Interior Design Courses / Interior Decoration Courses by Distance Learning / Home Study / Online - More Information about Rhodec International

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No previous training is required as all interior design course subjects are taught from the basics and we assume that each student is a beginner.

You work in your own time As you are not required to attend classes, you can study anywhere and at any time. This the great flexibility of distance-learning education.

If you require assistance in deciding which interior design course to study, or would like any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us by letter, fax, phone or email. First, though, see if our FAQ helps.

As there are no term (semester) times, it is possible for you to enroll and commence work at any time of year and avail yourself of the services of our administrative and tutorial staff, all of whom are available directly by telephone, fax and email.

For some independent opinions of our interior design courses, see some of our press cuttings, a few examples of what our students tell us, or what our graduate survey revealed. You may also like to see details of the professional bodies which endorse us.

The Making of an Interior Designer...

Numerous socio-economic influences have meant that flexible open and distance learning modes of study are continually gaining in popularity. More and more people, who did not or could not attend traditional college, find that they want or need to gain qualifications for self-improvement or to further their careers. Technological advances have meant that information is much more readily available than it has ever been. Nevertheless it is easy to feel awash in this sea of information, and it is therefore the job of the trained expert in a particular field to help the willing student gather the relevant facts and to filter out the superfluous. It is ideal, therefore, when a student can be guided by a tutor who will personally help him or her to a qualification. In this ideal situation, then, it can be seen how distance learning is playing a bigger part in the education of students today. One student receives personal guidance from one tutor for each subject taken. Furthermore, the pace is set by the student and a lesson can't be missed by non-attendance.

There's nothing complicated about our instruction manuals These have been written in clear, concise English by qualified men and women and are supported by first-class illustrations. You soon become absorbed, and in that state - learn!

Enrollment and Assignments

When you enroll your first interior design course study materials are sent to you on the same day as your enrollment application is processed. Where appropriate, your later subjects are mailed to you well in advance of when they are needed for your studies, ensuring that you always have study material from which to work. Your course assignments are assessed by your personal tutors in timely fashion, and each assignment is promptly mailed back to you.

Before proceeding from one lesson to the next you submit to your Rhodec tutor answers to various assignments relating to what you have just learned. These will be duly assessed and returned to you with helpful comments and a project grade. You will know what progress you are making, and thereby gain a thorough grounding in the subject. While a Test Paper is being graded, you can read the next lesson, or undertake revision. Remember - the pace is up to you!

The return of your tests To ensure that you experience no delays with your studies, we have developed an extremely efficient administrative backup system. All your inquiries made to the college are, if possible, replied to the same day by telephone, airmail, fax or email.

Partial Study of the Diploma Course

We receive quite frequent inquiries from prospective students who, for a variety of reasons, wish to study some but not all of the Diploma Course subjects. We accept enrollments to study one or several subjects, and a fee breakdown will be sent on request. However, please bear in mind two important points: it is inevitably more expensive per module to study individual subjects than to study the course in its entirety; and, in view of the fact that all subjects after Drafting require a knowledge of drawing techniques in order to answer the test questions, we can only allow partial-study enrollments for any subject from Design to Professional Practice (see the list of subjects) if we are satisfied that you are already able to draw to the standards taught in the Drafting subject, or if you study Drafting as one of your partial-study subjects before proceeding to later course subjects. Materials and History can be studied without knowledge of drawing techniques.

Please note that, having studied one or several subjects, you are perfectly at liberty to continue on to study some or all of the remaining subjects on payment of the appropriate extra fee.

The Use of Computer-Aided Design (CAD)

In order to encourage our Diploma students to become familiar with this important design tool, we offer the option to submit drawings in answer to certain assignments subsequent to completion of the Drafting subject, and in the Final Test itself. Students are still required to keep in practice by producing 'traditional' drawings throughout the remainder of the course, but will also be given the opportunity to become proficient in interior design-related CAD. Students who do not take up this option will not be penalized in any way.

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