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About Honours Bachelor Of Interior Design in Sheridan College (Ontario)

Practical hands-on training

• 2D and 3D computer software, including AUTOCAD, SketchUp, Revit and other design software.
• Project management skills.
• Sustainability and socially responsible practices.
• 4-month co-op semester.
• Building systems and construction knowledge.

A professional learning environment

At Sheridan, we've applied interior design principles to our own learning environments. Our studios are designed to look and feel like professional spaces, rather than classrooms. Interior design is a mobile computing program, which means you'll have unlimited access to software, class lecture notes, PowerPoint presentations, reading lists, assignment outlines, and all other course resources.

Learning Outcomes

• Incorporate a global perspective when making design decisions, based on sustainable, socio-economic and cultural contexts.
• Apply theories of human behaviour to human-centred design solutions.
• Apply the design process to generate creative solutions to complex problems optimizing the human experience within the interior environment.
• Collaborate in multi-disciplinary teams respecting a variety of points of view and perspectives that enrich the process and product of the team.
• Communicate complex ideas clearly to specialists and non-specialists through appropriate oral, written and representational media.
• Exemplify accepted standards of professionalism and business practice including a commitment to engage in lifelong learning.
• Analyze interiors, architecture, the decorative arts, and art within a historical and cultural context to inform contemporary design solutions.
• Synthesize theories and concepts of spatial definition and organization into multi-dimensional design solutions.
• Apply theory, psychology and methodology of colour to designs of the interior environment.
• Specify furniture, fixtures, equipment and finish materials to meet the design criteria for a variety of interior spaces.
• Apply principles of lighting, acoustics, thermal comfort, and indoor air quality as required to enhance the health, safety, welfare, and performance of building occupants.

Career Opportunities

While many of our graduates will be able to go directly into established architectural or interior design firms, many other career paths beckon.

Sample Employment Areas

• Educator
• Facilities management
• Independent consulting
• LEED certified consulting
• Product manufacturing and sales
• Real estate development

Academic qualification equivalents

• Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, English, Grade 12 with a minimum 65% overall average.

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS           :   6.5 – Overall Band Score with no Band below 6.0
• TOEFL          :   88 (21L,W,S,R) iBT (Internet-based TOEFL) or 570 Paper-based
• PTE              :    60 – Overall Minimum Score (57L,W,S,R)

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