Programs and Curriculum

Interior Design Curriculum Outline


Foundation year

  • Drawing Studio
  • Surface Research
  • Space Research
  • Time Studio
  • Project
  • Art History Survey I and II
  • Focused Inquiry (English) I and II
  • Introduction to the University
  • Mathematics
  • Natural/Physical Science elective

Year Two

  • Introductory Interior Design Studio I and II
  • Interior Graphics I and II
  • Advanced Interior Graphics I
  • Fundamentals of Interior Design
  • Writing and Rhetoric Workshop (English)
  • Interior Materials and Textiles
  • General Education electives

Year Three

  • Interior Design Studio I and II
  • Advanced Interior Graphics II
  • Light and Color in Interior Environments
  • Building Systems
  • Writing in the Workplace
  • Literature elective
  • Historic Environments
  • Design History
  • Construction Documents

Year Four

  • Senior Interior Design Studio I and II
  • Senior Seminar I and II
  • Interior Design Internship
  • Social/Behavioral Science Elective
  • Business of Design
  • Open electives

* All degree programs at VCUQatar are accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design in the U.S. The BFA degree in Interior Design is also accredited by the Council of Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA). Degree requirements are subject to change.


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