The IIE BA Honours in Interior Design, available at Emeris, builds upon the IIE BA in Interior Design to expand and deepen the student’s research skills, design knowledge, and design ability to prepare them for professional life as a senior interior designer or design lecturer. Students learn to challenge conventional design thinking and develop refined and innovative design methodologies that consider the impact and effectiveness of proposed interior solutions. Students are further exposed to advanced professional practice within the built environment in the form of the establishment and conception of a project, thorough analysis of a site, drafting the project contracts, estimating fees and budgets, writing specifications and professionally presenting project proposals.
Minimum Admission Requirements:
An appropriate Bachelor’s Degree OR;
An appropriate Advanced Diploma provided that a 360 credit Diploma or appropriate equivalent has been completed.
For International Qualifications: A SAQA NQF L7 Evaluation Certificate in an appropriate field and meeting the additional admission requirements.
All candidates are required to submit an Interior Design portfolio.
Candidates are normally required to have a minimum final year average of 60% in the qualifications final-year (NQF L7) modules. Those with a final year average of 55 - 59% will be admitted if they attained an average of 60% or higher for the designated cognate/core discipline module at final-year (NQF L7) level.
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Please note, requirements for entry to this qualification are correct at the time of publication, however, these may change.
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At Emeris, the following qualifications allow you to articulate into the Bachelor of Arts Honours in Interior Design should you meet the requirements:
The successful completion of the IIE BA Honours in Interior Design enables you to progress into an appropriate Master’s qualification, subject to meeting the admission requirements.
The IIE Bachelor of Arts Honours in Interior Design is accredited by the Council on Higher Education (CHE) and registered on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF 8) by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA ID 99784).
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For students based in South Africa, online students may select any campus of the Emeris as their Examination Centre.
An alternative examination centre is only permissible for students studying abroad and those located in a province of South Africa where there is no Emeris campus. If there is no Emeris campus within reach, an alternative venue will need to be sourced by you. For non-Emeris venues, there is an alternative venue levy per module.
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2 years part-time
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