Curriculum Design and Development forInterior Design - Aleesha Institute

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Educational programs and curriculums are looked upon as one of the most important components of the process of education. The curriculum is the formal mechanism through which intended educational aims are to be achieved. It is to be continually updated and developed to achieve quality assurance and to satisfy the needs of the society as well as job opportunities. Most of the new educational institutes in the Arab world; and in Saudi Arabia in particular as it is the core of this research, plan their teaching programs in ideas springing out of foreign educational institutes programs. It is worthwhile to design the teaching programs and to develop them by analyzing foreign programs and comparing them to local ones, then it is better to select and apply what copes with the local identity of the university and job opportunities in KSA where the students will graduate and look for jobs. This should go side by side with technological development. This has been considered during the process of developing the interior design new curriculum in Prince Sultan University (PSU). The process targeted realizing the requirements of the Ministry of Higher Education in Saudi Arabia; as well as the requirements of National Commission for Academic Accreditation & Assessment (NCAAA), and to meet the standards of the Council for Interior Design Accreditation (CIDA). Also, preserving the Saudi culture and heritage by highlighting and integrating it in the new curriculum, to demonstrate its uniqueness among other cultures. Parallel to this process, the department is gradually being transferred from College for Women to College of Engineering, which is under construction.  http://www.aleeshainstitute.com/interior-designing-course.php 

During a period of 10 years, Prince Sultan University-PSU has achieved considerable educational goals which were required to go ahead with the realization of ambitions development plans. after the accomplishment of setting up its departments it became necessary to evaluate and revise the goals achieved through those ten years. Reconsidering the educational programs is one of the most important objectives of its revision evaluation. The university has set up a Faculty of Engineering. Therefore a developed curriculum of Interior Design has to be prepared and introduced as an integral course in that faculty. 

Analyzing the old Interior Design program courses in order to point out weaknesses • The old curriculum did not meet neither the requirements of the local Saudi Committee for quality assurance or the international quality assurance standards. • It included an overall material lacking a lot of details which led the students to seek external courses at other institutes to cover some components. E.G: mastering design software like (3Ds Max). • The old curriculum does not meet the requirements of the Council for Interior Design Accreditation –CIDA, nor the requirements of National Commission for Academic Accreditation & Assessment-NCAAA. It suffers from weaknesses related to the number of credit hours and lagging behind international technological developments. The curriculum doesn’t provide effective teaching with technology that helps graduate students to cross over to fields of practice.
Surveying the requirements of the Ministry of Higher Education in Saudi Arabia, NCAAA and (CIDA) Locally, the Ministry of Higher Education in Saudi Arabia has its’ own requirements to approve programs of higher education. That includes integration of Arabic language and Islamic studies.That was considered side by side with the requirements of NCAAA and CIDA. Another target was to integrate the expected learning outcomes required by NCAAA; with the criteria set up by CIDA. 
The study aimed to achieve the following: A. Realizing the requirements of the Ministry of Higher Education in Saudi Arabia; as well as the requirements of local and International Accreditation Quality Assurance B. Updating the program courses and restructure them in accordance with standards of CIDA C. Preserving the Saudi cultural heritage by highlighting and integrating it in the new curriculum, to demonstrate its uniqueness among other cultures. D. Integrating learner centered education and involving undergraduate students in scientific research E. Building a new curriculum that implements creativity, modernityand assists graduates to meet the requirements of work sectors

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