This course is an introduction to the practice and principles of Interior Design. Providing an overview of design theory and process while exploring key elements such as furniture, texture, color, lighting, sustainability, and materiality shaping the built environment.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Students will gain knowledge about the history of interiors in relation to architecture, art history, decorative arts, furniture, and material culture from western and non-western perspectives. Students will gain knowledge of technologies affecting interior design and gain an awareness of human and environmental behavior theories that inform design. Cross-listed with INTD 5000.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Restricted to undergraduate students with sophomore standing or higher.

In this course, students gain an understanding of elements and principles of design, including spatial definition, organization, and human-centered design through precedence studies and on-site spatial analysis. Students develop 2d and 3d visualization skills, and gain knowledge of analog and digital tools to effectively communicate design ideas from conceptualization and design development integrating furnishings, products, materials, and finishes. Cross-listed with INTD 5100.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Restricted to undergraduate students with sophomore standing or higher.

Typically Offered: Fall.

This course introduces light as both a physical phenomenon and a design tool, examining how color and natural or artificial light shape architectural interior environments. Students learn to observe and integrate light and color in their drawings and design work while exploring key concepts such as lighting types, metamerism, CRI, LRV, and their impact on design decisions. Cross-listed with INTD 5200

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Restricted to undergraduate students

Various topical concerns are offered in interior design history, theory, elements, concepts, methods and implementation strategies, and other related areas. Repeatable.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Repeatable. Max Credits: 24.

Typically Offered: Fall, Spring, Summer.

This course is designed to provide professional practice experience to students and is composed of eight hours per week work in a practicing professional's office during the regular semester.

Grading Basis: Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory

Typically Offered: Fall.

Students will understand and apply principles and theories of light and color in relation to environmental impact and well-being. Students will understand interior construction in relation to base building systems and apply sustainable building practices to project-based assignments. Cross-listed with INTD 6000.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Restricted to Junior standing or higher.

Typically Offered: Fall.

Design thinking strategies and learning to work collaboratively across disciplines form the basis of this course. Students develop practical skills utilizing design thinking methods to problem solve on team-based projects pertaining to the built-environment. Cross-listed with INTD 6100.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Restriction: Restricted to Junior standing or higher.

Typically Offered: Fall.

This workshop introduces a design studio-style course with a hands-on approach. Exploring two and three-dimensional design. Emphasis on fundamental skills and ideas shared across design disciplines, JEDI, and sustainability. Creative processes, visual order, materials, and critical thinking are investigated through applied projects. Students will apply design processes and theories to basic interior design projects, as they learn additional graphic tools, techniques, and standards for effective design communication. Cross-listed with INTD 6200.

Grading Basis: Letter Grade

Prereq: INTD 3100 or INTD 5100. Restriction: Restricted to students in the Interior Design Minor.

Typically Offered: Fall.