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INTERIOR DESIGN MINOR

The Interior Design Minor is designed to provide a foundation in interior design and architecture concepts for students outside of the School of Architecture. Students may obtain only one minor from the School of Architecture.

To fulfill the Interior Design Minor students must complete 15 semester hours of coursework. At least half of the coursework must be completed in residence at The University of Texas at Austin. All coursework must be taken on a letter-grade basis and completed in conjunction with the student's major requirements. Six hours must be upper-division.

HOW TO APPLY

  1. Apply for your SOA minor of choice in UT Direct through the Minor/Certificate Inventory System. Students may only apply for one SOA minor. Multiple applications to our different minors will be rejected.
  2. Complete the required survey after you have applied for a minor in the Minor/Certificate Suite. The Qualtrics survey will be accessible here: Required SOA Minor Survey.
    1. If the application window is open and you are experiencing problems accessing the survey, please contact soa-ug@austin.utexas.edu for support.
    2. If the survey is listed as closed and the application period has concluded, that means we are no longer accepting applications for that review cycle and you will need to try again once it reopens during one of the windows listed above. We do not accept late applications.
  3. Beginning Fall 2026, students must possess and maintain at least a 3.0 GPA in order to qualify for an SOA minor. Students who do not maintain at least a 3.0 GPA are at risk for being removed from the minor. 
  4. Please note, meeting the above criteria does not guarantee you a spot in an SOA minor. Our space is incredibly limited in upper division courses with seating preference awarded to SOA majors.
    1. Students who are in their final year at UT with no Architecture, Interior Design, or Landscape Architecture coursework completed are unlikely to complete the minor in full and are encouraged to consider alternative options; especially if you are required to complete a minor as part of your degree requirements.

COURSES

LOWER-DIVISON
ARI 318K Interiors and Society - FALL ONLY
ARI 318M Interior Design History - SPRING ONLY
ARC 308 Architecture and Society - FALL ONLY
ARC 318K World Architecture: Origins to 1750 - SPRING ONLY
ARC 318L World Architecture: The Industrial Revolution to the Present - FALL ONLY

UPPER-DIVISION
ARI 338 Designing for Human Behavior - FALL ONLY
ARI 368R Interior Design History II - FALL ONLY
Architectural Interior Design 342C through 342U courses
Architecture 342C through 342U courses

OTHER MINORS

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ARCHITECTURAL HISTORY

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ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES

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LANDSCAPE STUDIES