I personally think at some point this point will be moot--in that the degree that does not exist will be defined by an entirely new paradigm. The curriculum will encompass the combination of the many facets that have enriched this new breed: psychology, graphic design, industrial design, business....
? I love that the interaction on this site has debated whether you need a Masters to proceed. ( It is my own personal struggle as to how important that hole in my past haunts me.) But, a masters designed by whom? That has really yet to evolve to the field at hand.... that is the fun part. It will not reflect the journalistic stories in this string, nor will it resemble anything that we are accustomed to. It will take elements from the wisdom that is being unfolded here and likely be a disappointing structure that will not have the great joy of boundless freedom the people are enjoying in this stage of the game. We will all likely look back and say things that most old timers say... remember when we used note pad and illustrator and white boards. Remember those archaic blogs... Enjoy the journey. This is a frontier of sorts. That is something to enjoy. Would a Masters degree in Design be important. It is as important as you make it. As someone said earlier, you get out of it, what you put into it. Margeaux Mann Voice 408 439 3379 -----Original Message----- From: Uday Gajendar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:19 pm Subject: Re: [IxDA Discuss] Importance of Masters Degree for IxD Professionals 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? ________________________________________________________________ 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
