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BID Technical Elective Courses
Elective Requirements (18 Credits / 6 courses)
Course Code Course Title Credits
INT 467 Advanced Computer Communications 3
INT 468 Photography for Interior Design 3
INT 470 History of Design 1 3
INT 471 Furniture, Decorative Styles, Textiles and Accessories 3
INT 472 Sustainable Interior Design Practices 3
INT 473 History of Design 2 3
INT 474 Furniture Design and Detailing 3
INT 475 Theatrical and Scenic Design 3
INT 476 History of Design 3 3
INT 477 Design for Healthcare and Aging 3
INT 478 Sensory Environments: Ambient Technologies 3
INT 479 Biomimetics 3
INT 480 Heritage Preservation and Conservation 3
INT 481 Interior Design Field Trips 3
INT 482 Interior Design Competition 3
Course Descriptions
INT 107 Introduction to Interior Design (3 = 2 + 1)
This course is an introduction to the basics of interior design. Course content provides opportunities for students
to explore the elements, principles and the aesthetic aspects of residential and nonresidential interior design. It
includes space planning, furnishing, lighting, and components used in interior design. This course is also
designed to provide an understanding of interior environment, installing, growing and maintaining indoor plants
for interior landscapes.
INT 201 Second Year Studio Core 1 (3 = 1 + 2)
Prerequisites: DES 111
Students are introduced to a conceptual approach to the design of form and planning in interiors. As a preliminary
core studio, several projects with a specific personal human scale focus on materials emphasize three-dimensional
design and will require the student to develop, build and present models of their work. It is through these initial
studies of space, interior architectural language, and form that student’s interior design vocabulary is developed.
INT 202 Explorations Studio: Principles and Elements (3 = 2 + 1)
Prerequisites: INT 201
This course will introduce students to the principles and elements utilized in the design of interior space.
Emphasis will be on the exploration of three-dimensional design principles and elements in smaller
exploratory, conceptual drawing and modeling projects. Students will investigate the spatial language of plan,
section, elevation and their implied interior design volumes and expression.
INT 203 Concepts, Methods and Design Process (3 = 2 + 1)
Prerequisites: INT 201
Understanding the nature of design ideas, approaches, activities and methodologies applied in the realization
of conceptual ideas are critical for the emerging designer. This course examines the work of a number of key
designers in order to study their design approaches in the context of their individual philosophies, design
vocabularies and the parameters within which they worked. Case studies, and written analytical work are key
exercises in this research.
INT 204 Design Communication: Sketching and Drawing (3 = 2 + 1)
Prerequisite: DES 111 and DES 131
The designer’s need to express ideas clearly to depict ideas, concept and form visually is important in successful
design. Students will develop their sketching skills for visualization and idea drawing to communicate those ideas.
Assignments will focus on the various requirements of design drawing associated with the design process from
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