Interior Design
Interior designers know how to plan and visually present a space to either an individual or business client. Interior designers are knowledgeable in every aspect of interior planning from material and production specification to health and safety issues, building codes and other technical issues.
Degrees in interior design prepares students to enter both residential and commercial design fields. Students learn specific job skills and have the opportunity to apply these skills through an internship.
Career
Interior Designer
Staging
Product Represented
Organizational Designer
Event Planner
Kitchen and Bath Designer
Lighting Design
Bachelors Degree
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Career
Depending on your area of interest students are working in the following fields:
Interior Design
Graphic Design
Multimedia Design
Drafting Design
Web Design
Department/Program URL:
GPA Requirement:
2.0 Overall
Number of Credits:
180
Degree or Certificate Learning Outcomes:
- Articulate, research and conceptualize multiple solutions to any design problem.
- Communicate design intent, clearly and competently, in their work, their speech and their writing.
- Convert abstract design requirements into original and creative design work.
- Integrate the use of technology seamlessly into the design process.
- Demonstrate effective leadership, group and collaborative skills to work across disciplines in successfully implementing a design.
Top Transfer-To institutions
- Seattle University (Master of Fine Arts in Arts Leadership)
Important Dates or Milestones Specific to Degree/Certificate
Apply for the program when you have completed 60 credits of your Associate Degree
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Associate Degrees
Interior designers know how to plan and visually present a space to either an individual or business client. The Associate of Applied Sciences (AAS) degree in interior design prepares students to enter both residential and commercial design fields.
Program Map
Department/Program URL:
Art and Design Department – Interior Design Program
GPA Requirement:
Students must achieve a minimum overall GPA of 2.0.
Number of Credits:
96-99
Degree or Certificate Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate awareness of the career options, current issues and professional practices of the multimedia artist profession.
- Apply effective interpersonal communications with clients, co-workers, managers, suppliers, workrooms and subcontractors within the multimedia profession.
- Know the professional resources that a multimedia artist would use in keeping current with the profession.
- Identify suitable employment opportunities by matching personal and professional interests and abilities with positions within the multimedia profession.
- Develop and implement solutions to interactive communication problems.
- Identify and use differences in audiences and cultures when creating the multimedia product.
- Initiate projects and use technology appropriate to audience needs.
- Use trade practices, ethics and copyright laws related to multimedia design.
Top Transfer-To institutions
- Highline College (Bachelor of Applied Science in Integrated Design)
- Bellevue College (Bachelor of Applied Arts in Interior Design)
- Clover Park Technical College (Bachelor of Applied Science in Interior Design)
Important Dates or Milestones Specific to Degree/Certificate
N/A
Key Advisors
PDF Program Map
Department/Program URL:
Art and Design Department – Interior Design Program
GPA Requirement:
Students must achieve a minimum overall GPA of 2.0.
Number of Credits:
100
Degree or Certificate Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate awareness of the career options, current issues and professional practices of the multimedia artist profession.
- Apply effective interpersonal communications with clients, co-workers, managers, suppliers, workrooms and subcontractors within the multimedia profession.
- Know the professional resources that a multimedia artist would use in keeping current with the profession.
- Identify suitable employment opportunities by matching personal and professional interests and abilities with positions within the multimedia profession.
- Develop and implement solutions to interactive communication problems.
- Identify and use differences in audiences and cultures when creating the multimedia product.
- Initiate projects and use technology appropriate to audience needs.
- Use trade practices, ethics and copyright laws related to multimedia design.
Top Transfer-To institutions
- Highline College (Bachelor of Applied Science in integrated design)
- Bellevue College (Bachelor of Applied Science in interior design)
- Clover Park Technical College (Bachelor of Applied Science in interior design)
Important Dates or Milestones Specific to Degree/Certificate
N/A
Key Advisors
Certificate
Interior Designers know how to plan and visually present a space to either an individual and business client. The Interior Design degree is designed to prepare students to enter both residential and commercial design fields.
PDF Program Map
Department/Program URL:
Art and Design Department – Interior Design Program
GPA Requirement:
Students must achieve a minimum overall GPA of 2.0.
Number of Credits:
58
Degree or Certificate Learning Outcomes:
- Demonstrate awareness of the career options, current issues and professional practices of the multimedia artist profession.
- Apply effective interpersonal communications with clients, co-workers, managers, suppliers, workrooms and subcontractors within the multimedia profession.
- Know the professional resources that a multimedia artist would use in keeping current with the profession.
- Identify suitable employment opportunities by matching personal and professional interests and abilities with positions within the multimedia profession.
- Develop and implement solutions to interactive communication problems.
- Identify and use differences in audiences and cultures when creating the multimedia product.
- Initiate projects and use technology appropriate to audience needs.
- Use trade practices, ethics and copyright laws related to multimedia design.
Top Transfer-To institutions
- Highline College (Interior Design Associate of Applied Science)
Important Dates or Milestones Specific to Degree/Certificate
N/A