INTD 2025 - Interior Design Industry Topics and Practices

Credits: 3
Hours/Week: Lecture 2 Lab 2
Course Description: This course introduces students to the fundamentals of interior design operations. It focuses on the exploration of the interior design profession, project management, and communication skills when working with clients and contractors.

 
MnTC Goals
None

Prerequisite(s): None
Corequisite(s): None
Recommendation: None

Major Content

1. Interior design profession
2. Business plans
3. Legal documents
4. Project compensation and agreements
5. Profit and growth concepts
6. Project management
7. Presentations
8. Buying cycle
9. Buying methods

1. analyze interior design as a profession.
2. create a business and marketing plan.
3. write an interior design contract.
4. describe how profit and growth are achieved in an interior design business.
5. apply project management concepts to interior design case studies.
6. demonstrate interior design selling techniques.
7. write a purchase order.
8. obtain a vendor acknowledgment.
9. create a client invoice.
10. write change orders.

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