Interior Design (including foundation year)

Why study this course?

Our Interior Design (including foundation year) BA (Hons) is the perfect choice if you want to pursue a career in interior design but don’t hold traditional qualifications or can’t meet the requirements to enter the standard undergraduate degree. You’ll graduate with the same award and title as students who study the traditional three-year course.

This four-year course has a built-in foundation year that is both preparatory and diagnostic, meaning we’ll help you discover your strengths, find areas of improvement and prepare you for the subsequent three years of study.

More about this course

Our Interior Design (including foundation year) BA (Hons) involves an exciting range of projects in the cultural, social and commercial fields that will prepare you for a successful career in interior design.

The foundation year will prepare you for academic study by equipping you with skills such as essay writing, reading, research and critical analysis. You’ll also be introduced to working in studios and workshops, while completing intensive short-term projects. These will be followed by interpretive and longer projects, which aim to give you a sense of direction and a personal perspective on interior design, as well as on the broader art and design field.

You’ll share your foundation year with students from our other foundation year courses, allowing you to gain new perspectives on and ideas for your own work. There will be opportunities to view work from other students and present your own finished and work-in-progress projects. This year will be excellent preparation for the end-of-year exhibition, where you’ll present your project to your peers, tutors and the general public.

On completion of the foundation year you’ll begin more focused study of interior design, sharing the classroom with students who have started on the traditional three-year course. You’ll study the same course content and have the same choice of modules as those students. You can learn more about the subsequent three years of study by visiting the Interior Design BA (Hons) course page.

If towards the end of your foundation year you decide that you’d like to specialise in a different subject area there will be flexibility to do so.

Course Modules

Example Year 0 modules include:

Critical & Contextual Studies: Foundation
Project
Techniques
Workbook

Example Year 1 modules include:

Critical & Contextual Studies 1 (Interiors)
Design Principles for Interiors
Interior Materials and Technologies
Spatial Design Development

Example Year 2 modules include:

Critical & Contextual Studies 2 (Interiors)
Design Details
Human Scale
Interior Technologies and Production

Example Year 3 modules include:

Critical & Contextual Studies 3: Dissertation (Interiors)
Integrated Design Practice
Major Project Realisation: Interior Design
Project Design and Development for Interiors