This degree program can be used as the first half of the four-year degree in technical sales, so that students can continue without any loss of credits. Graduates are qualified for a variety of positions in business and industry, particularly in selling at all levels of distribution and for supervisory positions in retailing. Graduates work in real estate, insurance, retail sales, fashion merchandising, and other types of firms. Graduates from this program are working for companies such as Dillard's, Nordstrom, Sears, and JCPenney. The four-year Technical Sales degree prepares interior design students for employment as manufacturing representatives, professional residential or commercial interior designers.
Students become knowledgeable in both residential and commercial design.
They develop skills in sales, business practices, CAD, drafting, sketching, rendering, space planning, specification of materials, as well as history and theory. Art and drafting equipment are essential to the program of study. The practice of interior design has become complex, technical, and demanding, thus graduates need technical and sales skills to compete in the profession.