History of Architecture, Interior Design, and Decoration

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  By the end of this 12-week subject, you'll be able to:

  1. Identify historic and contemporary architecture, and interior design and decoration styles.
  2. Investigate architectural styles according to the requirements of a brief following academic processes.
  3. Analyse the effects of historic architecture, and interior design and decoration practices on contemporary design and decoration.
  4. Produce a variety of written and visual presentation types that meets the objectives of a given brief.

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About Torrens University Australia

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Elective

• TUA-DSN-DIP-2026 - Diploma of Design

Prior study

You must have successfully completed the following subject(s) before starting this subject:

• TUA-DDW100-Design Drawing

Additional requirements

• Other requirements - Laptop as specified, download specialist software, internet access.

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

Find out more information on Commonwealth Loans to understand what this means to your eligibility for financial support.