The minimum credit requirement for graduation with a Bachelor of Art degree in Interior Design is the successful completion of 130 credits of prescribed and pre-approved courses within the curriculum below, as well as the maintenance of an average 2.0 GPA. Students must also maintain an annual average studio GPA of 2.0 to advance to the next course in the studio sequence each successive year.

Courses which fulfill NJIT's General University Requirements are noted with a "GUR" designation. Substitutions of courses may be made on a case-by-case basis as determined by the student's advisor and/or program director.

Foundation Year

Fall		Spring
AD 150: Color & Composition	3	AD 111: Communication in Art & Design- Traditional Media	3
AD 161: History of Art & Design I	3	AD 112: Communication in Art & Design- Digital Media	3
CS 104: Computer Prog. & Graphics Problems (GUR)	3	AD 162: History of Art & Design II	3
HUM 101: English Writ, Spk, Think I (GUR)	3	HUM 102: English Writ, Spk, Think II (GUR)	3
MATH 105: Elem. Probability & Statistics (GUR)*	3	MATH 116: Mathematics of Design (GUR)*	3
PE XXX: Physical Education (GUR)	1	HUM 211, or HUM 212, or HIST 213: Cultural History (GUR)	3
Freshman Seminar	0

Year 2

Fall		Spring
INT 263: Intro to Design for Interior Designers I	4	INT 264: Intro to Design for Interior Designers II	4
INT 221: Building and Interior Systems I	3	INT 222: Building and Interior Systems II	3
ARCH 251: History of Architecture I	3	ARCH 282: Structures I	3
830:101: Principles of Psychology I (Rutgers) (GUR)**	3	SS 201: Economics (GUR)** or ECON 265: Microeconomics or ECON 266: Macroeconomics	3
PHYS 102/102A: General Physics (GUR)	3	Elect: Natural Science (GUR)	3
PHYS 102A: Physics Lab (GUrR)	1
PE XXX: Physical Education (GUR)	1

Year 3

Fall		Spring
INT 363: Interior Design Studio I	5	INT 364: Interior Design Studio II	5
INT 321: Methods and Materials	3	INT 322: Contract Documents	3
INT 350: History of Furniture	3	AD 201: Human Factors/Ergonomics	3
MGMT 390: Principles of Management (GUR)	3	Design Elect: ARCH/ DD/ FA/ ID/ INT	3
Elect (300+ level): LIT/ HIST/ PHIL/ STS (GUR)	3	Elect (300+ level): ENG/ LIT/ HIST/ PHIL/ STS/ SS/ THR (GUR)	3

Year 4

Fall		Spring
AD 463: Collaborative Design Studio	5	INT 464: Interior Design Studio III	5
INT 337: Building Information Modeling	3	Design Elect: ARCH/ DD/ FA/ ID/ INT	3
Elect: Free Elective	3	Elect (400 level): Humanities Capstone (GUR)	3
Elect: Free Elective	3	Elect: Free Elective	3

Students planning to pursue a Master of Architecture degree are strongly encouraged to make the following adjustments to their curriculum:

• take the MATH 113/114 Calculus sequence
• add PHYS 103 in Spring 2^nd year to complete the full-year Physics sequence
• add ARCH 252 History of Architecture II
• consult with A+D dept advisor for additional Architecture elective offerings available by semester

Download the Interior Design curriculum outline (PDF, 92kb).

Course descriptions for the Interior Design Program can be found here.

For more information about the Interior Design Program, please contact Sasha Corchado, Academic Advisor for the School of Art + Design.

Course substitutions may be made on a case-by-case basis as determined by the student's advisor and/or program director.

*Depending on interest and course availability, students may elect to take MATH 116 in the Fall semester and postpone MATH 105 until the Spring semester of 1^st year. However, students following the MATH 113/114 calculus track must take follow the prescribed course sequence. 

**Depending on interest and course availability, students may elect to take the 2^nd year social science GUR requirements out of sequence: SS 201 (or accepted equivalent) may be taken in the Fall semester and Principles of Psychology I (Rutgers) postponed until the Spring semester.