Also a Tech Prep Program
Also a Marketable Skills Achievement Award Program
The Interior and Architectural Design Program prepares students to enter the world of spatial design. Specialized knowledge needed by an architect or interior designer includes spatial composition, drafting, space planning, building codes, and materials. Electives allow for more in-depth study of architecture, interior design, or illustration. Students are immediately valuable to employers upon graduation with our strong curriculum in CAD drafting. The program’s strengths in advanced levels of drafting and modeling means students can position themselves within interior and architectural design firms to further their training and development in their respective fields. The Green Interior and Architectural Design program provides courses that are helpful to students who seek to enhance their knowledge of Green Design, as well as expanding their marketability.
Interior and architectural design are state-licensed professions and all state requirements must be met before either title can be used. Accredited degrees in interior design and architecture are available through four local institutions (UNT, UTA, El Centro College, and TCU). Students planning to transfer to a college or university should check with the Collin academic advisor prior to beginning this program to verify course transferability. Tech Prep students who took collegiate level courses in interior and architectural design while in high school may elect to receive college credit by contacting the Global EDGE office. A petition for Tech Prep credit should be completed as soon as possible upon admission to Collin.
All new students: Please contact one of the Interior and Architectural Design faculty or the college academic advisor prior to registering for any INDS courses. Please call 972.377.1716 to make an appointment with a faculty member.
Career Options
With an Associate of Applied Science degree in Interior and Architectural Design, the student will have the skills necessary to enter the profession as an assistant in an interior design firm, an architectural firm, a space planning or facilities management department of any large corporation, or to practice as an interior decorator or a salesperson in a retail home furnishings store, a home improvement products store, or a wholesale furnishings or fixtures showroom. The graduate will also be prepared for transfer to an accredited professional program in interior design or architecture.
AAS – Interior and Architectural Design
70 credit hours
First Year
First Semester
DFTG 1309 Basic Computer-Aided Drafting 1
ECON 1301 Introduction to Economics
INDS 1301 Basic Elements of Design
INDS 1341 Color Theory and Application
SPCH 1311 Fundamentals of Speech Communication
Second Semester
DFTG 2319 Intermediate Computer-Aided Drafting 1
INDS 1319 Technical Drawing for Interior Designers
INDS 1371 Introduction to Green Design
INDS 1372 Computer-Aided Drafting for Interior Designers
INDS 1373 Green Interiors I
Summer
INDS 1351 History of Interiors I
MATH 1314 College Algebra 2
Second Year
First Semester
HUMA 1301 Introduction to the Humanities
INDS 1315 Materials, Methods and Estimating
INDS 1352 History of Interiors II
INDS 2313 Residential Design I
INDS 2315 Lighting for Interior Designers
Second Semester
ENGL 1301 Composition/Rhetoric I
INDS 1345 Commercial Design I
INDS 2330 Interior Design Building Systems
PHED/DANC Any activity course
Elective*
Summer
INDS 2335 Residential Design II
INDS 2373 Green Interiors II (Capstone)
Note: Preferred core choices are underlined. See other options in AAS core, unless otherwise noted.
1 Tech Prep course which may have been completed in high school
2 College Algebra level or higher required
* Elective (3 credit hours): Any ARTS, DFTG, or INDS course not listed above
AAS – Green Interior and Architectural Design Specialization
72 credit hours
Note: This specialization has been added since the 2009 - 2010 catalog was printed.
First Year
First Semester
DFTG 1309 Basic Computer-Aided Drafting 1
ECON 1301 Introduction to Economics
INDS 1301 Basic Elements of Design
INDS 1341 Color Theory and Application
INDS 1371 Introduction to Green Design
Second Semester
INDS 1319 Technical Drawing for Interior Designers
INDS 1351 History of Interiors I
INDS 1372 Computer-Aided Drafting for Interior Designers
INDS 1373 Green Interiors I
MATH 1314 College Algebra 2
PHED/DANC Any activity course
Summer
ENGL 1301 Composition/Rhetoric I
SPCH 1311 Fundamentals of Speech Communication
Second Year
First Semester
HUMA 1301 Introduction to the Humanities
INDS 1315 Materials, Methods and Estimating
INDS 1352 History of Interiors II
INDS 2313 Residential Design I
INDS 2315 Lighting for Interior Designers
Second Semester
CNBT 2317 Green Building
INDS 1345 Commercial Design I
INDS 2330 Interior Design Building Systems
INDS 2335 Residential Design II
INDS 2374 Sustainable Living
Summer
INDS 1280 Cooperative Education - Interior Design
INDS 2373 Green Interiors II (Capstone)
1 Tech Prep course which may have been completed in high school
2 College Algebra level or higher required
Note: Preferred core choices are underlined. See other options in AAS core, unless otherwise noted.
CERTIFICATES
Green Interior and Architectural Design Level II Certificate
54 credit hours
Note: This certificate has been added since the 2009 - 2010 catalog was printed.
First Year
First Semester
DFTG 1309 Basic Computer-Aided Drafting 1
INDS 1301 Basic Elements of Design
INDS 1341 Color Theory and Application
INDS 1371 Introduction to Green Design
Second Semester
INDS 1319 Technical Drawing for Interior Designers
INDS 1351 History of Interiors I
INDS 1372 Computer-Aided Drafting for Interior Designers
INDS 1373 Green Interiors I
Second Year
First Semester
INDS 1315 Materials, Methods and Estimating
INDS 1352 History of Interiors II
INDS 2313 Residential Design I
INDS 2315 Lighting for Interior Designers
Second Semester
CNBT 2317 Green Building
INDS 1345 Commercial Design I
INDS 2330 Interior Design Building Systems
INDS 2335 Residential Design II
INDS 2374 Sustainable Living
Summer
INDS 2373 Green Interiors II (Capstone)
1 Tech Prep course which may have been completed in high school
Green Interior and Architectural Design Level I Certificate
21 credit hours
Note: This certificate has been added since the 2009 - 2010 catalog was printed.
First Semester
DFTG 1309 Basic Computer-Aided Drafting 1
INDS 1315 Materials, Methods and Estimating
INDS 1371 Introduction to Green Design
Second Semester
CNBT 2317 Green Building
INDS 1373 Green Interiors I
INDS 2374 Sustainable Living
Summer
INDS 2373 Green Interiors II (Capstone)
1 Tech Prep course which may have been completed in high school
Interior and Architectural Design Certificate
42 credit hours
First Year
First Semester
DFTG 1309 Basic Computer-Aided Drafting 1
INDS 1301 Basic Elements of Design
INDS 1341 Color Theory and Application
INDS 1371 Introduction to Green Design
Second Semester
DFTG 2319 Intermediate Computer-Aided Drafting 1
INDS 1319 Technical Drawing for Interior Designers
INDS 1351 History of Interiors I
INDS 1373 Green Interiors I
Second Year
First Semester
INDS 1352 History of Interiors II
INDS 2313 Residential Design I
INDS 2315 Lighting for Interior Designers
Second Semester
INDS 1345 Commercial Design I
INDS 2335 Residential Design II
INDS 2373 Green Interiors II (Capstone)
1 Tech Prep course which may have been completed in high school
MARKETABLE SKILLS ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS
Some of the courses in these award programs may require prerequisites. Please check the course descriptions.
MSAA – Green Interior and Architectural Design
12 credit hours
Note: This MSAA has been added since the 2009 - 2010 catalog was printed.
First Semester
DFTG 1309 Basic Computer-Aided Drafting 1
INDS 1371 Introduction to Green Design
Second Semester
INDS 1373 Green Interiors I
INDS 1375 Green Building Certification Training
1 Tech Prep course which may have been completed in high school
MSAA – Interior and Architectural Design
12 credit hours
The Marketable Skills Achievement Award in Interior and Architectural Design provides the basic skills for those students who want to acquire basic design office skills or update their present skills.
Prerequisite: Basic understanding of interior design office environment. Approval of department is required. Students in Interior and Architectural Design Marketable Skills will receive training in several diversified areas of design. This program emphasizes the interior design office environment.
Career Options
Students completing the marketable skills certificate program will receive quality training for the following fields:
| • | Assistant in an interior design or architectural firm | |
| • | Assistant in space planning or facility management department of any large corporation | |
| • | Retail office furniture store |
DFTG 1317 Architectural Drafting - Residential
INDS 1301 Basic Elements of Design
INDS 1341 Color Theory and Application
INDS 1345 Commercial Design I (Capstone)
Note: The second digit in a course number indicates the number of credit hours
for that course.
