You're a Freshman, transfer, or readmission interested in daytime programs.
Start with the right foundation
You have an eye for well-arranged spaces, welcoming environments, and communicating ideas - even identities - through visual cues. But you don’t know whether to go to an art institute or a liberal arts university. With our major in interior architecture and design, you can have both. We’ve joined with the Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design to offer a cooperative program that will give you hands-on experience and a well-rounded, faith-based education.
Quick Facts
Credits
126
Careers
- Interior Designer
- Architecture Teacher
- Architectural Drafters
Financial Aid
The average undergraduate student award is $16,603.
Learn about financial aidProgram Overview
The bachelor’s degree in interior architecture and design is a cooperative program with MIAD (Milwaukee Institute of Art and Design). To quote MIAD’s program description, “Our interior architecture and design program is built on the premise that spaces and their furnishings can affect people in deep, meaningful ways.” In this program, you’ll get to experience the Christian liberal arts perspective of Concordia while pursuing a rigorous design program at MIAD. You’ll combine theory and practice to solve visual and spatial problems in the classroom and with real-world clients.
During your time here, you’ll take the majority of your classes (including the Liberal Arts Core, the majority of your major, and your minor) right on the CUW campus. You’ll go to MIAD for the remaining 24 credits (six credits per semester over the course of two years). Many graduates have also paired this major with a complimentary minor in business, entrepreneurship, or art to further their abilities and career endeavors.
What to Expect
When you graduate with a degree in interior architecture and design, you’ll have a deep understanding of color and media dynamics, 3-D modeling, and computer-aided design (CAD) drawing. You’ll have as strong foundation in the liberal arts (including history, english, communication, and the social sciences) with hands-on experience working with clients. You’ll even complete a senior portfolio to show the work you’ve done during your time here. Whether you go on to work as an interior designer, a facility planner or a model builder, you’ll have the foundation and skillset you need to build a future in interior architecture and design.
Locations
In addition to our main and online campuses, Concordia has nine center locations which offer accelerated undergraduate and graduate programs close to where you live and work.
- Mequon
How to Apply
Undergraduate Application Steps
It’s time to help you become a Falcon! Just follow these simple steps to complete your application.
For first-time freshman:
- Submit your online application
- Submit the Common Application
- Have your school send your official high school transcripts. Transcripts may be mailed or sent via a transcript processing service to:
Concordia University Wisconsin
Admissions Office
12800 N. Lake Shore Dr.
Mequon, WI 53097 - Send your official ACT or SAT scores.
Scores on your high school transcript will be considered official. If your school does not put scores on transcripts, please contact ACT at www.act.org or College Board at www.collegeboard.org.
For transfer students:
- Submit your online application
- Submit the Common Application
- Submit official transcripts from all colleges/universities attended
*Transfer students with less than 60 college credits completed will also submit official high school transcripts. Students who have less than 30 college credits also need to submit official ACT or SAT scores. Scores on your high school transcript will be considered official.
Minimum Requirements
- A minimum GPA of a 2.5/4.0 (C average) or higher
- ACT composite of 18 or above
- SAT equivalent of 940 or higher for combined math and evidence-based reading and writing (for tests taken after March 2016).
*If your GPA or ACT score falls below the minimum for acceptance, your admissions counselor may ask you to retake the test or supply additional documents, such as an essay or letters of recommendation, to complete the application.
Required Academic Coursework in High School
A minimum of 16 units of high school (secondary school) work is required, of which at least 11 should be in basic liberal arts areas. Units should be distributed as follows:
- English: At least three units, but four are strongly recommended.
- Mathematics: Two units of college-prep math, preferably one each in Algebra and Geometry.
- Natural Science: Two units, preferably one each in Biology, Physics or Chemistry.
- Social Studies: Two units, preferably one each in world history and American history.
- Liberal Arts: Two units of the same foreign language or additional units in one or more of the other listed subjects or in fine arts.
- Other Electives: Five units from any area of academic study, but ideally from the areas listed above.
- German or Latin is recommended for pre-seminary students.
Theresa A. Kenney PhD, MFA, BFA
Professor
Office: Loeber Hall 107
Phone: (262) 243-4509
Email: Theresa.kenney@cuw.edu
Bio
Dr. Kenney has been on faculty of the Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design, the University of Wisconsin Milwaukee and is presently a full professor of Concordia University, Wisconsin. Areas of expertise include; drawing, advanced drawing, design, graphic design, color theory, animation, history of design and art education for both graduate and undergraduates. As the creative director for Graphic Outlook, an in house senior level design firm at Concordia University Dr. Kenney is a leader in service learning and working with non profits organizations, businesses and communities throughout Southeastern Wisconsin. .
Education
- Ph D - Art Education, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (2006)
- Computer Graphics and Animation, Milwaukee Public Television (1993)
- Drawing, Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design (1992)
- Film & Video, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (1994)
Contributions
- Kenney, T. (2002). Instructor's Manual with Tests History of Art . History of Art Marilyn Stokstad Pearson Education. 1 (3rd). (pp. 3rd). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Education/ Prentice Hall.
Research Interests
- Teaching all subject matter through Art, Makers Spaces, Urban Agriculture, Mycology,
Teaching Interests
- Communciation Design
- Illustration, Animation, Figure Drawing, Observational Drawing
Gaylund K. Stone
Department Chair - Art, Professor
Phone: (262) 243-2611
Email: gaylund.stone@cuw.edu
Bio
Gaylund Stone teaches studio classes (painting, stained glass, calligraphy) and classes in art history, aesthetics, and art education. His paintings (both acrylic and oil) use the landscape as a device for depicting the invisible aspects of faith, thought and feeling. His academic research centers on the philosophy and history of art education.
Education
- Ph D - Urban Education/Art Education, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (1997)
- MS - Art Education, Southwestern Oklahoma State University (1977)
- Art and Archaeology, Princeton University (1971)
Research Interests
- Art education philosophy and history
- Aesthetics, particularly German Romanticism and its application to art education
Teaching Interests
- Art education
- Aesthetics
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