The interior design focus provides a broad general education that helps prepare for living and working as a design professional. Interior design is an integrated process applicable to both residential and commercial environments. It includes the designing and planning of space for commercial, industrial and residential areas. The in-depth look at the active, creative processes of programming and space planning can refer to residences, corporations, and other specialized public spaces.
Students pursuing the MSHS complete the 18-hour MSHS core, which includes:
HMS 500: Philosophy of Human Sciences
HMS 501: Service Management in the Human Sciences
HMS 502: Employee Development Issues in Human Sciences
HMS 540: Consumer Problems
SOC 550: Social Statistics
SOC 551: Sociological Inquiry
Additional courses available to students pursuing the MSHS with an interior design emphasis include:
HMS 516: Advanced Lighting
HMS 508: Sustainability
HMS 514: Interior Design Studio I
HMS 520: Advanced Practicum
HMS 560: Housing and Furnishing
Expected August 2024
To apply for a master’s degree program at SFA, you must meet one of the following requirements:
Be in your final year of undergraduate work;
Hold a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited college or university; or
Have 95 or more semester hours of undergraduate work at SFA and be approved as an Overlap Student (an undergraduate pursuing graduate and undergraduate studies at the same time).
Generally, all applicants must have an overall undergraduate grade point average of 2.5 on a 4.0 scale and a 2.8 on the last 60 hours of undergraduate work. Minimum GPA requirements vary depending on your academic major.
You must score at least a 79 on the TOEFL, 6.5 on the IELTS, or 53 on the PTE.
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.