Architecture - Interior Design

Course Structure

1. [\'Maintain a 3.0 GPA\', \'Pass the required cumulative examinations\', \'Pass an oral examination covering your area of preparation and thesis research\', \'Complete the requirements for the thesis\', \'Contemporary and controversial issues. Nuances of the field and practice of interior design and its relationship to the allied design disciplines.\', \'Survey of theory, methods, research, and findings from the social and behavioral sciences as they relate to architectural design, interior design and regional and community planning. Application of principles to the development of architectural and interiors programs and designs and to the planning process.\', \'Strategies for teaching and learning directly related to studio education.\', \'Survey and integration of theory, methods, research and findings from the social, behavioral, and managerial sciences as they relate to the design of work environments. Factors effecting change in the contemporary workplace.\', \'Restoration, conservation, renovation, or adaptive reuse of historic interiors. Energy feasibility for the older structure.\', \'Advanced color theories and their application to the Built environment.\', \'The theories and practices of material culture. History and interior design--and the broad category of humanity itself--through the lens of material objects.\', \'Re-examines the relationship between architecture, politics, and ethical values by looking at colonial architecture as a world-wide phenomenon. The colonial domestic sphere is viewed as a counterpoint to the public arena.\', \'Selected aspects of the history and theory of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century architecture emphasizing the intellectual impact and material expression of cultural change.\', \'Selected aspects of contemporary architectural theory and design from the mid-twentieth century to the present emphasizing the diversity of current thought and practice.\', "Survey of social, psychological, political and economic research regarding housing in today\'s global economy. Focuses on how the research can impact the practice of design at the interior and architectural as well as the community and regional planning scale.", \'Theory and criticism in architecture since 1945 as related to contemporary American society and culture, with reference to those paralleled in other humanities disciplines, including arts, linguistics, literary criticism, and philosophy.\', \'Introduction to the principles, processes, and practice of architectural preservation and the conservation of historic districts.\', \'Research Methods/Analytical Techniques (6 credits to be selected in consultation with advisor)\', \'Research methods employed by the diverse specializations within the disciplines of architecture and interior design. Methods which contribute to a theoretical and informational body of knowledge as well as those contributing directly to design application.\', \'Quantitative Research Methods\', \'Qualitative Research Methods\', \'Historical Research Methods\', \'The thesis will be used to gain new insights and to develop theory or to contribute to the body of knowledge that can in turn advance the discipline and practice of interior design.\']