Hi Rita, To be honest with you, based on my years in the industry, what matters more at this point is your work experience than having a graduate degree. Sure, a degree can help you focus your interests, but if you are looking to work in the industry, save some money and gain some experience first. Then, at some point if you decide you want to further your studies of HCI/IxD, there are various options to pursue. I don't think a degree is an "entry-fee" just yet. Explore all the different areas within a work context, then take it to the next level if that's what you choose.
HTH, David On Sun, Jan 17, 2010 at 10:32 PM, Rita Escolero <[email protected]>wrote: > Thanks for the suggestion. I am doing some reading now and I do think > I expect too much (Magic Bullet) from a graduate program. I have been > admitted to a program in Interaction Design and Information > Architecture but feel hesitant to attend because it is not a big name > school. My other alternative and inexpensive way to go is to attend a > state school locally and major in Information Management so that I can > pursue work in their research labs (HCI), which is well known. > > Because I did attend a grad program already in an unrelated field, > Art/Digital Media, and spent so much, I know how schools can sell you > one thing and it be completely different once you are actually there. > > > I think what I am trying to get at is does it matter how well known > the program is in the long run? If the program is deficient in lets > say the creation of physical prototypes how can you make up for them? > > > Thanks again for the assistance. > > > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > Posted from the new ixda.org > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48401 > > > ________________________________________________________________ > 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 > -- "Making peoples lives easier daily... since 1969" w: http://weatherdude.wordpress.com ________________________________________________________________ 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
