Jun 20, 2008, at 7:54 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have always found it interesting that in the UX world we tend to focus on the masters level with very little done at the Bachelor's level. My question to SVA & CMU & KU is why are there no bachelor of IxD programs next to you MA programs?
personally I think it makes sense to build upon the foundations of industrial or graphic design, as IxD is an extension of that per Dick Buchanan's 4 Orders of Design hypothesis...
For CMU, I think part of the reason (maybe Jeff Howard or Jack can give more insight on this) is that their approach to IxD requires a certain a) depth of thought and reasoning which comes with intellectual and practical maturity over time after undergrad years and b) the concepts of "human experience" and "interaction" are already factored into the undergraduate ID and GD programs per CMU's design philosophy and approach. Whether the undergrad kids "get it" or not is another matter ;-)
There is an HCI minor for undergrad ID students which many have done very well. In fact Jon Kolko was creating an IxD minor for ID at SCAD i believe, but you'd have to ask him...
Hope this helps... -uday ________________________________________________________________ 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
