DAAP Students Co-op at HGTV
Cassie Reed and Carol Schoenfield, two students from the University of Cincinnatis
interior design program, part of the School of Architecture and Interior Design in the College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP), recently had a working quarter co-op with HGTV (Home & Garden Television).
Co-op, or
, is the practice wherein students alternate quarters or semesters in the classroom with quarters or semesters of professionally paid work. Co-op had its global founding at UC in 1906, and UC co-op is ranked in the nations top ten by U.S. News & World Report. Most programs in DAAP require co-op, allowing students to graduate with about 18 months of paid, professional experience.
While on their respective co-ops with HGTV, Schoenfield and Reed each created interactive interior design displays for the HGTV headquarters in Knoxville, Tenn.
See images of their designs and an interview with them on
.
- Learn more about cooperative education at UC.
- See the national No. 1 rankings earned by UC's interior design program.
- Apply to UCs undergraduate interior design program.
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