Interior Design/Decorating Certificate
150 Hours/Instructor Supported/Textbooks included

Overview

This interior decorating course can teach you about a number of innovative interior decorating ideas for the home, office, and more. We can help you learn how to combine creativity with practical design solutions to create unique and powerfully designed spaces for you and others to enjoy.

Our interior decorating course could be a stepping stone toward working for design firms, home design stores, construction companies, home builders, or even be self-employed! Take the first step toward earning an attractive salary in a rewarding new career as an interior decorator!

Our interior decorating correspondence course offers comprehensive career training in many subjects, including:

 

  • Elements and principles of design

 

  • Design related to construction trades

 

  • Color

 

  • Furniture, textiles, and flooring

 

  • Historical and period styles

 

  • Window treatments

 

  • Traditional and modern designs

 

  • The design business and much more...

 

Outline

Interior Decorating Module 1
The Interior Design Profession & History

 

 

Interior Decorating Module 2
The Design Process

 

 

 Interior Decorating Module 3
The Various "Mediums" of Design

 

 

Interior Decorating Module 4
Technical Issues for Designers

 

 

Textbook included with course:

·         Interior Design: 4th Edition by John F. Pile

Instructor: Rusty Barrier, Ph.D.,

 

Computer Requirements

Internet Access

·         Broadband or high-speed internet access is strongly recommended. Broadband includes DSL, cable, and wireless connections.

·         Dial-Up internet connections will result in a diminished online experience. Moodle pages may load slowly and viewing large audio and video files may not be possible.

Hardware

·         Virtually all Windows-Mac-Linux hardware configurations and processors are acceptable.

·         1 GB RAM recommended

Software

·         Operating Systems

§  Windows XP or Vista and Mac OS X 10 and higher, most Linux distributions

·         Web Browsers

§  Mozilla Firefox 2 and 3 (previous versions will work also)

§  Internet Explorer 6, 7 and 8

§  Safari is not currently recommended as it cannot display certain Moodle editing menus for both students and instructors

Media Plug-ins (These may be required depending on your course media-click on the links below to download the latest versions)

§  Adobe Flash Player

§  Adobe Acrobat Reader

§  Apple Quicktime

§  Windows Media Player

§  Real Player

§  PowerPoint Viewer (use this if you don't have PowerPoint)