Browse Florida interior design classes and bundles from Education Pathways — a single home for the 20-hour biennial renewal requirement, from individual HSW courses to the complete renewal bundle.
A 5-hour HSW-designated course exploring how light, shade, and shadow shape mood, depth, and functionality in interior spaces — and how to apply lighting technique with intention. Applies toward the 20-hour renewal requirement.
Need the full biennial requirement in one purchase? The Florida Interior Designer Renewal Bundle covers all 20 hours, including the required Advanced Florida Building Code coursework.
20 Hours · 8 Courses · Provider #0009341
Complete Florida interior design renewal package with 8 courses totaling 20 hours, including Light, Shade, and Shadow as Design Elements, Advanced Florida Building Code, and HSW and elective coursework.
| Course | Approval # | Category | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Light, Shade, and Shadow as Design Elements | 9879354 | HSW | 5 |
| The 2023 NEC Updates and Changes | 9879306 | HSW | 4 |
| Sustainable and Eco-Friendly Building Materials | 9879186 | HSW | 2 |
| Underpinning Techniques and their Application | 9879184 | HSW | 1 |
| A Paper Trail Through Risk | 9879248 | Elective | 2 |
| Sustainability through Adaptive Reuse | 9879251 | Elective | 1 |
| Advanced Florida Building Code, Building – 8th Edition 2023 | 9879236 | Building Code | 2 |
| Holding to Our Heritage | 0009341 | Elective | 3 |
| Total | 20 |
Course approval numbers as provided by Education Pathways. Verify current approval status and course lineup on the live product pages before publishing or purchasing.
Education Pathways is also a Florida Architecture continuing education provider under the same DBPR board, and all of the individual classes below are approved for Florida interior designers as well as architects. Classes are grouped below by their continuing education category, as designated on each course’s own live product page.
FL Approval #9879170 · 2 Hours
Approved for Florida interior designers.
FL Approval #9879181 · 2 Hours
Approved for Florida interior designers.
FL Approval #9879230 · 3 Hours
Approved for Florida interior designers.
FL Approval #9879189 · 2 Hours
Approved for Florida interior designers.
FL Approval #9879231 · 3 Hours
Approved for Florida interior designers.
FL Approval #9879229 · 2 Hours
Approved for Florida interior designers.
FL Approval #9879158 · 1 Hour
Approved for Florida interior designers.
FL Approval #9879162 · 2 Hours
Approved for Florida interior designers.
FL Approval #9879160 · 2 Hours
Approved for Florida interior designers.
FL Approval #9879284 · 3 Hours
Approved for Florida interior designers.
FL Approval #9879232 · 4 Hours
Approved for Florida interior designers.
FL Approval #9879234 · 4 Hours
Approved for Florida interior designers.
FL Approval #9879188 · 1 Hour
Approved for Florida interior designers.
FL Approval #9879187 · 2 Hours
Approved for Florida interior designers.
FL Approval #9879251 · 1 Hour
Approved for Florida interior designers.
FL Approval #9879186 · 2 Hours
Approved for Florida interior designers.
FL Approval #9879185 · 3 Hours
Approved for Florida interior designers.
FL Approval #9879306 · 4 Hours
Approved for Florida interior designers.
FL Approval #9879250 · 3 Hours
Approved for Florida interior designers.
FL Approval #9879178 · 2 Hours
Approved for Florida interior designers.
FL Approval #9879248 · 2 Hours
Approved for Florida interior designers.
FL Approval #9879179 · 1 Hour
Approved for Florida interior designers.
FL Approval #9879233 · 1 Hour
Approved for Florida interior designers.
FL Approval #9879163 · 1 Hour
Approved for Florida interior designers.
FL Approval #9879252 · 2 Hours
Approved for Florida interior designers.
FL Approval #9879184 · 1 Hour
Approved for Florida interior designers.
FL Approval #9879236 · 2 Hours
Approved for Florida interior designers.
Categories, FL approval numbers, and hours are sourced from each course’s own live product page on educationpathways.biz (not from the sitemap alone). Seven of these 27 titles also appear in the 20-Hour Interior Designer Bundle table above; for three of them (Holding to Our Heritage, Sustainability through Adaptive Reuse, and Underpinning Techniques and Their Application) the category and/or approval number shown here differs from the bundle table, since Education Pathways appears to hold separate DBPR approval listings for the same course content under the Architecture track versus the Interior Design bundle track. See SOURCE_NOTES.md for the full comparison.
For the current March 1, 2025 – February 28, 2027 biennium, most registered Florida interior designers complete 20 continuing education credit hours and certify completion when they renew.
Health, Safety & Welfare
HSW-designated coursework.
Advanced Building Code
Specialized Florida Building Code hours.
Elective Hours
Additional approved coursework.
Total Required
Every two-year renewal cycle.
Automatically accepted: AIA-CES, NCARB, IDCEC Core Member courses, the Construction Industry Licensing Board, and the Florida Building Officials and Inspectors Board — plus Board-approved providers like Education Pathways.
Education Pathways reports your completions directly to the DBPR (Florida Board of Architecture and Interior Design) on your behalf.
Retain certificates, transcripts, and receipts for at least four years in case of a Board audit.
Registered Florida interior designers complete 20 continuing education hours each two-year cycle: 14 Health, Safety, and Welfare (HSW) hours, 2 specialized or advanced Florida Building Code hours, and 4 elective hours.
Yes. Light, Shade, and Shadow as Design Elements is available as an individual 5-hour HSW course for $159, and all 27 individual Florida Architecture classes listed above are also available individually. Only the 20-Hour Renewal Bundle itself is sold strictly as a package.
The Florida Board of Architecture and Interior Design automatically accepts continuing education from AIA-CES, NCARB, IDCEC Core Member courses, the Construction Industry Licensing Board, and the Florida Building Officials and Inspectors Board, in addition to coursework from Board-approved providers such as Education Pathways.
No. The Florida Board of Architecture and Interior Design does not allow continuing education hours to carry over between bienniums. All 20 hours must be completed within the current two-year cycle.
Yes. Education Pathways reports your completed continuing education directly to the DBPR (Florida Board of Architecture and Interior Design) on your behalf. We still recommend keeping your own certificates as a personal record.
Yes. A certificate is available after successful completion of each course. Save your certificates and related records for at least four years.
Take the featured Light, Shade, and Shadow class on its own, or get all 20 required hours in the full renewal bundle.
