Interior Design (IDS) at Virginia Western Community College
Distance Learning
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- IDS 100 - Theory and Techniques of Interior Design
- Introduces drafting and presentation, color theory, and coordination, space planning and arrangement of furnishings.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 5 hours per week.
3 credits - IDS 105 - Architectural Drafting for Interior Design
- Introduces tools and equipment, lettering, methods of construction, designing and delineation of architecture.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 5 hours per week.
3 credits - IDS 106 - Three Dimensional Drawing and Rendering
- Provides instruction in graphic presentation of three- dimensionally drawn interiors. Presents the use of colored media to render three-dimensional drawings.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 5 hours per week.
3 credits - IDS 109 - Styles of Furniture and Interiors
- Teaches history of furnishings and interiors from the ancient world to the present.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - IDS 116 - Period Residential Design
- Plans a period-inspired interior. May use field trips and visual materials to enhance this project. Presents problems and their solutions found in this kind of project. May require a final visual presentation with all necessary furnishings, materials, and color boards with rendered perspectives.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 4 hours. Total 6 hours per week.
Prerequisites: IDS 105, IDS 106, IDS 109.4 credits - IDS 120 - Estimation for Interior Coverings
- Provides instruction in estimation of yardages for window treatments, carpet, custom carpet designs, wall coverings, tile, etc. Covers fixturing, labor costing, procedures of fabrication and styling options. May require site/research visits to fabricators.Lecture 3 hours per week.
3 credits - IDS 190 - Coordinated Internship
- Supervises on-the-job training in selected business, industrial or service firms coordinated by the college.Credit/practice ratio not to exceed 1:5 hours. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - IDS 195 - Topics In
- Provides an opportunity to explore topical areas of interest to or needed by students.May be used also for special honors courses. May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - IDS 199 - Supervised Study
- Assigns problems for independent study incorporating previous instruction and supervised by the instructor.May be repeated for credit. Variable hours.
1-5 credits - IDS 205 - Materials and Sources
- Presents textiles, floor and wall coverings, and window treatments. Emphasizes construction, fiber, finish, and code applications. May use research and field trips to trade sources representing these elements.Lecture 2 hours. Laboratory 3 hours. Total 5 hours per week.
3 credits