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The mission of the Department of Interior Design and Fashion is to prepare students for professional careers in the interior design and fashion industries. The department seeks to provide a supportive physical, academic and artistic environment in which each student can develop his/her own ability to pursue knowledge and employ a wide variety of creative and analytical processes.

The department endeavors to produce individuals:

Who are literate and competent in their chosen field.
Who have the capacity and desire to learn and an appreciation for learning.
Who are capable of resourceful, flexible, adaptable and creative problem solving.
Who have the ability to create and share knowledge.
Who have an appreciation for the common good, and a strong sense of citizenship and professional ethics.