Bachelor of Science [B.S] [Interior Design] From East Tennessee State University

Graduates aspire to be active lifelong problem solvers, seeking to adapt current knowledge and emerging trends to meet the demands of a future marketplace. The interior design curriculum, structured to meet accreditation standards, provides a broad-based design education where sustainability practices, creativity development, and varied learning environments are infused across the entire 4-year experience. Preparing graduating students for entry-level positions in residential and contract design firms, sales, design consulting, computer-aided design, and other related design areas.

To prepare new professionals who seek to make a difference in their chosen communities we as faculty embrace these core goals & objectives:Goal 1: Diverse Student Learning OpportunitiesObjective 1: Provide students with international, regional and local learning opportunities where students seek solutions that respect the diversity of the global community.Goal 2: Design RealizationObjective 2: Promote dynamic problem solving processes that incorporates both illustrative and “making” techniques which informs and modifies design solutions.Goal 3: Cross Disciplinary CollaborationObjective 3: Facilitate connections across a wide variety of professions/majors to strengthen students understanding of integrated design processes.Goal 4: Studio Focused LearningObjective 4: Create opportunities for direct engagement with faculty and practicing professionals in small studio focused learning communities.Interior design is a multi-faceted profession in which creative and technical solutions are applied within a structure to achieve a built interior environment. These solutions are functional, enhance the quality of life and culture of the occupants and are aesthetically attractive. Designs are created in response to and coordinated with the building shell and acknowledge the physical location and social context of the project. Designs must adhere to code and regulatory requirements, and encourage the principles of environmental sustainability. The interior design process follows a systematic and coordinated methodology, including research, analysis and integration of knowledge into the creative process, whereby the needs and resources of the client are satisfied to produce an interior space that fulfills the project goals.Interior design includes a scope of services performed by a professional design practitioner, qualified by means of education, experience and examination, to protect and enhance the health, life safety and welfare of the public