 studio) This course focuses on getting the the course will inform students of the Prerequisite: IND 275 or ARC 250
stairs, and fittings. An overview of This course would provide an Prerequisite: IND 215 + IND 240 student practically involved in the requirements to successfully deliver
advanced concepts and properties essential introduction to the process This course introduces advanced day-to-day business events in a a design project from concept to This course will concentrate on the
of additional different systems will of research within architecture principles to initiate residential relevant, modern, and automated completion. interior design of interior spaces for
also be discussed, with emphasis on and Interior Design. Research interior design projects on a large organization. The student will follow ARC 420 - Environmental public areas such as; retail, cafés,
graphical communication. in design provides a very rich scale (apartment, villa, duplex), a well-planned course of action Design II: Energy and Systems restaurants, and beauty salons,
domain of investigation and poses where client/owner and client/user
IND 260 - Interior Construction problems whose solution relies upon Depending on human needs to meet during the period of training. The Credit Hours: 3 are significantly different. Design
plan will be devised jointly by the site
aesthetic and functional values.
Credit Hours: 3 (1 lecture+ 4 studio) judgment, creativity, and integration Emphasis is placed on: large housing supervisor and college-supervisor. Prerequisite: ARC 320 or (ARC 240 + programming including several
Prerequisite: IND 235 + DES 120 of a multitude of skills. This course needs and decisions, principles The course is intended to be a ARC 270) case studies, design principles,
addresses design problems and and elements of design, selection, breakthrough experience in exposing and human considerations will
This course will develop interior revisits the architectural design and organization of furnishings, students to the organizational work This course studies the influences of be implemented. Building codes,
construction knowledge to solve process with emphasis on the study color theories, interior space culture and the nature of business the climate, human comfort and the advanced technologies, and
interior architectural problems in new of methods for reformulating the treatment (floor and wall coverings, complexities context on the design of buildings regulations will be considered.
construction with an emphasis on design synthesis.. window treatments, lighting), and and sites. The design of passive Emphasis is placed on advanced
high-rise structures. accessories. Design programming and active systems is reviewed design thinking based on Needs

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