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Interior Design—Bachelor of Fine Arts

Degree: Bachelor of Fine Arts

Website: Department of Interior Design

College/School: School of Media and Design

Accreditation: Council for Interior Design Accreditation

Apply to UIW: Application for the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design program

Program Overview

The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design degree program provides a marketable, hands-on education that prepares students for employment upon graduation. With an emphasis on environment and behavior, the design process combined with the latest technology develop students’ skills. Students are challenged to identify, research, and creatively solve problems relative to the function and quality of the interior.

The Interior Design program promotes creativity within the framework of creating a functional interior. Diverse career opportunities include design in the areas of residential, commercial, hospitality, institutional, and healthcare. This can include sub-specialties such as restaurants, kitchens and baths, model homes, interiors for planes or yachts, or historic conservation or preservation.

A minimum of 124 credit hours is required to complete the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design program.


Degree Plan

The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design is a rigorous 124 credit hour program that provides a marketable, hands-on education that prepares students for employment upon graduation.

UIW Undergraduate Core Curriculum

UIW core coursework is required. Review the Undergraduate Core Curriculum Here and review the degree plans for each concentration for scheduling of the core curriculum classwork. In addition, 45 Community Service hours are part of all bachelor's degree programs. See Community Service.

 

UIW Core Curriculum 
 Composition and Rhetoric  6 credit hours 
 Literature and Art 6 credit hours 
 Science and Mathematics 7 credit hours 
 History and Behavioral Science 6 credit hours 
 Philosophy and Religion  9 credit hours 
 Second Language  6 credit hours 
 Wellness and Physical Education  3 credit hours
  43 total core credit hours
   
 Community Service  45 clock hours (non-credit) 

Interior Design Concentration Coursework

INTD 1111Interior Design Orientation

1
INTD 1320Architectural Drawing

3
INTD 1364Color and Environment-Behavior Theory

3
INTD 1410Form, Space, and Theory

4
INTD 2300Introduction to Interior Design

3
INTD 2301Computer Applications for Interior Design

3
INTD 2325Construction and Details

3
INTD 2350Interior Materials

3
INTD 2355History of the Built Environment I

3
INTD 2360Textiles for Interior Design

3
INTD 2363Architectural Graphics

3
INTD 2370Lighting and Design

3
INTD 2375Space Planning

3
INTD 3315CADD for Interior Design

3
INTD 3325Codes and Construction Documents

3
INTD 3336Environmental Systems and Sustainability

3
INTD 3355Advanced CADD for Interior Design

3
INTD 3363History of the Built Environment II

3
INTD 3367Studio I

3
INTD 3370Studio II

3
INTD 4120Portfolio II

1
INTD 4161Interior Design Internship

1
INTD 4210Portfolio I

2
INTD 4340Studio III

3
INTD 4355Capstone I

3
INTD 4375Capstone II

3
INTD 4395Professional Practice

3
Total Credit Hours:75

Art History Coursework

ARTH 2361Art History: Ancient through Medieval

3
ARTH 2362Art History: Renaissance to Modern

3
Total Credit Hours:6

ARTH 2361 will also satisfy the Fine Arts requirement in the University Core.

Interior Design Elective Coursework

Select at least 3 credit hours from this list of courses.

FMGT 3310Creativity in Practice

3
INTD 3320Furniture Design

3
INTD 3340Interior Design Study Tour

3
INTD 3365Kitchen and Bath Design

3
INTD 4380Historic Preservation

3
INTD 4382Wellness and Transparency in Interior Design

3
Total Credit Hours:3

Total Credit Hours: 124