Interior Design - Bachelor of Fine Arts
For information, please contact the Department of Architecture + Interior Design, 101 Alumni Hall, 513-529-7210.
This professional degree program prepares graduates to enter the interior design field or a graduate program in interior design, architecture, or a related discipline.
The curriculum promotes competency in fundamental design, design process, and visual communication, and an understanding of interior materials and systems, history and theory, and professional procedures. Graduates integrate the various aesthetic, social, technical, and graphic requirements of interior design problems.
The program balances liberal learning with a comprehensive professional education. It emphasizes interdisciplinary learning (reflective of the discipline and of trends in practice) by requiring several courses outside the major and by emphasizing interdisciplinary courses and projects. The program promotes independent, self-directed course work and research, with the intention of developing in the student a specialized knowledge as a complement to a broad-based, generalized understanding of the discipline.
Program Requirements
(86 semester hours minimum)
Code | Title | Credit Hours |
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Design Studio courses: | ||
ARC 101 | Beginning Design Studio | 5 |
ARC 102 | Beginning Design Studio | 5 |
ARC 103 | Shop Methods and Materials | 1 |
ARC 203 | Interior Design Studio | 5 |
ARC 204 | Interior Design Studio | 5 |
ARC 304 | Interior Design Studio | 6 |
ARC 403 | Interior Design Studio | 6 |
ARC 408 | Interior Design Studio | 6 |
Design Studio elective (select one): | 3-6 | |
Architecture Studio | ||
Architecture Studio | ||
Interior Design Studio | ||
Architecture Studio | ||
Intermediate Drawing 1 | ||
Intermediate Drawing 2 | ||
Painting I | ||
Printmaking I | ||
Typography | ||
Image | ||
Photography | ||
Ceramics I | ||
Jewelry Design and Metals I | ||
Sculpture I | ||
Painting II | ||
Painting III | ||
Visual Communication for the Theatre | ||
Costume Fundamentals | ||
Stagecraft and Theatre Technologies | ||
Scene Painting Fundamentals | ||
Scenic Design | ||
Costume Design | ||
Lighting Design | ||
Interior Design Support courses: | ||
ARC 113 | Methods of Presentation, Representation and Re-Presentation | 2 |
ARC 114 | Methods of Presentation, Representation and Re-Presentation | 2 |
ARC 212 | Principles of Environmental Systems | 3 |
ARC 213 | Graphic Media III | 2 |
ARC 214 | Graphic Media IV | 2 |
ARC 221 | History of Architecture I | 3 |
ARC 222 | History of Architecture II | 3 |
ARC 225 | Design: Behavior, Perception, Aesthetics | 3 |
ARC 309 | Furniture Design and Construction | 3 |
ARC 321 | History of Interiors | 3 |
ARC 414 | Environmental Systems II | 3 |
ARC 417 | Architectural Materials | 3 |
ARC 419 | Materials of Interior Design | 3 |
ARC 444 | Professional Practice in Interior Design | 3 |
Business elective (select one): | 3 | |
Introduction to Arts Management | ||
Select from ACC, BUS, ECO, ESP, FIN, MGT, MKT | ||
Independent Study course (select one): | 3 | |
Independent Research & Programming | ||
Independent Studies | ||
Total Credit Hours | 86-89 |