Interior Design

•  The Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design at AUD is a 124-credit-hour, four-year program that aims to produce highly motivated, creative graduates, fully qualified and prepared for a career in interior design. The course is modeled on best practices as/recommendations from the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA).

Goals of the program

• Students will be able to:
  1. 1. Learned cutting-edge techniques by maintaining close ties with current design practices and industries;
     2. Developed the necessary skills to be competitive in the global marketplace;
     3. Developed high ethical values vis-à-vis the profession, cultural diversity, and environmental considerations;
     4. Acquired high oral and graphic communication skills.

Learning Outcomes

• Demonstrate an integrated method in designing interiors and space planning;
• Discuss architectural conceptual design, history, and theory by relating styles, movements, and Philosophies to interior design;
• Design interiors that acknowledge and integrate the human, socio-cultural and economic aspects of the local, regional, and global levels;
• Demonstrate the ability to produce, analyze and present interior design by communicating clearly and effectively in oral, writing, and graphical forms as well as advanced digital software and media;
• Effectively apply technical skills in the areas of building materials, technologies, interior detailing, lighting, textiles, and building codes to design aesthetically appealing and environmentally responsive interiors;
• Produce a design that demonstrates an understanding of administrative, financial, and legal issues as they relate to the practice of the profession of Interior Design and observe ethical standards.
• All students must follow the specified course sequencing with more than 35 modules ranging from Computer-Aided Design (CAD) to Historic Restoration and Acoustics.