IND 5106 History of Interior Design I 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Design philosophy and interior elements in an architectural and sociological context. Record of human achievements expressed in built environment. Foundation for contemporary design and interior preservation practice. Slides, lecture, and discussion.
Prerequisite: consent of graduate coordinator.
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IND 5136 History of Interior Design II 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Continuation of IND 5106. Evolution of contemporary design philosophy. Foundation for contemporary design and interior presentation practice. Nineteenth-century revivals through current developments.
Prerequisite: IND 5106 or equivalent.
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IND 5212C Architectural Interiors I 5 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Developing interior spaces from conceptual phases to final design resolution, based on the needs of people, interior considerations, and exterior influences. Emphasizes three-dimensional design development, process, and detailed graphic representation of designed spaces.
Prerequisite: consent of graduate coordinator. ;
Corequisite: IND 5427C and IND 5638.
IND 5227C Advanced Architectural Interiors I 6 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Advanced problems with respect to sophisticated clients in urban settings. Ranges from the infrastructure of large urban spaces to the details of individual spaces, including corporate office planning and design of both public and private spaces.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor or graduate coordinator. ;
Corequisite: IND 5454C.
IND 5231C Architectural Interiors II 5 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
The conceptual design process, design theory, and programmatic concerns included in residential, commercial, and institutional interior design. Emphasizes professional applications and the interior designer as team player, programmer, and problem solver.
Prerequisite: IND 5212C or consent of instructor or graduate coordinator. ;
IND 5326 Color Theory Planning and Practice 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Explores color through a review of focused research and experiential learning. Examines the art and science of color theory in the context on interior design and allied fields.
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IND 5427C Interior Design Construction Documents 4 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Systematic overview of construction systems, technologies, and materials. Emphasizes the design of interior systems, and detailing of systems, as an extension of the overall design concept.
Prerequisite: consent of graduate coordinator.
IND 5434C Interior Lighting 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Introduction to lighting design based on critical awareness of luminous environment and principles and perception of light and color. Graphic exercises in lighting design, documentation, and lighting calculations based on student design project solutions.
Prerequisite: consent of graduate coordinator.
IND 5454C Advanced Interior Design Detailing and Construction Documents 4 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Advanced problems in interior finish systems, such as interior architecture and cabinetry exploration, and production of interior mechanical and millwork drawings and construction documents. Integration of building codes and life safety issues.
Prerequisite: consent of graduate coordinator.
IND 5466 Interior Environmental Technology 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Relation to human sensory reactions, psychological factors, health safety, and satisfaction. Vocabulary and concepts of interior environmental technology related to the process of design.
Prerequisite: consent of graduate coordinator.
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IND 5508 Business and Professional Practices for Interior Designers 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
The profession of interior design as practiced today. Considers office practices and design project management. Contract documents, legal concerns, management and marketing strategies, personnel practices, and career planning. Ethics/contracting for design services via case studies.
Prerequisite: consent of instructor or graduate coordinator.
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IND 5633 Readings in Design Studies 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Students write a systematic literature review that is appropriate for a thesis or dissertation proposal. In order to create a systematic literature review, substantial time will be devoted to critiquing previously written journal articles in the field of interior design.
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IND 5641 Environment and Behavior 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Explores the complex relationships between the environment (built or natural) and occupants. Examines theories and procedures for understanding environment and behavior interactions. Covers a wide variety of related topics and types of designed environments.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
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IND 5937 Current Topics in Interior Design 1-3 Credits, Max 6 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Framework to support theory, research, and application of interior design processes. Programming and post-occupancy phases through exploration of environment and behavior research and gaming simulation.
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IND 6639 Methods of Interior Design Research 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Theory and methods related to research in interior design, environment and behavior, and history. Reciprocal interactions between people and the built environment.
Prerequisite: graduate standing.
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IND 6906 Independent Studies and Readings 1-3 Credits, Max 9 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Independent Studies and Readings
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IND 6939 Creativity Applied 3 Credits
Grading Scheme: Letter Grade
Examines creativity theory and research applied to interior design and allied fields by considering what constitutes an innovative organizational culture, product and process breakthroughs including the role of failure in the discovery process.
Prerequisite: IND 5633 Readings in Design Studies, IND 6639 Methods of Research or by instructor approval.
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IND 6940 Supervised Teaching 1-5 Credits, Max 5 Credits
Grading Scheme: S/U
Supervised Teaching
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IND 6941 Interior Design Internship 2-4 Credits
Grading Scheme: S/U
Opportunities to work in an architectural and interior design office gaining hands-on professional experience working up to 12 weeks.
Prerequisite: IND 5427C, IND 5232C, IND 5508.
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IND 6971 Research for Master's Thesis 1-12 Credits
Grading Scheme: S/U
Research for Master's Thesis