GRADUATE

Introduction
Curriculum
Courses
Interior Product Design Concentration
Historic Preservation Concentration
Museum Studies Concentration
Past Thesis Titles

CURRICULUM

 

The Department Interior Architecture offers a graduate program of study leading to a Master of Fine Arts degree requiring a minimum of 60 hours. At least 30 hours must be in 600-level courses. The requirements include:
Studio Course (18 hours)
IAR 501 Advanced Interior Architecture I (6)
IAR 502 Advanced Interior Architecture II (6)
IAR 602 Advanced Interior Design III (6)

Required Core Courses (6 hours)
All students take the following 6 hours:
IAR 631 Environmental Design Research (3)
IAR 645 Seminar in Interior Architecture (3)

Electives in Area of Specialization (27-33 hours)
With prior approval by the Director of Graduate Study or the student’s thesis chair, a student will select a minimum of 27 hours in this area from the IAR courses listed below or from other 500 and 600 level courses taught in related areas in other departments.
IAR 527 Problems in Interior Architecture (2-6)
IAR 531 Design Seminar (2)
IAR 535 Architectural Lighting Design (2)
IAR/HIS 536 History of Decorative Arts (3)
IAR 540 Evolution of Furniture (3)
IAR 541 Contemporary Trends in Interior Product Design (3)
IAR/HIS 543 Historic Preservation: Principles and Practice (3)
IAR/HIS 545 Southern History and Southern Material Culture in a Museum Context (3)
IAR/HIS 547 History Museum Curatorship: Collections Management (3)
IAR/HIS 548 Architectural Conservation (3)
IAR/HIS 552 History and Theories of Material Culture (3)
IAR/HIS 555 Field Methods in Preservation Technology (3)
IAR 560 Advanced Computer-Aided Design and Research Seminar (3)
IAR 565 Materials and Methodologies Seminar (3)
IAR 578 Research Methods in Historical Archaeology (3)
IAR 601 Directed Individual Study in Interior Architecture (1-6)
IAR 611 Graduate Seminar (0)
IAR/HIS 624 History of American Landscapes and Architecture (3)
IAR/HIS 625 Preservation Planning and Law (3)
IAR/HIS 626 Management and Leadership in Public History (3)
IAR/HIS 627 Museum and Historic Site Interpretation: Principles and Practice (3)
IAR/HIS 628 Identification and Evaluation of the Historic Built Environment (3)
IAR 665 Problems in Interior Architecture (2-4)

Internship/ professional experience (3-12 hours)
With prior approval by the student’s thesis chair and the Director of Graduate Study in IAR, a student will select a minimum of 3 hours in this area. Both courses can be taken twice for credit.
IAR 600 Supervised Professional Experience (1-4)
IAR/HIS 690 Internship (3)

Thesis (6 hours) (Capstone Experience)
The student will complete 6 hours thesis and participate in a public defense of the thesis before other students and faculty members. The student’s thesis committee will be responsible for reviewing and approving successful completion of the thesis. Credit may be divided over two or more semesters. Students can opt to defend their thesis in the spring or summer semester of their second year or fall semester of third year. View Past Graduate Theses Topics
IAR 699 Thesis (6)

Admission to Candidacy
Students will need to be formally admitted to candidacy for the MFA degree. Students must have successfully completed two semesters of full-time graduate work, possess a B (3.0) average in all courses taken during the first two semesters, and have an overall grade record consistent with the regulations stated in The Graduate School Bulletin. In addition, the application to candidacy must be approved by IAR graduate faculty. The faculty will meet with students to review work and sign candidacy forms early in the fall semester of the second year of graduate work. Students are limited to two candidacy reviews. If a student is not admitted to candidacy during the first review, the review team will issue written recommendations for further studies. The second review will take place within a year of the first. Failure to pass candidacy for the second time will prohibit the student from continuing in the program.