Mission

The IDES program is designed to offer students the opportunity to become creative Interior designers by providing them with the best academic experiences. The FAD department provides the best expertise in teaching and learning, with continuous updates in Interior and architecture software and technological skills and innovation in the processes of creativity needed for students to succeed as individuals and as contributors in the betterment of their own lives and the surrounding communities, a generation of innovative and human-centered designers capable of creating private and public interiors that are functional, safe and healthy.

Objectives

  • Provide students with a spectrum of design courses, from studio to technical and drafting software, from history and theory classes to practical and hands on projects.
  • Prepare students to thinking, to plan and to execute their ideas with proper skills and technological faculties to succeed in the workplace.
  • Provide students with the proper tools to deal with the client, to develop a portfolio and a CV that compete in the marketplace.
  • Provide students with a solid theoretical background and strong practical tools of design that will give them ample command of the design field.
  • Prepare students to various working platforms and diverse environments through personal communication skills.
  • Prepare students to be ethical designers and social individuals who accept diversity and embrace multiplicity.
  • Emphasize the theoretical and practical approaches in design production
  • Prepare students to become effective visual creators, ethical and social problem solvers
  • Provide students with the conventional design tools, basic standards and materials research for a sustainable practice and environmentally valid projects quality of interior spaces.

Program Outcomes

Upon successful completion of the BA program in Interior Design, graduates will:

  • Display capabilities in designing meaningful interior spaces that can communicate with a specific client or target group.
    Display competency in software and technical skills pertinent to interior design drafting and rendering.
  • Acquire and articulate Interior design lexicon and terminologies used to communicate with other designers, engineers or contractor on the construction site.
    Implement and produce interior spaces designed from specified themes and valid concepts.
  • Demonstrate the ability to design spaces in conjunction with the end users.
  • Apply methodological technics of design and design-thinking strategies to design interior spaces that are functional, meaningful and safe for the end user.
  • Apply the elements and principles of design to produce functional interior spaces using compositions of valid materials, shapes and elements.
  • Acquire and articulate conceptual thinking methodologies and prove the ability to scrutinize, synthesize, and construct successful solutions.
  • Demonstrate awareness and involvement in the sociopolitical, cultural and ethical issues.
  • Demonstrate the ability to research and access information through conventional and/or database archives, and be able to filter and use this information in specific design jobs.
  • Understand the relationship of Interior Design to other adjacent fields of specialization like Architecture, Engineering and Construction.
Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design

credits

courses

semesters

years

course code course title credits prerequisites
first year / sophomore (33 credits)
fall (15 credits)
ARTS200 Foundation Drawing I 3 ENGL051
ARTS210 Color Theory – Painting 3 ENGL051
ARTS260 Design Fundamentals – 2D 3 ENGL051
CSCI200 Introduction to Computers 3 ENGL051
ENGL201 Composition and Research Skills 3 ENGL151
spring (18 credits)
IDES300 Architectural Drawing 3 ARTS200 – ARTS210 – ENGL051
ARTS320 Rendering and Perspective Techniques 3 ARTS210 – ENGL051 – ARTS200
ARTS270 Design Fundamentals – 3D 3 ARTS200 – ENGL051 – ENGL101 – ARTS260
ARTS250 Foundation Drawing II 3 ENGL051 – ARTS200
ENGL251 Communication Skills 3 ENGL201
COMM285 Theories of Perception 3 ENGL151
second year / junior (35 credits)
fall (16 credits)
IDES345 Interior Design Studio I 4 IDES300 – ARTS320
IDES330 CAD I 3 IDES300 – CSCI200
IDES310 Materials – Techniques and Building Codes 3 IDES300 – ENGL151
ARTS215 History of Arts 3 ENGL151
ARAB200 Arabic Language and Literature 3
spring (19 credits)
IDES394 Interior Design Studio II 4 IDES310 – IDES330 – COMM285 – IDES345
IDES380 CAD II 3 IDES330
IDES360 Lighting and HVAC 3 IDES330 – IDES345
IDES400 Architectural Modeling 3 IDES345 – ARTS270
IDES315 History of Architecture 3 ARTS215
General Education Elective 3
third year / senior (31 credits)
fall (19 credits)
IDES445 Interior Design Studio III 4 IDES360 – IDES380 – IDES394
IDES430 Computer Rendering for IDES 3 IDES380
IDES420 Landscape Design 3 ARTS250 – IDES394
IDES370 Furniture History and Design 3 ARTS215 – IDES315
CULT200 Introduction to Arab – Islamic Civilization 3
Major Elective 3
spring (12 credits)
IDES495 Interior Design Senior Project 4 IDES430 – IDES445
IDES480 Professional Practice 2 IDES445
ARTS350 Photography 3 ENGL151
Elective 3
major elective courses
ARTS300 Painting 3 ARTS210 – ARTS200 – ENGL051 – ENGL101
COMM200 Introduction to Communication Studies 3 ENGL101
COMM205 Introduction to Western Civilization 3 ENGL151 – COMM200
COMM220 Rhetoric & Persuasion 3 ENGL151
COMM225 Workshop 3 ENGL101
COMM255 Theories of Mass Media 3 COMM200
COMM265 Performance Theory & Practice 3 COMM200
IDES355 Sketching for Interior Design 3
IDES395 Autodesk Maya & Adobe Photoshop 3 IDES330
IDES410 History of Architects 3
IDES320 Placemaking 3 IDES345 – IDES330
code title crds
first year / sophomore (33 credits)
fall (15 credits)
ARTS200 Foundation Drawing I 3
ARTS210 Color Theory – Painting 3
ARTS260 Design Fundamentals – 2D 3
CSCI200 Introduction to Computers 3
ENGL201 Composition and Research Skills 3
spring (18 credits)
IDES300 Architectural Drawing 3
ARTS320 Rendering and Perspective Techniques 3
ARTS270 Design Fundamentals – 3D 3
ARTS250 Foundation Drawing II 3
ENGL251 Communication Skills 3
COMM285 Theories of Perception 3
second year / junior (35 credits)
fall (16 credits)
IDES345 Interior Design Studio I 4
IDES330 CAD I 3
IDES310 Materials – Techniques and Building Codes 3
ARTS215 History of Arts 3
ARAB200 Arabic Language and Literature 3
spring (19 credits)
IDES394 Interior Design Studio II 4
IDES380 CAD II 3
IDES360 Lighting and HVAC 3
IDES400 Architectural Modeling 3
IDES315 History of Architecture 3
General Education Elective 3
third year / senior (31 credits)
fall (19 credits)
IDES445 Interior Design Studio III 4 IDES360 – IDES380 – IDES394
IDES430 Computer Rendering for IDES 3 IDES380
IDES420 Landscape Design 3 ARTS250 – IDES394
IDES370 Furniture History and Design 3 ARTS215 – IDES315
CULT200 Introduction to Arab – Islamic Civilization 3
Major Elective 3
spring (12 credits)
IDES495 Interior Design Senior Project 4 IDES430 – IDES445
IDES480 Professional Practice 2 IDES445
ARTS350 Photography 3 ENGL151
Elective 3
major elective courses
ARTS300 Painting 3
COMM200 Introduction to Communication Studies 3
COMM205 Introduction to Western Civilization 3
COMM220 Rhetoric & Persuasion 3
COMM225 Workshop 3
COMM255 Theories of Mass Media 3
COMM265 Performance Theory & Practice 3
IDES355 Sketching for Interior Design 3
IDES395 Autodesk Maya & Adobe Photoshop 3
IDES410 History of Architects 3
IDES320 Placemaking 3