Interior Architecture Bachelor's Degree

Whether as intimate and familiar as a home or as dramatic and monumental as an international airport, our surroundings have a significant impact on the way we live, work and feel. Interior architecture begins with understanding the importance of how people interact with the spaces around them.

As an Ohio University Interior Architecture major, you will learn how to design spaces that support people. You will study how interiors can meet people’s physiological, informational, and social needs and capabilities as those needs change from childhood through older adulthood. You will learn to apply evidence-based design to plan environments shaped by your creativity alongside the application of theories related to environmental sustainability and "green building," programming, ergonomics, the anthropometrics of body shapes, egress, building codes, all in conjunction with the material and aesthetics of architecture and furniture.

Students in the Interior Architecture Program have 24/7 access to design studios where they use drawing, model making, and computer-based design software developing and planning of all aspects of interior spaces.

Interior Architecture Student Achievement Data 2016-2019

Interior Architecture B.F.A. Courses & Curriculum

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Program courses present ideas, issues and information central to the contemporary practice of interior design. Through this program, you will learn how architectural elements interact and synthesize to meet physical, psychological, social, and intellectual needs of people in a variety of settings.

If you are sensitive to the use of materials and details in a built environment, are attentive to color, enjoy drawing, constructing, and organizing objects and spaces, this program may provide a challenging and fulfilling career choice.

Art + Design Foundations Program

Technology Requirements

Interior Architecture Mission Statement

The mission of the Interior Architecture program is to provide an educational foundation that prepares graduates for entry-level positions in the Interior Design profession as well as preparing them for leadership positions in management and design.

The goals of the program are to provide human_centered learning experiences that enable the individual to solve interior space problems through creative exploration, research, assessment, and understanding of the psychological, sociological, and economic needs of those individuals for whom the project is being designed.

The program engages a knowledge base that includes: design fundamentals, design analysis, programming, space planning, materials applications, lighting design, sustainability and environmental impact, technical information (e.g. building codes and written specifications), the integration of digital technology for both exploration and presentation of ideas, and an understanding of the role of aesthetics in design and related disciplines.

American Society of Interior Designers (ASID):
The Impact of Design

The Council for Interior Design Qualification (CIDQ):
What does an interior designer do? 

Interior Architecture Alumni Testimonial

COFA Alumni Testimonials