Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design

University of North Texas

Let your creativity flourish where we live, work and play. Interior design is the professional and comprehensive practice of creating an interior environment that addresses, protects, and responds to human needs. Delve into the art, science, and business planning of a creative, technical, sustainable, and functional interior solution that corresponds to human needs and the architecture of a space. You will learn to incorporate process and strategy, well-being, safety, and health with informed decisions about style and aesthetics. Interior designers create the environments in which we live, work and play. Students learn about residential and commercial spaces and generally specialize in one or the other.As a student in the Interior Design program, your coursework will focus on understanding human needs, design for special populations, sustainable design solutions through space planning and finishes selection, color, computer-aided design, lighting, and the history of furniture and architecture, among other subjects.Graduates of the program understand the fundamentals of design and technical development in areas such as construction document development, computer-aided design, presentation and interior construction. Interior designers also must have knowledge regarding lighting and building systems and federal, state and local building codes.

College of Visual Arts and Design