RCC

The Interior Design curriculum is designed to prepare students for a variety of job opportunities in the field of both residential and nonresidential interior design. The focus of the studies is technical knowledge, professional practices and aesthetic principles.

Curriculum content includes residential and nonresidential interior design, architectural drafting, computer-aided design and universal design. Also included are basic design, history of interiors and furnishings, color theory, products, business practices, graphic presentations and general educational courses.

Graduates should qualify for a variety of jobs including residential and commercial interior design; set design; showroom design; and sales positions for furniture, textiles and accessories; and all businesses dealing with interiors.

COMPETENCIES

Randolph Community College is committed to continuous improvement through program evaluation. One part of the evaluation is to assess program competencies. While our program contains many competencies for students to achieve, each year a select few are chosen for assessment purposes. This year, program competency assessment will focus on these:

1. The basic principles and elements of design.
2. Designing a space.
3. Presenting design concepts.
4. Creating hue schemes.
5. Identifying furniture and architecture by Historical Period.
6. Applying ethical business practices.

Click here for a list of Humanities/Fine Arts and Social/Behavioral Sciences courses approved for this program.

GENERAL ADMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS FOR CURRICULUM PROGRAMS

Applicants for admission to Randolph Community College must be 18 years of age or high school graduates. The College will accept students with a high school equivalency diploma. A high school diploma or the equivalent is required of all applicants enrolling in curriculum courses. Persons intending to enroll in a specific curriculum are encouraged to submit their applications at least two months prior to the term in which they wish to enroll. Applicants are not admitted into specific curriculum programs, and thus, not eligible for financial aid until admission requirements are met (i.e. transcripts, testing, etc.). Applications can be obtained from high school counselors and from Student Services.

IN ORDER TO ENROLL, THE STUDENT SHOULD

- complete an RCC application,

- provide official copies of high school transcript and/or GED test scores and all college transcripts,*

- call 336-633-0224 to discuss placement testing,

- meet with someone in RCC's financial aid office if necessary, 336-633-0205,

- meet with your faculty advisor (during specified registration period),

- register and pay for classes (during specified registration period).

*Applicants who are high school graduates should request a copy of their high school transcript. In cases where the last six weeks' work is not completed, a supplemental transcript should be forwarded to the College after the student's graduation. GED graduates must submit official copies of their GED test scores. Students transferring from other colleges or post-high school institutions must submit official transcripts from all such institutions attended. For transcript release forms, call Student Services, 336-633-0224. Transcripts are not official unless they are sent directly from the high school or college attended.

FACULTY ADVISOR

The faculty advisor for Interior Design is Holly Barker, 336-633-0318.