Furnishings and Interiors

Residential interior designers strive to provide creative design solutions for enhancing function and aesthetics, while simultaneously promoting health, safety, wellbeing, and quality of life within the interior built environment.

The Furnishings and Interiors major at the University of Georgia is a rigorous program of study designed for students serious about understanding and enhancing the built environment.  It prepares students to successfully complete projects ranging from minor renovations to new construction with a focus on residential interiors.  Through an interdisciplinary, hands-on approach, students are challenged to create innovative design solutions and impart design skills and knowledge in areas including:

• design fundamentals
• oral, written and graphic communication
• illustration and presentation methods
• computer-aided drawing / 3-D computer modeling and rendering
• residential-oriented design studios
• kitchen and bath design
• interior materials and finishes textile end-use and performance
• building systems and construction
• lighting design
• specification and estimation of materials and furnishing
• professional practices

Career opportunities are available in architectural and design firms; as sales representatives for textiles, furniture, and lighting; as kitchen and bath designers; and designers of historic reproductions.

Required Courses (56 hours)

Select  nine (9) hours from the following Professional Electives:

Business, Leadership and Sociology courses:

• ALDR 3900S - Leadership and Service (3 hours)  
• EBUS 4010/6010 - Business Communication (3 hours)
• SOCI 3750 - Sociology of Work and Industry (3 hours)

Housing, Architecture, and the Built Environment courses:

New Media course:

• NMIX 2020 - Introduction to New Media (3 hours)

Textiles, Merchandising, and Interiors courses:

• TXMI 2010 - Creativity and the Design Process (3 hours) 
• TXMI 4300 - Studio V: Innovative Residential Interior Design (3 hours) 
• TXMI 4900/6900 - Special Topics in Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors (1-3 hours) 
• TXMI 5710/7710 - Study Tour in Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors (1-3 hours) 
• TXMI 5910/7910 - Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors Internship (3-9 hours) 

• Transcripts. High School Transcripts (secondary school) from each and every institution must be submitted for review. If your high school is outside of the United States and not accredited by a U.S. Regional Association of Colleges and Schools, we recommend (not required) that you use a "course-by-course" (not document-by-document) evaluation service to ensure that your transcript is evaluated properly. College Transcripts from each institution attended during high school must be submitted for review. If you have attended college after high school graduation, you are not eligible to be a First-Year applicant and should submit a Transfer application. If your college is outside of the United States and not accredited by a U.S. Regional Association of Colleges and Schools, we REQUIRE that you use an evaluation service that does a "course by course" evaluation to ensure that your transcript is evaluated properly (if you do not submit, your application to UGA will be incomplete).
• Official SAT or ACT scores
• Verbal SAT scores above 430 OR
• ACT scores above 17 OR
• A band score of 6.5 or better on the IELTS OR
• Submit a TOEFL score of at least 213 on the computer-based exam, or a 550 paper based score, or an 80 on the internet based TOEFL.
• The University of Georgia accepts TOEFL and IELTS results from testing headquarters.
• School/Counselor Evaluation AND Teacher Recommendation
• Certificate of Finance

Scholarships

• Merit-based scholarships
• Diversity Scholarship
• Balanced Man Scholarship
• Helping Hand Scholarship