Post-Professional Master of Interior

The Post-Professional Master of Interior Design is a 1 year post-professional program aimed at honing design skills at the highest level to meet the growing demands within the industry. The curriculum strikes a balance between creative practice and design inquiry. Working in a studio environment, students explore emerging trends and develop innovative design solutions to real-world problems. Through research and community engagement, they will learn how the built environment contributes to strong communities. The program consists of 2 graduate seminar courses, 2 graduate electives, and milestones for the creative project. The Post-Professional Master of Interior Design offers designers an opportunity to explore emerging concepts in design, including design thinking models, technology, fabrication, strategic programming and sustainable initiatives, and to develop a profound understanding of the ways interior design influences society at large.

Offered to those with a Bachelor of Interior Design (BID), a Bachelor of Design (BDes), a Bachelor of Architecture (BArch) or recognized industry experience, this program is for students interested in becoming leaders and changemakers in a design-focused profession, supporting a career path in academia or pursuing a specialized design inquiry to expand the boundaries of the discipline’s knowledge and practice.

Master of Interior Design (MID)

The Master of Interior Design has the degree designation of MID that fulfills professional accreditation from the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA), the North American organization that oversees accreditation.  The Master of Interior Design is a full-time two-year graduate program.

Core features of the curriculum place emphasis on three areas, (1) intensive design studios, (2) history/theory, and (3) professional practice. These areas contribute to a Creative Project/MRP in the final year complemented by elective options.  By highlighting three intensive studios in the first year, a significant number of the CIDA accreditation standards can be completed. The professional courses ensure students are prepared upon graduation to enter the industry while supporting courses such as history, theory seminar and electives provide advanced levels of inquiry and research. Together, the Creative Project and MRP fulfill the advanced levels of the accreditation process.

The Master of Interior Design program seeks to foster an interior design culture that deepens professional students’ knowledge and understanding of the field while empowering them to investigate, interpret, challenge and give form to the ideas and forces at the forefront of international design communities.