Interior Merchandising and Home Staging

This pathway map will help you gain the expertise needed to:

1. Design spaces that integrate furnishings, fixtures, finishes, and equipment according to client needs.
2. Apply global design perspectives with consideration of social, cultural, economic, and ecological contexts to solve interior design problems.
3. Analyze and design spaces using the elements and principles of design.
4. Demonstrate knowledge of history of interiors, architecture, decorative arts, art, and related theories when solving design problems.
5. Interpret information gathered through research to generate evidence-based design solutions.
6. Apply knowledge of environmentally responsible and sustainable practices to solve design problems.
7. Express ideas and their rationale according to architecture and interior design standards through visual media including ideation, sketches, drawings, renderings, and plans.
8. Collaborate with individuals and institutions across diverse disciplines to solve problems.
9. Communicate with diverse audiences in varied settings and formats.
10. Integrate criticism in an effective manner to refine design solutions.
11. Recognize industry accepted professional ethics and conduct.
12. Express the impact of design on the human experience and the professional value interior designers provide in local, national, and global contexts.
13. Employ estimating, budget coordination, and information management to complete a design project.