BA (Hons) Interior Design with Foundation Year Bachelor's degree at the University of Salford

Allows you to bring together all your prior learning from the previous modules. Opportunity to propose and create your own brief based on a theme, topic, or issue that you are passionate about. Supported by tutors to create a meaningful body of work that demonstrates confidence in your chosen area. Work will be exhibited in the Salford School of Arts, Media and Creative Technology's end of year Degree Show.

Allows you to explore the creative industries and its career opportunities. Learn about a range of subjects including responsible design and future trends within your chosen area of art and design. Build on the technical skills gained in the first semester to produce a creative publication.

Introduces you to the fundamental principles of 3D design, and builds awareness of a design vocabulary through a series of exciting short projects to develop skills. Application of established design communication techniques provides a basis for exploration and development of your own 2D and 3D design outcomes. Gain understanding of materials and associated processes within the context of specific design problems. Module culminates with a bespoke design project such as a student social hub.

Design is a creative tool that is employed widely by a number of industries. Provides understanding of design procedures and ways of working to help you generate, develop, communicate and realise design solutions. Focuses on exhibition design.

Introduces you to the variety of individuals or customers who as a designer you need to please. Full consideration given to the end user, with understanding of the client, supplier and those involved with construction/manufacturing. Focuses on hospitality where you will be undertaking an innovative project such as the design of a hotel suite.

Encouraged to consider a range of perspectives on creative practice - including critical, ethical, cultural, political and commercial viewpoints. Develop understanding of professional practice as a core theme which runs throughout the course. Encourages aligning your skills with the identified requirements of industry with emphasis on critical thinking and communication skills. Consists of a series of small tasks which address the wider context of design.

Students are introduced to appropriate forms of technology, construction, materials and regulatory issues and how these are utilised in the production of interior design project work. Acquire skills required to develop ideas and explore detail design. Fundamental principles related to architecture taught to a basic level to raise awareness of how structures are constructed and how designers respond to sustainability issues. Encourages investigation of 2D and 3D communication methods to creativel

Interior design practice covers many different commercial sectors such as offices, retail, education, health or cultural facilities as well as interiors for hospitality, entertainment and the television industry. Explores an area of specialism within interior design. Recent projects have included the design of a co-working space in an interesting existing building with a canal facing frontage in central Manchester.

Allows you to undertake a period of work placement; positioned at the end of Trimester 2 this module enables many students to take the opportunity of an extended placement period over the summer. Allows you to apply and develop your knowledge and skills gained on the course while gaining an understanding of the relevant working procedures of industry and the professional activities of design.

Building on the critical and professional practice skills introduced in year 1, allows you to investigate and test your position in relation to creative and cultural communities and to make connections to wider cultural contexts in order to develop your approach to inter-disciplinary collaborations. Explore business, employability and enterprise issues and reflect upon your own work and ongoing development. Also used to identify and pursue placement opportunities for the final module of the year

Further extends and strengthens your knowledge and skills in producing design solutions within the area of specific building interiors, with an emphasis on the creation of appropriate and suitable ambience through the use of materials and lighting. Commercial client and user needs studied in relation to particular aims, requirements and conditions developed within a brief appropriate to interior architecture. Creative reuse of existing buildings for a variety of commercial uses involves research

Designed to allow you to bring together and synthesise your prior learning and experiences on the course through the definition, negotiation and implementation of a self-determined programme of study. Encouraged to identify a theme, topic, issue or set of issues around which to focus your exploration leading to the development and presentation of a significant body of work.

Building upon the research methods introduced in year two, your work in this module will provide an evidence base with which to inform and evaluate design directions within the Negotiated Major Project.

Supports you in your final year whilst also encouraging you to consider your career options and define your personal objectives. Take the first critical steps in pursuing your career aspirations by producing a self-directed portfolio of work, which demonstrates your skills, knowledge and understanding via the use of appropriate professional methods and techniques.

Emphasis is on independent research, exploration and investigation. Provides you with the opportunity to pursue a detailed study of relevant creative, cultural and contextual issues in a subject area that is of particular interest to you. You can choose from one of the four following project options: Dissertation, Original visual work with critical text, Presentation with extended essay, or Business report.