WILLIAM RAINEY HARPER COLLEGE
CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS
GENERAL COURSE OUTLINE
IND
211
Course Course
Prefix Number
PROFESSIONAL PRACTICES
FOR INTERIOR DESIGN
3-0
Course Title
(Lec-Lab)
COURSE DESCRIPTION:
Examines the business principles required for a successful interior design
practice, including establishing an interior design practice, design project
business issues, billing, writing client contracts, interviewing and job
opportunities.
Prerequisites: IND101 with a grade of “C” or better.
TOPICAL OUTLINE:
1. Interior Design as a profession
2. Divisions of the profession
3. Business formations
4. Location and nature of the business
5. Initial contact with the client
6. Analysis of scope of services
7. Programming
8. Bubble diagrams
9. Adjacency matrix
10. Letter of agreement
11. Confirmation of contract proposals
12. Methods of determining fees and compensations
13. Managing the client’s budget
14. Estimation and control of the budget
15. Purchase orders
16. Using a dealer vs. buying direct
17. Billing and collecting
18. Sales tax
19. Project coordination
20. Post occupancy evaluation
21. Special requirements of nonresidential work
22. Relations with trade sources
23. Insurance
24. Legal issues
25. Using consultants
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Topical Outline (cont.)
26. Marketing your firm
27. Price codes
28. Preparing a resume
29. Selecting projects for your portfolio
30. Job opportunities
31. Registration of Interior Designers
32. Design organizations
33. Professional codes of ethics
METHODS OF PRESENTATION:
Lecture, student presentations
STUDENT OUTCOMES:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student should:
1. Prepare a letter of agreement.
2. Identify ways of billing for services and setting fees.
3. Identify the information needed to prepare a purchase order.
4. Identify how to obtain a tax number.
5. Examine the designer’s roll during programming, design development,
installation, and post occupancy evaluation.
6. Identify the risks involved in interior design and the insurance that is
available.
7. Identify various job opportunities within the field of interior design.
8. Write a resume.
9. Select projects for your portfolio.
10. Identify registration and licensing issues governing the practice of interior
design.
11. Identify the advantages of the different types of interior design business
formations.
12. Identify the names and membership requirements of various interior
design organizations.
13. Participate in classroom discussions.
METHODS OF EVALUATION:
Successful completion of assigned projects and term papers. Testing of
vocabulary and technical information.
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MULTIPLE TEXTS MAY BE USED, SUCH AS:
Professional Practice for Interior Designers 3rd Edition Author: Piotrowski
Publisher: Van Nostrand Reinhold
REVIEWED BY: Sandra Wong Darroch, Spring 2006