* Portfolio Review :Application for Admission to a Professional Program in Architectural Studies

The interior design program is a four-year, first-professional baccalaureate interior design program accredited by the Foundation for Interior Design Education Research (FIDER). It is the only accredited interior design program at a public supported college or university in the State.
Interior design focuses on the portion of environmental design dealing with interior spaces.

The professional interior designer is qualified by education, experience, and examination to enhance the function and quality of interior spaces. For the purpose of improving quality of life, increasing productivity, and protecting the health, safety, and welfare of the public, the Professional Interior Designer:

analyzes the client's needs, goals, and life and safety requirements; integrates findings with knowledge of interior design; formulates preliminary design concepts that are appropriate, functional, and aesthetic; develops and presents final design recommendations through appropriate presentation media; prepares working drawings and specifications for non load bearing interior construction, materials, finishes, space planning, furnishings, fixtures, and equipment; collaborates with professional services of other licensed practitioners in the technical areas of mechanical, electrical, and load-bearing design as required for regulatory approval; prepares and administers bids and contract documents as the client's agent; reviews and evaluates design solutions during implementation (definition by National Council for Interior Design Qualification----NCIDQ)

Graduates of the interior design program become designers with design studios, retail establishments, architectural firms, and corporate institutions, they design offices, commercial and institutional facilities, health care facilities, and residential settings. As interior designers they cooperate with related professions in the design of solutions to social and environmental problems, are available from the department.