Spring 2026 - Registration is open!
Early registration discount deadline is Friday, January 16th, 2026.
You walk into a room and instantly envision the ideal paint color, patterns, lighting, and furnishings to bring it to life. Turn that natural talent into a thriving career in interior design.
Costs/Early Registration Discount
In addition to the tuition, there is a $25 nonrefundable registration fee paid once per semester.
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Spring 2026 Interior Design Courses
Noncredit
Explore the design process from concept to the finished commercial or residential project. Review spatial layout and significance, materials and finishes, and furniture. Learn ways to solve design problems and analyze design styles and needs. Students present their final projects, complete with rendered drawings and presentation boards.
Dates: Tuesday, February 10 - Tuesday, March 10
Meeting Times: Tue @ 06:15 PM-09:15 PM
Instructor: McTernan, Lisa
Type of Instruction: Traditional
Prereq: IDC1000 And IDC1020
Cost: $325
$25 discount for early registration, Purchase College matriculated students, employees, alumni, and Broadview Charter Members.
Noncredit
Explore important elements of interior styles and furnishings from antiquity to the late 18th century. Understand the development of archetypal furniture forms and private interiors, which were increasingly based on living functions. Gain insight into Western civilization’s fascination with ancient Greece and Rome, culminating in neoclassicism as the dominant mode in Europe and America by the 1780s.
Dates: Wednesday, February 11 - Wednesday, March 11
Meeting Times: Wed @ 06:30 PM-09:30 PM
Instructor: Concra, Adrienne
Type of Instruction: Traditional
Prereq:
Cost: $325
$25 discount for early registration, Purchase College matriculated students, employees, alumni, and Broadview Charter Members.
Noncredit
Investigate interior decoration from 1800 to modern times as numerous changes take place, based on evolving social, industrial, political, and technological reform. Learn how the modern movement responded to these changes, creating a full-fledged interior design industry by 1950. Understand why today’s designers acknowledge a continuing social fascination with period styles, modern innovations, and postmodern practices.
Dates: Wednesday, April 8 - Wednesday, May 6
Meeting Times: Wed @ 06:30 PM-09:30 PM
Instructor: Concra, Adrienne
Type of Instruction: Traditional
Prereq:
Cost: $325
$25 discount for early registration, Purchase College matriculated students, employees, alumni, and Broadview Charter Members.
Noncredit
Learn the stylistic, structural, and formal characteristics of major architectural styles, and discover how these styles have been adapted in modern times. Explore the history of shelter outside the Western mainstream, including residences found in Asia, Africa, and the Americas. Understand specific geographic areas, their houses, and interiors, as well as the cultural forces that determine their form.
Dates: Thursday, February 12 - Thursday, March 12
Meeting Times: Thu @ 06:30 PM-09:30 PM
Instructor: Gaspar, George
Type of Instruction: Traditional
Prereq:
Cost: $325
$25 discount for early registration, Purchase College matriculated students, employees, alumni, and Broadview Charter Members.
Noncredit
Learn how to establish your own design firm; create a portfolio; read a client’s taste, personality, and opinion; charge for services; develop a company logo; and address routine issues associated with the design profession. Explore marketing tools that enable you to reach prospective clients. Develop a business plan to capture your goals and make plans to maximize profits.
Note: The last session is held in the New York Design Center; participants are responsible for their transportation to and from the Center.
Dates: Monday, February 2 - Monday, March 9
Meeting Times: Mon @ 06:30 PM-09:30 PM
Instructor:
Type of Instruction: Traditional
Prereq:
Cost: $325
$25 discount for early registration, Purchase College matriculated students, employees, alumni, and Broadview Charter Members.
Noncredit
Learn the principles of good lighting design and practical information on lamps, fixtures, controls, and how to utilize them in an interior design. Develop lighting plans and specifications and resolve specific residential lighting challenges for bath, kitchens, home offices, and multistory foyers. Work in small groups to solve the various lighting issues.
Dates: Thursday, April 9 - Thursday, May 7
Meeting Times: Thu @ 06:30 PM-09:30 PM
Instructor: Ballow, Stephen
Type of Instruction: Traditional
Prereq: IDC1000 And IDC1020
Cost: $325
$25 discount for early registration, Purchase College matriculated students, employees, alumni, and Broadview Charter Members.
Noncredit
Discover various materials and finishes, their properties, functions, and aesthetic qualities. Explore their use in interior applications through lectures, demonstrations, and/or field trips. Learn methods of working with a variety of materials and finishes and understand how to use them effectively in the interior design field.
Dates: Tuesday, March 31 - Tuesday, April 28
Meeting Times: Tue @ 06:30 PM-09:30 PM
Instructor:
Type of Instruction: Traditional
Prereq:
Cost: $325
$25 discount for early registration, Purchase College matriculated students, employees, alumni, and Broadview Charter Members.
Earn your certificate in as few as four semesters.
Students may take courses individually without commitment to the entire program. Students who successfully complete the required courses and elective course hours are awarded a certificate from the School of Liberal Studies & Continuing Education, reflecting 25 continuing education units (CEUs).
Note: Certificate programs must be completed within four years unless approved by the director of continuing education. Students who began their coursework before the 2015–16 academic year should refer to previous certificate requirements.