BA in Interior Design
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Program Requirements (AY 2022-2023)
The Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design degree requires the completion of the following degree requirements:
Requirements description | Credits | |
I. General Education Requirements | 31 | |
a. Orientation Courses | 16 | |
b. Knowledge Domain – Humanities & Fine Arts | 6 | |
c. Knowledge Domain – Social and Behavioral Sciences | 6 | |
d. Knowledge Domain – Natural Sciences/Mathematics | 3 | |
II. Engineering Requirements | 6 | |
a. Compulsory | 6 | |
b. Elective | ||
III. Department Requirements | 14 | |
a. Compulsory | 14 | |
b. Elective | ||
IV. Major Requirements | 78 | |
a. Compulsory | 72 | |
b. Elective | 6 |
General Education Requirements (31 Credits)
University General Education Requirements are (31) Credit Hours, as follows:
Orientation Courses (16 Credit hours)
UNIV 100 University First-Year Transition is mandatory for first year students.
Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
STAT 100 | Introductory Probability and Statistics | 3 |
ENGL 101 | Composition | 3 |
UNIV 100 | University First-Year Transition | 1 |
ITEC 103 | Fundamentals of Information Technology | 3 |
ARAB 101 or ARAB 110 |
Arabic Language and Culture for Non- Native Learners I
or Arabic Language and Culture for Native Arabic Speakers I |
3 |
UNIV 200 | Innovation, Entrepreneurship and Sustainability | 3 |
Required Electives – The Field of Arts and Humanities (6 Credits)
Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
MEST 100 | Introduction to Islam in World Culture | 3 |
PHIL 100 or ENGL 200 |
Critical Thinking and ReasoningÂ
or Advanced Composition |
3 |
Social and Behavioral Sciences (6 Credit Hours)
Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
UAES 200 | Survey of United Arab Emirates Studies | 3 |
PSYC 100 | Introduction to Psychology | 3 |
Natural Sciences/Mathematics (3 Credit Hours)
Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
ENVS 102 | Sustainability and Human-Environment Relations | 3 |
The fifth writing intensive course is INDS 412 Graduation Project Thesis Research.
Engineering Requirements
Faculty Requirements are (6) Credit Hours include the following courses:
Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
ENGR 390 | Internship I | 3 |
ENGR 391 | Internship II | 3 |
Department Requirements
Department Requirements are (14) Credit Hours as follow:
Compulsory: (14 Credit Hours)
Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
ARCH 121 | Basic Design I | 4 |
ARCH 122 | Basic Design 2 | 4 |
ARCH 223 | Computer Architectural Drawing | 3 |
ARCH 341 | History and Theory of Architecture 3 | 3 |
Major (Interior Design) Requirements (75 Credits)
Major Electives: (6 Credit Hours)
To be selected from the following list of courses:
Code | Course Title | Credit Hours |
INDS 351 | Parametric Design | 3 |
INDS 352 | Sketching and Painting | 3 |
INDS 353 | Landscape and Garden Design | 3 |
INDS 451 | Portfolio Design | 3 |
INDS 452 | Photography | 3 |
INDS 453 | Advanced BIM: Scheduling and coordination | 3 |
INDS 454 | Research Methods for Interior Design | 3 |
Total | 129 Credits |




