MEMORANDUM
FROM THE DESK
OF JAN CUMMINGS
INTERIOR
DESIGN DEPARTMENT CHAIR
______________________
JCCC
913.469.8500 ext 3941
913.469.2380, fax
DATE:
January 8, 2010
TO:
All Interior Design Students
SUBJECT:
2010 General
Interior Design Program News
The end of winter break is fast
approaching and I want to welcome each of you to an exciting and eventful new
semester beginning on Wednesday January 20th! This letter contains
general useful bits of information regarding the Interiors program, classes, the
pre-professional student chapter, and scholarship information.
Allison Deardeuff IIDA, Crystal
Stergos NKBA and Corinne Lakey ASID student chapter presidents along with the
rest of the board have great plans for our student organization for spring 2010.
The first chapter meetings of the semester will be informational membership
meetings, all students are invited to attend.
Chapter officers will stop by your ITMD classes to provide you with
specifics. Diana Ingham and I are faculty advisors for IDSA. Dates for the
meetings will be posted soon. Look for the posters by our ITMD classrooms for
dates and times.
General information on interiors
courses for spring 2010:
Each JCCC student is assigned a JCCC email address. Faculty will use
this account to provide class information and IDSA will use this email address
to provide you with the most current activities and opportunities available. You
can easily roll the account into your personal email so you dont have yet
another account to check, please consider doing this.
For privacy Interior Design list serve messages will only be sent to
your JCCC student email account.
You may want to visit the
interiors website at http://web.jccc.net/interiordesign/
regularly. Click on
departments and go to Interior Design. A current calendar of events is available
along with much department and IDSA information that may be able to provide
answers for some of your questions.
Courses for each of the
certificates and associate degrees are listed by semester in the college
catalog, web site, and program brochure.
The courses are listed in order of recommended sequence.
While we understand your personal schedule
plays a role in your choice of courses each semester, so does the sequence you
take courses. While not every course
has a pre-requisite, certain skills are learned that will be valuable to you if
learned and used sequentially during your course of study.
As an example, your selections of fabrics for projects in Design
Presentation are enhanced by your knowledge of interior textiles- your knowledge
allows you to choose appropriate fabrics, not just pretty fabrics.
To graduate in four (4) semesters
ITMD 121 and DRAF 164 must be taken in the same semester. ITMD 123 and ITMD 129
must also be taken in the same semester to graduate in four (4) semesters. If a
student is not concerned about a four (4) semester graduation time line, the
courses may be taken in separate semesters.
Both ITMD 121 and DRAF 164 must be completed before enrolling in ITMD 123 or
129.
ITMD 127, Floral Design, is an elective course.
Many students take this course for both career and personal enrichment.
The course does have additional costs for materials.
ITMD 175, Advanced Floral Design, is an elective course. The pre-requisite is
ITMD 127. Many students take this course for both career and personal
enrichment. The course does have additional costs for materials.
ITMD 239, Capstone: Portfolio and Presentation should be taken the last semester
the student is in school. If you plan on graduating in spring 2010 I would
appreciate knowing who you are. Stop
by the office or e-mail me with that information, so we can make an appointment
to review graduation requirements.
ITMD 282 and 284, Interior
Internship I and II, students enrolled in these courses will be receiving
packets in the mail. It is important
for you to read the information carefully as missing the required deadlines will
result in a lowered grade for the course.
If you are enrolled in the course and do not receive a packet by January
20th please contact me at
janc@jccc.edu
.
Not all classes are offered every
semester due to space constraints and instructor availability.
The following classes will only
be offered in the listed semester for the 2009-2010 academic year:
Fall 2009 only offerings
Spring 2010 only offerings
ITMD 133
ITMD 132
ITMD 234
ITMD 140
ITMD 143
ITMD 231
ITMD 145
ITMD 149
ITMD 273
ITMD 223
ITMD 175
ITMD 271
ITMD 219
ITMD 225
I want to encourage each of you to become actively involved in study
groups, IDSA (Interior Design Student Association),
meeting with other students and out of class activities as they are available.
We know that networking is a key to success in Interior Design.