The Interior Design curriculum, culminating in an AAS degree, provides a balance of technical, creative, and business training necessary for a career in the interior design profession.
About The Program
The Interior Design curriculum, culminating in an AAS degree, provides a balance of technical, creative, and business training necessary for a career in the interior design profession.
Program Outcomes
Demonstrate an understanding of programming, planning and designing interior spaces by solving specific design problems, synthesizing and applying technical, historical, cultural and theoretical concepts.
Apply critical thinking and creative problem solving skills to a variety of interior design problems.
Communicate design concepts at various stages of development using the design process, drawing skills and/or appropriate software programs.
Develop professional quality presentations and demonstrate adequate written and oral communication skills.
Program Information
General Requirements
The Interior Design curriculum, culminating in an AAS degree, provides a balance of technical, creative, and business training necessary for a career in the interior design profession.
The Interior Design program consists of four (4) semesters and two (2) summers of study in interior design with 15 semester hours of academic courses, all of which provide graduates the essential skills to enter the profession of interior design and decoration. As this is a skills-based program, please be aware of course sequencing and prerequisites.
In addition, please note that a student may only earn one Marketable Skills Achievement Award (MSA) per academic year.
TSI testing required prior to first enrollment for all AAS degrees and Level II certificates.
Accreditation
HCC is an accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD). Seven Art and Design Programs—Studio Art, Interior Design, Digital Communication, Fashion Design, Fashion Merchandising, Filmmaking, and Digital Gaming & Simulation for Artists—collectively represent the Art and Design Unit at HCC.
Marketable Skills
Learn more about the marketable skills—skills valued by employers that can be applied in variety of work settings—so you can communicate these to potential employers.
Interior Decorating, C1
Interior Design, A.A.S.
Kitchen & Bath Design Professional, C2
Course Description
German 1411, Beginning German I, is a four-credit-hour course which meets five hours per week. It is the first semester of a comprehensive four-semester beginning and intermediate(1411-1412, 2311-2312) sequence in which you will learn to listen to, speak, read, and write German.
Vocabulary, language patterns, and grammar are introduced and applied in the context of practical communication. German 1411 is a core curriculum course which transfers to universities as a foreign language credit.
The Interior Design major prepares students to design innovative, functional, supportive and responsible interior environments that positively impact the quality of life.
The Interior Design program at Central Piedmont will prepare you to design the interior spaces of today and tomorrow using the best of today's technology.
The Bachelor of Interior Architecture (BIA) is an 8 semester professional degree accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation that prepares you to become a certified interior designer who understands the expanded role of the field in today's economy, culture, and technology.
To be awarded a minor, at least 12 units of coursework must be completely distinct and separate from the coursework in the major, and coursework for the minor must include a minimum of 6 upper-division units (University Policy S16-4).
Interior designers create environments within buildings that meet the physical and psychological needs of individuals and institutions, providing a useful, rich and rewarding environment for users.
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