Interior Design Curriculum | Shintaro Akatsu School of Design

The four year B.S.Interior Design program prepares graduates with the required academics for the N.C.I.D.Q. examination and state registration. In the course of their studies Interior Design students learn about gathering design information and problem solving in a range of actual projects, from residential to commercial design. Students further develop technical skills for expressing design solutions, using traditional sketching methods,computer aided design (Auto CAD) and 3D simulation computer programs.

First Semester

3 ADSN 103 2-D Design Principles
3 ADSN 105 Design Drawing I
3 ADSN 119A Intro Computer Applications I
3 ADSN 117 Survey of Art History I
3 FYS C101 First Year Seminar: Design Thinking
3 Nat Sci Natural Sciences Core
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Second Semester

3 ADSN 108 3-D Design Principles
3 ADSN 106 Drawing II
3 ADSN 118 Survey of Art History II
3 ADSN 119B Intro Computer Applications II
3 Eng C101 Composition & Rhetoric
3 Nat Sci Natural Sciences Core
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Third Semester

3 ITDSN 255 Interior Design Studio I
3 ADSN 205 Design Drawing III
3 ADSN 377 History of Modern Design
2 ITDSN 218A CAD I
3 Math C102 Nature of Mathematics
3 SoSc C201 Social Sciences Core
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Fourth Semester

3 ITDSN 256 Interior Design Studio II
3 ADSN 206 Interiors Drawing IV
2 ITDSN 218B CAD II
3 ITDSN 217 Color Studies for Interiors
3 ADSN 380 History of Modern Arch & Urbanism
3 SoSc C201 Social Sciences Core
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Fifth Semester

3 ITDSN 305 Interior Design Studio III
2 ITDSN 218D Revit I
3 ITDSN 309 Human Factors
3 ITDSN 215 Interior Construction Systems
3 ADSN 311 Display & Exhibit Design
3 Hum C201 Humanities Core
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Sixth Semester

3 ITDSN 306 Interior Design Studio IV
3 GDSN 231 Photography
3 ITDSN 362 Construction Documents
3 ITDSN 308 Building Codes
2 ITDSN 219E Revit II
3 Hum Humanities Core Elective
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Seventh Semester

3 ITDSN 355 Interior Design Studio V
3 ITDSN 304 Business Practices & Ethics
3 ITDSN 303 Materials, Products, & Applications
3 IDDSN 307 Lighting & Acoustic Design
3 ITDSN 312 Furniture Design
3 ITDSN 399 Portfolio
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Eighth Semester

3 ITDSN 356 Interior Design Studio VI
3 CAPS 390 Capstone Seminar
6 Lib Arts Liberal Arts Electives
1 ITDSN 398 Special Projects
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SASD is an accredited member of the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD), the governing body of undergraduate and graduate art and design schools.