Interior Design (IDAS1)

Award: Associate in applied science degree

Program location: Elkhorn Valley Campus

This degree provides students with aesthetic design knowledge and skills and a practical knowledge of retail and business procedures in the area of interior products and services. Job opportunities include positions as interior design assistants and consultants and sales personnel for local interior product retailers and vendors. All INTD prefix courses, with the exception of INTD 2981, transfer to the University of Nebraska at Kearney’s Interior Design program. Ask an advisor for details.

Graduation Requirements

General education	27.0
Major requirements	73.0
Total credit hours required	100.0

General education requirements (27.0 credit hrs.)

Communications

	English level I	4.5
	English level II	4.5

See Communications course options

Humanities/social sciences

ARTS 1000

Introduction to the Visual ArtsHYBRID

4.5

Quantitative/numeracy skills

Select one course from the following:

MATH 1220	Business MathematicsONLINE	4.5
MATH 1260	Geometry	4.5
	any higher level MATH course	4.5

Other

HMRL 1010	Human Relations SkillsONLINEHYBRID	4.5
INFO 1001	Information Systems and LiteracyONLINEHYBRID	4.5

Major requirements for Interior Design (73.0 credit hrs.)

INTD 1100	Illustration Techniques for Interiors	3.0
INTD 1210	Foundations for Interior Design	4.5
INTD 1220	Residential Design	4.5
INTD 1230	Kitchen and Bath Design	3.0
INTD 1260	Color Theory	4.5
INTD 1310	Fundamentals of Textiles	4.5
INTD 1320	Interior Finishes and Materials	4.5
INTD 1410	History of Architecture and Interiors	4.5
INTD 1420	History of Furniture	4.5
INTD 2100	Room Rendering	4.5
INTD 2250	Commercial Design	4.0
INTD 2520	Professional Practice	3.0
INTD 2940	Interior Design Capstone	3.0
INTD 2981	Internship	3.0

To register for INTD 2981 Internship, students must contact an interior design instructor and have completed a minimum of 30.0 hours in the Interior Design program.

Select 18.0 credit hours from the following:

ACCT 1050	BookkeepingONLINE	3.0
	OR
ACCT 1100	Accounting IONLINEHYBRID	4.0
ARCH 1100	Beginning AutoCAD	4.5
ARCH 1110	Intermediate AutoCAD	4.5
ARTS	Course of choice	4.5
BSAD 1000	Introduction to BusinessONLINE	4.5
	OR
ENTR 1050	Introduction to EntrepreneurshipONLINEHYBRID	4.5
BSAD 1200	Principles of Selling	4.5
ENTR 2050	Marketing for the EntrepreneurONLINE	4.5
ENTR 2060	Legal Issues for the EntrepreneurONLINE	4.5
ENTR 2070	Financial Topics for the EntrepreneurONLINE	4.5
INTD 2900	Special Topics in Interior Design	variable

To register for INTD 2900, students must contact an interior design instructor and have completed a minimum of 30.0 hours in the interior design program.

Curriculum Plan

Below is a suggested guide for students planning careers in interior design after two years of full-time study.

First Year

First Quarter

INTD 1100	Illustration Techniques for Interiors	3.0
INTD 1210	Foundations for Interior Design	4.5
INTD 1310	Fundamentals of Textiles	4.5
MATH	course	4.5
Total Credit Hours:		16.5

Second Quarter

	English level I	4.5
INFO 1001	Information Systems and LiteracyONLINEHYBRID	4.5
INTD 1220	Residential Design	4.5
INTD 1320	Interior Finishes and Materials	4.5
Total Credit Hours:		18.0

Third Quarter

	English level II	4.5
INTD 1230	Kitchen and Bath Design	3.0
INTD 1260	Color Theory	4.5
	Related discipline	4.5
Total Credit Hours:		16.5

Second Year

Fifth Quarter

INTD 1410	History of Architecture and Interiors	4.5
INTD 2100	Room Rendering	4.5
	Related discipline	9.0
Total Credit Hours:		18.0

Sixth Quarter

HMRL 1010	Human Relations SkillsONLINEHYBRID	4.5
INTD 1420	History of Furniture	4.5
INTD 2250	Commercial Design	4.0
	Related discipline	4.5
Total Credit Hours:		17.5

Seventh Quarter

	Humanities/social sciences elective	4.5
INTD 2520	Professional Practice	3.0
INTD 2940	Interior Design Capstone	3.0
INTD 2981	Internship	3.0
Total Credit Hours:		13.5