 | | Course ID: | ARID 2020. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Concepts Studio | Course
Description: | Studio-based techniques for design ideation and advancing
creative problem-solving while designing experiential space and
conceptual objects. Projects explore interdisciplinary approach
to design thinking. Topics include conceptual diagramming,
drawing, prototyping, and rendering. Emphasis is placed on
ideation processes and conceptual development in the built
environment. | | Athena Title: | Concepts Studio | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARST 2020 | | Pre or Corequisite: | ARST 1050 or ARST 1050H | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARID 2110. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Studio I: Single Family Residential Design | Course
Description: | Symbolic language of interior design, measuring and scaling interior spaces and furnishings, and the application of principles of design for a single-family residence. | | Athena Title: | Studio I Single Fam Res Design | | Pre or Corequisite: | ARST 1070 or ARST 2020 or ARID 2020 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARID 2210. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Concepts in Design | Course
Description: | Techniques for developing ideas and advancing creative and
problem-solving skills while designing three-dimensional spaces.
Taught in the context of professional practice in interior
design and related fields. | | Athena Title: | Concepts in Design | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARID 3110. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Studio II: Mixed-Use Residential Design | Course
Description: | Design phases in the development of a comprehensive interior design project from programming through documentation. Development of skills in creating working drawings and oral presentations. | | Athena Title: | Studio II | | Prerequisite: | ARID 2110 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARID 3120. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Studio III: Space Programming and Office Design | Course
Description: | Office design with emphasis on defining the needs and values of the user, the client, and society, and their interrelationships. Initiation of project goals and viable design concepts. | | Athena Title: | STUDIO III | | Prerequisite: | ARID 3110 and ARID 3410 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARID 3130. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Studio IV: Design for Special Populations | Course
Description: | Development and presentation of a studio design project for people with varying special needs. Projection of documents of advanced complexity, application of specialized knowledge from prerequisite courses, and familiarity with relevant codes, standards, and guidelines. | | Athena Title: | Studio IV | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARID 4100, ARID 6100 | | Prerequisite: | ARID 3120 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARID 3210. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Design History I | Course
Description: | An historical survey of architecture, interior design, furniture,
and allied crafts from antiquity to the Industrial Revolution. | | Athena Title: | Design History I | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every odd-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARID 3220. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Design History II | Course
Description: | An historical survey of architecture, interior design, furniture,
and allied crafts from the Arts and Crafts movement through today. | | Athena Title: | Design History II | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every even-numbered year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARID 3310. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Building Systems | Course
Description: | Standard building systems, such as acoustical, electrical, plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning, as they relate to the built environment and affect decisions in interior design. | | Athena Title: | Building Systems | | Prerequisite: | ARID 2110 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARID 3320. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Interior Finishes and Materials | Course
Description: | Materials and finishes in interior design; factors affecting their selection and specification, and their incorporation into contract documents. | | Athena Title: | Interior Finishes and Material | | Pre or Corequisite: | ARID 2110 and permission of major | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARID 3330. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Lighting for Interior Design | Course
Description: | Technical and behavioral factors affecting lighting design. Special emphasis on calculations, selection, and specification. | | Athena Title: | LIGHTING DESIGN | | Prerequisite: | ARID 3110 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARID 3340. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Furniture Design | Course
Description: | Cabinetry and furniture design, including construction methods, drawings, and design presentation. | | Athena Title: | Furniture Design | | Prerequisite: | ARST 1080 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARID 3410. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Computer-Aided Design for Interiors | Course
Description: | The creation of two- and three-dimensional drawings using computer aided design. | | Athena Title: | CAD for Interiors | | Prerequisite: | ARID 2110 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARID 3420. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Business and Professional Applications for Interior Design | Course
Description: | Design project management. Covers professional procedures from
contracts through post-occupancy evaluations. | | Athena Title: | Professional Apps for Int Des | | Prerequisite: | ARID 3410 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARID 4010. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Interior Design Internship | Course
Description: | Minimum of four hundred hours working in an approved interior
design-related firm. Requirements include portfolio preparation,
job interviews, and selection of position one term before
registration. Responsibility for finding position rests with
student. | | Athena Title: | Interior Design Internship | | Nontraditional Format: | On-the-job learning at internship in field. | | Prerequisite: | ARID 3125 and ARID 3420 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory) |
| | | Course ID: | ARID 4015/6015. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Documentation of Vernacular Architecture | Course
Description: | To study and investigate the socio-cultural influence on
traditional indigenous buildings and houses; family structure,
social customs, and religion. Involves the documentation of
house plans and elevations; identification of house typologies,
spatial layout and relationship of interior and exterior
spaces, building materials, and construction methods used. | | Athena Title: | Vernacular Architecture | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARID 4080. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Directed Study in Interior Design | Course
Description: | Individual studio projects and investigation of specific
problems under the direction of faculty members. | | Athena Title: | DIR STU IN INT DES | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARID 4100/6100. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Studio IV: Non-Residential Sustainable Interior Design Practices | Course
Description: | Mid-scale non-residential development and presentation of studio
interior design project with emphasis on green design principles
and practices. Application of specialized knowledge from
prerequisite studios and lecture classes, and familiarization with
relevant codes, standards, guidelines, and public policy issues. | | Athena Title: | Studio IV | | Equivalent Courses: | Not open to students with credit in ARID 3130 | | Prerequisite: | ARID 3120 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARID 4110. 3 hours. | | Course Title: | Studio V: Large-Scale, Non-Residential Design | Course
Description: | Completion of project from programming to final presentation of non-residential, multi-purpose design of advanced complexity. | | Athena Title: | Studio V | | Prerequisite: | ARID 3120 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARID 4150/6150. 1-3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 6 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Special Topics in Interior Design | Course
Description: | Special topics for advanced students with a formal written and/or graphic presentation of the results. | | Athena Title: | SPECIAL TOPICS | | Nontraditional Format: | Only to be taken by students who have indicated that they can handle directed studies responsibility. | | Prerequisite: | ARID 3110 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARID 4350/6350. 1-3 hours. | | Course Title: | Interior Design Practicum | Course
Description: | Individualized design projects or professional experiences with
approved interior design-related firm or clients to explore
various aspects of interior design professional practices. | | Athena Title: | Interior Design Practicum | | Nontraditional Format: | Only to be taken by students who have indicated that they can handle directed studies responsibility. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARID 4410/6410. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Time-Based Media and Design | Course
Description: | Time-based media as tool and catalyst for designing objects
and/or spaces. Use of walkthroughs, fly-arounds, animations, and
renderings in ideation, development, and presentation processes.
Employs multiple CAD, drawing, rendering, photo, and/or video
software programs. | | Athena Title: | Time-Based Media and Design | | Nontraditional Format: | Student should have experience using AutoCAD, Rhino, or similar
software. | | Prerequisite: | One ARST course | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARID 4650. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Senior Exit in Interiors | Course
Description: | Directed independent study towards the presentation of an
approved BFA exhibition, including project research,
programming, design, and visual presentation. | | Athena Title: | SENIOR EXIT IN ID | | Prerequisite: | ARID 4110 | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARID 4960R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 16 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research I | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that
requires
students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and
to
present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research I | | Nontraditional Format: | This course belongs to a progressive research course sequence
to
promote a student's increasing skill development and depth of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability.
This course requires the close supervision of a faculty member
as the student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry
into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will
gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and
meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARID 4970R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research II | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that
requires
students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and
to
present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research II | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth
of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability.
The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as
the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will
gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and
meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARID 4980R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Faculty-Mentored Undergraduate Research III | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that
requires
students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data and
to
present results in writing and other relevant communication
formats. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Research III | | Nontraditional Format: | These courses belong to a progressive research course sequence
to promote a student's increasing skill development and depth
of
inquiry, as well as growing independent research capability.
The
courses require the close supervision of a faculty member as
the
student undertakes a systematic and in-depth inquiry into
unknown, fundamental, and applied problems. In some cases, the
student will work collaboratively as part of a research team.
The student will have to apply understanding of the discipline
to identify or shape research questions and apply skills and
techniques learned to the research project. Students will
gather
data, synthesize relevant literature, analyze, and interpret
data. The student will present results in writing or through
participation in research-group or program meetings and
meetings
with their faculty mentor. The student will receive feedback
from the faculty mentor on their research progress and written
or oral presentation of results. A minimum of 45 hours of work
per credit hour per semester is required. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARID 4990R. 1-6 hours. Repeatable for maximum 8 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Undergraduate Research Thesis (or Final Project) | Course
Description: | Faculty-supervised independent or collaborative inquiry into
fundamental and applied problems within a discipline that
requires
students to gather, analyze, synthesize, and interpret data.
Students will write or produce a thesis or other professional
capstone product, such as a report or portfolio that describes
their systematic and in-depth inquiry. | | Athena Title: | Undergraduate Thesis | | Nontraditional Format: | This is a capstone course under the direct supervision of a
faculty member. This course may be the culmination of the
4960R-
4980R sequence. Students will write a thesis or other
professional capstone product, such as a report or portfolio,
that describes their systematic and in-depth inquiry into an
unknown, fundamental, or applied problem. The thesis or
capstone
product is written in close collaboration with the faculty
member and must be approved by that faculty member and/or the
department. The student will apply understanding of the
discipline to identify or shape the research question and
apply
skills and techniques learned to complete the research
project.
The student will have gathered data, synthesized relevant
literature and materials, analyzed, and interpreted data. The
student will demonstrate in writing the contribution of their
work to the discovery and interpretation of knowledge
significant to their field of study. The student will have
presented results in the form of a properly formatted,
professionally rigorous thesis document or other appropriate
professional capstone product and through the formal
presentation of the thesis or product to faculty and peers
during an approved event. The student will receive feedback
from
the faculty member on the overall execution of their thesis
project, the written thesis, and their presentation. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARID 6420. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Advanced Time-Based Media and Design | Course
Description: | Advanced time-based media applications used as tools and
catalysts for designing objects and/or spaces. Extend and
expand ideation, exploration, and presentation competencies
from Time-Based Media and Design. More emphases placed on multi-
media, video, and audio components. Explore three-dimensional
attributes of presentations, exhibitions, or installations. | | Athena Title: | ADV TIME-BASED DES | | Prerequisite: | ARID 4410/6410 and permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARID 7080. 3 hours. Repeatable for maximum 9 hours credit. | | Course Title: | Directed Study in Interior Design | Course
Description: | Individual studio projects and investigation of specific
problems under the direction of faculty members. | | Athena Title: | DS in Int Design | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall, spring and summer semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARID 7890. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Interior Design I | Course
Description: | Special problems in the planning of architectural spaces for public and residential uses. | | Athena Title: | INTERIOR DESIGN | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARID 7900. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Interior Design II | Course
Description: | The designing of special equipment: furniture, built-in equipment, special lighting, and custom design. | | Athena Title: | INTERIOR DESIGN | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARID 7910. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Interior Design III | Course
Description: | Individual creative problems and coordination of special aspects of interiors from concept to construction documentation and presentation. | | Athena Title: | INTERIOR DESIGN | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
| | | Course ID: | ARID 7920. 3 hours. 6 hours lab per week. | | Course Title: | Procedures in Interior Design | Course
Description: | The procedures and practice of interior design problem-solving with emphasis on research methodologies. | | Athena Title: | PROCED IN INT DES | | Nontraditional Format: | Directed study. | | Prerequisite: | Permission of department | Semester Course
Offered: | Offered fall and spring semester every year. | | Grading System: | A-F (Traditional) |
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