Interior Design (BS)

At a Glance

  • College

    College of Architecture & the Built Environment

  • Degree

    Bachelor of Science

  • Campus

    East Falls

  • Format

    On Campus

  • Credits

    137.5 - 139.5

  • Duration

    4 Years

  • Enrollment Options

    Full Time

Curriculum

Total: 137.5 -139.5 credits

First Year

Hallmarks Core

  • Pathways Seminar
  • Writing Seminar I: Written Communication
  • Debating U.S. Issues
  • Science I: SCI-106 or SCI-108
  • Science II: General Physics
  • Quantitative Reasoning I
  • Writing Seminar II: Multimedia Communication

Major Courses

  • Design 1: Interdisciplinary Foundation Studies (Fall)
  • Vis 1: Drawing (Fall)
  • Design 2: Interior Design (Spring)
  • Vis 2: Technics & Graphic Representation (Spring)

Second Year

Hallmarks Core

  • American Diversity
  • Global Diversity or World Language

Major Courses

  • Design 3 for Interior Design (Fall)
  • Vis 3: Digital Modeling (Fall)
  • History 1: Built Environment, Ancient/Medieval (Fall)
  • Technology 1: Materials & Methods (Fall)
  • Design 4 for Interior Design (Spring)
  • Interior Building Technology (Spring)
  • History 2: Renaissance/ Baroque (Spring)

Electives

  • Free Elective (Spring, 3 credits)

Third Year

Hallmarks Core

  • Debating Global Issues
  • Integrative Seminar: Environments for Well-Being
  • Global Citizenship or World Language 201

Major Courses

  • Design 5 for Interior Design (Fall)
  • Interior Building Systems (Fall or Spring)
  • History 3: Early Modern 1750-1940 (Fall)
  • Design 6 for Interior Design (Spring)
  • Textiles & Materials for Interiors & Architecture (Fall or Spring)
  • Vis 4: Construction Documents (Fall or Spring)
  • History 4: Modern to Contemporary (Spring)
  • Interior Building Systems is (Fall or Spring)
  • Integrated Community Service (Fall or Spring)

Fourth Year

Hallmarks Core

  • Ethics
  • Capstone Folio Workshop

Major Courses

  • Design 7 for Interior Design (Fall)
  • Capstone Research & Programming (Fall)
  • Capstone Project for INTD (Spring)
  • Professional Practice & Contract Design (Spring)

Electives

  • Design Elective (Fall, 3 credits)
  • Free Electives (9 credits)
For complete course descriptions, please review the Thomas Jefferson University Undergraduate Course Catalog.