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BA (Hons) Interior Design-Professional Placement Year
BA (Hons) Interior Design-Professional Placement Year

BA (Hons) Interior Design-Professional Placement Year

  • ID:BSU440020
  • Level:3-Year Bachelor's Degree
  • Duration:
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Fees (GBP)

Estimated Total/program:
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60
Accept letter
100
Visa
20
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1

Admission Requirements

Entry Requirement

English Reqirement

  • IELTS Academic 6.0 overall, This must include a minimum of 5.5 in Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing.

  • TOEFL iBT, A total of 72, to include a minimum 18 in Reading, 17 in Listening, 20 in Speaking, and 17 in Writing.

  • PTE Level B2, This must include a minimum of 51 in Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing.

  • LanguageCert Intenational ESOL, We accept the LanguageCert International ESOL with an overall B2 Communicator Pass.

  • IELTS, Please note, IELTS tests are valid for two years only for immigration purposes.

  • Undergraduate entry: IELTS 6.0. For visa nationals this must include a minimum of 5.5 in Listening, Speaking, Reading and Writing.

 

 

Course Information

This year provides you with the opportunity to identify, apply for, and secure professional experience, normally comprising one to three placements over a minimum of nine months. Successful completion of this module will demonstrate your ability to secure and sustain graduate-level employment.

By completing the module, you'll be entitled to the addition of “with Professional Placement Year” to your degree title.

Before your Professional Placement Year, you'll work to secure your placement, constructing a development plan with your module leader and your placement coordinator from our Careers and Employability team.

On your return to University for your final year, you'll submit your Placement Portfolio, detailing your development on your placement, for assessment.

From the outset, you'll develop design proposals, working across a range of interior spaces such as restaurants, hotels, retail spaces and museums. In today's design world, sustainability is paramount. Finding new uses for old buildings is a key skill. 

Design Studio projects form the core of the course, and you're supported through seminars and lectures to develop knowledge of contemporary interior design practice. You'll also have the opportunity to learn about teamwork and client relationships by working on "live" projects with external audiences or collaborators. 

Historical and critical studies modules allow you to learn about the history of design and develop key writing and communicating skills, leading to an extended essay in your final year.

You'll explore the professional world through Professional Context modules, developing knowledge of contemporary designers, how they work, and the projects they have completed. This will include visits to factories, production companies, studios, exhibitions, and recently completed projects.

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Course modules

Year one (Level 4) modules

  • Communications 1: Observation, Survey, Drawing

  • Design Studio 1: Retail, Space and Light

  • Professional Context 1: Knowing Designers

  • Communications 2: Model Making and Structures

  • Design Studio 2: Arts and Education/Materials and Details

  • Introduction to Visual and Material Culture: Design

Year two (Level 5) modules

  • Design Studio 3: Leisure and Hospitality/Construction in Detail

  • Design Studio 4: Environment and Services

  • Professional Context 2: Work Experience

  • Design Studio 5: Industry Live/External Audience

  • Interior Design: Contemporary Issues and Practice

  • Professional Placement Year

Year three (Level 6) modules

  • Visual and Material Culture: Final Study

  • Design Studio 6: Full-size Detail, HAnd-on Making

  • Professional Context 3: Portfilio and CV

  • Design Studio 7: Final Major Project

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Career Opportunity

Career Opportunity

The range of professional destinations for Interior Design graduates is very broad. As well as the more traditional roles in architectural and interior design practices, many graduates go on to work in other specialist design fields such as:

  • Exhibitions and trade fairs

  • Retail and shopfitting

  • Theatre and stage

  • Film and TV production.

Practical skills developed through the course can also lead to careers in model making, animation, lighting design, and other related disciplines.

Ability to settle

Overseas Student Health Cover

Insurance – Single: 300 GBP per year

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