Marywood University, Scranton, PA, US, BArch, Interior Architecture/Design

My program initially began as Interior Design under the Fine Arts program at my school. During this time we did a lot with hand drawings, 3D modeling in the fine arts, and art history studies. As my second year of school began, Marywood opened a School of Architecture, which my program then became part of. Once this happened, our major became known as Interior Architecture. During this transition we took hand rendering classes which dealt with different materials and patterns. As our education developed we began into our studio classes where we would get a building in the local community and survey the areas to see the issues the buildings faced and tackle a problem to improve the quality of the buildings. Along with studio classes we took a history of furniture class, furniture making studio, a lighting fundamentals class, a materials and construction document introduction and professional practice development class. Our class was really grandfathered into the architecture school, but because we were there for such an exciting transition, our education really benefited from the positive changes the school made.