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INTR 160 Visualization I: Computer Imaging 3.0 Credits

An introductory course that explores the use of proprietary computer applications for communications and the preparation of visual materials in Interior Design. The course introduces and reinforces classic design principles for expert visual communication of ideas through digital techniques from an Interior Design perspective.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit

INTR 200 History of Modern Architecture and Interiors 3.0 Credits

Covers development of modern architecture and interiors in the 19th and 20th centuries. Develops a vocabulary for discussing architecture; an understanding of how various factors affect design; and a familiarity with names, movements, and buildings that are part of historical development.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit

INTR 211 Textiles for Interiors 3.0 Credits

This course is a comprehensive introduction to textiles and their use in the interior design profession.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Cannot enroll if classification is Freshman

INTR 220 Visualization II: Orthographic 3.0 Credits

This course explores design communication skills through hand drawing and model building exercises. Orthographic drawing skills are developed through investigation of plan, section, elevation and three dimensional drawings.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit

INTR 225 Environmental Design Theory 3.0 Credits

This course introduces design students to the relationship between people and the build environment. Understanding how people perceive, interact with, and are affected by their surroundings through readings and design exercieses make evident the significance of the psychological, pyshicological, social and cultural concepts of environmental behavior as an integral part of the designed environment.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Cannot enroll if classification is Freshman

INTR 231 Structure 4.0 Credits

Investigates structure as an organizing principle in design by man and nature. Explores the basic objective and subjective relationships between form and function. Includes professionally juried presentations.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: VSST 103 [Min Grade: C-] or VSST 106 [Min Grade: C-]

INTR 241 Visualization III: Digital 3.0 Credits

An intensive introduction to two and three dimensional drawing and visualization through the computer. This course explores orthographic and perspective drawing conventions and techniques from a digital perspective.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: INTR 232 [Min Grade: C-] or INTR 322 [Min Grade: C-]

INTR 245 Visualization IV: 3D Modeling 3.0 Credits

An intensive introduction to advanced modeling and rendering software. Students will explore lighting, materiality, advanced form and spatial experience through realistic three-dimensional digital models.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Cannot enroll if classification is Freshman
Prerequisites: INTR 241 [Min Grade: D]

INTR 250 Interior Materials 3.0 Credits

Introduces basic construction materials and how they may be used successfully by the interior designer. Includes sample materials, visual aids, and guest speakers.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Cannot enroll if classification is Freshman

INTR 300 [WI] Visual Culture: Interiors 3.0 Credits

Visual Culture: Interiors addresses the interior environment by studying the role history, economics, culture, materials and technological developments, impact decisions made by designers on interior spaces. While comparing historical context with specific knowledge, this course will enable the student to be a more articulate designer by a comprehensive examination of the interiors.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Cannot enroll if classification is Freshman

INTR 305 [WI] Visual Culture: Furniture 3.0 Credits

An overview of furniture in relationship to interiors, and its influences reaching from the roots of antiquity to the impact of technology in today's products. It is the study of artifacts from various time periods and cultures in relation to social and political developments, life and work styles, visual arts, and economic influences.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit

INTR 310 Sustainability: History, Theory and Critic 3.0 Credits

Course examines the meaning and implications of sustainable design to develop an informed interpretation and working assessment of this movement. Concepts and methodologies are explored through assigned readings, class discussion, feild trips and team research.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Cannot enroll if classification is Freshman

INTR 322 Interior Studio I 4.0 Credits

Foundation spatial course: Involves conscious recognition of the manipulation of space or spaces within a given volume and with a small-scale environmental orientation. Includes professionally juried presentations.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: VSST 103 [Min Grade: C-] or VSST 106 [Min Grade: C-]

INTR 323 Interior Studio II 4.0 Credits

Primary spatial course. Involves conscious recognition of the manipulation of space or spaces within a given volume and small-scale environmental orientation. Includes professionally juried presentations.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: INTR 232 [Min Grade: C-] or INTR 322 [Min Grade: C-]

INTR 331 Residential Design Studio 4.0 Credits

Provides experience with extensive real space. Emphasizes recognizing its aesthetic quality and maximizing its potential to meet the requirements of the inhabitants, by stylistic quality and elaboration in the selection and application of furniture finishes and accessories. Includes professionally juried presentations.

INTR 340 Community Studio 4.0 Credits

Covers research, diagramming, site considerations, and program requirements for a specific user group; designing for complex spatial requirements with integration of interior components and furniture. Includes professionally juried presentations.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: INTR 331 [Min Grade: C-]

INTR 341 Visualization V: Methods 3.0 Credits

An advanced course in visualization for Interior Design. Hybrid representation strategies and specialized topics in digital and hand rendering will be covered.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: INTR 241 [Min Grade: D]

INTR 342 Hospitality Design Studio 4.0 Credits

This course covers the design of commercial hospitality interiors. The studio project addresses program research and diagramming, site specificity, and designing for complex requirements with an awareness of vertical circulation, light, view, and enclosure. This course requires students to develop the ceiling plane and to create a visual identity for the design of restaurant interiors. This studio includes professionally juried presentations.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: INTR 323 [Min Grade: C-]

INTR 350 Interior Detailing 3.0 Credits

Covers basic considerations of interior construction and detailing and their application.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: INTR 250 [Min Grade: D] and (INTR 233 [Min Grade: C-] or INTR 323 [Min Grade: C-])

INTR 351 Interior Lighting 3.0 Credits

This course analyzes human needs and the perceptual responses of both general and special populations. It introduces the lighting design theory and principles and explores methods of creating mood and atmosphere with light. It develops vocabulary, documentation methods and understanding of energy conservation, lighting standards, and safety.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: INTR 350 [Min Grade: D]

INTR 410 Collaborative Research in Sustainability 3.0 Credits

This cumulative course is the advanced students' opportunity to participate in a collaborative, interdisciplinary team in which the students will be applying sustainable technical and conceptual education in the context of 3rd party competitions, internally defined design challenges or applied research.

INTR 430 Commercial Design Studio 4.0 Credits

Covers design of institutional-commercial interiors, including space planning, selection of materials and furnishings toward a synthesized environment, and development of specifications. Includes professionally juried presentations.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Can enroll if classification is Junior or Senior.
Prerequisites: INTR 342 [Min Grade: C-] or INTR 442 [Min Grade: C-]

INTR 440 Health & Wellness ID Studio 4.0 Credits

This studio addresses program and design requirements for a specific demographic community. It will prepare students to tackle the complex design problems that face the growing healthcare industry. The course focuses on an interdisciplinary approach to complex problems in the interior environment for the practice areas of health, healing, and well-being. Precedent studies, programming briefs, literature reviews, and collaborative teamwork are used to create evidence-based design solutions that incorporate creativity, human factors data, user-centered design approach, life-safety codes, and building codes. This studio includes professionally juried presentations.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Prerequisites: INTR 430 [Min Grade: C-]

INTR 441 Furniture Design 4.0 Credits

Covers design of environmental elements, simultaneous concerns with craftsmanship and the application of materials to ideas, and development of prototypes. A lab fee is required for this course.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Can be repeated 2 times for 13 credits
Restrictions: Can enroll if classification is Junior or Senior.
Prerequisites: VSST 203 [Min Grade: D]

INTR 445 Contract Documentation for Interior Design 3.0 Credits

Provides an understanding of the basic procedures and techniques for the development of construction drawings and furniture documentation. Requires students to use case studies to produce a set of drawings representative of current interior design industry standards.

INTR 450 [WI] Professional Practice 3.0 Credits

Surveys contemporary business methods, practices, and procedures in the operation of a design firm, including legal and ethical implications. Examines these practices through case studies and lectures by design professionals.

INTR 451 Interior Systems 3.0 Credits

Introduces building systems, mechanical, electrical, ceiling and furniture systems, and their effect on the interior environment. Includes visual aids and guest speakers.

INTR 470 Competition Studio 3.0 Credits

Competition opportunities from regional to international from professional to philanthropic allow for investigations of diverse contemporary issues surrounding the built environment. Students work under direction of a faculty member(s) to discuss, explore and develop solutions for entry into noteworthy competitions.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Can be repeated 1 times for 6 credits
Restrictions: Can enroll if classification is Junior or Senior.

INTR 491 Senior Project I 3.0 Credits

Part one of the 3-term senior project where students develop a capstone independent design project from concept, research and programming to complete design development.

College/Department: Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design
Repeat Status: Not repeatable for credit
Restrictions: Can enroll if major is INTR.
Prerequisites: INTR 430 [Min Grade: C-]

INTR 492 Senior Project II 3.0 Credits

Part two of the 3-term senior project where students develop a capstone independent design project from concept, research and programming to complete design development.

INTR 493 Senior Project III 3.0 Credits

Part three of the 3-term senior project where students develop a capstone independent design project from concept, research and programming to complete design development.

INTR I199 Independent Study in Interior Design 0.0-12.0 Credits

Self-directed within the area of study requiring intermittent consultation with a designated instructor.