courseTitle
Professional Practice and Documents
courseCode
IDE 451
Credits
3
Theoretical
3
Total Content
4
courseType
mandatory
Course id
50443241
Course Description
The course expands the students’ knowledge regarding the professional aspects of interior design, particularly code of ethics, professional and legal responsibilities, contracts, fee bases and purchase orders, letters of agreements, business formations, and terminology regarding the interior design professional practice. The course will also cover basic communication skills in both verbal and written formats that are essential to the job hunting and working in the professional domain. They will cover CV writing, interviewing and job seeking skills. The students will explore the current local Interior Design market and industry. Understanding the potential of the field will help them decide what they want to focus on in designing their job search materials. The students will examine their profession as designers and the need to adhere to principles of integrity that demonstrate respect for the profession, for colleagues, for clients, for audiences or consumers, and for society as a whole.