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The Interior Design program at Bellevue Community College offers a broadly-based and professionally relevant curriculum that leads to a three year degree: The Associate of Arts in Interior Design, accredited by the Council for Interior Design Accreditation. This site is intended to answer questions for new and prospective students and serve as an advising guide for continuing students.
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Bellevue Community College has an open-door policy, and all interested students are eligible and invited to apply. There is no pre-screening or portfolio review during initial admission, and new students need only to comply with BCC’s basic eligibility requirements.

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Advising

  

Advising orientations are held once a week in room L113 of the main BCC campus during the regular school year. No appointment is necessary, but we do strongly encourage anyone interested in finding out more about our program to attend one of these group advising sessions before contacting us about individual advising. You'll have a chance to meet one of our full-time faculty members, discuss career and educational options, and find out what makes our program so special.

For dates and times of upcoming advising orientation sessions, and for general information about the Interior Design program, please call the Arts & Humanities Division office at (425) 564-2341. The staff can also put you in touch with our curriculum advisor and schedule advising appointments.
News / Upcoming Events

  • NEWS:

    Alumni Organization Created

  • As BCC's Interior Design program continues exploring ways to offer a bachelor's degree, the importance of staying in touch with graduates of the program becomes ever more important. We need to track employment trends and gather support within the industry - and among our graduates - for creating a four-year degree at BCC. If you are interested in being on our alumni mailing list, please go to the BCC Alumni website and complete the alumni update form http://bellevuecollege.edu/alumni/alumniupdate.htm. Planning is underway for the first annual BCC Interior Design Alumni Reunion. If you are interested in helping with the reunion, please contact Dan Beert dbeert@bcc.ctc.edu.


  • BCC Interior Design Students Take First & Second Place at Northwest Design Awards
  • Julie Rackley, Student Member ASID, won first place in the student category for her restaurant design, incoporating the concept "Wetlands: Shelthering Layers." Judges commented on the beautiful presentation of the work and the ease of finding the design intent. One said the student designer was worthy of hiring right now.
  • Michelle J. Leszcynski, Student Member ASID, was awarded second place for her designing the interior of a three story glass struchture for a writer-in-residence. The concept uses includes varying the scale of spaces and using layers to make the resident feel a part of the BCC campus but not on display. Judges called the project an amazing imagination of program and poetry, and found it inspired and ambitious in scope.

  • National Award Winner at Lightfair International 2007
  • Kendall Snow Gamble earned national recognition in Cooper LIghting's 30th Annual SOURCE Awards national lighting design competition. One of only six students nationwide to win a SOURCE Award this year, Gamble received Honorable Mention for conceptual lighting design of a clothing boutique. Entries in the competition are judged on aesthetics, creativity and technical performance. Gamble received her award, a crystal trophy, a check for $500, in May at Lightfair International 2007 in New York
  • Student Career Day at SDC
  • November 2, 9am-5pm, spend the day at Seattle Design Center and discover what professional work life is really like from interior designers and showroom owners and managers currently in the design field. Discover the possibilities for your own career during this annual event.