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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)
FACS 2000 - Introduction to Family and Consumer Sciences (1 hour) | TXMI 4370/6370 - History of Design, Interiors, and Furnishings II (3 hours) |
TXMI 3320 - Residential Building Construction and Materials (3 hours) | TXMI 4380/6380 - Interior Fabrics and Materials: Specifications and Estimations (3 hours) |
TXMI 3330 - Computer-Aided Residential Design (3 hours) | TXMI 4390 - Studio VI: Advanced Residential Design Method (3 hours) |
TXMI 3370 - Residential Building Systems and Lighting Design (3 hours) | TXMI 5310/7310 - Studio VII: Residential Interior Design for the Community (3 hours) |
TXMI 3380 - Studio III: Kitchen and Bath Design (3 hours) | TXMI 5320/7320 - Professional Practices in Residential Design (3 hours) |
TXMI 3390 - Studio IV: Universal and Sustainable Residential Design (3 hours) | TXMI 5330 - Advanced Computer-Aided Residential Design (3 hours) |
TXMI 3500 - Textiles (3 hours) | TXMI 5901 - Furnishings and Interiors Internship Orientation (1 hour) |
TXMI 3520 - Textile Testing (3 hours) | TXMI 5910/7910 - Textiles, Merchandising and Interiors Internship (3-9 hours) |
TXMI 4350/6350 - History of Design, Interiors, and Furnishings I (3 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:
EDES 4610/6610 - Vernacular Architecture (3 hours) | FHCE 4300/6300 - Advanced Housing Theories (3 hours) |
EDES 4630/6630 - The History and Theory of Twentieth-Century Architecture (3 hours) | LAND 2510 - History of the Built Environment I: Landscape (3 hours) |
EDES 4660/6660 - Environment and Behavior: Theory and Practice (3 hours) | LAND 2520 - History of the Built Environment II: Architecture (3 hours) |
FHCE 3300 - Housing in Contemporary Society (3 hours) | LAND 4620/6620 - Evolution of American Architecture (4 hours) |
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
Want to improve your English level for admission?
Prepare for the program requirements with English Online by the British Council.
- ✔️ Flexible study schedule
- ✔️ Experienced teachers
- ✔️ Certificate upon completion
📘 Recommended for students with an IELTS level of 6.0 or below.
Scholarships
- Merit-based scholarships
- Diversity Scholarship
- Balanced Man Scholarship
- Helping Hand Scholarship