The Department of Interior Design offers a Professional Entry Level Master of Fine Arts in Design with a specialization in Interior Environments. The goal of the program is to produce competent creative designers whose design solutions are based on human response in the contemporary environment. Mastery of design skills, development of productive habits, knowledge of resources, and an awareness of interrelated disciplines equip the student with the tools and expertise necessary to pursue creative design careers.

The Professional Entry Level M.F.A. in Interior Environments is for second-degree seekers who have a proven record of academic excellence and are interested in pursuing a career in interior design. The 60 credit program is an intense and rigorous, highly sequenced program that takes two years and two summers to complete. Full-time enrollment and commitment is required. Students are accepted for the fall semester only. The structure of the Professional Entry Level track echoes the undergraduate program in content, but advances students at an accelerated rate. Students enroll each semester in a group of courses, which contains studio, graphics and support classes that interrelate.

All students entering the program must attend the summer Introduction to Interior Design Workshop held approximately six weeks before the fall semester begins. The summer workshop introduces students to the elements and principles of interior design practice and begins the skills development necessary for successful completion of the first-year sequence. Students must successfully pass the workshop to begin the fall semester courses. At the end of the first year, students in the First Professional track go through candidacy review to advance into the second year of the program. If a student did not pass the summer workshop or candidacy review they would be invited to apply to the B.F.A. program. An internship is required in the summer of the second year. All students are required to maintain a 3.0 GPA.