Interior Design—Bachelor of Fine Arts
Degree: Bachelor of Fine Arts
Website: Department of Interior Design
College/School: School of Media and Design
Accreditation: Council for Interior Design Accreditation
Apply to UIW: Application for the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design program
Program Overview
The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design degree program provides a marketable, hands-on education that prepares students for employment upon graduation. With an emphasis on environment and behavior, the design process combined with the latest technology develop students’ skills. Students are challenged to identify, research, and creatively solve problems relative to the function and quality of the interior.
The Interior Design program promotes creativity within the framework of creating a functional interior. Diverse career opportunities include design in the areas of residential, commercial, hospitality, institutional, and healthcare. This can include sub-specialties such as restaurants, kitchens and baths, model homes, interiors for planes or yachts, or historic conservation or preservation.
A minimum of 124 credit hours is required to complete the Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design program.
Degree Plan
The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design is a rigorous 124 credit hour program that provides a marketable, hands-on education that prepares students for employment upon graduation.
UIW Undergraduate Core Curriculum
UIW core coursework is required. Review the Undergraduate Core Curriculum Here and review the degree plans for each concentration for scheduling of the core curriculum classwork. In addition, 45 Community Service hours are part of all bachelor's degree programs. See Community Service.
| UIW Core Curriculum |
| Composition and Rhetoric |
6 credit hours |
| Literature and Art |
6 credit hours |
| Science and Mathematics |
7 credit hours |
| History and Behavioral Science |
6 credit hours |
| Philosophy and Religion |
9 credit hours |
| Second Language |
6 credit hours |
| Wellness and Physical Education |
3 credit hours |
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43 total core credit hours |
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| Community Service |
45 clock hours (non-credit) |
Interior Design Concentration Coursework
Art History Coursework
| ARTH 2361 | Art History: Ancient through Medieval | 3 |
| ARTH 2362 | Art History: Renaissance to Modern | 3 |
ARTH 2361 will also satisfy the Fine Arts requirement in the University Core.
Interior Design Elective Coursework
Select at least 3 credit hours from this list of courses.
Sophomore Portfolio Review
The Interior Design Department does not require a design portfolio for incoming students. It is through the first year and one-half in the program that students are prepared for this demanding and competitive profession. In March / April of their Sophomore year, students are required to prepare and submit a portfolio of work from specific courses. Upon a successful review, those students will be fully admitted to their INTD or INMM degrees.
Portfolios are reviewed in March / April of their second year.
The Portfolio includes projects from the following courses:
INTD 1320 Architectural Drawing
INTD 1410 Form, Space, and Theory
INTD 2363 Architectural Graphics
INTD 2325 Construction and Details
INTD 2301 Computer Applications for ID
INTD 2375 Space Planning
INTD 3367 Studio I
OPTIONAL:
INTD 2300 Introduction to Interior Design
INTD 2355 History of the Built Environment I
- Only upon passage of the Portfolio Review may students continue the BFA Interior Design degree or BFA Interior Merchandising and Management degree (all four concentrations) and continue studying within their major.
- Any student denied passage to continue may retake courses and resubmit.
- Transfer students who have completed interior design courses at other institutions are required to submit a valid transcript along with a portfolio of work to be reviewed by the UIW interior design faculty to determine course work equivalencies. The transfer student may also be required to take a skills assessment test.