- 50% of students admitted in the fall of 2022 returned in the fall of 2023, putting attrition at 50%.
Interior Architecture & Design
Interior Architecture & Design
What You’ll Study
Are you interested in developing the feel and aesthetic of a room, but also curious about designing the space itself? In the interior architecture and design (IAD) program at Queens, you can do both! We’ve combined both skill sets into one major, and it’s the only program of its kind in North Carolina.
The IAD program has a two-part goal for you: 1) to inspire thoughtful, empathic, and creative design and 2) to teach you how to enrich the lives of others by developing unique and meaningful spaces that bring value to society.
At Queens, faculty will challenge you to combine design knowledge with a foundation of critical thinking, creative problem-solving, technical ability, effective communication, and more. IAD faculty are also passionate about connecting you to real-world experiences and professional networks including opportunities to work with local design firms and practitioners and to attend national conferences.
Student Work
Get a sense of the projects you’ll pursue to help you elevate your design skills from your very first year where you experiment with form and light all the way to the capstone project you will complete in your senior year.
How Can You Use This Degree?
You will graduate from Queens with the skill set you need to enter the design-build industry as an interior specialist, pursue further credentials, or seek advanced study. Here are a few of the many sectors our graduates go on to work in:
- Specific market sector design such as workplace design, education design, and institutional design
- Consulting
- Facility planning
- Project management
- Manufacturing
- Showroom or sales management
- Visual merchandising
- Exhibit design
- Lighting design
Highlighted Courses
- Fundamentals of Interior Architecture and Design (IAD 111)
- Human Environments (IAD 241)
- Environmental Ergonomics 1 (IAD 332)
- Design in Context (IAD 361)
Program Contact
Siu Challons-Lipton, D.Phil.
Executive Director, Department of Art, Design and Music
Carolyn G. and Sam H. McMahon Professor of Art History
Noble Faculty Fellow
Distinguished Faculty Fellow
liptonsc@queens.edu
704-337-2286
Meet Your Professors
Accreditation
The interior architecture and design program leading to the Bachelor of Arts is accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation, www.accredit-id.org, 206 Grandville Avenue, 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 Bachelor of Arts in Interior Architecture and Design, granted by Queens University of Charlotte 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 the CDQ website.
Student Achievement Data
Queens University of Charlotte’s Bachelor of Arts in Interior Architecture and Design typically takes a full-time student taking approximately 16 credits per semester for four years to complete the degree program. Queens also offers a 3-year track for students transferring from other institutions (or internally to Queens) contingent on having completed their general education requirements.
*The following data was collected using institutional records.
- Of the students graduated in 2023, 87% graduated in 4 years. 13% graduated on the 3-year track.
- Of the students graduating in 2024, 50% are graduating in 4 years. 14% are graduated on the 3-year track.
- 13% of students who graduated in 2023 applied for graduate school, and 100% were accepted.
- 87% of students who graduated in 2023 are employed in interior design or a related profession.