Interior Architecture and Design, BA (Hons), with industry placement

Our Interior Architecture and Design degree is intended to encourage thinking and experimentation around reshaping and designing the interior of existing building elements.The scope of the course aims to challenge you to formulate your personal style around the discipline of interior architecture and design, and to enhance your ability to critically reflect on a variety of elements: social, political, environmental and more. Your critical response to such fundamental concerns will be translated into innovative design solutions that form, shape and inhabit existing and new structures – rethink, reimagine, reform.You will consider forms and shapes before completing the design cycle with appropriate lighting, material and furniture application. You will have the chance to explore the spectrum of interior architecture as a discipline, from new formations within the space, to respecting, understanding and developing existing structures.The course you follow is developed in a way to entice specialists from a variety of disciplines such as conservation, engineering, architecture, virtual reality and more to share their expertise with students. This will inspire you and help you gain valuable skills to develop your career as a creative new designer. Collaborative projects will also give you the opportunity to work together with students and lecturers of other disciplines.Professional Placement YearThis course offers a professional placement year. This allows you to spend a whole year with an employer, between the second and third years of your degree, and is a great way to find out more about your chosen career. Some students even return to the same employers after completing their studies.The University will draw on its extensive network of local, regional and national employers to support you in finding a suitable placement to complement your chosen area of study. If you do not find a suitable placement, you will be automatically transferred back to the standard, non-placement version of the course.Please note that fees are payable during your placement year. For details, visit the course page on the Birmingham City University website.