Course Overview
Introduces the field of interior design. Student will gain a good understanding of the interior design art form. This is the prerequisite for all other courses in the certificate program, and may be taken concurrently with INTD 1010, INTD 1020, INTD 2000 or INTD 3070.
Prerequisite(s)
- No prerequisites are required for this course.
Credits
3.0
- Retired
- This course has been retired and is no longer offered. Find other Flexible Learning courses that may interest you.
Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course the student will be able to:
- Determine the priorities for selecting a material.
- Identify incandescent and fluorescent lamps and note their characteristics.
- Comprehend the Munsell Colour Wheel and its correlation of colours.
- Understand the psychology of cool and warm colours.
- Begin to familiarize themselves with tints, tones and shades.
- Develop fundamental skills in architectural drafting techniques and use of equipment.
- Read a floor plan.
- Understand the use of the elements and the principles of design as they relate to interiors through group discussions and assignment projects.
- Apply basic knowledge of furniture arrangemnets and how they relate to architecture.
- Show an awareness of period styles of furniture as they relate to their time.
- Work effectively, as part of a team, to evaluate the successful design of a given illustration.
- Draft a floor plan, design a furniture layout, select furnishings, materials and colours for that layout and complete a lighting plan.
Effective as of Fall 2003
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