Interior Architecture & Design Portfolio Review Application

Status: OPEN
Applications and portfolios are due at 12 pm (noon) on Monday, November 16, 2026. Late submissions will not be accepted.

Submission Instructions

Please note the following when applying and submitting your portfolio. If you pass the review and choose not to accept the invitation to become a major, you cannot reapply for three years. If you plan to take a leave of absence, you will apply when you return to USU.

AI Use Policy — Strictly Prohibited

AI is not permitted at any stage of the First-Year Review process.

This prohibition covers the precedent study, portfolio preparation, and all other review assignments and submissions.

  • Research: No AI-assisted searching, gathering, summarizing, interpretation, or analysis.
  • Graphic design: No AI-generated layouts, content organization, compositions, or design decisions.
  • Portfolio: No AI assistance in creating, revising, improving, or assembling review materials.

Students may use conventional design and presentation software (such as PowerPoint, Google Slides, Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, and Photoshop) only without AI-powered features. Standard manual operations—cropping, resizing, adjusting image resolution, text formatting, and PDF export—are permitted.

Academic Integrity Acknowledgment

Students will sign a statement confirming that they did not use AI tools or AI-generated content in any portion of the First-Year Review. Submissions may be reviewed for plagiarism and potential AI use. Suspected violations will be evaluated under applicable university academic integrity policies.

Application Steps

  1. Submission Form
  2. First-Year Foundations Interior Architecture & Design Portfolio

Both steps must be completed in order for the application to be considered.

Step 1

Please double check the e-mail you've entered to make sure it is correct.
ARTH 2710 Survey of Western Art(1)
*Enrollment Status:
Input your current grade from Canvas if you are currently enrolled
ART 2700 Fine Art Seminar (Communitas) Fall Semester
*Enrollment Status:
Input your current grade from Canvas if you are currently enrolled
IAD 1700 Interior Architecture & Design Professional Seminar Fall Semester
*Enrollment Status:
Input your current grade from Canvas if you are currently enrolled
IAD 2780 or IAD 1780 History of Architecture, Interiors, and Furnishings
*Enrollment Status:
Input your current grade from Canvas if you are currently enrolled
Do any of the following apply? Please check any circumstances that apply.
Acknowledgment

By submitting this form, I understand that I am agreeing to the AI Use Policy and Academic Integrity Acknowledgment as outlined.

IMPORTANT! After completing the information above, you MUST click on “Step 1: Submit Application” to submit the application portion of your portfolio application. This must be done BEFORE clicking on “Step 2: Submit Portfolio”.

Step 2: Submit Portfolio

First-Year Foundations Interior Architecture & Design Portfolio

Download the Portfolio Template, and please follow the guidelines on each page. Save as a PDF titled as your lastname-firstname-emailaddress.pdf. The PDF file should be eight pages in length.

Reminder: your name cannot appear anywhere in this presentation. No exceptions! 

Students will be notified about the review results in mid-December.