2024-2025 Undergraduate Course Catalog 
    
    Dec 11, 2024  
2024-2025 Undergraduate Course Catalog

Environmental and Interior Design, BFA


Contact

Zoriana Dunham, Program Coordinator
The Nancy Cantor Warehouse, zdunham@syr.edu

Faculty

Zoriana Dunham, Dennis Earle, SeWoong Kim, Seyeon Lee, Jody Nyboer, Matthew Leonard

Description

Through the exploration of the art and architecture of environmental design, students solve problems in a broad range of built environments. Students work closely with faculty in a studio environment similar to the professional design office experience. The curriculum and projects support the professional, multidisciplinary philosophy and foster the creation of humane, sustainable environments for people. Visualization and communications skills, as well as a strong technical component, provide a basis for the education of designers who will become creative problem solvers and leaders in various fields of interior design.

Students receive a broad liberal arts education in conjunction with studio courses in fine arts to complement their work in environmental and interior design. A sensitivity to the concerns of people, sustainable design practices and an understanding of the business of design contribute to their overall competence. Individual work experiences and actual and collaborative projects in the community and with industry expose students to current and future issues.

The program shares courses, design laboratories, and studios with other disciplines in the School of Design and maintains a close relationship with professional designers, design societies, and manufacturers. Students and the program have received many national and international design awards. The program is accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA).

Student Learning Outcomes


1. Demonstrate critical thinking, application of precedents/theories, diverse methodologies, and research synthesis in the design process

2. Demonstrate knowledge and effective application of programming, space-planning, and spatial design skills for environmental and interior design, including synthesis of research and client/user information, spatial analysis, and iterative problem-solving

3. Demonstrate competency in drawing, architectural graphics, and visual representation articulated through the use of analog and digital tools

4. Demonstrate an understanding of diverse behavioral, social, cultural, historical, political, and spatial contexts affecting the design of the built environment

5. Demonstrate the ability to reflect on and critique key aspects of design as process and product

6. Demonstrate an understanding of design as a unique tool to promote humanistic, progressive ideals which embrace diversity, environmental responsibility, universal/inclusive spaces, human-centered design, and alignment with progressive professional practices in environmental and interior design

Program Requirements


Degree Awarded: BFA in Environmental and Interior Design