An introduction to the forms and methods of design for architects and interior designers, with an emphasis on inhabitation including body, light, and movement. Taught in a studio format by faculty members under the direction of a faculty coordinator.

An introduction to the forms and methods of design for architects and interior designers, with an emphasis on environment, including color, material, and texture. Taught in a studio format by faculty members under the direction of a faculty coordinator.

Study and application of drawing and other communication skills for designers, including formal and spatial studies, life drawing, and perspective.

Study and application of drawing and other communication skills for designers, including color, light and shadow, and projections. Employs manual and digital techniques.

Concepts, principles, and elements of interior design, presented in artistic, philosophical, and professional contexts. Includes a basic historical overview of the development of interior design.

Survey of interior design from antiquity through the eighteenth century, including theoretical, social, technical, and environmental forces.

This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the School of Architecture. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.

Focus on the physical and psychological needs of the inhabitants of interior space, with an emphasis on conceptual process and diagrammatic techniques. Projects deal with real building situations and introduce implications of fenestration, structure, and materials.

Explores linkages between multiple interior spaces and the study of spatial thresholds. Investigates individual spaces in relation to the body and the surrounding environment, utilizing a clearly defined program.

Introduction to digital modeling as well as principles of digital fabrication. Includes various modes of output such as drawings, renderings, and physical models.

A survey of acoustics, color, light, illumination, and electrical and information systems in architectural interiors. Includes techniques of documentation.

Designed to explore the relationships between the generation of form, space, experience, and atmosphere in the spatial practices of interior design, architecture, and art.

Focus on digital fabrication as a link between architecture and product design.

This course is used to record credit the student earns while enrolled at another institution in a program administered by the University's Study Abroad Office. Credit is recorded as assigned by the study abroad adviser in the School of Architecture. University credit is awarded for work in an exchange program; it may be counted as coursework taken in residence. Transfer credit is awarded for work in an affiliated studies program.

Practical application of design procedures in a professional design office.

Examination of the elements of interior space and scale, including specific human factors. Particular emphasis on the design, documentation, production, and placement of objects in interiors.

Capstone studio with specific design projects from current markets. Application of code issues, regulatory restraints, fire safety, and regulations for accessibility in interiors.

Examine heating, ventilating, air conditioning, vertical transportation, and wiring and plumbing systems in buildings, including techniques of documentation.

Introduction to building construction, materials, and structures.

Core concepts in interior materials, assemblies, and systems. Includes material properties, environmental and sustainable issues, attachment, detailing, and product specifications. Projects encourage manipulation and assembly of various material systems. Case studies using material samples, and field trips to sites of fabrication.

Issues of mood, privacy, perception, proxemics, and preferences applied to the design of interiors.

Seminar in a variety of topics. Designed to broaden the student's knowledge of interior design and to encourage critical and theoretical thinking in the discipline.

Synthesize components such as human aspects, place-making, the interior envelope, transitional spaces, and conceptual processes.

Business procedures, professional practice, design project control and management, and professional ethics. Documents procedures for interior design.

Study of function and aesthetics, and decoration and use, emphasizing interiors from the nineteenth century to the present.

Seminars and lecture/seminars on advanced topics in the history of architectural interior design.

Investigation of problems selected by the student with approval of the supervising instructor.

Introduction to using digital tools for communicating design, with an emphasis on integrating digital image, CAD, and 3-D software processes with hand drawing and modeling techniques. Subjects may include the manipulation of digital images, the combination of text and image, rendered perspectives, measured drawings, an introduction to 3-D modeling, and the use of advanced visual language. Some projects are based on work done in the student's design studios.

Visual communication in such media as freehand drawing, modeling, photography, and measured drawings.

Topics in the fundamental components of interior design and visual communication.

Focus on personal design methodology by exploring multiple drawing methods, skills, and approaches including manual, digital, and hybrid techniques. Refines design communication skills by pairing clearly articulated design intention with compelling drawings, and expressing them via effective verbal presentations.

Examines tools, techniques, and methods used in simulating, constructing, and experiencing interior space. Studies how various emerging technologies affect interior design, from initial design to fabrication to completion.

Business procedures, professional practice, design project control and management, and professional ethics as they relate to interior design.

Explore methods of media-based processes such as drawing, modeling, imaging, and coding in design, with particular emphasis on explorations which make interior space perceptually, physically, and conceptually tangible.

Examine thermal comfort, heating, cooling, ventilation, plumbing systems, fire protection, and conveying equipment in buildings.

Survey light and color fundamentals, daylighting, artificial illumination, acoustics, and electrical and information systems for buildings.

Introduction to building construction, materials, and structures.

Core concepts in interior materials, assemblies, and systems. Includes material properties, environmental and sustainable issues, attachment, detailing, and product specifications. Projects encourage manipulation and assembly of various material systems. Also includes case studies using material samples, and field trips to sites of fabrication.

Investigates traditional interior design materials and materials emerging from new technologies.

Introductory subjects in interior design.

Survey of interior design from antiquity through the eighteenth century, including theoretical, social, technical, and environmental issues.

Study of function and aesthetics, and decoration and use, emphasizing interiors from the nineteenth century to the present.

Investigation of problems selected by the student and approved by the graduate adviser.

Designed to explore the relationships between the generation of form, space, experience, and atmosphere in the spatial practices of interior design, architecture, and art.

Focus on advanced visual communication methodologies necessary for architectural generation, translation, and output.

Focus on digital fabrication as a link between architecture and product design.

Explores interior spaces and their sequence and adjacencies. Studies individual rooms, their locations, and their uses in such fields as hospitality, health care, and entertainment. Special emphasis on the design of transitions from public spaces to personal spaces.

Examination of the elements of interior space and scale, including specific human factors. Particular emphasis on the design, documentation, production, and placement of objects in interiors.

Examination of interior spaces and elements.

Comprehensive studio that focuses on combining the elements that create a thorough interior design.

Comprehensive study of Frank Lloyd Wright's life and work with emphasis on the analyses of his concepts of organic architecture, design methods, and theories.

An examination of how American housing is conceived, developed, and marketed, as well as relationships between home buyers and builders.

Study advanced problems in interior design and examine design strategies and different phases of design. Focus on interior design as it relates to retail, education, sustainability, and health care.

Practical application of design procedures in a professional design office.

Study architectural interior design, addressing complex design problems and issues related to various architectural subjects.

For students seeking the Master of Interior Design degree.