The Sheridan Interior Design program will begin offering a bachelor’s degree in the 2010-11 academic year, becoming just the third interior design college program in Canada to offer a bachelor’s degree. This innovative program has always kept pace with rising professional standards in the interior design industry. Sheridan is recognized by the Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario (ARIDO).

Sheridan’s Interior Design bachelor’s degree will provide the practical, hands-on training and creative approach that built our reputation on, while also introducing more theoretical and research components. You’ll learn:

• 2-D and 3-D computer software, including AUTOCAD, SketchUp and various other design software programs
• Project management
• Sustainability and socially responsible practices
• Architectural standards
• Lighting and HVAC systems
• Residential, corporate, commercial, hospitality, and other related sectors
• Fire, safety and local Building Codes
• Professional business practice

A Professional Learning Environment: Sheridan applied interior design principles to its own learning environments. They’re designed to look and feel like professional spaces, rather than classrooms. Interior design is a mobile computing program, which means you’ll have unlimited access to software, class lecture notes, PowerPoint presentations, reading lists, assignment outlines, and all other course resources — whether you’re on campus or off. See the Mobile Computing page for details. Sheridan organize an annual field trip to New York, plus occasional trips to Chicago and other locations. You’ll even have an opportunity to take courses in Italy throughout the spring/summer session.

Above all, you’ll learn by doing. You’ll work with practicing interior design professionals who have extensive industry experience. You’ll also get a hands-on interior design education, graduating with an applied degree and a set of skills that translate directly to the workplace

• Ontario Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, including One English (Grade 12 ENG4C or ENG4U) plus
• One senior-level Visual Arts credit at the M, or Open Level
• Four other Grade 12 subjects at the U or M level
• Minimum 65% overall average
• Applicant Selection: Eligible applicants are selected on the basis of previous academic achievement (the average of their six highest senior-level credits, including required courses), and the results of their portfolio assessment. A portfolio review fee is required with the submission.

Progression Policy: Academic progress in the program is based on meeting the requirements of an internal academic policy that outlines course and program grade standards, as well as pre- and co-requisites. This policy is distributed to students at the commencement of the program. Sheridan has been granted a consent by the Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities to offer this applied degree for a further five-year term starting December 31, 2007. Sheridan will ensure that all students admitted to the Bachelor of Applied Arts (Animation) Program during the period of consent will have the opportunity to complete the program within a reasonable time frame.

Courses

Term 1

• Interior Design Studio 1
• Design Theory 1
• Sustainable Practices 1
• Design Communications 1
• Composition and Rhetoric

• Interior Design Studio 2
• Human Factors
• Interior Detailing 1
• Design Communications 2
• Design and Material Culture

• Interior Design Studio 3
• Interior Detailing 2
• Design Communications 3
• Contemporary Design: Origins and Issues
• Gen Ed Elective

• Interior Design Studio 4
• Building Technology 1: Lighting
• Interior Detailing 3
• Design Communications 4
• Statistics
• Gen Ed Elective

Term 5

• Interior Design Studio 5
• Building Technology 2: Mechanical & Safety Systems
• Design Communications 5
• Sustainable Practices 2
• Research Methods
• Gen Ed Elective

• Interior Design Studio 6
• Professional Practice 1
• Interdisciplinary Design Practices
• Design Theory 2
• Case Studies in Design
• Gen Ed Elective

Term 7

• Interior Design Advanced Studio 1
• Interior Design Thesis: Research & Programming
• Site Studies
• Professional Practices 2
• Gen Ed Elective

• Interior Design Advanced Studio 2 (Thesis 2)
• Design Communications 6
• Interior Detailing 4
• Gen Ed Elective

Note: Courses subject to change.