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B.S. in Interior Architecture
Degree Details
These are the important details you will need to keep in mind as you prepare your application and degree plan. This will take you to the Art and Design Department page where you will find degree details for the options offered with the Interior Architecture major.
Available Tracks
Find specific program information for each option at the “View Catalog” button.
Art and Design
Business
Required Hours
University Hours: 56
Major Hours: 72 (Select from two tracks)
Electives: 6
Total Required: 128 credit hours
Example Coursework for the Interior Architecture
- Design Drawing
- History of Architecture and Design
- Interior Components
- Design, Construction and Details for Interiors
Minor Available
Yes!
ACU offers a minor in this study. You can learn more about this minor by viewing the catalog or explore all of the minors available at the button below. We encourage you to contact the department, for further assistance on how to enhance your degree with this minor.
Department
Career Options
Consider the wide range of exciting careers available with a bachelor’s in interior architecture and design
Interior Designer
Interior Architect
Art Consultant
Product Representative
Furniture/Product Designer
See more below!
Beyond the Classroom
ACU’s bachelor of science degree in interior architecture explores how the technical and aesthetic aspects of interior design affect a diversity of populations within residential and non-residential environments. Accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation, the program will equip you with unique problem-solving techniques to creatively plan and design environments that protect the health, safety and welfare of building occupants.
Outside the Classroom
Our interior architecture students are expected to complete an internship for course credit during the summer after their junior year. The internship can be in residential or commercial design areas and must meet a strict set of guidelines. In addition to the curriculum requirements these internships serve to develop the professional network and facilitate job placements after graduation.
The interior architecture program in conjunction with the Department of Art and Design also offers summer study travel opportunities. Past destinations include England, France, Austria, Spain, Germany, Czech Republic and Italy. These trips are excellent opportunities to earn credit hours while experiencing the arts abroad.
Other real-world opportunities are found in student organizations and co-curriculars including:
- American Society of Interior Designers
- Study abroad
- Student exhibitions
- American Institute of Graphic Arts
After Graduation
ACU’s interior architecture program will prepare you to serve a variety of roles in the design profession. Many of our graduates have joined residential and commercial design and architectural firms across the United States. Others have successfully completed graduate degrees in architecture and interior design.
You’ll be challenged to develop aesthetic, technical and creative skills to succeed in the job market as you prepare for such careers as:
- Interior Designer
- Interior Architect
- Art Consultant
- Product Representative
- Furniture/Product Designer
- Store Planner
- Design Project Manager
- Fashion Designer
- Preservationist
- Museum Consultant
ACU’s program leading to the Bachelor of Science in interior architecture is accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation, www.accredit-id.org, 206 Grandville Avenue, Suite 350, Grand Rapids, MI, 49503.
The CIDA-accredited program prepares students for entry-level interior architecture practice, for advanced study, and to apply for membership in professional interior design organizations. The Bachelor of Science in interior architecture granted by Abilene Christian University meets the educational requirement for eligibility to sit for the National Council for Interior Design Qualification Examination (NCIDQ Exam). For more information about NCIDQ Exam eligibility visit: https://www.cidq.org/eligibility-requirements.
The mission of the ACU interior architecture and design program is to prepare students for Christian service in a diverse world by formulating solutions for creative and technically sound interior environments that guard and enhance occupant well-being.
- Apply aesthetic and technical technological skills to positively affect people in built environments practically, creatively, and innovatively according to needs.
- Integrate and utilize historical perspectives and awareness of global and cultural heritage and values in developing built environments.
- Investigating and utilizing theories, processes, resources, technologies, and practices required to deliver interior architecture skills and services that support people’s health, safety, and welfare.
- Demonstrate Christian integrity and professionalism through personal actions while serving others
Two-year average 2022- 2023
Attrition Average of Declare Major Freshmen to Sophomore = 17%
Retention Average of Declared Majors Freshman to Sophomore = 83%
Graduation rate of interior architecture majors = 83%
Job placement/time to the employment of Interior Architecture graduates = 87% in two months (2021 -2022), five-year average 2019 – 2023 is 92%
Acceptance into the graduate program of choice equals 100% (1 student)