Interior Design Major Presenting

Quick Facts

Ball State's interior design major provides resilient, sustainable, and adaptive design solutions that enhance the function, safety, and aesthetic quality of indoor environments as a professional interior designer. Our bachelor’s degree in interior design will prepare you for an exciting and challenging career in a variety of settings like commercial offices, health care facilities, hospitality (restaurant and hotel), store planning, and much more.

As an interior design major, you’ll develop strong visual design skills, which you’ll use to produce the drawings, structural models, computer simulations, or full-scale prototypes you’ll work on as a professional. You’ll also gain the verbal skills you’ll need when working with clients, contractors, architects, and others involved in design projects. Our curriculum focuses on global diversity and universal design, or design that is accessible to all people, as well as creating sustainable interiors. You’ll apply these lessons to professional experiences as we are one of the few programs in the country that will pair you with real-world clients.

The interior design program leading to the BS and BA  is accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation, www.accredit-id.org, 206 Cesar E. Chavez Ave SW, Suite 350, Grand Rapids, MI 49503. 

The CIDA-accredited program prepares students for entry-level interior design practice, for advanced study, and to apply for membership in professional interior design organizations. The BA and BS degrees granted by Ball State University meets the educational requirement for eligibility to sit for the National Council for Interior Design Qualification Examination (NCIDQ Exam). For more information about NCIDQ Exam eligibility visit: https://www.cidq.org/eligibility-requirements

Interior Design Program Requirements

Required Internship

Our degree program also requires an internship component that provides students with the necessary skills to launch successful careers. Learn more.

Computer Requirements

Before purchasing a computer, read our computer requirements for best results using Autodesk Revit and Navisworks applications. Learn more.

Portfolio Review Process

Entry-level students pursuing interior design must complete a supplemental application process and secure admission into the Pre-Interior Design Program. For more information about the supplemental admission process, please log on to bsu.edu/admissions. Interior Design students are placed in the Pre-Interior Design program for the first year. Approval to pursue the Interior Design major requires the submission of a portfolio during the spring semester of the first year.

We require 1st-year students to submit a portfolio of graphic works to demonstrate creativity and skills acquired during the first year. The portfolio includes selected projects from courses taken during the fall and spring semesters. Spring semester projects will be as “work in progress” accomplished during January and February. The best portfolios include diverse content and devote more attention to creative talents as well as technical abilities.

Portfolio Review Process

Student Projects

Enjoy this sampling of work from our talented students.

Furniture Competition
ASID Furniture Competition
Coffee Table Design

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Glass Sky Animation
Glass Sky Animation
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Final Project Elkah DeVoe
Rieth Interpretive Center Walk Through
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Take the Next Step

If you’d like to learn more about our Bachelor of Interior Design degree, complete our online form. Or one of the best ways to get a true feel for Ball State is to see it for yourself, so schedule a visit today! And if you’re ready to apply, review our admission requirements and complete our online application.

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