INTERNATIONAL HIGHER SCHOOL OF PRACTICAL PSYCHOLOGY
Professional Interior Design Study Programme
to Achieve Bachelor Degree and Professional Qualifications of
Interior Designer.
Riga, 2007
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CONTENTS
1. / Targets and tasks of the higher education programme, the expected results of implementing the programme: knowledge,skills and attitudes / 42. / Organisation of the higher education programme, compliance of the curriculum with the targets and tasks of the Higher school as well as the functioning of the mehanism for managing the inner guality of the programme / 6
3. / Curriculum of the study programme / 9
4. /
Knowledge Assessment System
/ 145. / Practical implementation of the higher education programme: the methods and study forms applied, research work of the academic staff and its impact on study process, the involvment of students in research project / 15
6. / Perspectives of BA programme in Interior Design of IHSPP in European Context / 17
7. / Students / 18
8. / Academic Staff / 20
9. / Material and Financial Assets of the Programme / 34
10. / External Cooperation / 36
11. / Documents certifying that in case the study programme is closed, the applicant for acreditition ensures the opportunity for students to continue studies in some other study course or other higher education establishment or college / 38
12. / Interior Design Programme: Perspectives of Development / 40
13. / Appendix 1 – Academic staff’s CV / 41
14. / Appendix 2 – Annotations of study courses / 68
15. / Appendix 3 – Sample Diploma supplement / 103
International Higher School of Practical Psychology
Professional Interior Design Study Programme
to Achieve Bachelor Degree and Professional Qualifications
of Interior Designer
Self-evaluation Report
1.Targets and tasks of the higher education programme, the expected results of implementing the programme:knowledge,skills and attitudes
The plan for National Development issued by the Ministry of Economy envisages the growing demand for building of new objects and reconstructing the existing constructions. The importance of building will be growing in the future. This trend is clearly seen at present – construction and renovating are fast growing businesses in Latvia.
Inner space is a vital part of any building. Designers who are able to understand the basic principles of modern design as a synthesis of architecture, technology and art in the context of the prevoius centuries are on demand and will be on demand in the labour market. There is a shortage of such professionals in Latvian labour market at the moment, because only one higher educational establishment- the Academy of Arts – offers BA study propamme for environment design. They are able to ensure less than 10 qualified graduates per year.
As the existing offer does not meet the growing demand various courses for interior design are being organized: even long distance ones. However, teachers’ qualifications are not high enough and the training period is too short. Thus any resulting art or design work is inevitably a compromise, where the artistic quality is not quite what was intended initially. Examples of this are commonplace-interior design projects implemented not meeting the world standards.
Numerous students of art schools and the graduates of vocational schools and colleges are interested in obtaining Professional Bachelor’s degree in interior design which is also a decisive factor for establishing such a course here in Latvia.
1.1 The goals of the BA study course in interior design are as follows:
1.1.1 To ensure that well – educated,highly qualified and creative specialists enter labour market who would be able
a) to meet the needs of local labour market as well as to take part in international projects;
b) to integrate in practice:
• competence of analysing and processing information on cultural environment projects
• knowleledge and sense of space in designing and developing concepts for stylistically and functionally varied visual images of interior,
• skillfully apply the principles of planning, projecting and furnishing in implementing the idea (interior project),
• skillfully apply knowledge and skills in designing non – standard interior objects,
• Skills of applying traditional techniques and technical potential of the computer in the visualisation of projects,
• basic communication skils for establishing business contacts and servicing customers.
1.1.2.to open ways of further personality development through providing the possibility of achieving professional bachelor degree and prepare for further studies and/or deeper specialisation in post-diploma and master degree programmes in Latvia and abroad.
Objectives of the course:
o to create background circumstances for acquiring the knowledge and developing students’ competence
• in fine arts, composition and colouristics;
• in designing and furnishing interior of public and private environments as an integral part of achitecture
• in designing separate elements for the interior.
• in technologies –acquiring computer hardware and software;
• research-recognition, analysis and interpretation of theoretical findings, factual and practical material, related to the speciality;
• psychological - in developing the concept of visual image, culture of professional communication, cooperation with the customer and other partners, involved in projects.
o provide an opportunity for students to master skills and habits of research work.
o secure logical and uninterrupted integration of theory and practice, as well as integration of separate parts of the curriculum.
o to establish the system of professional responsiblity for operating in”designer - customer” system as well as in (personal) creative activities.
1.3. Expected results of implementing the study course.
Acquiring the complete study course, comprising 160 credit points, the student achieves BA degree in Interior Design and Professional qualifications of an interior designer. An interior designer is a specialist who has a command of factors and methods in designing the interior as well as understands the psychological principles of organizing the interior space and peculiarities of human perception, having developed the ability of self- control for finding compromise between the customer’s vision and his/her own creative self – actualization.
2. Organisation of the higher education programme, compliance of the curriculum with the targets and tasks of the Higher school as well as the functioning of the mehanism for managing the inner guality of the programme.
The programme is envisaged for a 4 year Bachelor degree study period and a 5 year programme for part – time students with total 160 credit points (240 ECTS). Each study year comprises 34 weeks of lectures and 6 weeks of examination period.
The programme has been designed to ensure obtaining complex professional education.
It comprises 5 groups of competences which are mutually integrated and developed during the study period:
1. Basics of Visual Arts: Drawing, Painting, Composition, Colouristics, Perspective, Photography etc.
2. Investigating interaction of the aspects of the human body and spatial environment:
Interior Composition, Ergonomics, Psychology of Space Perception, Colour Psychology, Design of Interior, and Design of Interior Objects
3. Applying technological solutions and materials in the creative process: 2D and 3D Computer Graphics, Materials Science, Decoration Materials and Interior Lighting, Modelling etc.
4. Developing communicative competence and other competences necessary for operating in professional environment: English for Special Purposes, Social Psychology, Basics of Entrepreneurship, Copyright.
5. Promoting creative potential, self-development and further education: Philosophy, Sociology, research work, creative projects and praxis.
Students acquire basics of classical art – drawing, painting, modelling , 2D and 3D composition to understand the shaping of images, interior decorations or special objects.
Studies of basics of architecture, history of styles and design, basics of interior composition and design, psychology of creating image ensure complex knowledge of special surroundings, its components and interrelations, rules of interior design and aesthetical values in the previous centuries and nowadays.
Different courses have been timed in different terms in order to maintain an uninterrupted logical link between art and/or professional subjects, and subjects which are envisaged for acquiring 2D composition can be applied in learning graphic design software, i.e. skills and habits acquired, say, in drawing and 2D composition, should be immediately applicable through learning graphic design software, interior composition and design by studying drafting, perspective, programmes such as Auto Cad, Arhi Cad etc.
This training sequence/programme provides for/includes intensive studies of the English language, which to a large extent is the dominant language "spoken" by computer. A free command of English also makes access to specialist literature easier and helps establish business contacts. Students are also offered a chance of mastering a second foreign language of their own choice –French (a strong advertising psychology tradition), German (famous design schools) or Italian (fashion business).
Having acquired additional knowledge of entrepreneurship, marketing, advertising and management psychology, our graduates will find it easier either to find place in the jobs market or set up their own company.
Joint quality management system is functioning at IHSPP. In the framework of this system criterion for evaluating the quality of lecturers` performance and study process have been developed.
These issues are constantly in the focus of attention for the Higher School`s central administration and faculty administration. For example, the following issues are regularly analyzed at the meetings of the Board for Scientific Teaching , Faculty Council and administration:
The quality and perfection of didactic provision :the content of the programme, annotations, didactic materials, lectures` plans, topicality of didactic recommendations, etc.;
Effectiveness of the teaching methods applied, and the quality of teaching: the exchange of teaching experience among the staff members in managing students` project, scientific and study work, peer observation and evaluation of the classes or video records of the study activities,the analysis of students` surveys;
The level of students` basic learning and professional skills in general , and the level of their independent work skills: the dynamics of their professional and personality growth, the analysis of the study results during acquiring the programm , and the analysis of students` surveys and polls.
Strategic analysis of the obtained information ensures introducing relevant corrections in the implementation of the programme.
3. Curriculum of the study programme
Subject / Semesters / Credit / Contact / Independent / Total
points / hours / work / hours
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8
General knowledge subjects ( 20 credit points)
Philosophy / 2 / 2 / 34 / 46 / 80
English for special usage / 2 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 8 / 144 / 176 / 320
Research methods / 1 / 1 / 2 / 34 / 46 / 80
Sociology / 2 / 2 / 34 / 46 / 80
Social psychology / 2 / 2 / 34 / 46 / 80
Basic principles of business activity / 2 / 2 / 34 / 46 / 80
Culture and copyright / 2 / 2 / 34 / 46 / 80
TOTAL / 3 / 2 / 3 / 2 / 4 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 20 / 348 / 452 / 800
Core subjects ( 36 credit points)
Art history / 1 / 1 / 2 / 36 / 44 / 80
Interior design history / 2 / 2 / 36 / 44 / 80
History of Design / 1 / 1 / 18 / 22 / 40
2-dimesional composition / 2 / 2 / 4 / 72 / 88 / 160
3-dimesional composition / 1 / 1 / 2 / 36 / 44 / 80
Colouristics / 2 / 2 / 4 / 72 / 88 / 160
Ergonomics / 1 / 1 / 18 / 22 / 40
MS Office / 2 / 2 / 36 / 44 / 80
Graphic programmes / 2 / 4 / 2 / 4 / 2 / 2 / 16 / 288 / 352 / 640
Psychology of Spatial Perception / 2 / 2 / 36 / 44 / 80
TOTAL / 10 / 9 / 2 / 6 / 4 / 3 / 2 / 0 / 36 / 648 / 792 / 1530
Profesional specialisation courses ( 60 credit points)
Drawing / 3 / 3 / 3 / 3 / 2 / 2 / 16 / 288 / 352 / 640
Painting / 3 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 2 / 11 / 198 / 242 / 440
Photography / 2 / 2 / 36 / 44 / 80
Introduction into speciality / 1 / 1 / 18 / 22 / 40
Interior designing / 1 / 2 / 2 / 3 / 3 / 3 / 14 / 252 / 308 / 560
Perspective / 1 / 1 / 2 / 36 / 44 / 80
Basic principles of architecture / 2 / 2 / 4 / 72 / 88 / 160
Modelling / 2 / 2 / 36 / 44 / 80
Materials science / 2 / 2 / 4 / 72 / 88 / 160
Designing with light / 2 / 2 / 36 / 44 / 80
Interior Objects Design / 2 / 2 / 36 / 44 / 80
Total / 5 / 8 / 13 / 11 / 11 / 9 / 3 / 0 / 60 / 1080 / 1320 / 2400
Optional courses (at least 6 credit points)
Self-presentation of Organization / 2 / 2 / 36 / 44 / 80
Audiovizuālo tehnoloģiju pamati / 2 / 1 / 3 / 54 / 66 / 120
Animation / 2 / 2 / 4 / 72 / 88 / 160
Drawing of Human Body / 2 / 2 / 36 / 44 / 80
Modelling / 2 / 2 / 36 / 44 / 80
Total / 122 / 2136 / 2744 / 4880