Interior Design

Are you interested in how color, lighting, space and furnishings come together to make a comfortable, easily accessible, practical living or work environment?  Are you creative, imaginative and artistic?  Are you committed to creating functional, healthy, and attractive spaces that also meet building codes and other technical requirements? Are you interested in learning how to incorporate energy saving details into the design of a home or business?  Do you enjoy working on teams and collaborating with other people on projects?  Are you comfortable selling your ideas to others?  Are you interested in historic preservation of homes and public buildings?

An Interior Design major prepares you for a career in working with clients to develop a design for their home or work environment.  Career paths include planning interiors of corporate offices, hospitals, schools, nursing homes, or a variety of other establishments; assisting clients with their needs for lighting, furniture and wallcovering; consulting with clients on kitchen and bathroom design, window treatment and floor coverings; working in historic preservation; and working in stage design for the theatre.

Interior Design graduates typically work as interior designers in a wide range of settings, both commercial and residential.  Most concentrate within design specialties, such as designing for the hospitality or health care industry, entertainment industry, government/institutional agencies, restaurants, or residential kitchens and baths.

Interior Design Resource List/Professional Associations
Click on the above Interior Design Resource List to get a list of resources specifically for this major including helpful job posting sites, professional associations, links to articles for the field and a listing of books on the field available in the St. Paul Campus Career Center.

Alumni Careers and Alumni Profiles
Click on the above Alumni Careers and Alumni Profiles to get a list of job titles/employers for interior design students.  From this page you will also be able to read profiles of alumni with this major.