Welcome to the Interior Design Program at High Point University. Interior Design is a four-year program accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA).
The Interior Design Program is housed in Norton Hall, which contains classroom spaces, faculty offices, studios, two computer-assisted design (CAD) labs, lighting lab, library/resource spaces, and a gallery to exhibit student work.
Examples of coursework include: Interior Design Principles, History of Furnishings, Textiles, Design Drawing, CAD Rendering, Residential and Contract Design, Lighting, Professional Practices, and Senior Seminar in Interior Design.
Located in the city of High Point, often recognized as the "Furniture Capitol of the World", interior design students have unique opportunities for field trips, internships, and part-time employment.
If you would like additional information or have questions about our program, please contact Dr. Elizabeth Dull, Coordinator of Interior Design at edull@highpoint.edu or 336.841.9298.
| Requirements for Interior Design Majors | ||
| Course | Credit | Prereq. |
| ART 105 - Principles of Design I | 3 | None |
| ART 120 - Human Dimensions in Art | 3 | None |
| ART 206 - Drawing I | 3 | None |
| HFS 261 - Introduction to Home Furnishings | 3 | None |
| HFS 363 - Home Furnishings Retailing | 3 | HFS 261, INT 113 through INT 328 |
| .INT 113 - Design Fundamentals | 3 | None |
| INT 114 - Intro. To Interior Design | 3 | INT 113 or concurrent enrollment |
| INT 216 - Design Drawing | 3 | INT 113 & 114, ART105 & 206 |
| INT 217 - Visual Presentation of Interiors | 3 | INT 113, 114, 216 & 227,ART 105 & 206 |
| INT 227 - CAD | 3 | INT 113, 114 & 216,ART 105 & 206 |
| INT 230 - Space Planning | 3 | INT 113, 114 & 216,ART 105 & 206 |
| INT 271 - Hist. of Arch. & Int. & Furnishings to 1830 | 3 | None |
| INT 272 - Hist. of Arch. & Int. & Furnishings since 1830 | 3 | None |
| INT 315 - Textiles | 3 | HFS 261 or INT 114 |
| INT 317 - Lighting and Color | 3 | INT 113, 114, 216, 217, 227, 230, 319, 320,ART 105 & 206 |
| INT 319 - Building Systems | 3 | All required courses through 315 |
| INT 320 - Materials, Finishes & Calculations | 3 | All required courses through 315 |
| INT 328 - Contract I | 3 | All required courses through 330 |
| INT 330 - Residential Interiors | 3 | INT 113, 114, 216, 217, 227, 230, 319, 320,ART 105 & 206 |
| INT 331 - Global Housing | 3 | None |
| INT 337 - Detailing & Contract Documents | 3 | All required courses through INT 330 |
| INT 340 - Portfolio Development | 1 | All required courses through INT 315 |
| INT 398 - Professional Practices | 3 | INT 113, 114, 216, 217, 227, 230, 319, 320,ART 105 & 206 |
| INT 428 - Contract II | 3 | Senior Standing, all required courses through INT 337 |
| INT 499 - Senior Seminar - Interior Design | 3 |
3 Senior Standing, all required courses through INT 337, concurrent enrollmentin INT 428 |
Total Credit Hours: 73
* All Interior Design majors must take MTH 131 or a higher level math to meet the General Education math requirement for the School of Business.
* A portfolio review and advising session will be held for interior design majors at the end of the sophomore year and at the end of the junior year.
* All interior design studio courses require the acquisition of specific materials and supplies. All interior design students are expected to develop and maintain a reference library of texts, samples and other necessary materials to complete course projects. Students should retain their textbooks to use for reference and in higher level courses.
High Point University
Interior Design Program
CAD Computer System Requirements
Revised Summer 2009
64-bit AutoCAD 2010®
64-bit Autodesk Revit Architecture®
SketchUp 7®
• Windows XP Professional x64 edition (SP2 or later) or Windows Vista 64-bit
edition (SP1 or later) including Enterprise, Business, Ultimate, or Home Premium edition).
• Pentium 4 1.4 GHz or equivalent 3 GHz or higher; AMD Athlon, Intel or AMD
dual-core processor, 2 GHz or higher.
• AMD Athlon 64 with SSE2 technology, or AMD Opteron® processor with SSE2
technology, or Intel® Xeon® processor with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology, or Intel Pentium 4 with Intel EM64T support and SSE2 technology.
• Dedicated video card with hardware support for DirectX 9 (or later)- with 512+
MB of memory or higher (video card driver supports OpenGL version 1.5 or higher). ATI Radeon cards and Intel based cards not recommend with SketchUp.
• 8 GB RAM
• 5 GB free disk space
• 1280 x 1024 monitor and display adapter capable of 32-bit color video display adapter (true color) 128 MB or greater, Microsoft® Direct3D® capable workstation class graphics card
• Internet Explorer 7.0 or later
• Two-button mouse with scroll wheel
Computer Requirements for High Point University
Any newly purchased computer will more than meet our minimum requirements for accessing our campus network. Most areas of campus are wireless including every building. Every building also has ethernet jacks available for wired network and internet access. If you would like to use the campus wireless network, be sure that your machine is wireless 802.11b/g accessible.
Suggested Requirements for EXISTING computers:
• Processor
o any brand 1.5GHz
• Memory
o 1 gig
• Hard drive
o 20 gigs
o DVD/RW drive
• Network
o 10/100 NIC or any wireless
• Operation System
o Windows XP, Windows Vista, Mac OS 9 or greater
• Video
o 32 megs
• Software
o Microsoft Office 2007
Suggested Requirements for NEW computers:
• Processor – Any of the following
o Intel Dual Core – any speed
o Intel Core 2 Duo – any speed
o AMD Athlon – any speed
o AMD Turion – any speed
• Memory
o 2gigs or more
• Hard drive
o 120gigs or more
• Network
o Any Wireless G or N
• Software
o Microsoft Office 2007
o AVG Antivirus Free Edition