BFA CURRICULUM
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as of academic year 2008-2009
BACHELOR OF FINE ARTS IN INTERIOR DESIGN CURRICULUM (132 CREDITS)
First Semester — 16 Credits
101 Historical Styles I (2)
119 Textiles and Finishes (2)
128 Basic Drafting (3)
141 Color for Interiors (2)
150 English Composition I (3)*
171 Basic Mathematics (2)*
180 Visual Concepts (2)
Second Semester — 17 Credits
102 Historical Styles II (2)
134 Residential Design I (3)
135 Perspective (2)
160 English Composition II (3)*
175 Cultural Anthropology (2)*
182 Design Process (3)
187 Materials and Methods of Construction (2)
Third Semester — 16 Credits
111 Modern Architecture and Design I (2)
132 Construction Documents Using AutoCAD I (3)
165 Environmental Psychology (2)*
210 Elements of Rendering (2)
230 Codes (2)
234 Residential Design II (3)
288 Building Systems (2)
Fourth Semester — 17 Credits
112 Modern Architecture and Design II (2)
228 Professional Practice I (2)
236 Construction Documents Using AutoCAD II (3)
271 Environmental Science (2)*
283 Lighting I (3)
286 Contract Design I (3)
Professional or liberal arts elective (2)
Fifth Semester — 16 Credits
201 Art and Society I: Pre-19th Century (3)*
203 Humanities I (3)*
231 Kitchen and Bath Design (3)
332 Advanced Graphic Communications I (3)
334 Residential Design III (4)
Sixth Semester — 17 Credits
202 Art and Society II: 19th and 20th Centuries (3)*
204 Humanities II (3)*
340 Architectural Woodwork Detailing (3)
383 Lighting II (3)
386 Contract Design II (3)
Professional elective (2)
Seventh Semester — 16 Credits
305 Intensive French (4)* or
307 Intensive Italian (4)*
328 Professional Practice II (2)
417 Thesis Preparation (1)
442 Furniture Design (3)
486 Contract Design III (4)
Design history elective (2)
Eighth Semester — 17 Credits
355 Design Theory (2)
487 Thesis (4)
Design history elective (2)
Professional or liberal arts elective (9)
* Liberal arts
