New Masters in Design Ethnography Launched The Schools of Computing and Design at the University of Dundee (UK) have joined forces to launch the first professional level masters programme in Design Ethnography and User Research. Demand for user researchers and design ethnographers is growing steadily in the US and Europe, and new markets such as India and Japan are opening up. The one year long (September to September) MSc in Design Ethnography is the first taught postgraduate course to address the specific information, skills and knowledge needs of the next generation of design ethnographers. Students will study alongside design, interactive media design, and engineering students - giving them real insight into the needs and contexts of the primary consumers of user research in the design process. A three month long major personal field study at the end of the course gives students an opportunity to develop their skills responding to realistic, and in many cases industry-partner set, project briefs. Our industry steering group comprises members from Intel, Microsoft and SAP Labs in the US, as well as the BBC and BT in the UK and several UK and US user research consultancies. The course welcomes applications from those with a first degree in a design, business or social sciences related field, and from those currently working in the design industries but looking to specialise or enhance their portfolio with a qualification in design ethnography and user research. Full details are available on our website at http://www.computing.dundee.ac.uk/mde/ or by emailing the course director Dr Catriona Macaulay - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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