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Eligibility Criteria

High School Diploma, GED Or Equiv. International Education

Credit Hours

36 Hours

Course Duration

6 Months (Self-Paced) Program

Courses Offered

6

Introduction to Furniture Style

This course profiles the history of the development of various furniture styles, exploring the evolution of style in the context of the architectural setting, interior design, and decorative arts of each period. This fascinating course is a beautiful visual reference guide to furniture styles.

Interior Design Materials

This course takes into account the dramatic advances being made in materials and technologies. It focuses on interior architecture offering a refreshing, synergistic approach to the field while exposing you to many exciting nonstructural materials available to today''s designers.

Introduction to Interior Design

This course provides you a fundamental understanding of the commands and features of AutoCAD 2007 and demonstrates how to use the program to complete interior design and space planning projects.

Interior Design Technology

This course includes the latest material on CAD, digital portfolios, resume preparation, and Web page design. It remains the only comprehensive guide to address the visual design and presentation needs of the interior designer, with coverage of design graphics, models, and presentation techniques in one complete volume.

Sustainable Interior Design

This course provides straightforward and comprehensive coverage of civil technology drafting and mapping. It includes survey types, plots, plane and profile, contours, and earthworks. Input and ideas from the industry, specifically civil engineering companies, offering you a well-rounded view of the civil drafting field and the types of drawings and skills associated with it.

Introduction to Color Theory

This course provides a firm foundation in the basics of color harmony and usage and explores the vast and often hidden ways in which color affects our everyday lives—culturally, psychologically, and physiologically.

Cost of Attendance

Tuition Fee Breakdown Cost
UNDERGRADUATE DIPLOMA $3,240
Medical Insurance $0.00
Personal Expenses $0.00
Study Materials $0.00
Food Cost $0.00
Total Tuition Fee $3,240
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Introduction to Furniture Style

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The ancient world.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Classical greece and rome.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    The middle ages.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The baroque period, 17th century.
    The rococo period, 18th century.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The victorian period, 19th century.
    The modern movement, 20th century.
    Non-western and regional styles.
    Furniture design and construction.

Interior Design Materials

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Environmental concerns.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Carpet.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Floors.
    Walls.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Ceilings.
    Cabinet construction.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Kitchens.
    Bathrooms.

Introduction to Interior Design

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introducing the autocad program
    Preparing to draw with autocad
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Drawing with autocad: basic commands and settings
    Drawing with autocad: conference and lecture rooms
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Printing and plotting from model and paper space
    Adding text, tables and raster images to the drawing
    Drawing the floor plan: walls, doors, and windows
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Dimensioning and area calculations
    Drawing elevations, wall sections, and details
    Drawing the furniture plan: adding specifications and extracting data
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Drawing the reflected ceiling plan and power plan
    Isometric drawing and gradient hatch rendering
    Creating presentations with layouts and sheet sets
    Solid modeling of simple shapes
    Complex solid models with materials, lighting, rendering and plotting

Interior Design Technology

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Preparing autocad for the chapters
    Autocad basics
    Introduction to autocad
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Basic construction techniques
    Basic editing and plotting techniques
    Geometric constructions
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Template drawing and more plotting
     2d orthographic drawings
    Dimensioning
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Advanced dimensioning
    Section and auciliary views
    Blocks, designcenter, and tool palettes
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Introduction to solid modeling
    Changing and plotting solid models
    Creating assembly drawings from solid models

Sustainable Interior Design

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Computer-aided design and drafting - cadd-
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Mapping scales
    Mapping symbols
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Measuring distance and elevation
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Surveying fundamentals
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Location and direction
    Legal descriptions and plot plans
    Contour lines
    Profiles
    Civil engineering detail drawings
    Introduction to geographic information systems -gis-

Introduction to Color Theory

Topics Covered in This Course:
  In Section 1 of this course you will cover these topics:
    The color connection.
  In Section 2 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Color: pigment and light.
  In Section 3 of this exam you will be evaluated on below listed topics:
    Color and health.
    Color and psychology.
  In Section 4 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Color in culture and society.
  In Section 5 of this course you will cover these topics:
    Color order systems.
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