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The program’s objective is to make it possible for adult customers to acquire training corresponding to the Interior Design program’s field of specialization. At the end of his or her training, the student will be more specifically capable of: including/understanding customer needs for interior space installations; to visualize solutions; to draw sketches and plans of a space arranged in accordance with selected solutions and in conformity with building codes; of advising on color, material, furniture choices to ensure execution of the project in conformity with plans and quotes. PROFESSIONNAL POSSIBILITIES The Interior Design graduate is ready to create inventive solutions for problems in interior space installations, which aim at improving the quality of life and work. No matter if it’s in residential, commercial or institutional installations, two possibilities are open to graduates: A Design company’s “attaché” where some will work initially like junior designers and to eventually become senior designers in charge of projects or they may work attached to a specialized company, others will become advisers or salespeople. After a few years collecting experience and depending on his or her ambition, the Interior Design graduate student will be able to create a customer base and will be able open an Interior Design office. The profession’s prosperity is directly linked to economic fluctuations, in particular to construction industry growth. The person who shows himself or herself to be available, creative and to possess a sense of esthetics combined with good technical training can aspire to become a great Interior Designer. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION VISUAL LANGUAGE I 510-112-91 This course introduces students to develop a sensibility to colors by observing chromatic phenomenon’s and by manipulation of materials, to know and understand the main theoretical conceptions of color and experiment the application in visual art and to acquire a descriptive terminology of chromatic phenomenon’s. VISUAL LANGUAGE II 510-NNL-04 This course introduces students to know and exploit the main spatial relations types by which the constituent parts of an image in two or in three dimensions interact in continuity and in discontinuity, to produce images in two and in three dimensions according to the theoretical and technical constraints relative to the course content, to acquire and use a descriptive terminology of the visual phenomenon’s studied and to acquire a technical and plastic knowledge by manipulating materials and using basic tools. OBSERVATION DRAWING 510-NNM-04 This course introduces students to develop freehand drawing skills using illustration, observation, memorization, and direct reproduction techniques and to experiment drafting methods perfected using rendering techniques HISTORY OF STYLES AND INTERIOR DESIGN I 520-NNN-04 This course introduces students to allowing students to identify different styles throughout History and different moods produced by those styles, understanding the stylistic characteristics of different eras and acquiring the research competencies necessary for the study of styles. HISTORY OF STYLES AND INTERIOR DESIGN II 520-NNP-04 This course introduces students to opening the field of design to other artistic domains, understanding and analyze types of furniture and decorative elements of styles and learning information classification by family, nature or style. COMPUTER ASSISTED DRAFTING I 570-313-91 This course introduces students to introduce the student to a working unity, produce a plan of an interior using one or several drawing software packages on the market and printing of a drawing on a plotter or a printer. INTERIOR DESIGN I 570-353-91 This course introduces students to develop the student’s curiosity, creativity and conceptual thinking, to understand and utilize the basic principles in interior design (such as rhythm, balance proportion and repetition) and to learn and understand the visual language used in interior design (plan view, elevation and axonometric view). ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING III 570-523-91 This course introduces students to define the quantity and quality of work necessary to execute a residential building renovation and develop the ability to produce a concept resulting of material studies: insisting on material and architectural elements integration, specification and architectural detailing. ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING IV 570-623-91 This course introduces students to produce a set of plans including the necessary information in order to make a tender and have the work executed by a constructor and to understand the importance of the drawings as contractual documents. DESIGN AND FURNITURE CONSTRUCTION I 570-563-91 This course introduces students to familiarize the student with the materials and techniques that form the basis for contemporary furniture construction, to initiate the student to the conception of design and its resolution for the technical foundation during the course of technical exercises and to apply the design process to a piece of furniture. PRESENTATION AND RENDERING 570-613-91 This course introduces students to familiarize the student with various mediums and techniques used in presentation of plans and perspectives in interior design. PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE 570-633-91 This course introduces students to learn about the interior design profession , to learn the responsibilities of the interior designer, to acquire the necessary tools to work in the design industry either as part of a firm or as an independent designer and researching externship possibilities. RENDERING TECHNIQUES I 570-NNA-04 This course introduces students to teach the perspective technique first with the help of a grid and then with the help of a plan and a profile, practice perspective drawing techniques related to professional concerns; make practical applications as they would be done in the industry, to learn the responsibilities of the interior designer, to acquire the necessary tools to work in the design industry either as part of a firm or as an independent designer and researching externship possibilities. INTERIOR DESIGN II/B OUTIQUE 570-NNB-04 This course introduces students to learn about the various aspects involved in designing a given space, (retail project) , to develop conceptual and three-dimensional thinking and to develop analytical and critical tools towards one’s work. SAMPLES AND TECHNIQUES 570-NNC-03 This course introduces students to know and specify different samples and techniques used for floors, walls and ceilings in commercial and residential spaces , for each sample and technique studied: define the product and its constituents; underline the advantages and the inconveniences; recommend the use, knowledge of selection criteria’s; specify the installation and maintenance; know the main distributors , the student will learn to refer himself to the governmental standards , use the normative directory (catalog, BCI) , learn how to use the constituents of a commercial furnishing system for and an office conversion (description quotation). ARCHITECTURAL DRAWING I & II 570-NND-04 This course introduces students to learn about the basic principles of wood frame construction and the basic requirements of the National Building Code, learn to draw an architectural project with the help of plans, sections, elevations and construction details, distinguish and understand the responsibility of all the people involved in building construction, draw elements of interior architecture using the graphic conventions, construction standards and specific needs of a residential and a commercial project, using the proper vocabulary, learn the typical compositions of the most used construction systems in the industry. (combustible and non-combustible, residential and commercial) and read execution plans, use the proper vocabulary and architectural graphic language. INTERIOR DESIGN III/R ESTAURANT 570-NNE-06 This course introduces students to gaining familiarity with the creative and planning process developing a commercial space (restaurant) and develop and apply different techniques of rendering, verbal or visual presentations. COMPUTER ASSISTED DRAFTING II 570-NNG-03 This course introduces students to learn advanced knowledge regarding AutoCAD software, raise productivity and operational efficiency regarding computer drawing production and print drawings done by student. INTERIOR DESIGN V 570-NNH-09 This course introduces students to allow student to apply acquired design skills in the complete design of a residential, institutional or Bed and Breakfast project and learn verbal and visual communication techniques used for professional project presentation. COMPUTER ASSISTED DRAFTING III 570-NNJ-03 This course introduces students to learn the fundamental notions necessary to create three-dimensional computer models, develop required skills to create and position views in the computer space in order to create a presentation and print the students’ drawing. TECHNICAL DRAWING I & II 570-NNK-04 This course introduces students to use the proper technical drawing vocabulary , use of instruments related to technical drawing : square, compass, circle, elliptic and curve templates, erase template, etc , read, use and interpret dimensions and graphic symbols of a plan (imperial or metric scale) , draw with orthogonal, oblique and isometric projections , understand the building of stairs and its representation and read and use the basic electrical and mechanical symbols. INTERNSHIP 240 HOURS This course introduces students to a n 8-week internship, including 16 contact hours, with an Academy faculty member following-up on student progress.
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