Interior Design & Styling (Extended Degree) Bachelor of Arts (with Honours) - BA (Hons)

If you want to pursue a creative degree at Arts University Plymouth but feel you have yet to acquire the experience and range of skills necessary, our Extended BA programme will prepare you for entry to one of our BA (Hons) undergraduate courses.

What is Extended BA?\
Our Extended BA (Hons) Degrees offers a unique four-year route for students aiming to delve into the diverse realm of art, design, and media. This programme provides an initial exploratory year, where you'll cultivate insight into various creative skills and approaches, laying a robust foundation before advancing to a specialised degree of your choice. Whether you're returning to education after a hiatus or entering without formal qualifications, our Extended BA equips you with the requisite skills, knowledge, and experience to secure a place in our full undergraduate program.

Our Intensive Extended Degree program is a dynamic blend of lectures, workshops, and practical studio sessions designed to challenge and inspire. Our diverse student body spans from fresh-faced eighteen-year-olds to seasoned creatives in their seventies, fostering a rich collaborative environment. With the freedom to take risks and experiment, you'll develop a diverse skill set through hands-on experimentation with materials, processes, and methodologies. This transformative journey hones critical skills essential for degree-level study, expanding your proficiency in drawing, visual research, contextual studies, digital imaging, and design methods. Gain invaluable experience in a supportive atmosphere that encourages creativity, collaboration, and innovation.

This course has been devised to develop your skills in interior design and styling, emphasising the impact of colour, texture, materials, surface and ambience in a range of environments. We will ensure you enter industry as a well-rounded interiors specialist, ready to work on a range of projects, from super yachts to magazine photoshoots.

You’ll gain a great introduction to designing interiors for a variety of environments, from residential and commercial spaces to the public realm and even transport.

### At a glance

* Degree: BA (Hons) Interior Design & Styling

* UCAS codes: 3-year degree 5LWB / 4-year extended degree B68G

* Typical UCAS points: 104–120

### Designing for a range of environments

You’ll design interiors for a variety of environments, from residential and commercial spaces to the public realm and even transport.

Your studies place special emphasis on trends, colour, materiality, sustainability and accessibility in a range of interior contexts, both public and private.

### Styling, materiality and making concepts real

You’ll develop your own distinct taste in style curation, exploring lighting, furnishing, and surface and textural finishes to make your design concepts a reality.

You’ll also develop a keen understanding of consumer trends and learn how to design for different levels of the market.

### Why choose this course?

* #3 in the UK for Interior Design (The Guardian University Guide 2025).

* Industry-facing course with strong connections resulting in outstanding levels of progression into professional employment.

* We nurture you to find your own individual style and career.

* Vibrant focus on materiality, colour and styling as well as technical skills you’ll learn with our specialist resources in an industry-standard workspace.

### Careers and future opportunities

Career opportunities include:

* Interior & Spatial Designers

* Interior Stylists

* Art Directors

* Set Designers

* Exhibition Designers

* Product Stylists

* Trend Forecasters

* Retail Buyers

* Merchandisers

* Magazine Stylists

* 3D Designers

* Visualisers

* Freelance Artists and Designers