Caine College of the Arts

Interior Architecture and Design Program

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• For more information about Interior Design, see the department website.
• Following is a sample four-year plan. Please note that student-specific plans may differ.
• Admitted students must meet with an advisor. Current students should also meet with an advisor and log on to Degree Works  to check student-specific program progress.

 

Minimum University Requirements
Total Credits	120			Grade Point Average (most majors require higher GPA)	2.00 GPA
Credits of C- or better	100			Credits of upper-division courses (#3000 or above)	40
Total USU Credits	30			Upper-division USU Credits	20
USU Credits within the Major	10			Credits in Minor (if required)	12
Credits in Major	see below			Credits in American Institutions	3
General Education Requirements	see link			University Studies Depth Requirements	see link
NOTES: The highest math requirement for this degree is the fulfillment of the Quantitative Literacy (QL)  requirement.

 

Admissions Requirements for this Program
New freshmen	Admitted to USU in Good Standing			Transfer students from other institutions or other programs at USU	2.75 GPA

First Year
Fall Semester	Credits	General Education Info and Notes:		Spring Semester	Credits	General Education Info and Notes:
ART 1020: Drawing I (BCA)	3	Foundation Course Breath Creative Arts		ART 1120: Two-Dimensional Design	3	Foundation Course
ARTH 2710: Survey of Western Art: Prehistoric to Medieval (BHU)	3	Foundation Course Breath Humanities		ART 1130: Three-Dimensional Design	3	Foundation Course
ART 2700: Fine Art Seminar	0.5	Foundation Course		ART 2700: Fine Art Seminar	0.5	Foundation Course
ENGL 1010: Introduction to Writing: Academic Prose (CL1)	3	Communications Literacy (CL1)		ARTH 2720: Survey of Western Art: Renaissance to Post-Modern (BHU)	3	Foundation Course Breath Integrated Studies
IAD 2780: History of Architecture, Interiors, and Furnishings II	3	Emphasis Course		Quantitative Literacy (QL)	3-5	Math Placement
Breadth American Institutions (BAI) , Breadth Life Sciences (BLS) , Breadth Physical Sciences (BPS) , or Breadth Social Sciences (BSS)	3	General Education see links for available courses		Breadth American Institutions (BAI) , Breadth Life Sciences (BLS) , Breadth Physical Sciences (BPS) , or Breadth Social Sciences (BSS)	3	General Education see links for available courses
IAD 1700: Seminar Series in Interior Architecture and Design	1	Emphasis Course		IAD 1700: Seminar Series in Interior Architecture and Design	1	Emphasis Course
Comments				Comments

Second Year
Fall Semester	Credits	General Education Info and Notes:		Spring Semester	Credits	General Education Info and Notes:
ENGL 2010: Intermediate Writing: Research Writing in a Persuasive Mode (CL2)	3	Communications Literacy (CL2)		IAD 1700: Seminar Series in Interior Architecture and Design	1	Emphasis Course
IAD 1700: Seminar Series in Interior Architecture and Design	1	Emphasis Course		IAD 2720: Architectural Graphics II	3	Emphasis Course
IAD 2710: Architectural Graphics I	3	Emphasis Course		IAD 2730: Space Planning and Human Factors	3	Emphasis Course
IAD 2750: Computer Aided Drafting and Design I	3	Emphasis Course		IAD 2760: Computer Aided Drafting and Design II	3	Emphasis Course
IAD 1790: Foundations in Interior Architecture and Design	3	Emphasis Course		IAD 2770: History of Architecture, Interiors, and Furnishings I	3	Emphasis Course
Breadth American Institutions (BAI) , Breadth Life Sciences (BLS) , Breadth Physical Sciences (BPS) , or Breadth Social Sciences (BSS)	3	General Education see link for available courses		Breadth American Institutions (BAI) , Breadth Life Sciences (BLS) , Breadth Physical Sciences (BPS) , or Breadth Social Sciences (BSS)	3	General Education see link for available courses
Comments				Comments

Third Year
Fall Semester	Credits	General Education Info and Notes:		Spring Semester	Credits	General Education Info and Notes:
IAD 1700: Seminar Series in Interior Architecture and Design	1	Emphasis Course		IAD 1700: Seminar Series in Interior Architecture and Design	1	Emphasis Course
IAD 3710: Pre-Internship in Interior Architecture and Design	1	Emphasis Course		IAD 3740: Visual Communication in Interior Architecture and Design	3	Emphasis Course
IAD 3730: Interior Materials and Construction (QI)	3	Emphasis Course Depth Course Quantitative Intensive (QI)		IAD 3770: Residential Design Studio	3	Emphasis Course
IAD 3760: Commercial Design Studio	3	Emphasis Course		IAD 4710: Internship in Interior Architecture and Design	3	Emphasis Course
IAD 3790: Architectural Systems	3	Emphasis Course		IAD 4790: Building Information Modeling in Interior Architecture and Design	3	Emphasis Course
Communications Intensive (CI)	3	Communications Intensive (CI)		General Elective	1
Comments				Comments

Fourth Year
Fall Semester	Credits	General Education Info and Notes:		Spring Semester	Credits	General Education Info and Notes:
IAD 1700: Seminar Series in Interior Architecture and Design	1	Emphasis Course		IAD 1700: Seminar Series in Interior Architecture and Design	1	Emphasis Course
General Elective	3			IAD 4740: Business and Professional Practices in Interior Architecture and Design (CI)	3	Emphasis Course Communications Intensive (CI)
IAD 4730: Environmental Design for Interior Architecture	3	Emphasis Course		IAD 4760: Senior Design Studio II	3	Emphasis Course
IAD 4750: Senior Design Studio I	3	Emphasis Course		IAD 4770: Senior Exhibit	1	Emphasis Course
MSLE 3500: Fundamentals of Marketing	3	Emphasis Course		Depth Social Sciences (DSS)	3	Depth Education Course
Depth Life and Physical Sciences (DSC)	3	Depth Education Course
Comments				Comments

 

The BID is a professional degree requiring above-average accomplishment in interior architecture and design. Only students demonstrating considerable promise will be accepted for this more demanding professional degree program. This degree requires 86 semester credits in Art, Art History, Interior Architecture & Design, and Marketing courses, leaving 34 credits to fulfill all other General Education and University Studies requirements. A cumulative GPA of 2.75 is required for the BID degree. A grade of B- or better is required in all art (ART), art history (ARTH), interior architecture and design (IAD), and MSLE 3500 classes. Courses may not be taken on a pass/fail basis, except ART 2700 . 

Students must complete the General Education Requirements.

Students must also complete the University Studies Depth Requirements.

• For most students, courses taken for the major will fulfill one of the Communications Intensive (CI) requirement.
• One major course having a QI designation will fulfill the Quantitative Intensive (QI) requirement.
• Complete at least 2 credits in approved 3000-level or above courses from each of the following two categories: Depth Life and Physical Sciences (DSC) and Depth Social Sciences (DSS)