The undergraduate program in Interior Architecture and Design culminates in a professional Bachelor of Science (BS) in Interior Architecture and Design degree. The program is designed to provide a broad and rigorous educational experience that merges lecture and studio-base courses to promote evidence-based designs. Students’ creative and innovative design activities are guided by an understanding of the complexity of factors relating to human interaction with the designed and natural environments and an awareness that design decisions have consequences that affect human occupation, global habitability, cultural evolution, environmental change, and the sustainability of human social systems.
As a program with an interdisciplinary focus, students learn to effectively address challenges of the 21 st century. This includes collaboration with various professionals on complex design and planning issues related to the interconnections of science, art, and technology as applied to the built environment. The program’s curriculum reflects this interdisciplinary paradigm the inclusion of human sciences with computer-based and material technologies.
The Interior Architecture and Design Program has a strong foundation aimed to meet the diverse needs of a first professional degree in Interior Architecture and Design. The curriculum is desirable for those wishing to pursue NCIDQ certification, licensure in the state of Nevada, and to practice as a professional in the field. This program further serves as a foundation for those wishing to pursue higher education to specialize in one of the many areas where interior architects and designers’ practice.
Please see the UNLV College of Fine Arts - Department of Interior Architecture & Design web page at www.unlv.edu/architecture/bs-iad for information about department programs, faculty and facilities. Degree worksheets and 4/5 year plan for the major are available at www.unlv.edu/degree/bs-interior-architecture-design.
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