Interior Design and Decoration (including foundation year)
Entry requirements
GCSE/National 4/National 5
You will be required to have English Language GCSE at grade C/4 or above (or equivalent).
UCAS Tariff
At least one A level (or a minimum of 32 UCAS points from an equivalent Level 3 qualification, eg BTEC Subsidiary/National/BTEC Extended Diploma).
You may also need to…
Attend an interview
Present a portfolio
About this course
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**Why study this course?**
Our Interior Design and Decoration (including foundation year) BA (Hons) degree course includes an intensive preparatory year that provides an alternative route into an undergraduate degree.
This course is the ideal choice if you want to explore your potential and work towards establishing an individual direction. It is also a gateway into an undergraduate degree if you don’t meet the necessary requirements for the standard three-year course.
**More about this course**
The foundation year is an intensive year that will help you progress to the bachelor’s part of our Interior Design and Decoration (including foundation year) BA (Hons) degree. In the subsequent three years of your course you’ll focus more on the discipline of interior design and decoration, during which you’ll get to explore projects spanning private, commercial and community interiors.
The foundation year will help you make sure that you choose the right specialism and prepare you for study at undergraduate level. It will help you to build a portfolio of work, as well as develop knowledge and skills related to a range of specialist undergraduate degree programmes at our School of Art, Architecture and Design.
You’ll share the foundation year with others studying a degree with a foundation year at our School of Art, Architecture and Design. The shared curriculum will introduce you to techniques used by architects, artists and interior designers through a variety of intensive studio projects – from 2D and 3D composition drawing to workshop techniques.
After the foundation year you’ll join students on our Interior Design and Decoration BA (Hons) and you’ll study the same content and have the same choice of modules as them. On graduation you’ll also gain the same award and title.
If practising different areas of art and design sparks your interest in a specialism that is not interior design and decoration, there will be flexibility to allow you to change your specialism.
Modules
Year 0 modules include:
Critical and Contextual Studies: Foundation
Formats
Project
Techniques
Year 1 modules include:
Critical and Contextual Studies 1 (Interiors)
Design Principles for Interiors
Interior Materials and Technologies
Spatial Design Development
Year 2 modules include:
Critical and Contextual Studies 2 (Interiors)
Design Details
Human Scale
Interior Technologies and Production
Year 3 modules include:
Critical and Contextual Studies 3: Dissertation (Interiors)
Integrated Design Practice
Major Project Realisation: Interior Design and Decoration
Project Design and Development for Interiors
Assessment methods
To assess your performance we will employ a range of formative, summative and diagnostic methods to help you excel in your studies. You’ll be assessed via studio based work, workshops, as well as CAD (computer aided design) and digital projects and exercises.
Tuition fees
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