StudyQA — Bachelor: Interior Design — University of Texas at Austin

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This is a four-year program of study that is accredited as a professional degree by the Council for Interior Design Education (CIDA).

The role of interiors in architecture is continuously redefining itself as it touches upon many areas ranging from housing, institutional, exhibition, set, and furniture design, along with areas that are still being recognized. The Interior Design Program in the School of Architecture offers a strong, professionally accredited curriculum sequence in which architectural interior design is not bound to a specific area, but rather pushes forward with no limits.

The four-year program begins with foundation studies in design and drawing and unique coursework offering a view into those who have shaped and redefined interiors. Curriculum courses tie together history, theory, construction, and computer applications in a way that parallels the architecture studio education while retaining a clear viewpoint on interior architecture and the other design arts. Third-Year Interior Design students fully participate in the "Sound Building" tradition, a coordinated, rigorous semester of studio and coursework, which is at the heart of the school.

Upon completion of the Interior Sound Building series, students advance to seminars in the format of workshops and discussions ranging in topics from materials to theoretical issues in design practice. Studios offer an exploration of building at full-scale, furniture design, and individual thesis-based research projects.

Requirements		Hours
Architectural Interior Design, Architecture
Design
ARI 310K	Design I	3
ARI 310L	Design II	3
ARI 320K	Design III--Interiors	3
ARI 520L	Design IV--Interiors	5
ARI 530K	Design V--Interiors	5
ARI 530T	Design VI--Interiors	5
ARI 560R	Advanced Interior Design (taken twice)	10
Visual communication
ARI 311K	Visual Communication I	3
ARI 311L	Visual Communication II	3
ARI 221K	Visual Communication III	2
Design theory
ARI 350R	Topics in Interior Design Theory	3
Interior building systems and construction
ARC 415K	Construction I	4
ARI 434K	Construction II--Interior Materials and Assemblies	4
Professional practice
ARI 362	Interior Design Practice	3
History
ARI 318K	Interiors and Society	3
ARI 318M	Interior Design History	3
ARI 368R	Interior Design History II	3
ARC 368R	Topics in the History of Architecture	3
Environmental controls
ARI 324K	Environmental Controls I	3
ARC 334L	Environmental Controls II	3
Human behavior
ARI 338	Designing for Human Behavior	3
Professional internship
ARI 130	Interior Design Internship	1
Core Curriculum Requirements
PHY 309K	Elementary Physics for Nontechnical Students (physics sequence meets part I of the science and technology requirement of the core curriculum)	3
PHY 309L	Elementary Physics for Nontechnical Students	3
PSY 301	Introduction to Psychology (meets the social and behavioral sciences requirement of the core curriculum)	3
ARC 318L	World Architecture: The Industrial Revolution to the Present (meets the visual and performing arts requirement of the core curriculum)	3
Other Requirements
Art history		3
Electives		6
Additional coursework to satisfy the core curriculum		27
Total Hours		126

Requirements

If you are not a U.S. citizen or permanent resident and will not graduate from a Texas high school, select the ApplyTexas option to apply for freshman admission as an international applicant.
Pay the $75 application fee—$90 for international applicants—when you submit your ApplyTexas application.
Along with your ApplyTexas application, submit at least two essays.
If you are an international applicant, you must submit documentation showing that you have completed an accredited secondary school series equivalent to that of a U.S. high school.
Submit an official record or transcript (mark sheet) that shows all your secondary school work and grades (or marks) starting with ninth grade and continuing through at least the end of 11th grade. You should also include copies of your official final examinations taken at the end of the secondary school program, including external exams such as the General Certificate of Education (GCE) “O” and “A” level examinations, school leaving certificates and matriculation exams.
If the documents you are submitting are written in a language other than English, you must also submit complete and official English translations together with the original-language records.
Send us official transcript(s) documenting any college credit earned while in high school (dual credit counts!).
TOEFL: 550 (paper test), 213 (computer-based test) or 79 (internet-based test)
IELTS: An overall band of 6.5 on the Academic Examination
Résumé
Ask someone who knows you well to write a letter about your character and accomplishments. Letters of recommendation are appreciated but not required.