Welcome to the Interior Design Department

About Us

The Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a major in Interior Design is structured to prepare students for a professional career in Interior Design and related fields. Interior Design majors are offered a wide range of courses, exposing them to various components that are incorporated in the work of a design professional. The interior design curriculum emphasizes the visual arts, classic art and architecture, as well as problem solving, materials research, universal and sustainable design principles, computer skills and professional ethics and business practice. Students also learn to assess and interpret human interaction with the built environment, as well as building codes essential the health, safety & welfare of the general public. All Interior Design majors are encouraged to seek creative, innovative solutions to identified design problems, developing safe, functional, and aesthetically pleasing spaces in which to work and live.

Our Mission

The mission of the Interior Design Program is to graduate entry-level practitioners who embody creativity, critical thinking and character, and who are prepared to work along side interior designers, architects and related industry professionals. Chaminade University of Honolulu offers a Bachelor of Fine Arts and an Associate of Arts degree in Interior Design.

Every block of stone has a statue inside it and it is the task of the sculptor to discover it.
MichelAngelo

Contact Information

Loralee Arnold