Program
Family and Consumer Sciences
College of Education and Human DevelopmentInterior Design
Program
- Program Guide
- Class Sequence
- Course Descriptions
The interior design program at Western Michigan University is a four year program. The courses must be taken in sequence. Students take 65 hours of interior design courses, 30 hours of related courses in business, art, and communication, and 27 general education and elective courses. Students must submit to a review at the end of the forth semester to be accepted into the upper division of the curriculum.
The purpose of the review is to encourage excellence in design and recognize those students with the strongest motivation and credentials who are best prepared for the challenge of advanced studio courses. The minimum GPA to qualify for the upper division is 3.0.
Required Interior Design Courses – 65 hours
| First Year | |
| FCS 1490 | Design Communication I: Architectural Drawing |
| FCS 1500 | Introduction to Interior Design |
| FCS 1560 | Philosophy of Interior Design |
| FCS1570 | Sketching for Interior Designers |
| FCS 2200 | Textiles |
| Second Year | |
| FCS 2490 | Residential Architectural Design |
| FCS 2500 | Interiors CADD Applications |
| FCS 2510 | Period Interiors I |
| FCS 2520 | Period Interiors II |
| FCS 2540 | Materials for Interiors: Hard Finishes |
| FCS 2560 | Materials for Interiors: Soft Finishes |
| FCS 2590 | Studio I – Residential Design |
| Third Year | |
| FCS 3540 | Lighting for Interiors |
| FCS 3510 | Studio II – Commercial Interiors |
| FCS 3530 | Introduction to the Construction Environment |
| FCS 3550 | 3-D Computer Visualization |
| FCS 3590 | Studio III – Commercial Interiors |
| Fourth Year | |
| FCS 3520 | Professional Practices |
| FCS 4510 | Studio IV – Senior Project Programming |
| FCS 4590 | Studio V – Senior Project Design |
| Required Related Courses | |
| BUS 1750 | Business Enterprise |
| FCS 2250 | Computer Applications |
| ART 1080 | Form and Space |
| ART 2200 | History of ART I |
| ART 2210 | History of ART II |
| ART 2450 | Graphic Design |
| MKTG 2500 | Marketing Principles |
| COM 1040 | Public Speaking |
| ENGL 1050 | Thought and Writing |
| MGMT 2500 | Organizational Behavior |
| ACTY 2100 | Principles of Accounting |
Field Experience
FCS 2020 Field Experience is a course requirement of the program. This experience gives students the opportunity to enrich their classroom learning with on-the-job application and receive 1-3 hours of credit. The field experience is intended to acquaint students with current working opportunities and issues in the field of interior design. Students are responsible for finding appropriate work site(s) and are required to complete 300 hours for 3-hours of credit.