Program Overview

Interior designers offer creative, proactive and innovative design solutions. In this course, you'll develop a solid foundation in critical design thinking and theory relating to human occupation and explore how the human experience is central to interior architecture.

You will learn key employability skills including communication, creative problem-solving and collaborative work practice. You'll also learn to be mindful of environmental impact and sustainability by anticipating different scenarios and predicting the consequences of current actions.

Through work-integrated learning opportunities, you'll work on real projects, undertake site visits, create site documentation and deliver client briefings. You may also pitch design concepts to real clients and practitioners.

Before graduating, you must have completed at least 80 hours of relevant work experience.

Specialisations
As part of the course, you can choose to study one of the specialisations below, to gain knowledge in a particular area that aligns with interior architecture: 

• Animation and Game Design
• Architecture
• Construction Management
• Design Thinking and Visual Communication
• Digital Design
• Graphic Design
• Photography
• Principles of Planning
• Urban Design and Planning

Honours

This course is a four-year embedded honours program that incorporates applied design research in the final year. This provides you a significant advantage when entering the workforce as the demand for research-informed design is increasing in the industry.

You also have the option to exit the course after three years, graduating with a Bachelor of Applied Science (Interior Design)