Housing and Interior Design Syllabus



Interior Design Syllabus

Teacher: Ms. Robin Myers

R. J. Reynolds High School 301 N. Hawthorne Road, Winston Salem, NC 27104

Phone: 336.403-4145

1 Credit [pic]

Elective

Available to: Grades 10-12

Standard: Career and Technical Education

Course Description:

Research indicates that students learn better in an environment where there are hands on learning experiences. Housing and Interior Design encompasses this by using a lab environment and case study projects. Students also learn through multiple intelligences such as: Linguistic, logical, kinesthetic, interpersonal, intrapersonal, and naturalist intelligence. We supplement other curricular areas as well, such as Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies, Art, and Drafting through the skills that we teach.

Curriculum:

• Understanding how knowledge and skills related to living environments affect the well-being of individuals, families, and society.

o Students will demonstrate an understanding of the life cycles and individual needs as they relate to housing.

o Students will demonstrate an understanding of the evolution of housing styles and furnishing.

• Understands important concepts and skills related to careers in the housing, interiors, and furnishing industry.

o Students will have an understanding of the housing, interiors, and furnishing industry.

o Students will be able to evaluate a client’s needs, goals, and resources in creating design plans for housing, interiors, and furnishings.

o Students will demonstrate their design ideas through visual presentation.

o Students will interpret and create plans drawn to scale.

o Students will demonstrate professional practices and standards in the field of housing and interior design.

Course Outline:

• Housing: A universal need-housing age project

• Housing and Society

• Choosing a place to live

• Renting and buying homes

• Childhood dream bedroom

• Early homes/homes from the 18th century to today

• Research project on homes and builders

• Designing livable homes/floor plan project

• The elements of design/the roles of color

• Principles of design

• Choosing a color scheme

• Designing steps-decorating projects

• Furniture Styles

• Window Treatments/Wall coverings

Course Requirements:

• Be on time.

• Come to class prepared. Have all required materials and assignments.

• Hand in projects, papers, and daily assignments in on time. Late assignments will receive a 5% reduction for each day that they are late.

• Use classroom time appropriately and productively.

• Respect classroom, equipment, classmates, and instructor.

Grading Procedures:

• Participation Grade 10% :

based on the following items:

o In class

o Being on time for class

o Having proper materials: daily (notebook, pencil or pen, folder) project supplies (poster board, graph paper, colored pencils, and markers).

o Respectful behavior: no swearing, no food or pop, good listening skills

o Appropriate use of time: staying on task at all times and during project time, using your own work and research

• Tests and Individual Projects 30%

• Group Projects 15%

• Daily Assignments/Homework Assignments 20%

• Final Exam 25%

• Reading assignments and Essay assignments 5%

• (In the event of cheating you will receive a zero for the assignment)

Text and Other Resource Material:

• Housing Decisions: Glencoe/McGraw Hill 1997

• Related AV materials, periodicals, and reference materials.

• Decorating Samples, teacher developed activities and guest speakers.

Contact Information:

Mrs. Robin Myers

School telephone number: 336.403-4145

School e-mail address: rcmyers@wsfcs.k12.nc.us

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