Program Overview

Program Overview

The Interior Design Major at Virginia Tech is a comprehensive program that prepares students for a career in interior design. The program is designed to provide students with a strong foundation in the principles of interior design, as well as the skills and knowledge necessary to succeed in the field.

Program Curriculum

The program curriculum is divided into several components, including:

• Degree Core Requirements
  • ITDS 2044: Interior Design I (6 credits)
  • ITDS 2054: Interior Design II (6 credits)
  • ITDS 2134: Materials and Methods in Interior Design (3 credits)
  • ITDS 3044: Interior Design III (6 credits)
  • ITDS 3054: Interior Design IV (6 credits)
  • ITDS 3125: History of Interiors (3 credits)
  • ITDS 3126: History of Interiors (3 credits)
  • ITDS 3175: Building Systems for Interior Design (3 credits)
  • ITDS 3176: Building Systems for Interior Design (3 credits)
  • ITDS 3184: Construction Documents for Interior Design (3 credits)
  • ITDS 4044: Interior Design V (6 credits)
  • ITDS 4054: Interior Design VI (6 credits)
  • ITDS 4224: Design Research for Interiors (3 credits)
  • ITDS 4554: Contemporary Interior Design Practice (3 credits)
• Professional Elective Courses
  • ARCH 1015: Foundation Design Laboratory (6 credits)
  • ARCH 1016: Foundation Design Laboratory (6 credits)
  • Select one of the following:
    • ITDS 3114: Sustainable Design and Biophilia (3 credits)
    • ITDS 3954: Study Abroad-Interior Design (3 credits)
    • ITDS 4964: Field Study (3 credits)
    • ITDS/ARCH/IDS/LAR/ART 2XXX-4XXX (3 credits)
• Free Electives
  • Select remaining credits of free electives (3 credits)
• Pathways to General Education
  • Pathways Concept 1 - Discourse
    • ENGL 1105: First-Year Writing (3 credits)
    • ENGL 1106: First-Year Writing (3 credits)
    • COMM 2004: Public Speaking (3 credits)
  • Pathways Concept 2 - Critical Thinking in the Humanities
    • ART 2385: Survey of the History of Western Art (3 credits)
    • or ART 2386: Survey of the History of Western Art (3 credits)
    • Select three credits in Pathway 2 (3 credits)
  • Pathways Concept 3 - Reasoning in the Social Sciences
    • SOC 1004: Introductory Sociology (3 credits)
    • Select three credits in Pathway 3 (3 credits)
  • Pathways Concept 4 - Reasoning in the Natural Sciences
    • Select six credits in Pathway 4 (6 credits)
  • Pathways Concept 5 - Quantitative and Computational Thinking
    • Choose one of the following sequences of foundational math courses:
      • MATH 1014 and MATH 1025: Precalculus with Transcendental Functions and Elementary Calculus (6 credits)
      • or MATH 1025 and MATH 1026: Elementary Calculus and Elementary Calculus (6 credits)
      • or MATH 1535 and MATH 1536: Geometry and Mathematics of Design and Geometry and Mathematics of Design (6 credits)
    • Select three credits in Pathway 5a (3 credits)
  • Pathways Concept 6 - Critique and Practice in Design and the Arts
    • ITDS 1224: Introduction to Interior Design (3 credits)
    • Pathway 6a (3 credits)
  • Pathways Concept 7 - Critical Analysis of Identity and Equity in the United States
    • Satisfied by completion of SOC 1004. If double counting 3 additional credit hours of electives will be required.

Graduation Requirements

To graduate from the Interior Design Major program, students must:

• Maintain a 2.0 minimum GPA in all courses taken at Virginia Tech.
• Maintain an overall 2.5 minimum GPA in all major courses.
• Complete all required courses with a grade of "C-" or better.
• Complete a minimum of 120 credits.

Satisfactory Progress

Students must maintain a 2.0 minimum GPA in all courses taken at Virginia Tech and a 2.5 minimum GPA in all major courses to continue in the program. If a student's GPA drops below a 2.5 in major courses, they must repeat courses with below a 2.5 to elevate their GPA to 2.5 before continuing in the degree.

Foreign Language Requirement

Students who do not successfully complete at least 2 units of a single language, classical language, or American Sign Language during high school must successfully complete 6 semester hours of a single college-level language or classical language at the college level. Such semester hours are in addition to those normally required for graduation.