Bachelor Of Interior Design (Honours)

Combine your strategic and design thinking for a career creating functional spaces.

• Strong experiential component that includes design studio experiences and an active engagement with the professional design community

• Graduate with an additional qualification of a Building Biology Advocate certification [BBA], from the Building Biology Institute which focuses on the science of healthy buildings

• The only Bridging program in Canada, where interior designers can update their credentials from a 3-year advanced diploma to a Bachelor of Interior design. This can be done fully online

Overview

Combine your strategic and design thinking for a career creating functional spaces.The Bachelor of Interior Design (Honours) degree program prepares you to pursue a professional career related to the design of the built environment.

The curriculum integrates professional and general studies with an emphasis on critical thinking and applied research.

Enriched with a focus on environmental and global perspectives in interior design, you learn to consider ecological, economic and social aspects to analyze and design healthy living and working environments.

Projects increase in scale and complexity from residential scale to medium and large scale projects from commercial sectors such as: retail, workplace, hospitality and healthcare.

The program contains a strong experiential component that includes design studio experiences and an active engagement with the professional design community. In the fourth year, you have the opportunity to specialize in an area of interest specific to the profession and are required to complete an applied research paper.

You also earn a Building Biology Advocate (BBA) Certification upon successful completion of the seven required Construction courses.Students also gain real-world experience through a paid co-operative education (co-op) work term(s) (see Additional Information for more details).

Please note that places in the co-op work term(s) are subject to availability and academic eligibility. Please note admission to a co-op program does not guarantee a co-op placement.

The integration of theory, analysis and practice prepare you to assume a leadership role within the profession. As a graduate, you are able to apply strategic thinking and a research orientation to your responsibilities as a professional interior designer and can contribute to the development and evolution of the field of design.

Success Factors

This program is well-suited for students who:

• Are curious about the space in which they live, work and play.

• Want to combine aesthetics, technology and human need into a highly-marketable career choice.

• Enjoy using creative, strategic and critical thinking to solve problems.

• Are interested in examining sustainable and global design issues.

• Enjoy a collaborative and innovative environment for learning.