CCOG for ID 135 Winter 2025
- Course Number:
- ID 135
- Course Title:
- Professional Practices for Designers
- Credit Hours:
- 3
- Lecture Hours:
- 30
- Lecture/Lab Hours:
- 0
- Lab Hours:
- 0
Course Description
Intended Outcomes for the course
Upon completion of this class a student will be able to:
- Apply knowledge of business practices unique to the interior design profession.
- Demonstrate an understanding of interior design project administration from contract signing through construction.
- Create a business plan particular to the interior design profession.
Course Activities and Design
This course will be presented by mean of lecture, discussion, handouts, guest speakers and assignments. The students grade will be determined by tests, completion and understanding of assignments and class participation.
Outcome Assessment Strategies
Outcome Assessment Strategies:
Students will:
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Prepare a residential project folder to coincide with a small residential project as the class term project.
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Conduct client interview and prepare a design concept statement.
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Write a Letter of Agreement for project stating billing and purchasing fees and other matters.
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Prepare a furniture layout with product selections.
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Prepare preliminary and final budget after documentation.
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Prepare and process purchase orders and invoicing for billing.
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Participate in group discussions to resolve a project conflict.
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Prepare project close-out, walk-through and Post-occupancy evaluation forms.
Course Content (Themes, Concepts, Issues and Skills)
Skills:
The student will develop the following skills through this course:
- Ability to prepare fees and pricing structures for a project.
- How to prepare time records.
- Write a letter of agreement, job estimate, purchase orders, purchase master, change orders and invoices
- Write estimates with product specifications.
- Calculate fees and product pricing
- Prepare and process purchase orders and invoices.
- Maintain project folder of all correspondence, paperwork and products pertaining to project for efficient project management.
The following will be introduced:
- Professional Ethics
- Professional Integrity
- Project Organization
- Efficiency in managing a design business
- Problem identification and resolution
- Use of computer programs to assist in paper flow management
- Project management
Course Content (Themes, Concepts and Issues)
Related Instruction
Computation
Hours: 20- Apply knowledge of business practices unique to the interior design profession.
- Demonstrate an understanding of interior design project administration from contract signing through construction.
- Students will prepare basic budgets for clients based on material selection and "take-offs". Students will prepare estimations.
- Students will work with new skills to create a business plan that incorporates various hours wages, resale techniques and profit margin applications.
- Students will prepare and process purchase orders and invoicing for billing.
Communication
Hours: 10- Demonstrate an understanding of interior design project administration from contract signing through construction.
- Create a business plan.
- Create interview questions
- Prepare a letter of agreement that communicates the design project contract.
- Participate in group discussions to resolve a project conflict.
- Conduct client interview and prepare a design concept statement.
- Write a Letter of Agreement for project stating billing and purchasing fees and other matters.
Human Relations
Hours: 10- Demonstrate an understanding of interior design project administration from contract signing through construction.
- Create a business plan.
- In class exercise on team building and conflict resolution
- Participate in group discussions to resolve a project conflict.