Lucy, I'm glad you brought up the issue of psych. I actually arrived on Planet IxD via psych/computer science (after my basic training as a mechanical engineer). I have always thought of IxD as being driven first by psych/social psych/anthropology and only then by the visual arts. A year and a half ago I met a talented young psych undergrad who loved designing websites (to pay his way) but had never heard of IxD. I grabbed him by both shoulders, put him through a couple of courses, and now he is in a great grad school program pursuing an HCI degree. - murli
On Thu, 20 Dec 2007 01:31:44, Lucy Buykx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I too noticed the large number of graphics and arts backgrounds in the > 'how did you get here thread'. But what struck me was how few (I > think only one) who mentioned any psychology studies. > > When I started my degree I studied alongside working as a computer > programmer. It seemed self evident there would be people working in > the cross over between the disciplines. Humans interact with > computers so we need to understand both in order to make the > experience for both better. > > The single psych reference against 90% arts/graphic design confirms > my experience that psychologists are not pushed (or pulled) towards > this incredibly important field. > > Since most of the participants on this list I have to ask this > question of the people you work with. How many of your colleagues > have studied psychology? Is it considered important or are psych > degrees to general to be of use? > -- murli nagasundaram, ph.d. | www.murli.com | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | +91 99 02 69 69 20 ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
