Interior Architecture MajorBachelor of Science in Interior Architecture

The program for the Bachelor of Science in Interior Architecture degree is a four-year program focusing on the design of architectural interiors with particular focus on sustainability, materiality, color theory, lighting, and the social and cultural aspects of habitable space. The program offers 132 semester hours and includes 78 semester hours of interior architecture, architecture, and industrial design courses, 41 of which are advanced hours (3000-level or higher). The degree includes the university's required core curriculum and 6 semester hours of elective courses. Because of the mutual and overlapping bonds of architecture, industrial design and interior architecture, the programs share a common first semester curriculum, and Interior Architecture and Architecture share studios through the first two years.

Bachelor of Science in Interior Architecture
First Year

Fall Semester	Hours
ARCH 1200. Introduction to Architecture, Industrial Design and Interior Architecture	2
ARCH 1500. Design Studio I	5
ENGL 1303. Freshman Composition I	3
HIST 1377. The United States to 1877 or equivalent	3
MATH 1310. College Algebra	3
Total	16
Spring Semester	Hours
ARCH 1359. Design Since 1945	3
ARCH 1501. Architecture Design Studio II	5
ENGL 1304. Freshman Composition II	3
HIST 1378. The United States Since 1877 or equivalent	3
MATH 1330. Precalculus	3
Total	17

Bachelor of Science in Interior Architecture
Second Year

Fall Semester	Hours
ARCH 2500. Architectural Design Studio III	5
ARCH 2325. Conceptual Structural Systems	3
ARCH 2350. Survey of Architectural History I (Visual/Performing Arts Core Courses)	3
Humanities Core Course	3
PHYS 1301. Introductory General Physics I	3
Total	17
Spring Semester	Hours
ARCH 2501. Architecture Design Studio IV	5
ARCH 2326. Conceptual Environmental Systems	3
ARCH 2351. Survey of Architectural History II	3
PHYS 1302. Introductory General Physics II	3
POLS 1336. U.S. and Texas Constitutions and Politics, or equivalent	3
Total	17

Bachelor of Science in Interior Architecture
Third Year

Fall Semester	Hours
INAR 3500. Industrial Design Architecture Design Studio V or ARCH 3500. Architecure Design Studio V	5
INAR 3300. History of Interior Architecture	3
INDS 3360. Human Factors	3
POLS 1337. American Government: Congress, Presidents, and Courts or equivalent	3
Formal Science course	3
Total	17
Spring Semester	Hours
INAR 3501. Interior Architecture Design Studio VI	5
Interior Architecture Elective	3
INAR 3310. Materials and Methods of Interior Architecture or ARCH 3366. Materials and Methods	3
Architecture History Elective	3
Formal Science course	3
Total	17

Bachelor of Science in Interior Architecture
Fourth Year

Fall Semester	Hours
INAR 4500. Interior Architecture Design Studio VII or ARCH 4500. Architecture, Interiors, and Industrial Design Joint Studio	5
INAR 4360. Practice of Interior Architecture	3
Approved Integrative Courses	6
Social and Behavioral Science Core	3
Total	17
Spring Semester	Hours
INAR 4501. Interior Architecture Design Studio VIII	5
ARCH 4344. Architectural Progarmming and Building Regulations	3
Elective	3
Total	14

Catalog Publish Date: August 19, 2010
This Page Last Updated: August 7, 2010
Effective Date of Archive: January 13, 2011