Dmitry, I hear ya on the time cost thing. It's why I didn't do an ID degree about 2 years ago. 3 years, no life and no pay, was a bit too much for someone who already had over 10 years experience. I do REALLY wish that I could do such a program, or pick and choose what I need in terms of studio/craft/theory work and somehow combine that with my real world experience to then create a degree out of that.
That would be an interesting educational program that I have never seen. A part time program that assumes experience as credit towards a degree. Maybe it is like an executive program where there are concentrated pieces like 2 2wk. concentrations for studio work, and then weekends for course work on specific supplemental theory, and then a thesis project of some sort "proving" acquired skills from both experience and formal education. hmmm? -- dave On Jan 30, 2008 3:40 PM, Dmitry Nekrasovski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 > > > > -- David Malouf http://synapticburn.com/ http://ixda.org/ http://motorola.com/ ________________________________________________________________ *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
