George Fox's interior design major educates students to become creative and responsible designers of residential and commercial spaces.
DurationGeorge Fox's interior design major educates students to become creative and responsible designers of residential and commercial spaces.
Program components emphasize problem solving in applied design studios, and with a focus on space planning, sourcing and industry connection, you will learn to design environments for residential and commercial spaces in a broad range of design programs.
As courses progress, you will be challenged by design problems that increase in size and complexity, and develop an understanding of sustainable building by learning the fundamentals of LEED and sustainable building practices.
Our program focuses on the human health and safety of spaces and prepares students to work in a variety of settings in the progressional interior design world.
Program curriculum and outcomes are all directly tied to NCIDQ Certification and LEED accreditation competencies, preparing students to join the interior design industry immediately upon graduation.
We've also been recognized nationally. Our program was named the International Interior Design Association’s 2023 Campus Center of the Year – quite an honor considering all U.S. schools with interior design programs were considered!
You Will Be Professionally Prepared
Our program is deeply connected to the local Portland design industry, and you will work with industry mentors in several classes to create professional relationships. We also work closely with local professional organizations like IIDA and ASID.
Our curriculum is based on the fundamentals of the NCIDQ (National Council for Interior Design Qualification) exam, which you can take after entering the industry. From building codes to ADA regulations, you will be equipped with the knowledge to design for the health, safety and welfare of building occupants.
You'll also be prepared to take the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Associate exam, allowing you to be a step ahead when you enter the field and be an expert on sustainability before you even graduate.
With a curriculum that covers the facets of both residential and commercial design – by tackling real-world design problems, developing innovative solutions to challenging topics, and learning professional practices for the industry – you'll be equipped to be a successful and creative member of the design community.
What Will I Study?
Designing residential and commercial spaces
Knowledge in sourcing for furniture and finishes
Detailing and building custom furniture
Understand sustainability and green building
Creating safe and equitable spaces
As courses progress, you will be challenged by design problems that increase in size and complexity. The curriculum will help you develop an understanding of the influence of sustainable building and reuse on human health, well-being and performance.
George Fox University is Oregon’s nationally recognized Christian university, committed to providing students with personal attention, global opportunities to learn and serve, and a supportive community that encourages academic rigor and spiritual growth.
The university’s Newberg campus is located in the fertile Willamette River Valley where the Kalapuya and other native tribes maintained hunter-gatherer societies for thousands of years. Their way of life changed with western expansion. Following catastrophic epidemics and treaties with the U.S. government in the 1850s, most of the remaining Kalapuya were forced to join an estimated 1,000 native Americans on the Grand Ronde Indian Reservation.
Today tribal members still maintain their connection to their homelands and contribute significantly to the ongoing development of the region.
Our program We have a particular focus on sustainable material practices and spatial innovation. Our students collaborate with interaction designers, industrial designers, ceramicists, glass artists, furniture makers, fashion designers, architects, and textile designers.
Through the exploration of the art and architecture of environmental design, students solve problems in a broad range of built environments. Students work closely with faculty in a studio environment similar to the professional design office experience.
Accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA), the BFA curriculum emphasizes human-centered and evidence-based design that, through advanced research methods, addresses current social concerns, ergonomics, and sustainability.
As a student in the Interior Design Program, you’ll receive one-on-one attention from instructors who are highly qualified working industry professionals.
The goal of professional practice remains at the center of our program. Studying interior design through interdisciplinary and cross-cultural consultation with a diverse faculty helps you to make informed choices for your future.
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