ARI 318M
Interior Design Practice

Instructor: Nancy Kwallek
Unique #: 00355
Meeting: 5:00 - 6:30 p.m. West Mall Office Building Room 4.118

(3 cr.) Business procedures, professional practice, design project control and management, and professional ethics. Documents procedures for interior design. Three lecture hours per week for one semester. Restricted to students in the School of Architecture. Prerequisite: ARI 520L with a grade of at least C. Upper division standing or consent of instructor.

Text: Piotrowski, Christine M., Professional Practice for Interior Designers, 3rd Edition, Wiley, 2002, ISBN 0-471-38401-1, plus, Course Syllabus and All Handout Problems and Readings.

Optional Source: Kliment, Stephen a., Writing for Design Professionals, 1998, W. W. Norton & Co., ISBN 0-393-73026-3. Reznikoff, S. C., Specifications for Commercial Interiors, John Wiley, NY, June 1989, pp. 319.

Grades/ Requirements: There are two (2) exams and/or papers/projects and a comprehensive final exam. Students will be required to take a mock NCIDQ exam and network, observe, and document business practices at various interior design firms in Austin.

Selected Topics: History; Ethics; Business Ownership; Professional Sources of Assistance; Legal Filings & Forms; Product Liability; Legality of Employment; Accounting Methods; Determining Design Fees; Design Contracts; Promotion; Sources; POE; Careers/Residential/Commercial/Options