COURSE SYLLABUS/SCHEDULE
College of the Canyons, Architecture & Interior Design Department SPRING 2015
ID 101A Introduction to Interior Design SECTION 11787 3 Units
Instructor: Dorothy Minarsch; Email: dorothy.minarsch@canyons.edu
College phone number: 661 362-3989
Start Date: 2/9 - End Date 6/11 2015
Class meets: Monday and Wednesday: 9:00 am to 10:20 am
Office Hours: M. W 8:00am-9:00am
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Course Description:
Introduces the principles and elements of interior design based on function and aesthetics.
Student Learning Outcomes Evaluate the appropriateness of room design based on mass, balance, rhythm, emphasis,
harmony, space, shape, form, mass, line, color, texture, pattern, lighting, proportion and scale in a variety of spaces.
Required Text: Interiors: An Introduction
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
ISBN 13: 9780072965209 (978-0-07-296520-9)
Edition: 4th or 5th edition
Author: Karla J. Nielson; David A. Taylor
Grading:
Grades will be based on letter and percentage grades given for projects, assignments, quizzes, and class participation. The
grading scale is based on points:
A = 90-100
B = 80-89
C = 70-79
D = 60-69
F = 59 and below
Assignment 1
10 pts
Assignment 2
10 pts
Assignment 3
10 pts
Assignment 4
10 pts
Assignment 5
10 pts
Quiz 1
10 pts
Quiz 2
10 pts
Quiz 3
10 pts
Self-guided field trip to Union Station 10 pts
Arrive on time to class 5 pts
Class participation 5 pts (means you interact in class with the instructor and students and/or ask questions. You cannot
participate if you do not attend class).
Late assignments will be accepted for up to one week after the due date and penalized one full letter grade. There are no
exceptions without a valid excuse.
It is the discretion of the instructor to drop a student after the third absence. The class meets twice per week, for a total
of three hours. If it is past the drop deadline the student will be penalized one letter grade for each set of 3 absences.
Two tardies equal an absence. Any student arriving late or leaving early will be considered tardy.
Materials & Supplies:
1 ½” 3-ring binder with tabs for notes/handouts, assignments, tests, and grading sheets. This is so you can stay organized
throughout the semester.
COURSE SYLLABUS/SCHEDULE
College of the Canyons, Architecture & Interior Design Department SPRING 2015
ID 101A Introduction to Interior Design SECTION 11787 3 Units
Instructor: Dorothy Minarsch; Email: dorothy.minarsch@canyons.edu
College phone number: 661 362-3989
Start Date: 2/9 - End Date 6/11 2015
Class meets: Monday and Wednesday: 9:00 am to 10:20 am
Office Hours: M. W 8:00am-9:00am
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You will need:
Folder for turning in one field trip report
1 – Furniture template in ¼” scale (be sure you buy the right scale size)
1 - Architects Scale (make sure it says "Architects" on the actual scale)
1 - Flash Drive.
1 - HB pencil (same as your #2 pencil)
1 - 45 degree triangle 8" to 10"
COURSE SYLLABUS/SCHEDULE
College of the Canyons, Architecture & Interior Design Department SPRING 2015
ID 101A Introduction to Interior Design SECTION 11787 3 Units
Instructor: Dorothy Minarsch; Email: dorothy.minarsch@canyons.edu
College phone number: 661 362-3989
Start Date: 2/9 - End Date 6/11 2015
Class meets: Monday and Wednesday: 9:00 am to 10:20 am
Office Hours: M. W 8:00am-9:00am
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Food and Drinks:
No food and drinks are permitted in the classroom. You may keep bottled water capped and under the desk. Please
discard of any empty bottles.
Fieldtrips:
Fieldtrips are considered part of the course and are counted towards class attendance. Students are to conduct themselves
as a professional representative of the college when attending fieldtrips. If you are a minor, you must be accompanied by
a legal guardian
There will be a tentative guest speaker from Princess Cruises. Students will be given extra credit participation for
attending. Date and times to be determined.
Student Conduct/ Academic Integrity:
As at any academic institution you are required to conduct yourself as a professional and courteous student. Any act of
plagiarism, cheating etc. will be disciplined to the utmost degree by college rules and standards.
Please keep all cell phones on vibrate only.
THE SCHEDULE IS SUBJECT TO CHANGE. As much notice will be given as possible should this occur.
wk-1
2/9 & 2/11
wk-8
3/30 & 4/1
Sp. break 5&11
wk-2
2/16& 2/18
Washington
Holiday 2/16
wk-9
4/13 & 4/15
wk-3
wk-4
wk-5
wk-6
wk-7
2/23 & 2/25
3/2 & 3/4
3/9 & 3/11
3/16 & 3/18
3/23 & 3/25
Westweek 3/25
wk-10
wk-11
wk-12
wk-13
wk-14
5/4 & 5/6
5/11 & 5/13
5/18 & 5/20
4/20 & 4/22 4/27 & 4/29
Wk -15
5/25 (Memorial Day) & 5/27
wk-16 finals week
6/1 & 6/3
COURSE SYLLABUS/SCHEDULE
College of the Canyons, Architecture & Interior Design Department SPRING 2015
ID 101A Introduction to Interior Design SECTION 11787 3 Units
Instructor: Dorothy Minarsch; Email: dorothy.minarsch@canyons.edu
College phone number: 661 362-3989
Start Date: 2/9 - End Date 6/11 2015
Class meets: Monday and Wednesday: 9:00 am to 10:20 am
Office Hours: M. W 8:00am-9:00am
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Schedule:
2/9 Week 1:
Read
Chapter 1 for homework
Introduction and Requirements
About the course and interior design – Lecture and Activities
Interior Design majors need to sign up for ID 101B (full lab for this class and prereq. For ID 113 in the fall.
What do you expect from this class?
Review the syllabus (required reading) IT IS YOUR MAP. READ BEFORE EACH CLASS
Arriving to class on time
Parking issues (we have them...including faculty)
Methods of communication: check your email daily
 We, faculty, do not have any other way of contacting you other than your canyons acct
Social Media: The Department Facebook: ARCHID
 Internships and job opportunities that come to faculty are posted on student ARCHID Facebook page
 It's a really good way for us to reach you
3 quizzes (in class) class activities, interactive class
Journal:
You will spend the last 5 minutes of each class journaling your thoughts on the lesson and the activity and what you
learned from your class
Flash Drive: Submit group presentations either on flash drive or Prezi presentation. (you shall print your grading sheet
and place it in a baggie for most assignments).
I cannot open MAC files. Please create work on a PC
Train ticket is much cheaper by going on Saturday rather than during the week
Catch train to Union Station from Palmdale, Saugas, Newhall, or San Fernando Station.
Visit Olvera Street, China Town, Our Lady of the Angles Catholic Cathedral and the Disney Concert Hall on Grand
Street.
A terrific place to eat is Flippies, where French Dip sandwiches were invented
http://www.laavenue.com/unionstation
http://olvera-street.com
http://www.olacathedral.org
http://www.chinatownla.com
You must take a picture of yourself in front of each of the listed locations, and save the train ticket stub. Turn in printed
pictures and train ticket stub on 5/20
Westweek is March 25th. Please act now to receive permission from other teachers to have the entire day off (if this is
your major, you should attend Westweek). If interior design is not your major, and you cannot attend Westweek due
to your class schedule, you will be given a separate research assignment to make up for the missed class.
COURSE SYLLABUS/SCHEDULE
College of the Canyons, Architecture & Interior Design Department SPRING 2015
ID 101A Introduction to Interior Design SECTION 11787 3 Units
Instructor: Dorothy Minarsch; Email: dorothy.minarsch@canyons.edu
College phone number: 661 362-3989
Start Date: 2/9 - End Date 6/11 2015
Class meets: Monday and Wednesday: 9:00 am to 10:20 am
Office Hours: M. W 8:00am-9:00am
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2/11 Lecture: Presentation 1: Trends verses Fads
Lecture: Good Design Transcends Time
Activity 1: Design Memory Style
2/16 Week 2 Washington Holiday
2/18 Lecture: Principles of Design. Read
Chapter 3 for homework
Presentation 2: Proportion: Golden Rectangle, Golden Mean, Golden Section
Activity 2: 15 minute group exercise. Golden Rectangle, Golden Mean/Section
Presentation 3: Scale as it relates to the size of objects and relationship to each other AND
Pattern: small, medium, large
Activity 3:15 minute group exercise: scale and mass
2/23 Week 3 Lecture: Principles of Design continued
Presentation 4: Balance: Symmetrical, Asymmetrical & Radial
Activity 4: 15 minute group exercise on balance: symmetrical, Asymmetrical and Radial
Presentation 5: Rhythm: Repetition, Gradation, Opposition, Transition & Radiation
Activity 5: 15 minute group exercise on Rhythm
2/25 Lecture: Principles of Design continue
Presentation 6: Emphasis, Harmony (variety and unity)
Activity 6: 15 minute group exercise: Emphasis, Harmony (variety and unity)
Review Assignment 1: 10 pts of grade: Principles of Design research GROUP ACTIVITY TURNED IN ON MEMORY
STICK (DUE 3/4) AND STUDENT PRESENTATIONS NEXT MONDAY'S CLASS
3/2 Week 4: Presentations by students
Presentation 7: Space: cubic, positive and negative and
Activity 7:15 minute group exercise: Space: Cubic, positive and negative and mass
Presentation 8: Line: Vertical, Horizontal, Curved & Diagonal
Activity 8:15 minute group exercise: Lines
3/4 Lecture: Elements of Design
Assignment 1 due on memory stick with grading sheet (either group or individual)
Student presentation: Proportion: Golden Rectangle, Golden Mean, Golden Section
Student presentation: Scale and mass
Student presentation: Balances and Rhythms
Student presentation: Emphasis, Harmony (variety and unity)
3/9 Week 5: Lecture: continue Elements of Design
Presentation 9: Texture, Light, and Color
Activity 9:15 minute group exercise: Texture, Light and Color
Presentation 10: Shape, Form, Structural Design and Decorative Design
Activity 10: 15 minute group exercise: Structure and Decorative Design
Review Principles & Elements Quiz on this site
HOMEWORK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsosmCyMgPU
COURSE SYLLABUS/SCHEDULE
College of the Canyons, Architecture & Interior Design Department SPRING 2015
ID 101A Introduction to Interior Design SECTION 11787 3 Units
Instructor: Dorothy Minarsch; Email: dorothy.minarsch@canyons.edu
College phone number: 661 362-3989
Start Date: 2/9 - End Date 6/11 2015
Class meets: Monday and Wednesday: 9:00 am to 10:20 am
Office Hours: M. W 8:00am-9:00am
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3/11 Review Assignment 2: due 3/18 on memory stick or Prezi Link with HARD COPY grading sheet (individual or
group)
Quiz 1 (10 points) and Presentations by students
Principles and Elements quiz on Blackboard
Presentations by students:
Student presentation: Space: Cubic, positive and negative and Mass
Student presentation: Line: Vertical, Horizontal, Curved & Diagonal
Student presentation: Texture, Light, and Color
Student presentation: Structure and Decorative Design
3/16 Week 6 Presentation 11: Introduction to Color Theory
Read Chapter 4 for homework
Color in design
Color Schemes
Color Wheel
Fabric
Art
Activity 11:15 minutes-groups: schemes from color wheel, schemes from fabric, schemes from art
3/18 Presentation 12: Color Distribution Assignment 2 due
Activity 12: 15 minutes: Color Harmonies With Textiles Exercise
Review for color quiz
Review Assignment 3 - 10 pts Model Home Paper (DUE 4/13)
3/23: Week 7 NO CLASS DUE TO LONG DAY AT UPCOMING WESTWEEK
3/25: WESTWEEK – ARRIVE AT THE FOUND DESK AT THE PACIFIC DESIGN CENTER NO LATER THAN 9:15 AM.
3/30 Week 8 Color Quiz
Read Chapter 1,6 & 7 for homework
Lecture: Introduction to Space Planning
Presentation 13: Open/Closed planes, Zones and Circulation
Kitchen layout and triangle (cool kitchens)
Activity 13: Arrange shapes to represent a variety of kitchen shapes
BRING A 25 FOOT MEASURING TAPE TO THE NEXT CLASS
4/1 Presentation 14: Human Factors, furniture placement -primary and secondary
How to measure with a traditional tape measure, and document on paper
Activity 14: Students measure rooms and spaces inside Mentry
HOMEWORK: Measure your bedroom - and bring to next class
COURSE SYLLABUS/SCHEDULE
College of the Canyons, Architecture & Interior Design Department SPRING 2015
ID 101A Introduction to Interior Design SECTION 11787 3 Units
Instructor: Dorothy Minarsch; Email: dorothy.minarsch@canyons.edu
College phone number: 661 362-3989
Start Date: 2/9 - End Date 6/11 2015
Class meets: Monday and Wednesday: 9:00 am to 10:20 am
Office Hours: M. W 8:00am-9:00am
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SPRING BREAK: 4/5 TO 4/11
4/13 Week 9: Assignment 3 due (model home paper)
Presentation 15: Furniture templates and distances between each piece of furniture
Activity 15: sketching out furniture clearances
BRING YOUR SCALE and TRIANGLE TO NEXT CLASS
4/15 Lecture: How to use a scale
Activity 16: Scale exercises
HOMEWORK: using your bedroom measurements, redraw your bedroom in 1/4" = 1:00 ft scale
4/20 Week 10: Review Assignment 4 - 10 pts: Circulation (DUE 4/27)
Fun and easy way to furnish a room using online tools
Presentation: Baker Furniture http://baker.kohlerinteriors.com/baker/1_0_0_baker_home.jsp
(go to "Room Designer" link)
Ikea http://info.ikea-usa.com/Catalog/
Activity 17: 30 minute: Use Baker link and furnish with Baker furniture
HOMEWORK: Complete the assignment
4/22 Lecture: Pencils: so what...are they really a big deal? - Lead Weight (H and B)
Line Weight so what...does that dashed line count for much? (hidden, dashed, construction)
Activity 18: Space plan room using template and Key
4/27 Week 11: Introduction to Lighting - Assignment 4 due (circulation) - Read Chapter 5 for homework
Presentation 16:
Lighting: natural and artificial
Artificial light and it impact on colors based on Kelvin
Activity 19:15 minutes: Students test paint chips under a variety of lighting conditions and assess
4/29 Presentation 17
General / Ambient, Accent Lighting and Task
Exterior
COURSE SYLLABUS/SCHEDULE
College of the Canyons, Architecture & Interior Design Department SPRING 2015
ID 101A Introduction to Interior Design SECTION 11787 3 Units
Instructor: Dorothy Minarsch; Email: dorothy.minarsch@canyons.edu
College phone number: 661 362-3989
Start Date: 2/9 - End Date 6/11 2015
Class meets: Monday and Wednesday: 9:00 am to 10:20 am
Office Hours: M. W 8:00am-9:00am
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Activity 20: Lighting Research Activity
5/4 Week 12: Lecture: Lighting symbols & Activity
Presentation 18: Electrical and lighting symbols from department symbol handout
Wall receptacles, floor receptacles
Activity 21: Symbol Pictionary Exercise
Presentation 19: Compact Fluorescent Lamp (CFL), Light-emitting Diode (LED),
Pendant, C0 Detector, Smoke Detector, light switches, dimmers, 3-Way
5/6
Activity 22: Students practice drawing electrical symbols on a full floor plan handout
5/11 Week 13: Kitchen calculations to satisfy Title 24
Instructor to draw kitchen on board and students to add symbols and calculate wattage
Activity: Students to work in groups: kitchen electrical symbols, calculation
Students who did board symbols and calculations to justify their choice to class
5/13 Lecture: Schools of Design / Becoming an Interior Designer Read Chapter 2
Presentation 20: What you need to know about interior design education if you plan to continue
(Community, State and Private colleges)
Interior Design associations- ASID, AIA, IIDA etc.
Interior Designer vs. Decorator
Licensing and Certification
Activity 20: Students find the school of their choice for interior design and write why they chose this school Review for
Lighting Quiz
5/18 Week 14: Lighting Quiz. Due Field trip to Union Station and other locations
Students share field trip experience
5/20 FINAL PROJECT FOR SEMESTER Assignment 5 Final (10pts) of grade)
Introduction to your FINAL
Lecture: Client Questionnaire, tracing floor plan: adding furniture, and cutting tracing paper to fit for the electrical
Handout of floor plan to use for the final
How to add furniture and electrical key
Student Activity - dream up a vacation home based on the floor plan handout and be interviewed by another student
HOMEWORK: Type client profile (this is part one of your final) and turn in with final on June 1st.
At home, trace your floor plan and furnish based on client profile. Before adding your furniture, lightly draw circulation
paths to help you identify where you should and should not place furniture.
COURSE SYLLABUS/SCHEDULE
College of the Canyons, Architecture & Interior Design Department SPRING 2015
ID 101A Introduction to Interior Design SECTION 11787 3 Units
Instructor: Dorothy Minarsch; Email: dorothy.minarsch@canyons.edu
College phone number: 661 362-3989
Start Date: 2/9 - End Date 6/11 2015
Class meets: Monday and Wednesday: 9:00 am to 10:20 am
Office Hours: M. W 8:00am-9:00am
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5/25 Week 15: MEMORIAL DAY – NO CLASS
5/27 In class activity – Add electrical to your drawing. HOMEWORK: Finalize Electrical AND add Key – turn in with
floor plan and profile during the next class.
6/1 Week 16: turn in final
6/3: Pick up final