BFA.INTST.120 - BFA: Interior Studies Adaptive Reuse (120)
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2024 - 2025 | Curriculum | 4-year program
In the first year of the program, which begins after students complete RISD's required year of Foundation Studies, sophomores take introductory courses that cover the ideas and vocabulary of Interior Architecture and provide the basis for subsequent studios. Juniors further explore the field through advanced studios, supplemented by a broad range of technical, theoretical and historical courses.
In the Interior Studies: Adaptive Reuse BFA program, majors receive an exceptional education in spatial design as it relates to the built environment. Students complete 120 credit hours of coursework in Interior Architecture, studio electives and Liberal Arts classes across three departments: History, Philosophy and the Social Sciences, Literary Arts and Studies, and Theory and History of Art and Design.
In developing design strategies across a range of work, students learn how to investigate and make interior interventions in various forms, while recognizing the importance of social and environmental responsibility within the discipline. Graduates of the program earn a strong academic foundation that uniquely prepares them for graduate studies and professional design practice.
Degree Requirements
FIRST-YEAR | ||||||
FALL | WINTERSESSION | SPRING | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
15 | Studio Elective | 3 | 15 | |||
Transfer Student - Summer Foundation Studies Program | (9) | |||||
SOPHOMORE | ||||||
FALL | WINTERSESSION | SPRING | ||||
INTAR 2301 - Introduction to Interior Studies | 6 | Elective | 3 | INTAR 2302 - Introduction to Interior Studies II | 6 | |
INTAR 2341 - Drawing for Interior Studies | 3 | INTAR 2331 - Digital Representation and Visual Narrative | 3 | |||
INTAR 2315 - Building Materials | 3 | LAEL 1027 - History of Interior Architecture II | 3 | |||
LAEL 1017 - History of Interior Architecture I | 3 | Elective | 3 | |||
Total Credits | 15 | 3 | 15 | |||
JUNIOR | ||||||
FALL | WINTERSESSION | SPRING | ||||
INTAR 23JR - Introduction to Interior Studies III | 3 | Elective | 3 | INTAR 2353 - Spatial Perception: Light and Color | 3 | |
INTAR 2318 - Building Structures and Systems for Adaptive Reuse | 3 | INTAR 23ST - Advanced Design Studio | 6 | |||
INTAR 2374 - Human Factors | 3 | Elective(s) | 3 | |||
INTAR 2355 - Interiority and Power | 3 | |||||
LAS or NMSE Elective | 3 | |||||
Total Credits | 15 | 3 | 12 | |||
SENIOR | ||||||
FALL | WINTERSESSION | SPRING | ||||
INTAR 23ST - Advanced Design Studio | 6 | Elective | 3 | INTAR 23ST - Advanced Design Studio | 6 | |
INTAR 2372 - Scheme Detailing | 3 | Liberal Arts or Non-major Studio Elective(s) | 6 | |||
Liberal Arts Elective | 3 | |||||
Total Credits | 12 | 3 | 12 | |||
Total Program Credits: 120
Notes:
Interior Architecture majors receive art history credit for LAEL 1017 - History of Interior Architecture I. Students receive liberal arts elective credit for LAEL 1027 - History of Interior Architecture II
Students entering the Department of Interior Architecture must participate in its required laptop program, purchasing hardware, software, upgrades and insurance, as specified in the Academic Laptop Program.