Hi David, A few months ago, when the IxDA meetup happened at the UW, I was impressed that students from the Technical Communications/UX path, students in the Industrial Design curriculum, and Computer Science students were all present. And they were working together on projects. They made it sound like they were doing this in stealth mode. So it may be a possibility for you to stay in the CS path but mix it up a little with design classes and design projects along with students in other majors.
When I took graduate courses in the UW's Technical Communications UX program, they seemed oriented towards HCI and UX principles, usability testing, and research. This was a helpful program for me - I'd already been working as a designer for some years - but it wasn't a studio-based program where you designed lots of stuff. Perhaps this has changed in the last couple of years. I got the impression that Industrial Design students at the UW spent more time designing things, including interactive media. So perhaps mixing things up between the CS, ID, and UX programs might work. I think the UW might actually be able to create a solid studio-based Interaction Design program by rearranging/regrouping existing courses should they wish to. Perhaps a sympathetic professor or advisor can help you along a dual-major path or similar self-designed curriculum? And perhaps current UW ID or UX students can chime in here and correct me if I'm wrong, thanks. Hope this is helpful, Michael Micheletti -- Michael Micheletti michael.michele...@gmail.com On Sun, Mar 8, 2009 at 5:40 AM, David Little <da...@littled.net> wrote: <snip /> ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
