Department
Information
and
Typical Discipline-Specific Academic Degree and Qualifications1
of faculty within
Interior
Design
General Description of the
Department
The professional
interior designer is qualified by education, experience, and examination to
design interior spaces for the purpose of improving the quality of life,
increasing productivity, and protecting the health, safety, and welfare of the
public. Interior designers are creative, imaginative and artistic business
people. Possessing a combination of aesthetic vision, practical skills, and
design knowledge, successful interior designers work with clients, and with
building users to develop design solutions that are aesthetically appealing,
technically sophisticated, and pragmatically satisfying.
Degrees offered
Master of Interior Design
Master of Arts in Interior Design
Terminal Degree2 for
each discipline taught in Interior Design
Master
of Art in Interior Design
Master
of Interior Design
Master
of Science in Interior Design
MFA
in Interior Design
Ph.D.
in Interior Design
Related Disciplines3
Interior
Architecture (50.0408) - all courses
Related Disciplines3 for
specific courses
Architecture
(04.0201) -
MFA
in Visual and Performing Arts (50.0101) -
Other Teaching Qualifications
(Description of Required Academic Degree and Justifications4 for the
programs in Interior Design)
Consideration
of other teaching qualifications in lieu of academic credentials is made on a
case-by-case basis and accepted in special cases where evidence of exceptional
industry experience, research or other qualifications can be documented and are
directly applicable to the course being taught.
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Whenever
instructors are not credentialed by their advanced degree or by an approved
CIP relationship, they must be credentialed through a narrative justification
of the instructor’s qualifications to teach this/these course(s). Such credentialing is based on the proposed
instructor’s academic and professional preparation; diplomas, certificates,
or relevant licensures; publications and presentations in the field; honors,
awards, and professional recognitions; and other demonstrated competencies,
skills, and experiences which the instructor brings to the University. These must be clearly tied to the specific
courses to be taught and should establish beyond doubt that the instructor is
qualified to teach the specific courses they are to be assigned. The
Office of the Provost reviews all such justifications and where the
justifications warrant the instructor’s teaching the courses proposed, it
will either approve the justification for the appropriate period (seven years
for full-time faculty members, or four years for part-time faculty members)
or employ one of two additional clearance categories beyond the advanced
degree and related-discipline categories which it may use to credential some
instructors where their accomplishments warrant this: Active
Research Clearance in the Discipline or Active Artistic/Special Talent
Clearance in the Discipline |
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The level and discipline
of the terminal degree (e.g., Ph.D., MS, MFA, doctorate) that is required to
teach graduate courses in the discipline |
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For each discipline,
all strongly-related degree(s) and/or equivalent names for the discipline
(include level) that would also be appropriate for teaching at the graduate
level |
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(1)The appropriate
academic degrees and justifications for each related degree above if not
obvious; (2) the justification for why the terminal degree is not a doctorate
in a discipline, e.g., specific examples of best practice in the discipline
and accrediting association language; and (3) any other criteria used to
determine appropriate academic qualifications to teach specialty courses in
the program. |