Introduction

The aim of the Master of Technology (MTech) programme in Interior Design and Resource Management is to develop highly skilled manpower with requisite knowledge, skills, technological and managerial attitude to perform effectively and efficiently in the interior design and its related resource management industries to supplement the industrial growth
agenda of Ghana.

Objectives

The objectives of the MTech Interior Design and Resource Management programme are to:

1. Provide learners with the skills needed to protect and promote sustainability, improve environment and know-how of use and misuse of resources.
2. Enhance ability of learners to engage in critical thinking by analysing situations, constructing, and selecting viable options to provide functional user-friendly and sustainable interior designing solutions.
3. Equip learners with theoretical, practical, and conceptual skills needed to manage resources to execute professional tasks in the interior design industry.
4. Train learners to acquire critical and analytical skills needed to manage resources to perform interior design tasks professionally.
5. Prepare learners to obtain entrepreneurial skills required to establish start-ups and sustainable businesses, especially in the resource management and interior design
6. industry.
7. Incorporate in learners the resource management principles into the creative thinking process in interior designing.
    

Intended/Expected Outcomes of the Programme

At the end of the programme, graduates should be able to:

1. Apply broad ideas in interior design and visual merchandising to perform interior design task professionally.
2. Examine architectural elements, intended function of interior space, and create appropriate design that interprets the needs and desires of users.
3.  Critically analyse interior design situations and provide scientifically viable userfriendly but sustainable solutions to address the situation.
4. Perform the functions of furniture and interior designers in the delivery of projects using applicable interior design processes, tools, and techniques.
5. Establish business start-ups and grow them to be full-scale businesses in the interior design using entrepreneurship and appropriate resource management principles.
6. Research on new and emerging developments in management of resources in interior design

Employability of Graduates

Graduates of the programme can be employed in a wide range of sectors such as:

1. Building construction firms (as Resource Managers, Interior Designers, Project Managers, and Safety Officers).
2. District/Municipal and Metropolitan Assemblies (as Resource Managers, Interior Designers, Project Managers, and Safety Officers).9
3. Financial Institutions (as Resource Managers and Projects Managers).
4. Marine Industries.
5. Hospitality Industries
6. Educational institutions (as Lecturers, Teachers, Instructors, and Technicians etc.)
7. Security Services
8. Private Interior Design Firms
9. Aviation Industries