GRADUATE
Introduction
Curriculum
Courses
Interior Product Design Concentration
Historic Preservation Concentration
Museum Studies Concentration
Past Thesis Titles
IINTRODUCTION TO THE PROGRAM
The Department of Interior Architecture offers a 60 semester hour post-professional Master of Fine Arts (MFA) program. The MFA program will eventually replace the 44 hour Master of Science (MS) program. The Master of Fine Arts program in Interior Architecture provides opportunities for students to achieve a high level of excellence in the design of architectural interiors, to develop specialization in fields of study that match with current IAR faculty’s area of research, and to complete their graduate work with a terminal degree. The design studio is taken with courses in design and research methods, courses that expand the base of knowledge relating to both user needs and environments that serve those needs, seminars devoted to pertinent issues of environmental design, and internship or supervised professional practice. Special attention may be directed toward design for special populations, digital design and simulation, community formation and transformation, architectural conservation, design graphics, design research in professional practice, ecological design, environmental ethics and socio-spatial justice, evidence-based design, feminist design theory and pedagogy, furniture design and production, historic preservation theory and practice, industrial manufacturing and digital fabrication, interdisciplinary study, interior product design, lighting design, material culture, place theory, and sustainability. For curricular sequence based on current IAR faculty’s area of research, please click here.
This post-professional degree is geared toward students with undergraduate degrees in interior architecture, interior design, or a related field. The degree will prepare students for careers in teaching, research, or specialized practice. Students will take eight to nine related content courses, a two-course research methods sequence, at least three graduate-level design studios, and develop a thesis generated from their selected area of focus. For a list of IARc thesis titles, click here.
The Master of Science program is in the process of being discontinued. For more information on the Master of Science program, please visit the links below:
Master of Science with Historic Preservation Concentration
Master of Science with Interior Product Design Concentration
Master of Science with Museum Studies Concentration
