Interior Design Major with Architectural Studies Minor

Program Goals

At Judson University, student learning expectations (SLEs) represent core skills and knowledge students should develop through the curriculum or program of study. SLEs provide students and faculty with a framework for understanding goals and expectations for the degree. Judson faculty provide students with SLEs at multiple levels, including university-wide, program-level, and course-level.

The Interior Design Program Curricular Goals focus on learning expectations that exemplify an understanding of the professional interior designer and prepare students for entry-level careers in the interior design profession in the following ways:

Judson Interior Design graduates will embrace a Christian worldview derived from critical and disciplined interaction with God's Word and God's world. This ultimate goal will be achieved as students attain the following intermediate goals:

1. Cultivate ethical conduct and decision-making through an understanding of the legal and ethical implications of decisions in alignment with the Judson University Mission.
2. Practice wellness from a Christian stewardship perspective and make responsible lifestyle choices that lead to optimal health and vitality.
3. Instill a Christ-centered approach and genuine concern for improving the health and wellness others.
4. Apply critical thinking skills to creatively address the visual, technical and aesthetic aspects of the interior environment. 
5. Develop the ability to effectively communicate orally, in writing, and visually.
6. Cultivate the ability to work effectively with others through collaboration.
7. Encourage creative, innovative and design thinking throughout the design process.
8. Instill the ability to collect, review, evaluate and synthesize information and research data to develop design solutions.
9. Instruct methods of design using knowledge of how interiors affect the health, safety, and welfare of all individuals, and how elements comply with codes and regulations.
10. Develop cultural awareness and understanding to produce informed design solutions and demonstrate cultural competency as it relates to natural, social and economic issues to justify design solutions.

Important Notes

• 40% of major requirements must be completed at Judson.
• 40% of major requirements must be upper division.
• A minimum major GPA of 2.50 is required.
• No grade lower than C- is accepted for major requirements.
• Many ARC and INT courses are sequential. Students must successfully pass all ARC and INT courses with a minimum of a
  C- to meet the prerequisite of the next course in the sequence.
• All Interior Design majors who spend four years studying at Judson receive an Architectural Studies minor. It is possible for a second minor to be pursued as well.

Ged Eds Required by Major

• ART111 Drawing I (3 c.h.) and DES121 Design I (3 c.h.) (fulfill Gen Ed Visual and Performing Arts Requirement)
• INT351 Commercial Space Planning (5 c.h.) (fulfills Gen Ed GEN301 Requirement)

Major Requirements

Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design with Architectural Studies Minor (Four-Year Plan)

Academic planning is the student's responsibility. This Graduation Plan is designed to be a guide to assist students as they plan their course selections. This is only a suggested schedule, and is not a substitute for a student's Advising Worksheet, nor the Program Requirements in the Judson University Catalog. Actual course selections should be made with the advice and approval of an academic advisor. Students should become familiar with the catalog in effect at the time at which they entered the institution. Course requirements and sequencing may vary with AP courses, transfer courses, English/math placement, or other conditions.

A full-time course load for undergraduate students is 12-18 credits per semester. Illinois residents receiving state aid should register for 15 hours per semester.

In addition to the courses below, chapel is required for all traditional full-time students (i.e., those taking 12 or more credit hours), both residents and commuters. This course counts as 1 credit towards a student's full-time status within the term, but does not earn credits towards graduation.

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First-time students (those entering college directly from high school) should take GEN101; transfer students should take ESS101

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ARC101 Shop Stewardship Materials and Processes (1 c.h.) is required for all students new to the Architecture Department at Judson University, to address insurance, liability and safety concerns. However, students with facility with the wood shop, assembly tools and processes may test out of this course, as arranged with the instructor, at the first day of the course offering. Until then, all new students must register for and attend this course.

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Calculus requirement must be completed as a prerequisite to PHY237 General Physics I w/Lab (4 c.h.).

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Designated Architecture and Interior Design studio courses carry a program fee resulting from the unique expenses of these majors. The fee is applied to studio courses from second semester of freshman year through graduate study. The program fee applies directly to the specialized programming, technology, materials and physical resources necessary to maintain the distinctive excellence of programs in the Department of Architecture. For ARC122 Communication and Architectonics (4 c.h.), the program fee is $650. For all designated studios in the second year and above, the program fee is $950.

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ARC222 Construction Tectonics / Assemblies (3 c.h.) is only offered every other spring term. In those years when it is not offered, first-year students should swap this course with BST110 Intro to the Christian Bible (3 c.h.), PSY111 Introduction to Psychology (3 c.h.), or SOC151 Introduction to Sociology (3 c.h.), and take ARC222 Construction Tectonics / Assemblies (3 c.h.) in the spring of the second year.

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During the spring term of the second year, all students must submit application for the Mid-Program Review, for acceptance into the third year, or professional portion, of the architecture program. Students must achieve an overall GPA of 2.50 in all coursework and a 2.75 GPA in all ARC and INT coursework taken at Judson University, to date, including completion of all ARC and INT courses taken with a C- or better. A portfolio of works and a letter of intent are also required with the MidProgram Review application, as described in the Architecture supplement to the Judson University Student Handbook. Students must pass the mid-program review as a prerequisite for all 300 & 400 level ARC and INT courses.

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The INT381 Interior Design Study Tour (5 c.h.) Interior Design Study Tour is a distinctive of the Judson Architecture program, and it is a required course. INT381 Interior Design Study Tour (5 c.h.) is a 4-week foreign study course, in Europe, focused on field-sketching, watercolor, history and place. INT381 Interior Design Study Tour (5 c.h.) is usually taken during the May-term following the third year of undergraduate study, or as applicable in a transfer sequence. INT381 Interior Design Study Tour (5 c.h.)​ has a separate trip cost of $5600 + $1375 summer tuition + $100 fee + personal spending. Initial details for INT381 Interior Design Study Tour (5 c.h.) will be communicated prior to the end of the students' second year, and planning and preparation will occur throughout the students' third year, prior to the execution of the course, following the third year of study.