PhD in Design and the Near Environment – Interior Design

Oregon State University, USA

This Department embraces a multi-disciplinary approach to understanding the interaction between people and the designed environment as that environment affects the social, psychological and physical well-being of individuals, families and communities. The knowledge base is grounded in consumer behavior and management theory, the arts, humanities, and the social and physical sciences. This applied discipline is concerned with the enhancement of each individual’s daily life as affected by the production, distribution, use and design of clothing, textiles, residential and commercial structures that make life meaningful.

Study mode: Full Time

Duration: Variable

Venue: College of Health and Human Sciences, Department of Design and Human Environment

Course summary
This program on the profession of interior design as well as its history, theory and criticism. Research can focus on qualitative or quantitative analysis of design.

Program modules
The following are the modules: DHE 532 Advanced Housing Design Studio (3 credits), DHE 534 Housing the Aging Population (3 credits), DHE 543 Studio III: Commercial Design (4 credits), DHE 561 History of the Near Environment I (4 credits), DHE 562 History of the Near Environment II (4 credits), DHE 564 Contemporary History of Interiors and Housing (3 credits), DHE 577 Fashion Theory (4 credits), DHE 582 Aesthetic and Perceptual Theories of the Near Environment (2 credits), DHE 585 Human Behavior and the Near Environment (3 credits), DHE 665 Theories and Methods in Historical/Cultural Research of the Near Environment (3 credits), DHE 685 Advanced Topics in Human Behavior and the Near Environment (3 credits).

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