Bachelor of Interior Architecture Curriculum
Bachelor of Interior Architecture Curriculum
In the Bachelor of Interior Architecture, you’ll move through three phases in your course of study, through which you’ll gain visual design skills, learn design principles in an interdisciplinary setting, learn design media skills using both hand-drawing and computer software, and complete interior architecture-focused projects.
Segments I and II each culminate in a portfolio, submitted to the faculty for review and approval to move to the next level. You’ll also begin working in the interior architecture industry by the third semester of the program through the BAC’s robust Practice program.
Curriculum
Segment I: Foundation
Gain visual design skills in the studio learning environment, an interdisciplinary setting in which you’ll progress to interior architecture-focused projects. Design media skills, including both hand-drawing and computer software, are taught alongside the studios.
Semester 1
- FND1006 CityLab
- FND1008 CityX
- FND1003 Foundation Studio 1
- FND1005 Design Representation
- FND1001 Critical Reading and Research 1
- MNS1001 College Algebra and Trigonometry
Semester 2
- FND1004 Foundation Studio 2
- FND2011 Sustainable Material Assemblies
- FND1010 Making and Modeling
- FND1002 Critical Reading and Research 2
- FND2007 Community Practice
- PRV0001 Portfolio Review / Practice Assessment
Segment II: Integration
You’ll take advanced studios in interior architecture and apply principles of color, sustainable design, and building systems in your work.
Semester 3
- INT1001 Interiors Studio 1
- DME2001 Observation and Imagination Drawing
- DME2017 Illustration: Information Graphics, Diagramming, and Publishing
- DME2032 Autodesk Revit: 2D and 3D Representation
- TSM2016 Color Theory for Interiors
- HTC1051 History of Interior Architecture
Semester 4
- INT1002 Interiors Studio 2
- TSM2007 Materials and Methods
- MNS Mathematics and Natural Sciences Elective
- TSM2017 Interiors: Detailing and Construction Documents
- HTC1058 Contemporary Interior Architecture
Semester 5
- INT1003 Interiors Studio 3
- TSM2014 Building Systems for Interiors
- SSH1012 Social and Political Theory
- HTC History/Theory Elective
- Liberal Studies Elective
Semester 6
- INT1004 Interiors Studio 4
- SSH1002 History and Modernity
- SSH1104 Advanced Research Strategies
- TSM2015 Interiors Lighting
- PRV0002 Portfolio Review 2
- ART Arts Elective
Segment III: Synthesis
You’ll complete a two-semester Degree Project, a comprehensive design exploration encompassing the full range of skills and knowledge acquired in the program.
Semester 7
- INT1011 Interiors Degree Project Studio 1
- SSH1003 Critical Theories
- SSH1004 Modern and Contemporary Art
- TSM2019 Human Factors, Programming, and Codes
- HTC History/Theory Elective
Semester 8
- INT1012 Interiors Degree Project Studio 2
- TSM2018 Professional Practice
- SSH Social Sciences and Humanities Elective
- Advised Elective