Hi sweetknees (great name :),
I did the customary web searching to answer your question, and found
lots of relevant material such as this from the ASID (American Society
of Interior Designers) - "To be an interior designer in the state of
Texas means an individual is registered under Article 249e of Vernon's
Texas Civil Statutes. To be eligible for state registration as an
interior designer an individual must have the required combination of
education from an accredited college or university interior design
program and the required years of work experience, in addition to
passing the NCIDQ (National Council for Interior Design Qualification)
exam. An individual may not call himself an Interior designer in the
state of Texas without meeting these qualifications. "
http://216.239.33.100/search?q=cache:VqqTv1pEgb0C:www.asidtx.org/howtowork.html+Interior+designer+requirements+texas&hl=en&ie=UTF-8
I also found a good downloadable brochure for "Rules and Regulations
Regulating the Practice of Interior Design" at the Texas Board of
Architectural Examiners site:
http://www.tbae.state.tx.us/Interior/intrrule.pdf
The confounding thing was that, while all these sources talked about
various educational criteria to qualify a person for taking the NCIDQ
exam, they never answered your straightforward question which asked
what degree is awarded to a person seeking to become an interior
designer. So, I ended up simply calling the University of Texas at
Arlington (817-272-3973) and asking.
The answer? You need a BACHELORS DEGREE IN INTERIOR DESIGN.
Here's a list of all Texas schools (including UTA) with FIDER
(Foundation for Interior Design Education Research) accredited
programs, if you're interested:
http://www.tbae.state.tx.us/active/txschools.html
It is important to note that after 9/1/06, all applicants for interior
design registration must have a FIDER accredited degree:
http://www.tbae.state.tx.us/active/txschools_unacc.html
Please note one other thing. In your question's subject line you
referenced the term "interior decorator", but your actual question
asked about being an "interior designer". In Texas, anyone, with or
without a degree, can call themselves an interior decorator because
the state only licenses the professional term "interior designer".
http://www.inst.org/ID/states.htm
I hope this answers your question completely. If anything about my
answer is not clear, please post a clarification request before rating
it, and I'll get right back to you.
Thanks for your question,
ericynot-ga
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