Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design

Miami University

The CIDA-accredited BFA in Interior Design offers a professional undergraduate education that prepares students to enter practice immediately upon graduation or to pursue further graduate-level education.The major in Interior Design follows a curriculum that culminates in the degree Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA). Students entering the Interior Design program share a common core of environmental design and graphic media foundations with Architecture majors in the first year. Second year coursework ensures that Interior Design students have an understanding of disciplinary fundamentals including visual communication methods, architectural history, building structures, systems, and materials while beginning to study design and human behavior, interior materials, and the planning and organization of interior space as a specialty. Upper-level coursework emphasizes intermediate and advanced interior design problems, mechanical systems and lighting, furniture design, history and theory of interiors, construction documentation, and professional practice. In a culminating senior Capstone experience, each interior design student defines their own project through research, programming and designing a solution to a complex interior design problem.You’ll have a balance of a liberal learning foundation with a comprehensive professional education. You’ll integrate the aesthetic, social, technical, and graphic requirements of interior design problems. With self-directed course work and research, you’ll develop specialized knowledge along with a broad-based understanding of interior design. Most graduates work in commercial interior design firms, architectural firms, or furniture dealerships. Other graduates choose to pursue careers in facilities management, historic preservation, retail sales, or teaching.

College of Creative Arts