Dave, your proposal actually sounds like a great bachelor's degree curriculum (or last 3 years thereof).
A 3-year masters degree, while great for curriculum breadth/depth reasons, would likely attract few students of high caliber due to the opportunity cost. Even 2-year master's degrees face this challenge (which is why a number of MBA programs have moved towards 12 or 18 month curricula). Dmitry On Wed, 30 Jan 2008 12:29:22, dave malouf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Andrei, we're close. > I think that the foundations taught in architecture and ID programs > are quite specific. I.e. Graphic design is not included in > foundations for most IDs and quite honestly the IDs I've worked with > would make horrible graphic designers. Architecture also has a > foundation, but type is not really a full-semester studio class from > my recollection of looking at those programs. > > Now that being said, I believe there is a crisis in IxD education in > the US specifically b/c of the dearth of programs, but globally b/c > of the lack of consistency between programs (thus the definition > problem). > > If I would create an Masters of Design program in IxD, it would first > off be 3 years. > year 1 is all about foundations and core theory (and probably is the > "life? what's a life?" year). Besides the usual suspects, this > would also include at least 1 class in Java, or programming in > ActionScript or Visual Basic/XAML (you get my point). > > Year 2 is 1/2 about theory and then about focus. This is where the > HCI stuff meets the tangible interfaces vs. the software stuff vs. > systems/services. > > Year 3 is a continuation of focus, 1st semester growing towards a 2nd > semester thesis/portfolio piece. > > Electives in business, tools, management (it is a masters after all) > > Now, if it were a bachelor's program, it would be a 5 year program. > But does anyone want to be an interaction designer when they are 17. > ;) > > -- dave > > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=25077 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > *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 > ________________________________________________________________ *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
