Bachelor of Fine Arts in
Interior Design

How it looks. How it feels. How it works. Creating inspiring spaces that make the best possible use of available space is the core of interior design. When form and function come together in perfect symmetry, they transform an environment into a place that instills a deep sense of harmony for its inhabitants.

Program Highlights

DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

On-campus BFA Degree Requirements

Interior Design
- Sustainable Design Specialization

RMCAD’s Interior Design Bachelor’s Degree curriculum encompasses a variety of disciplines that include elements of architecture, environmental design, graphic design, and industrial design to give students a broad base of knowledge to draw upon.

CLASSROOM TOOLS

RMCAD’s Interior Design classes are structured to cumulatively increase in difficulty as the courses progress, in order to help students accumulate the skills necessary to successfully build beautiful, functional spaces. With a focus on sustainable design that is environmentally responsible, students come away with an ethical and mindful eye for design and the planet.

INTERIOR DESIGN CAREERS

RMCAD Interior Design graduates are making their mark one great looking space at a time in so many industries. And there are plenty of career options to choose from!

AutoCAD Technician
CAD Manager
Furniture, Lighting, and Product Designer
Model Home Designer
Hospitality Design

As a student in the Interior Design Program, you’ll receive one-on-one attention from instructors who are highly qualified working industry professionals. They’ll teach you the essential elements of interior design including drafting, proper selection of furniture, fixtures and equipment, construction document implementation, and much more. Working with students from all walks of life will give you the benefit of a myriad of different perspectives to build your work as an artist.

You’ll graduate confident in the skills you’ve acquired and prepared to successfully enter the field of Interior Design.

Creating an environment through design that changes lives on a daily basis merely by its presence is a beautiful thing. With a RMCAD Bachelor’s Degree in Interior Design, you have the power to make your world and everyone else’s a more beautiful place.

Accreditation Information

RMCAD’s Interior Design Program is accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA), so you can confidently enter the industry as a professional after you graduate. Learn more about RMCAD’s accreditations here.

Interior Design

Student Work

Get to know our Grads

Irene Skupsky

Class of 2019 / Fashion Design

I design for the powerful woman who wears garments with more coverage to inspire her.

Anna Vo

Class of 2019 / Fashion Design

My only advice is: be confident and no matter what mistakes you made just keep going and you will go through it.

TJ Howell

Class of 2019 / Fashion Design

This is my final hoorah so it’s very important that this kind of shows who I am as a designer and what my aesthetic and who I am most importantly.

Haley Long

Class of 2019 / Fashion Design

What makes me proud to be a RMCAD graduate is the fact that I’ve been challenged so incredibly much here and that it’s actually been applicable outside of RMCAD.

Candace Feren

Class of 2019 / Fashion Design

I’m proud to be a RMCAD graduate because there’s so many amazing staff here. They support you, challenge you and really push you to get where you need to be.

Mark Fitzsimmons

Class of 2018 / Fine Arts

RMCAD gave me the space to experiment. All of the instructors I had let me take not only what I wanted but what I needed from the class I was in.

Gregory Hayes

Class of 2006 / Fine Arts

Ten years later I’ve developed a skill from my professor’s random act of kindness. That little bottle was the start of me dripping paint.

Jenny Morgan

Class of 2003 / Fine Arts, Illustration, Illustrative Design

RMCAD was really influential for me, the teachers I had were extremely impactful and I still keep in touch with them. I think a smaller school like RMCAD can be really beneficial in terms of making connections and keeping those connections.

Kevin Tydlaska

Class of 2017 / Photography

“RMCAD did the biggest thing for me that every artist needs to experience—it checked my ego…you’re always going to learn, and someone always has something to teach you.”

Tya Alisa Anthony

Class of 2015 / Photography

My message is to be a humanitarian, to pull our moral imagination back to center.

Daniel Chavez

Class of 2006 / Interior Design

A lot of my technical experience is 100% Rocky Mountain College of Art + Design.

Rebecca Kaufman

Class of 2002 / Interior Design

Rocky Mountain was one of the first colleges I looked at – loved the program, loved the area, and I never looked back.

Paul Sullivan

Class of 2003 / Illustration

There is a lot I learned at RMCAD that I use in my career every day.

Lindsay Gruetzmacher

Class of 2010 / Illustration

RMCAD was great because it gives you a guideline for how to work in teams. How to create artwork for someone else, not just yourself.

Phil Montaño

Class of 1988 / Graphic Design, Illustrative Design

You can come back here and know they’re going to have the curriculum and programs you need to succeed.

Nick Spriggs

Class of 2003 / Graphic Design, Illustrative Design

I think often of my foundation work at RMCAD. Some of those lessons stay with me today.

Daniyil Onufrishyn

Class of 2012 / Graphic Design, Illustrative Design

It [RMCAD] taught me a lot about being a designer and being a better thinker – being more well-rounded.

Bill Gillies

Class of 2012 / Graphic Design, Illustrative Design

I wanted to immerse myself in an environment that would teach me, and that was what RMCAD was offering.

Cassidy Dwelis

Class of 2016 / Game Art

I wanted to be a part of the pre-production that goes into game making-things like the animation and the concept work and all of the actual game building. That’s why I chose RMCAD, because it was really the only school that taught the art side of the game art program.

Dalton Frizzel

Class of 2016 / Fine Arts

That moment was when everybody started to understand my work without me having to say anything, that was a moment where I started to feel like I was connecting with something.

Nina Caballero

Class of 2017 / Art Education

I think what’s really rewarding about teaching is when you finally see a person’s face light up.

Brian Nugent

Class of 2004 / Animation

What’s really nice about the RMCAD community is that it is a community. We’re all good friends and we keep in contact. A lot of the people that I was here with are working in the industry, so that says how important those relationships are.

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