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Interior designers enhance the quality and function of interior spaces, which leads to an improvement in the quality of life, increased productivity, and protection of the health, safety, and welfare of the public. The professional interior designer helps to solve problems at home and in commercial spaces, by applying knowledge of art, construction technology, business, space planning, and furniture and finish selection. The person who enjoys the challenges of enabling individuals to adapt to their near environment possesses, or will acquire the following skills or abilities to: critically observe and describe, graphically describe in detail, visualize interior spaces, apply math concepts to practical problems, work individually and in groups, recognize and apply design theories, i.e., color, form, visually and verbally communicate, think creatively, organize work, solve problems, draw and sketch, manage time.
Career Opportunities:
Housing/home interior design, kitchen and bath design, home office design, store planning design, office/commercial design, healthcare/daycare/wellness design, hotel/restaurant design, institutional design, corporate facility management, healthcare facility management, facility planning, workplace safety/productivity management, manufacturer's representative, independent representative, sales management, furniture design, lighting design, theater set design, textile design, education, research, journalism.
Interior Design Course Requirements
Departmental Core - 9 hrs.
FCS 107 - 1 hr. Cont/Hist Persp.
FCS 301 - 3 hrs. Consumer in Environment
FCS 109 - 3 hrs. Lifespan Dev. & Nutrition
FCS 407 - 2 hrs. Prof. Seminar
Interior Design Area Requirements:
FCS 150 Intro to Interior Design
FCS 151 Design Fund. - 3D
FCS 152 ID Graphics I
FCS 250 Mat/Finishes
FCS 251 Studio I
FCS 252 ID Graphics II
FCS 260 Const/Detail
FCS 262 Light/Color
FCS 351 Studio II
FCS 352 Studio III
FCS 353 Internship
FCS 354 Trad. Interiors
FCS 451 Studio IV
FCS 452 Studio V
FCS 454 Cont. Interiors
FCS 458 Prof. Practice
Out of Area Requirements - 12 hrs.
FCS 217 Textiles I
ART 102 Art Fund. - 2-D/Color
ART 271 or 272 Survey - Art History
IMT 299 CAD Project
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