Seven options in JCCC's interior design program offer students opportunities to choose a career path from a wide variety of exciting fields. Three associate of applied science degree options -- interior design, interior merchandising and interior entrepreneurship -- offer design, retail and business proprietorship skills. Three certificate programs, the interior products sales certificate, interior design and merchandising entrepreneurship certificate and the interior design sales and marketing representative certificate, are available for students who need skills for immediate employment or who want a broader knowledge base for their current employment. The interior design advanced certificate offers classes needed to sit for the NCIDQ exam.

JCCC's program offers courses in materials and resources, professional selling, business management, manual and CAD drafting, and product presentation, combined with a basic curriculum of business math, English and art history. Two required work-study internships help develop technical, creative and business skills.

Faculty have worked in the field, which equips them to offer valuable firsthand knowledge of what it takes to succeed.

Note: Metropolitan Community College students should seek specific counsel from the JCCC program personnel for the appropriate course plan and numbers.

Metropolitan Community College students should refer to Cooperative Program Information.

(Major Code 2760; CIP Code 50.0408)

Interior Design

Associate of Applied Science Degree

First Semester

ITMD 121  Interior Design/Tech Prep............................3
ITMD 133  Furniture & Ornamentation/Antiquity to Renaissance...3
DRAF 164  Architectural Drafting/Residential Interior Design...3
MATH 120  Business Math or higher*.............................3
          Prerequisite: MATH 111 with a grade of "C" or higher
          or appropriate score on the math assessment test
ITMD 125  Interior Textiles....................................3
ENGL 121  Composition I*.......................................3
          Prerequisite: ENGL 106 or appropriate placement
          test score or EAP 113 and EAP 117
          Total Semester Credit Hours.........................18

Second Semester

          Interiors Elective...................................3
ITMD 123  Space Planning*......................................3
          Prerequisites: ITMD 121 with "C" or higher and
          DRAF 164 with a grade of "C" or higher
ITMD 132  Materials and Resources..............................3
MKT  134  Professional Selling.................................3
ITMD 231  Furniture & Ornamentation Renaissance to 20th Cent...3
BUS  150  Business Communications*.............................3
          Prerequisite: ENGL 121
          Total Semester Credit Hours.........................18

Third Semester

          Interiors Elective...................................3
          Business/Marketing Elective..........................3
ITMD 271  Budgeting and Estimating*............................3
          Prerequisites: ITMD 121 with a grade of "C" or higher
          and ITMD 125 with a grade of "C" or higher and
          MATH 120 with a grade of "C" or higher
ITMD 282  Interiors Internship I*..............................1
          Prerequisite: ITMD 121 with a grade of C or higher
ARTH 180  Art History: Ancient to Renaissance..................3
ECON 132  Survey of Economics..................................3
          or
ECON 230  Economics I..........................................3
          Total Semester Credit Hours.........................16

Fourth Semester

          Interiors Elective...................................3
          Business/Marketing Elective..........................3
          Physical Education Elective..........................1
ITMD 273  Interiors Seminar: Practices and Procedures*.........2
          Prerequisite: ITMD 123 with a grade of "C" or higher
ITMD 284  Interiors Internship II*.............................1
          Prerequisites: ITMD 121 with a grade of C or higher
          and ITMD 282 with a grade of C or higher
FASH 125  Visual Merchandising.................................3
FASH 135  Image Management.....................................1
          or
ITMD 180  Leadership in Design*................................1
          Prerequisite: ITMD 123 with a grade of "C" or higher
ITMD 237  Capstone: Merchandising and Entrepreneurship*........2
          Prerequisite: Approval of program facilitator
          Total Semester Credit Hours.........................16
          TOTAL PROGRAM CREDIT HOURS..........................68

Interior Electives

ITMD 127  Elements of Floral Design............................1
ITMD 140  Window Treatments*...................................1
          Prerequisites: ITMD 121 and ITMD 125 both with a
          grade of "C" or higher and
          Prerequisite or Corequisite: ITMD 271 with a grade
          of "C" or higher
ITMD 143  Accessory Fundamentals*..............................1
          Prerequisite: ITMD 121 with a grade of "C" or higher
ITMD 145  Upholstered Furniture*...............................1
          Prerequisites:  ITMD 121 and ITMD 125 both with a
          grade of "C" or higher and
          Prerequisite or corequisite:  ITMD 271
          with a grade of "C" or higher
ITMD 147  Lighting Basics*.....................................1
          Prerequisite: ITMD 121 with a grade of "C" or higher
          or FASH 125
ITMD 148  History of Asian Furniture and Design................2
          Prequisite: Program Facilitator Approval
ITMD 149  Casegoods*...........................................1
          Prerequisite: ITMD 121 with a grade of "C" or higher
ITMD 150  Asian Rugs and Carpets...............................1
ITMD 175  Advanced Floral Design*..............................1
          Prerequisite: ITMD 127
ITMD 213  Lighting Design and Planning*........................3
          Prerequisite: ITMD 121 with grade of "C" or higher
          or FASH 125
ITMD 225  Interior Textiles II*................................3
          Prerequisite: ITMD 125 with a grade of "C" or higher
ITMD 250  20th Century Designers...............................1
ITMD 295  Field Study: Design and Merchandising*...............3
          Prerequisites: ITMD 121
          and department approval
ITMD 296  Interior Design: the Orient..........................3

Business/Marketing Electives

BUS  145  Small Business Management............................3
BUS  230  Marketing............................................3
MKT  121  Retail Management....................................3
MKT  221  Sales Management*....................................3
          Prerequisite: MKT 134
*Prerequisite/Corequisite required