NAC623.576. General requirements for program.

     1. The program of interior design completed by an applicant must provide for the issuance of at least a bachelor’s degree to a student who successfully completes the program and, at the time of the issuance of that degree to the applicant, must:

     (a) Require for the issuance of that degree at least 30 semester credit hours or 45 quarter credit hours of general liberal arts; and

     (b) Be part of an institution located:

          (1) Within the United States or Canada which is accredited by an institutional accrediting body that is recognized by the United States Department of Education or by a Canadian provincial ministry of education; or

          (2) Outside of the United States or Canada which is:

               (I) Part of an educational system based in the United States or Canada; and

               (II) Accredited by an institutional accrediting body that is recognized by the United States Department of Education or by a Canadian provincial ministry of education.

     2. As used in this section:

     (a) “Quarter credit hour” means 1 hour of credit for a course which has a duration measured in quarters.

     (b) “Semester credit hour” means 1 hour of credit for a course which has a duration measured in semesters.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Architecture, Interior Design & Residential Design by R139-04, eff. 10-8-2004)