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and approaches to internship. On-going documentation, consultation, and internship reports document the summer
internship experience. Final reporting of work and project experience is required for this course.
INT 401 Fourth Year Studio Core 1 (3 = 1 + 2)
Prerequisites: INT 352A or INT 352B
This course focuses on the a fourth year project and the students area of interest in design and exposes the student
to the organizational tools dealing with a larger more complex interior facility and project. A phased project
develops the student’s skills in gathering program requirements, program analysis, and organizing these
requirements with conceptual ideas, and development of a comprehensive design, through to presentation and
detailing, material, furniture and finish selection.
INT 402 Interior Design and Construction 3: Construction and Detailing (3 = 2 + 1)
Prerequisite: INT 303
This course builds on the knowledge of the previous construction course developing further understanding of the
utilization of interior building materials and construction techniques in the production of fabrication and
construction documents. The student develops in-depth knowledge of the design to build process by developing a
set of construction detail and fabrication drawings.
INT 403 Intro to Design Practice (3 = 3 + 0)
Prerequisite: INT 301
This course introduces the student to the legal, administrative and business practices of an Interior Design office.
Standard forms, proposals, office and project processes are outlined and discussed with visiting professionals.
Course delivery includes lectures, in-class discussions, and assignment work that require verbal, visual and
written components.
INT 451 Fourth Year Studio Core 1 (3 = 1 + 2)
Prerequisite: INT 401
This course focuses on the development of the fourth year project began in the last term. A phased project
develops the student’s skills in the development of the design, focusing on detailing, material, furniture and finish
selection through to final presentation of the project.
INT 453 Professional Practice (3 = 3 + 0)
Prerequisite: INT 355, INT 403
This course builds on the legal, administrative and business practices of the previous course. More advanced
office and project processes are outlined and discussed to provide the student with managerial and facility
management models, needed for project planning and coordination.
Interior Design Elective Courses
INT 467 Advanced Computer Communications (3 = 2 + 1)
Prerequisite: INT 207
This course focuses on the continued development of computer aided design, and includes an introduction to
digital modeling, computer imaging, the creation and manipulation of architectural forms, and threedimensional
rendering.
INT 468 Photography for Interior Design (3 = 2 + 1)
Prerequisite: INT 107, INT 201
This course introduces the student to the fundamentals of photographic theory and lens-based imaging as it pertains
to architectural form and detail. Studies include the principles of light and visual acuity; the history of
photography; camera formats; lighting control, glare and shade; architectural scale model photography; film
media and digital imaging; and an introduction to computer software and the manipulation of electronic images.
INT 470 History of Design 1 (3 = 2 + 1)
Prerequisite: FAS 102, FAS 103, DES 102, INT 107
This course traces the architecture, landscape architecture, interior design and furniture preceding and leading into
the industrial revolution and modernism. The course establishes key philosophies associated with this period, and
is discussed through the analysis of the work of key designers and architects of the period, and their related
theoretical approaches. The development of industrialization and subsequent decline of craft and ornamentalism in
the production of artifacts and design of the modernist period has shaped our views of design today. Major design
monuments cover a broad range of architectural, interior, furniture, object, and furnishing examples, and are
discussed in terms of their geographic, local, social, religious, economic, and political significance in history.
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