Multiply your opportunities with a concurrent degree
Professional Program Admission
Students apply for admission to the Bachelor of Interior Architecture Program (ARIA) during their second year of the Professional Architecture Program. At the end of five years with one summer of study, the ARIA student receives the degrees:
Bachelor of Interior Architecture
Bachelor of Architecture
Students are pursuing both degrees concurrently. The Bachelor of Architecture/Bachelor of Interior Architecture concurrent degree is the only undergraduate program of its kind in the United States.
Interior Architecture works across boundaries to integrate the design of objects, furniture, interiors, buildings and landscapes. The focus is understanding the built environment as a complex social landscape, particularly for the imaginative reuse of existing structures.
Participation in the Interior Architecture (ARIA) Program is highly selective. Students are eligible to apply for the ARIA Program in the Spring of their second year of the Architecture Program. This policy allows for Summer ARIA thesis class size based on yearly available faculty resources.
The Interior Architecture faculty will make a selection of second year students at the end of Spring semester. Class size is based upon available faculty resources and may vary each year.
Selection of Students is based primarily on the ARIA faculty-comprised Admission Board’s assessment of submitted design work.
This assessment will be based on the students’ statement of intent and three projects that demonstrate a high quality of design ability.
A high quality of design ability is considered to be an indication of an applicant’s capability to take on the extra degree requirements of the ARIA degree.
Additionally, accepted students must:
Have completed their appropriate studio coursework.
Maintain a minimum 3.0 GPA for conditional acceptance into the ARIA concurrent degree program.
These students will initially participate in the ARIA-designated Third Year Fall Semester.
Students must maintain a minimum of a 3.0 GPA in their studio coursework during the third and fourth year to proceed into the ARIA Summer Thesis semester.
If a 3.0 studio GPA is not maintained, a review by the ARIA Admissions Board will be required to determine a student’s eligibility to continue in the program.
To proceed to the beginning sequence of design studio at the third, fourth, and fifth year levels, the students must have completed all required prerequisite courses for that respective year-level, as indicated in the model curriculum.
Enrollment in 3000-level BSCI courses will be limited to those students with a GPA of 2.5 or above and third-year standing in studio.
Elements of Interior Architecture is composed of a sequence of seminars offered to third and fourth year students seeking the concurrent ARIA degree at Auburn University.
ARIA Summer Thesis Studios and Classes:
Thesis Summer Studio, ARIA 4030
Focuses on Model 1 or Model 2, dependent on the individual student’s thesis proposal.
Deals with Interior Architecture issues in relation to a social and international dimension.
Thesis Research, 4080
Parallels the ARIA Thesis project through research, analysis, and writing assignments simultaneously supporting and directing thesis work.
Professional Practice, ARIA 4450
Focuses on issues of Interior Architecture in contemporary practice and explores ethical issues in relation to design practice.
This course differs from ARCH 4500-Professional Practice.
All ARCH/ARIA students must take both ARIA 4450 and ARCH 4500
History of Interior Architecture, 4680
This course teaches the history of Interior Architecture utilizing a case study method.
Note: All students are required to fill out the On-Campus application. If you do not, you will not be considered for any of the three options.
Come by Student Services in Dudley Hall 104 to pick up applications and for information on application deadlines.
The program also allows interested students to arrange academic enrichment opportunities in conjunction with two of the School of Architecture’s special programs:
The Center for Architecture and Urban Studies (Birmingham)
