First Professional Interior Architecture Program (M.A.)

Admission Requirements

All candidates must apply online at: endicott.edu/admission/information-for-graduate-students/apply

Applicants should submit the following to Graduate Admissions, Endicott College, 376 Hale Street, Beverly, MA 01915

• Non-refundable $50.00 application fee (check made payable to Endicott College, cash or online) Application fee waived for veteran and military students;
• Two letters of recommendation (one academic reference and one professional reference);
• Official transcripts of all post-secondary academic work sent directly from the institution(s) including confirmation of undergraduate degree, date confirmed, and any other graduate work;
• Essay of 250-500 words on career goals and motivation for graduate study;
• Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) for all students whose native language is not English; minimum score of 550 (paper-based) or 79 (iBT) is required. The institutional code for Endicott College is 3369. Endicott also accepts an IELTS score of 6.0 or better;
• All admissions requirements must be satisfied in order to be formally accepted in a degree program. Students must be formally admitted to a program before the completion of six Endicott credits.
• Priority Deadlines: March 20th for Fall, October 20th for Spring, then rolling admissions for both

​International Applicants for Graduate Admission
Endicott College welcomes and encourages applicants from around the world. International applicants are required to hold a college or university degree equivalent to a four-year American baccalaureate degree. Educational documents in a foreign language are required to be translated into English. All transcripts and translations of transcripts must be official originals and must show courses completed, grades received, grading scale, duration of study, degree or diploma received, and the date conferred. Endicott College reserves the right to request verification of the credentials by an external agency.

International applicants must submit current TOEFL scores when their native language is not English or when their baccalaureate transcript is not from an institution where English is the language of instruction. Once students have been admitted as degree candidates, Endicott College will send detailed instructions about the process for acquiring an Endicott-sponsored student visa.

Program of Study

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the program, students will:

• Assimilate highly technical, theoretical, and sophisticated problem solving methods in the development of the design of interior environments
• Research, understand, and demonstrate the role and impact upon society that emerging design theories and technologies have on complex interior environments
• Assess and synthesize project needs and strategies to operate in and communicate within a collaborative and integrated mode with other design specialist and related professions
• Develop and advance current design principles, theories and academic research, and demonstrate a contribution to design practice, education, and society
• Develop an understanding, application and specifying furniture, fixtures, finish materials, and environmental systems, controls and regulations to maximize occupant health, welfare, and comfort within interior environments
• Develop a global perspective for design including an understanding and application of sustainable strategies that enhance users and planet earth

Required Curriculum

• IDI 501 - Foundations of Design (Cr: 2)
  

• IDI 526 - Media I: Architectural Drafting (Cr: 2)
  

• IDI 510 - Interior Environments Studio I (Cr: 3)
  

• IDI 521 - Perspective and Rendering (Cr: 3)
  

• IDI 506 - Art & Design History I (Cr: 3)
  

• IDI 535 - Materials and Specification (Cr: 3)
  

• IDI 531 - Media II: Electronic Media (Cr: 3)
  

• IDI 505 - Design Dynamics I (Cr: 1)
  

• IDI 540 - Media III (Cr: 3)
  

• IDI 542 - Building Systems & Integrated Design (Cr: 3)
  

• IDI 515 - Interior Environments Studio II (Cr: 3)
  

• IDI 532 - Professional Practice/Portfolio (Cr: 3)
  

• IDI 551 - Regulations and Guidelines (Cr: 1)
  

• IDI 507 - Art & Design History II (Cr: 3)
  

• IDI 560 - Internship (Cr: 2)
  

• IDI 553 - Contract Documents (Cr: 3)
  

• IDI 570 - Capstone Studio (Cr: 3)
  

• IDI 533 - Advanced Media (Cr: 3)
  

• IDI 508 - Art & Design History III (Cr: 3)
  

• IA 515 - Theory and Criticism (Cr: 3)
  

• IA 525 - Advanced Spatial Design Studio I (Cr: 4)
  

• IA 527 - Spatial Phenomena (Cr: 3)
  

• IA 530 - Psychology of Place (Cr: 3)
  

• IA 507 - Art and Science of Interior Lighting (Cr: 3)
  

• IA 516 - Research Methodology (Cr: 3)
  

• IA 526 - Advanced Spatial Design Studio II (Cr: 4)
  

• IA 508 - Design Dynamics II (Cr: 1)
  

• IA 521 - Furniture Design History (Cr: 3)
  

• IA 586 - Masters Thesis I (Cr: 3)
  

• IA 506 - Emerging Materials and Systems (Cr: 3)
  

• IA 587 - Masters Thesis II (Cr: 4)
  

Total Degree Requirements - 87 credits

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