波尔州立大学

Advance or begin your interior designer career with our completely online master of arts (MA) or master of science (MS) degree in interior design.

This rigorous and innovative program will equip you to be a professional interior designer, as well as to develop and hone your creative processes in your pursuit of design excellence. The program emphasis is on research and theory (VS design) and during the course of study, you will learn design theory, environmental psychology, graphic communication skills, and design for ergonomic, accessibility, functional, and cultural needs. Your practical skills will be complemented with design theory, critical thinking skills, and other knowledge that will make sure you continue growing and evolving as the needs of our global populations change.

What You Will Study

As a graduate of our program, you will be able to:

• Demonstrate knowledge of interior design as it relates to functional, cultural, and ergonomic needs of diverse populations.
• Demonstrate knowledge of interior design as it relates to human behavior and space programming (for example, research and identification of clients' needs as related to behavioral settings, proxemics, density and crowding, personal space and territory).
• Demonstrate knowledge of graphic communication skills needed for the professional practice of design (for example, digital trends, cutting-edge animation techniques, digital rendering techniques).
• Integrate various approaches and articulations of creative and critical thinking through the study of innovative design methodologies, scholarly design articles related to the social, cultural and economic developments over time, and works of key practitioners, theorists, and critics.
• Demonstrate knowledge in creative expression and intellectual leadership through the study of professional standards, ethical procedures, and transnational models covering management and entrepreneurship policies.
• Develop a commitment to lifelong learning and other creative and intellectual pursuits.

Why a Master's Degree in Interior Design?

Advancing your interior design career goals with a master's degree from Ball State offers many benefits to you:

• Flexible Scheduling
• Superior Quality
• Socially Responsible Curriculum
• Economical
• Technologically Advanced
• Accreditation
• Small Class Sizes
• Higher Pay
• Greater Expertise
• Doctoral Preparation

Two tracks for this degree are offered:

FAST TRACK

If you have a bachelor's degree in architecture or interior design, your program will require only 33 credits and can be completed within two years.

You may start this program at any semester. Please keep in mind that, realistically, it is impossible to complete a thesis or creative project with remaining program electives in one semester. Thus, it is more likely you will continue working on your thesis or project the spring of your second year if you follow this schedule.

THREE YEAR TRACK

If you have no prior design education, this option requires 80 credits (approximately three years) of undergraduate and graduate course work. This program must be started in the fall semester only. This is a combination of online and on-campus courses.