INDES 480 - Professional Practices & Principles

5 CR

Prepares students to work as professional interior designers. Includes managing interior design projects, legal and contractual issues, resources and services, and working with showroom and service personnel, and clients. Either INDES 180 or INDES 480 may be taken for credit, not both.

Prerequisite(s): Acceptance to the program or permission of instructor.

Course Outcomes

Develop an independent business strategy to include:

Business plan including organization type
Legal issues and Licenses
Qualifications
Costs of doing business
Business success and profitability
Marketing strategies including graphic identity, promotion and public relations

Develop project management guidelines for professional practice including procedures for:

Definition of scope of services and charges for services
Contracts and agreements
Effective project management: time, budget, materials, personnel
Purchasing procedures
Client presentations

Develop guidelines for working with resources in the industry and begin to develop a network of professional resources, including:

Drawings and specifications
Trades
Showrooms
allied professional: architects, engineers, contractors
Present and defend business plan in front of class members and industry representatives.

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