弗吉尼亚联邦大学

The Master of Fine Arts in Design with a concentration in interior environments: professional entry-level option is for second-degree seekers who have a proven record of academic excellence and are interested in pursuing a career in interior design.

The 60-credit program is an intense and rigorous, highly sequenced program that takes two years and two summers to complete. Full-time enrollment and commitment is required. Students are accepted for the fall semester only. The structure of the professional entry-level track echoes the undergraduate program in content, but you will advance at an accelerated rate. Students enroll each semester in a group of courses that contains interrelated studio, graphics and support classes.

All students entering the program must attend the Introduction to Interior Design Workshop held approximately six weeks before the fall semester begins. The summer workshop introduces students to the elements and principles of interior design practice and initiates the development of skills necessary for successful completion of the first-year sequence. Students must successfully complete the workshop to begin the fall semester courses.

Program goal

The mission of the Department of Interior Design in VCU’s School of the Arts is to provide an intellectually rigorous, studio-based experience grounded in the issues of interior architecture. The department develops in its students an enduring passion and curiosity for their work, a determination to continually seek quality in their endeavors, an ability to reflect constructively upon their actions as individuals, and a responsibility for their lifelong education. The department focuses a student’s professional activities while encouraging connections between these activities and a larger forum of ideas that enrich their culture and their environment.

Student learning outcomes

• Students will demonstrate professional values.
• Student work will demonstrate advanced design theory.
• Student work will demonstrate advanced knowledge of interior design.
• Student work will demonstrate effective communication.
• Students will demonstrate a foundation in business and professional practices.