佛罗里达大学

In 1925, the newly established School of Architecture at the University of Florida was established within the College of Engineering, offered a four-year program leading to a bachelor of science in architecture. Four years later, the program became an independent unit known as the School of Architecture and Allied Arts in 1929. After a period of development and maturation, the School of Architecture and Allied Arts was first accredited by NAAB in 1948, thus helping elevate the school to college status in 1948. Notably, a four-year program in Interior Design also was formed in the College of Architecture and Allied Arts in 1948 with a curriculum culminating in a Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design. In 1952, the interior design program changed academic homes to the Department of Architecture where a four-year interdisciplinary curriculum in Interior Design leading to a Bachelor of Design with a major in Interior Design was approved. The Department of Interior Design received its first accreditation from the Foundation of Interior Design Education and Research in 1974 and has maintained continuous accreditation for the past 43 years.The department has evolved from having a sole focus on providing outstanding undergraduate education to a program that not only offers an excellent undergraduate program but also invests in graduate education. The undergraduate program receives benefits from this structure. Doctoral and MID students often engage closely with undergraduates in roles that support teaching and learning. For example, many MIDs have more life experience, come from different parts of the world, and have undergraduate degrees in fields such as architecture, graphic design, education, or the health sciences. Integrating MID students onto studio teams with undergraduates creates a broader and deeper worldview from which to design.