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Take an Interdisciplinary Approach
The CIDA-accredited Interior Design, BFA, offers a professional undergraduate education that prepares students to enter practice immediately upon graduation or to pursue further graduate-level education.
You will integrate the aesthetic, social, technical, and graphic requirements of interior design problems. You’ll develop specialized knowledge as well as a broad-based understanding of interior design.
Mission
Our mission is to prepare students for critical engagement in professional interior design practice, and to guide students to become independent, creative thinkers and leaders contributing to the design of innovative, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable communities.
Interior Design Curriculum and Courses
The major in Interior Design follows a curriculum that culminates in the Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) degree. Students entering the Interior Design program share a common core of environmental design and graphic media foundations with Architecture majors in the first year. Second-year coursework ensures that Interior Design students understand disciplinary fundamentals, including visual communication methods, architectural history, building structures, systems, and materials, while beginning to study design and human behavior, interior materials, and the planning and organization of interior space as a specialty.
- ARC 103 Shop Methods and Materials
- ARC 225 Design: Behavior, Perception, Aesthetics
- ARC 309 Furniture Design and Construction
- ARC 321 History of Interiors
- ARC 413/ARC 513 Environmental Systems I
Upper-level coursework emphasizes intermediate and advanced interior design problems, mechanical systems and lighting, furniture design, history and theory of interiors, construction documentation, and professional practice. In a culminating senior Capstone experience, each interior design student defines their own project through research, programming, and designing a solution to a complex interior design problem.
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Interior Design Curriculum: First Year (30-31 Credit hours)
Fall Semester
(14 credit hours)Spring Semester
(16-17 credit hours)ARC 101 Studio I (5) ARC 102 Studio II (5) ARC 113 Graphic Media I (2) ARC 114 Graphics II (2) ARC 103 Shop Methods and Materials (1) MP Foundation Bio./Phy. Sci. with Lab (3-4) MP Foundation English Comp. (3) MP Foundation Social Science (3) MP Foundation Bio./Phy. Science (3) MP Intercultural Perspectives (3) UNV 101 University Studies Interior Design Curriculum: Second Year (32 Credit hours)
Fall Semester
(16 credit hours)Spring Semester
(16 credit hours)ARC 203 Studio III (5) ARC 204 Studio IV (5) ARC 213 Graphic Media III (2) ARC 214 Graphic Media IV (2) ARC 212 Env. Systems I (3) ARC 222 Arch. History II (credit for MP Fdtn IIa Creative Arts) (3) ARC 221 Arch. History I (3) ARC 419 Interior Design Materials (3) ARC 225 Design & Human Behavior (3) MP (Thematic Sequence) (3) Interior Design Curriculum: Third Year (33-36 Credit hours)
Fall Semester
(15-18 credit hours)Spring Semester
(18 credit hours)Studio V: Elective Studio (or ARC 303)* (3-6) Studio VI: ARC 304 (or Elective Studio)* (6) ARC 417 Arch. Materials (3) ARC 309 Furniture Design (3) Business Elective* (3) ARC 321 History of Interiors (3) MP Thematic Sequence (3) ARC 414 Env. Systems II (3) MP Advanced Writing (3) MP Foundation Global Perspectives (3) Interior Design Curriculum: Fourth Year (29 Credit hours)
Fall Semester
(14 credit hours)Spring Semester
(15 credit hours)ARC 403 Studio VII (6) ARC 408 Studio VIII (MP Capstone) (6) ARC 436 Research & Programming (3) MP Foundation Global Perspectives (3) ARC 444 Professional Practice (3) MP Thematic Sequence (3) General Elective (2) General Elective (3) Total number of 124 credit hours required for graduation.
NOTES
The major in Interior Design follows a curriculum that culminates in the CIDA-accredited Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) in Interior Design degree.
MP = Miami Plan courses fulfill the Academic Foundation, Intercultural Perspectives, Advanced Writing, and Thematic Sequence requirements for liberal education at Miami. A suggested sequence of Miami Plan courses is shown; students meet with their academic advisor to plan course selections.
* Contact the department or your academic advisor for more information on options for Studio V and VI, the Business Elective, Study-Away/Study-Abroad, Minors, and Co-majors.
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We strive to:
- Provide students with rigorous professional preparation within the context of a nationally recognized liberal arts university;
- Embrace a culture of innovation grounded in an understanding of artistic tradition;
- Promote engaged and critical inquiry in the pursuit of new understandings and new knowledge.
- Guide students in the integration of visual aesthetics, spatial perception, human factors, design history and theory, and building technology to create functional and pleasing interior environments that promote health, safety, and welfare while supporting and enhancing the human experience.
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Program strengths include:
- Competitive, portfolio-based admissions
- An emphasis on collaborative and interdisciplinary experiences, including strategic collaborations shared by the interior design and architecture curricula
- State-of-the-art facilities and equipment, housed within historic Alumni Hall
- Numerous opportunities for domestic and international off-campus study
- Emphasis on student-directed independent research
- Active participation by outside scholars, invited critics, and guest lecturers
- Excellent record of student internship participation and post-graduation job placement
- Professional accreditation: The Interior Design program is accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA) and the National Association of Schools of Art and Design (NASAD).
No. 1
Among Ohio Public Universities for Return on Investment
Payscale.com, 2023
Architecture and Interior Design Career and Internship Opportunities
Studying architecture and interior design at Miami University prepares you to work in a vast range of areas in building design sectors through developed skills and available internships.
After several internships with interior design firms, immediately after graduation, Rosamaria began working as an interior designer for an architecture and planning firm.
Rosamaria DiCristoforo ’17
Additional Opportunities for Interior Design Students
- Faculty-led study abroad and away opportunities
- Lecture series
- Student organizations and career development
- Scholarships
- Research opportunities
Facts and Stats
Your college experience here will be one of the most exciting times of your life. To make sure of this, we’ll provide you with a powerful support system.
First-to-second year retention
Miami University Data
Among Public Universities in the United States for Four-Year Graduation Rate
OIRE
Of 2021 CCA graduates employed or pursuing advanced degrees within six months of graduation
Miami University Data
Admissions Requirements
Competitive, portfolio-based admissions
A portfolio of creative work is a requirement for admission to the majors in Architecture or Interior Design at Miami University. A portfolio is a collection of work that demonstrates something about you that your quantitative ratings (grade point average, rank in class, test scores) cannot reveal: your potential for creative studio work. We believe that we can make a better judgment about your talent and your ability to work productively in a studio setting by looking at art projects and other evidence in a portfolio than by relying on your academic record alone.
Contact Us
Undergraduate Admission
513-529-2531
[email protected]
Department of Architecture + Interior Design
Gülen Cevik, Ph.D.
Program Coordinator
Department of Architecture + Interior Design
Alumni Hall 101
350 East Spring St.,
Oxford, OH 45056
513-529-7210
[email protected]