This curriculum combines an intensive program of study in art and interior design with courses in the liberal arts to prepare students to assume positions of interior design assistant or junior designer or for transfer into four-year programs of study.
The responsibilities of the interior design assistant encompass many aspects of creating residential or commercial environments built for human habitation. The design assistant helps clients with the selection and arrangement of interior furnishings and performs basic tasks necessary to implement a design such as preparing drawings and business documents, measuring and providing cost estimates, and working with subcontractors. This curriculum is included in the New York State Education Department’s inventory of Registered Programs and meets New York State educational requirements for licensure as an interior designer.
The four-semester sequence starting every fall requires that acceptance into the Interior Design Assistant curriculum is for FALL admission only. However, students may consult with the department for spring courses, but will be on a track consisting of five or more semesters due to core course prerequisites.
FIRST SEMESTER: 17.5 credits
CS15:
Freshman Seminar
EG11:
Standard Freshman Composition
PC11:
Introduction to Psychology or
SO11: Introduction to Sociology
IN13:
Interior Design I•
VA30:
2D Design
VA33:
Drawing I
Physical
Education
THIRD SEMESTER: 16-17 credits
Mathematics
Elective (above MA07)
Humanities
Elective*
IN15:
Interior Design III•
IN51:
Interior Design Graphics•
IN54: Professional
Practice for Interior
Designers•
Physical Education
SECOND SEMESTER: 18 credits
EG13:
Introduction to Literature
History
Elective
IN14:
Interior Design II•
VA17:
Art History I or
VA18: Art History II or
VA19: Modern Art
VA24:
Color
VA34:
Drawing II
FOURTH SEMESTER: 19 credits
Laboratory
Science Elective
Business
Elective**
IN16: Design
Seminar•
IN79: Cooperative
Education and Internships
in Interior Design•
or VA60: 3D Design***
IN52: Materials
and Construction Methods for
Interior Designers•
IN53:
AutoCAD for Interior Designers•
TOTAL CREDITS REQUIRED: 70.5-71.5
* To be selected from PL11, PL23, HM50 or HM51.
** To be selected from BD57, BD73 or BA53.
*** Students intending to continue on for a baccalaureate degree are advised to take VA60; students planning to enter the job market upon graduation should select IN79.
• These courses constitute the major courses in this curriculum.
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