On Mar 19, 2008, at 12:06 PM, David Malouf wrote: > HCI and IxD in that IxD seems to > be taught as a design discipline/practice and HCI is taught as a > research/academic program. I'm sure there is a ton of gray; but in > the US the design programs in HCI are not nearly as strong, or if > they do exist they are usually part of other programs like IIT/ID and CCA. CMU and KU have separate and distinct IxD programs.
I've sent this out before, but as a refresher, here's my biased summary of the CMU School of Design approach: http://www.ghostinthepixel.com/?p=88 :-) Enjoy! Re: HCI and IxD as degree programs...What confuses many (that I've met anyway) is that there is the HCII (Human-Computer Interaction Institute) within the School of Computer Science at CMU, which offers a 1 yr master’s degree in HCI, with significant research methods training and project work. I would NOT call it a design degree per se, however. Really It’s a hybrid degree blending social science, cognitive psychology, and computer science. The HCI degree is a valuable one focused on computational perspectives, diverse research- driven methods of user-centered design (UCD) process, including (but not limited to) usability assessment and user-oriented problem discovery, with heavy emphasis on cog psych and comp sci with statistical and usability eval techniques, plus capturing data (user feedback) towards making IxD recs. Conversely, the School of Design is focused on design as a “humanistic, liberal art of technological culture” focused on the “conception, planning, and shaping of the artificial” directed towards “individual and collective purposes”. Alot of third and fourth order design issues and perspectives, blending visual, information design and interface design solutions...increasingly service and policy design too. Here's a blurb for the grad design seminar: http://www.design.cmu.edu/show_course.php?s=2&t=6&id=77 Unfortunately I can't seem to find Dick Buchanan's syllabus online. Anyone have a link or a PDF copy of it? That document in itself is quite profound, or very enigmatic to newcomers :-) Uday Gajendar Sr. Interaction Designer Voice Technology Group Cisco | San Jose ------------------------------ [EMAIL PROTECTED] +1 408 902 2137 ________________________________________________________________ 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
