Designing Kitchens and Bathrooms

This course focuses on the details required to plan and design kitchens and bathrooms for today's homes. The history of these two rooms will be reviewed and how they have changed in importance in our homes. Learn the basics of cabinet styles, lighting requirements, appliances, and current trends in kitchen and bathroom design. Learning about minimum space requirements, counter and backsplash options, and work triangles will enable students to achieve a practical and functional application to planning these important rooms.

Notes:

Required supplies: pen, mechanical pencil lead size .5 or .7, white eraser, ¼” graph paper, imperial measure architect ruler, ½” Scale kitchen template, and form board or students may use Computer-Aided Drafting (CAD) software (e.g. AutoCAD, Rivet) if you have previous course experience with the software. IMPORTANT NOTE: Students are encouraged to explore digital mediums to create their portfolio pieces. However, this course will not cover the ‘how-to’ or troubleshoot any of the aforementioned software. All digital submissions of drawings should be submitted as a PDF file.

Course Delivery Method:

This course is delivered Online Asynchronously. For more information on the delivery methods, click here.

This course has a minimum grade of 55%