Featured Art and Design Program

Interior Design
Bachelor Degree Program
Westwood College

A career as an Interior Designer has become more widespread and more lucrative since the widespread rise of the Home Renovation craze. Homeowners are looking to increase the value of their homes and interior designers play a major role in this movement. Home owners looking to sell are also finding a great need for Interior Designers to help prepare homes for show and sale.

The great demand for Interior Designers will continue to grow well into the future.

Interior Designers are also in demand for developing interior living suited for aesthetics and functionality for the growing elderly population and other with special needs.

There is a new market for Interior Designers which is rapidly expanding around the "Green" movement. Homeowners and companies want to redesign homes and buildings to be green and environmentally friendly.

An Interior Designer is responsible for home and building design with a focus is placed on ergonomics, high-tech construction materials, and continually changing national and local building codes.

An Interior Designer can work in a wide range of positions focusing on either residential or commercial interiors, sales, merchandising or specialized design for very specific facilities. Those working in the field will not only require creativity and good visualization skills, but also specialized training in design, materials and market specific building codes to be competitive and successful.

With these necessary skills in mind, Westwood College of Technology has designed the bachelor and associate degrees in Interior Design to focus on the technical, creative and human facets of interior design. With a Westwood degree, you can develop the necessary technical skills and fine-tune your creative skills to enter this growing career field.

Design Degree Programs:

Today's workplace is extraordinarily competitive. Employers value people who can make a contribution right out of the gate. To succeed, you must have specific, hands-on skills, and be able to put those skills to work.

Hands-on experience is a critical part of Westwood's curriculum.

The curriculum is project and team oriented. When you graduate from Westwood, you'll be ready to make an immediate and lasting contribution with your work.

Employers turn to Westwood again and again when they are recruiting for key positions. Men and women turn to Westwood for the foundation that will get them there!