Education mission and objective: “community life aesthetics and healthy environment building”

The combined education and research structure coordinates counseling, learning, and activities to foster an ambition to serve in the 21^stcentury in students from each discipline, while promoting community aesthetics and living as an outstanding interior design specialist with professional convictions:

o     The Department, with respect to education conceptual development, has five special features: arts and living aesthetics; cultural education navigation; practical affairs and co-ops; healthy environment and community participation; and innovative character.

o     The character of the students educated in the Department consists of five aspects: life-master, designer, holistic person, cultural person and happy person.

o     The research of the Department is divided into five areas according to the developmental objectives and teacher’s expertise: landscape and art; innovative living and community environments; healthy environments and residential research; interior lighting and color; and cultural and theoretic design.

o     With respect to the curriculum, according to the characteristics, fields of study, and interior design specialization already mentioned, categories are further separated as: practical affairs study group; design study group; and humanities and arts study group. These are also separated between undergraduate and master’s curriculum. Furthermore, they are classified according to the core skills the student will be equipped with: basic design; communication and presentation; interior design; humanities and arts theory; practical affairs and technology; and interdisciplinary skills, for a total of six core skills.

 o     In addition to the required basic skills emphasized by the Department, hopes are that in the future students’ careers will concentrate a number of strong professional outlets; making design an elective with four main models, which are: healthy environment model; furniture design model; illumination design model; and design theory model –which will testify to the student’s employability.

o     In addition to general curriculum the department also has two courses of college level interdisciplinary curriculum and projects to sign a 3+2 master’s dual degree program agreement with Temple University, Pennsylvania.