Joliet Junior College (JJC) offers an associate degree and certificate of achievement with its interior design program. Joliet's website states that one of the main focus of the interior design program is to prepare students to take the National Council of Interior Design Qualification exam. According to JJC's website, passing the exam is required to be a licensed professional in Illinois.
Some of the courses interior design students will take are theory and fundamentals of interior design, textiles, color for interior, furniture history, codes for interior designers, bath basics, interior lighting, internship, historical interiors, interior details and more. Sophomore interior design students may be considered for internship positions that would give students on-the-job training and interior design experience outside the classroom.
Joliet Junior College
1215 Houbolt Road
Joliet, IL 60431
815-729-9020
jjc.edu
The interior design program at Santa Rosa Junior College offers hands-on training and courses that will allow students to fully grasp interior design. Students can receive a certificate or associate degree through the interior design courses. Certificates of Achievement and associate degrees are offered in commercial, residential and/or retail merchandising.
Students studying commercial interior design at Santa Rosa Junior College will take courses such as commercial design, blueprint reading, graphic design, lighting design, working drawings for interior design, history of furniture and much more. The residential program offers courses such as interior environment and space planning, interior products, materials and lighting, blueprint reading and introduction to computer-aided drafting. The retail merchandising program offers courses in business management, professional practices for interior design, introductory textiles for modern usage and basic drafting for interior design. Courses are also offered online for distance learning.
Santa Rosa Junior College
1501 Mendocino Avenue
Santa Rosa, CA? 95401
707-527-4011?
www.santarosa.edu
Modesto, California is home to Modesto Junior College (MJC) and its interior design program. Courses in interior design are offered as a part of the school's Family & Consumer Sciences division. According to MJC's website, the program is a part of the California Community College Program Plan for Interior Design and will give students the tools to become a Certified Interior Designer. Through the program you can either receive your Certificate of Achievement in Interior Design, Associate of Arts degree in interior design or an Associate of Science degree in interior design.
Some of the courses you can expect to take during the program are color theory and application, history of interiors and decorative arts, interior design fundamentals, interior finishes and construction materials, drafting for interiors, fabrics for interiors, fundamentals of lighting design, sustainable and green design, residential space planning and kitchen and bath design.
Modesto Junior College
435 College Avenue
Modesto, CA 95350
209-575-6550
mjc.edu
In Arizona, Mesa Community College offers an interior design program that according to their website, \"has been developed by the National Council for Interior Design Qualification.\" Through the program students can earn an Associate in Applied Science, Advanced Certificate of Completion in interior design or a Certificate of Completion in home furnishings and materials.
Students can expect to take courses in drawing and rendering, space planning, residential design, interior codes and regulations, historical architecture and furniture, color and design, fabrics for interiors, among others. Mesa Community College also offers transfer services that will help students go on to a four-year university and earn their bachelor's degree.
Mesa Community College
1833 West Southern
Mesa, AZ 85202
480-461-7000
mc.maricopa.edu