About the course

In 1906, Frank Alvah Parsons established the first academic interior design program in the United States. Parsons continues to lead this evolving field with the AAS in Interior Design. Begin your interior design career with accomplished professionals who help you explore design?s potential to improve lives. You develop an awareness of the social, environmental, and cultural dimensions of interiors and investigate global concerns such as sustainability and social justice. Graduates gain the knowledge, skills, and networks needed to succeed in a growing field.

　　Learn the theory and practice of interior design through investigations of space, sustainability, healthy materials, and analog and digital drawing and rendering techniques.

　　Take design studios focusing on residential, retail, workplace, and hospitality interiors, which explore the relationship between interior architecture and decorative arts.

　　Apply your learning to professional practice through internships at firms like Victoria Hagan Interiors, Starwood Hotels and Resorts, AvroKO, and Yabu Pushelberg.

　　Access the city?s showrooms, archives, and museums, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, and Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum. Scholarships - View all scholarships Internships

　　

Start dates and prices

Course fees are indicative and should be used as a guide. Speak to a counsellor to get an accurate price.

　　Duration: 4 Semester(s)Fees: Not available

Intake	Location
Spring (January), 2024	New York
Fall (August), 2024	New York
Spring (January), 2025	New York
Spring (January), 2025	New York
Fall (August), 2025	New York
Spring (January), 2026	New York

　　

How to apply

Entry requirements for The New School

All applicants must provide official high school and/or college transcripts. If you are currently in school, submit transcripts for all coursework taken to date. Applicants who have attended multiple high schools may submit only the graduating school’s official transcript as long as courses taken at previous schools are reflected on that transcript.

　　TOEFL, IELTS, and PTE: All applicants whose first language is not English must submit valid TOEFL, IELTS, or PTE scores. The minimum score required for TOEFL (IB) is 79, for IELTS is 6.5

　　

English language requirements

　　7.0

　　Overall IELTS band score

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　　TOEFL Internet based overall score: 92.0

　　

Application deadline:

This date isn’t available – speak to an IDP counsellor to get detailed information.

　　

Further information

Career outcomesIf you aren’t eligible for the above entry requirements, you might want to explore pathway options at The New School. If you want to find out more, please speak to our counsellors.

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