B.P.S. IN INTERIOR DESIGN
The study of Interior Design focuses on the Developing each students creativity by intersecting it with visual, technical, and architectural design principles. Mastery of these principles will enhance a student's understanding of space, creativity, and art. while encouraging each person's own imagination allowing students to correctly channel and focus ideas, avoid clichés, and collect new stimuli.
The bachelor's degree curriculum has been designed with an innovative foundation in both classic interior design and architectural rendering that will allow students to become practitioners in the field. The faculty of the Interior Design program believe that a study of contemporary culture and social principles are crucial for the modern designer.
Students work closely with both classmates and professors to achieve a multi-disciplinary approach to projects, designed to bring an idea from concept to reality. Students will learn to facilitate all phases of a project by working with different departments, professors, and professionals to fully understand all of the complexities and challenges of the real work field.
The Marist-LdM interior design program is equipped to help students through all phases of study and project execution. Class rooms are designed in a studio format to allow creativity and building. A state of the art computer lab is available for digital design and model construction. The facilities contain everything necessary to transform an idea into a project is available.
These facilities are complimented by a team of professionals, architects and designers that are intensely dedicated to their profession and to teaching. Brought to life by a passion for their job, they involve students in their creative adventures. They seek to share with students not only all their love of this work, but also the difficulties and challenges.
REQUIREMENTS FOR A BACHELOR OF PROFESSIONAL STUDIES IN INTERIOR DESIGN
Portfolio Requirement : Students wishing to enter the Interior Design major must submit a portfolio of original work.
Note: A minimum of 30 credits in Liberal Arts is required.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
ARC 310 Masters of Architecture (M-ARCH 310)
INT 161 Introduction to Interior Design (M-ITDS 101)
INT 170 Principles of Interior and Industrial Design (M-ITDS 110)
INT 295 History of ID: 19th Century to Modern Italy (M-ITDS 150/ARCH 150)
INT 180 Perspective Drawing and Rendering (M-ITDS 180)
INT 190 CAD for Interior Design I (M-ITDS 210)
INT 210 Residential Interior (M-ITDS 215)
INT 270 Product Design (M-ITDS 220)
INT 250 Interior Design (M-ITDS 230)
INT 300 Retail Design (M-ITDS 240)
INT 240 Materials and Models for Interior Constructions (M-ITDS 331)
INT 360 Digital Layout and Design (M-ITDS 400)
INT 400 Working Group Project in Retail and Exhibition Design (M-ITDS 410)
Three of the following courses:
ARC 250 Architectural History: Italian Urban Design (M-ARCH 250)
ARC 200 The Built Environment of Florence (M-ARCH 180)
ARC 260 History and Theory of Landscape Architecture (M-ARCH 210)
ARC 295 Italian Gardens (M-ARCH 230/HST 230)
ARC 300 The Villa through History: the Italian (M-ARCH 240/HST 240)
ARC 290 History of Renaissance Architecture (M-ARCH 220)
Two of the following courses:
INT 330 Lighting Design (M-ITDS 320)
INT 380 Furniture Design (M-ITDS 350)
INT 390 Exhibit Design (M-ITDS 360)
INT 370 Display Design (M-ITDS 340)
INT 290 CAD for Interior Design II (M-ITDS 211)
INT 350 Computer Rendering for Interior Design (M-ITDS 310)
M-CSIS 103 Information & Computer Literacy
One of the following two courses: ART 180 Introduction to Art History (M-ART 160) or INT 220 Aesthetics of Design (M-ITDS 330)
One of the following two courses: GRA 190 Principles of Drawing for Visual Comm. (M-GRAP 185) or GRA 185 Digital Graphic Techniques Fundamentals (M-GRAP 101)
One of the following two courses: PDM 190 Fundamentals of Art and Design: Color Theory (M-ART 101) or PDM 130 Principles of Drawing and Composition (M-ART 110)
CORE/LIBERAL STUDIES & FOUNDATION REQUIREMENTS
Philosophy/Ethics (2 courses)
Writing (1-2 courses)
Natural Science (1 course)
Social Science (2 courses)
History (2 courses)
Literature (2 courses)
Mathematics (1 course)
Philosophy/Religious Studies (1 course)
Foreign Language (2 courses)
