Interior Design (INDS)

Freshman and transfer students admitted to Auburn University, as well as internal transfer students from within Auburn University, who desire to major in Interior Design, College of Human Sciences, will be admitted to Pre-Interior Design (INDX). The Pre-Interior Design students must complete the first year of Pre-Interior Design course work; i.e., CADS 1000 and CADS 1100 with a grade of “C” or better in order to be evaluated for possible admission into the Interior Design curriculum. Admission into the Interior Design program (sophomore-senior levels) is limited with a maximum class size of 60 students per year. Admission will be based upon a portfolio review by the Interior Design faculty of selected work completed in the Pre-Interior Design course work. Most course work in the major must be taken in sequence; transfer students should anticipate that additional semesters of study may be required to complete the program. Students in INDS must earn a grade of a C or higher in all prerequisite courses in the major before being allowed to proceed to the next course in the sequence. Major courses include the Human Sciences College core courses and all required Consumer and Design Sciences courses that are indicated in bold print in the model.

Freshman
FallHoursSpringHours
CADS 2000 Global Consumer Culture3CADS 2300 History of Interior Design I3
CADS 1100 INDS Studio: Design Principles3Core History 23
CADS 1000 Intro to Interior Design3Core Fine Arts3
ENGL 1100 English Composition I3ENGL 1120 English Composition II3
Core History 13MATH 1100 Finite Math and Applications, 1120 Precalculus Algebra, or 1130 Precalculus Trigonometry3
 15 15
Sophomore
FallHoursSpringHours
CADS 2100 INDS Studio: Plan & Process4CADS 2200 INDS Studio: CAD3
CADS 2150 Proj Mgmt for INDS1CADS 2400 Interior Material & Components3
CADS 2350 History of Interior Design II3CADS 3200 INDS Studio: Residential4
CADS 2550 Lighting and Systems3Professional Elective13
COMM 1000 Public Speaking3NTRI 2000 Nutrition And Health, HDFS 2100 Science of Human Connections, or HOSP 2000 Principles Service Management3
 14 16
Junior
FallHoursSpringHoursSummerHours
CADS 5100 INDS Studio: Commercial4CADS 5400 INDS Studio: Health & Wellness4CADS 4950 INDS Internship9
CADS 5200 Interior Design Portfolio3NTRI 2000 Nutrition And Health, HDFS 2100 Science of Human Connections, or HOSP 2000 Principles Service Management3 
Core Literature3Core Science Sequence (2 of 2)24 
Core Science Sequence (1 of 2)24Core Social Science3 
 14 14 9
Senior
FallHoursSpringHours
CADS 4200 INDS Senior Seminar1CADS 5150 Global Issues in INDS3
CADS 5300 INDS Studio: Hospitality4CADS 5350 INDS Studio: Adv Design Proj4
Professional Elective15Professional Elective13
Core Social Sciences3Core Humanities - PHIL3
 UNIV 4AA0 Achieve the Creed0
 13 13
Total Hours: 123
1

Professional electives are selected from a list provided by program advisors/academic advisors.

2

Choose from: Series A: BIOL 1000BIOL 1001 & BIOL 1010BIOL 1011CHEM 1010CHEM 1011 & CHEM 1020CHEM 1021; GEOS 1100 & GEOS 1110; CSES 1010CSES 1020.

 

College and Department Notes:

  • Note 1: Required Interior Design major courses and College Core are in bold. Grades in these courses are used to calculate the GPA in the major and to meet graduation requirements.
  • Note 2: Admission to the INDS program is competitive. All incoming and transfer students will be placed in Pre-Interior Design pending acceptance into the INDS program.
  • Note 3: Students participate in a portfolio review after completing both CADS 1000 and CADS 1100 with a "C" or higher to determine the students that matriculate into the INDS program.
  • Note 4: Must earn a "C" or higher on all required CADS courses in the Interior Design major.
  • Note 5: All Human Sciences students must have a laptop. In addition, students who complete portfolio review and matriculate into the Interior Design program have specific technology requirements for the major.
  • Note 6: Students must register for UNIV 4AA0 the term they plan to graduate (non-credit class for clearing graduation).