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Interaction Design (60 Credits) – (M.Sc.)
Malmö University
Master Studies
| Application Deadline: | 16th January | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | Free - ≈ € 17,960 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Malmö / Sweden / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | ||
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| Credits (ECTS): | 60 | ||
| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Malmö University
Who are you!
You can be a student of design, media, engineering, the arts, or the social sciences. Interaction design requires the fusion of multiple skill sets.
Description
Interaction design concerns the design of digital artifacts and digitally mediated communication, with a focus on use experience. Our Master’s level education is characterized as follows.
We combine practical design skills with academic research capabilities.
Design is a collaborative process, where users and other stakeholders contribute their expertise and values.
A privilege of the designer is the license to go beyond the taken-for-granted.
Interaction design requires the fusion of multiple skill sets.
We focus on areas within interaction design where our excellence is internationally recognized.
The present programme consists of four 15-credit courses, starting with a studio-based introduction to multidisciplinary collaboration and mainstream interaction design. The next two courses address embodied interaction and collaborative media, two of our signature topics. The final course is a Master’s level graduation project. Most of your work is done in collaboration with our corporate and NGO partners outside the University.
Upon graduation, you are eligible for the second year of the two-year Master’s programme to learn more about interaction design research and theory.
We have offered Master’s degrees in interaction design since 1998, and graduates move on to positions as designers and strategists in the ICT and media industries around the world, as well as entrepreneurial endeavors
Contents
The programme comprises full-time study for one academic year, divided into four
courses starting with a studio-based introduction to multidisciplinary collaboration and mainstream interaction design. The next two courses address embodied interaction and collaborative media, two of our signature topics. The final course is a Master’s level graduation project.
* Introduction to multidisciplinary interaction design, 15 credits
* Embodied interaction, 15 credits
* Collaborative media, 15 credits
* Graduation project, 15 credits
Upon graduation, you are eligible for the second year of the two-year Master’s programme to learn more about interaction design research and theory.
Teaching Methods
The programme is generally based on a studio-based learning-by-doing approach, which to us means an iterative, intertwining practice of experimentation and reflection. As teachers we view ourselves as coaches guiding you in this process.
Working environments
Each year has their own studio, available around the clock. The class makes the studio their own. Here we have group-work, seminars, workshops, presentations, discussions, etc.The studios have projectors, cabinets of diverse working materials, lots of white boards, flexible furniture, etc. Close by there are various well-equipped workshops and the physical-computing Arduino-lab.Additionally, we often use the facilities at MEDEA research centre for final presentations, exhibitions, seminars, programme-meetings, etc
Who are you?
Interaction design requires the fusion of multiple skill sets. We recruit students with different backgrounds—design, media, engineering, the arts, and social sciences—and focus our teaching on creating disciplinary synergy in the concrete design work.
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Requirements
1. Degree of Bachelor or equivalent in subjects relevant for interaction design. Examples of relevant subjects include, but are not limited to: computer science,
informatics, information systems, human-computer interaction, new media arts,
fine arts, design (industrial, product, graphic, interaction), communication studies,
media studies and cognitive science.
2. Approval of the following submitted material: 2 x work samples of previous
relevant work and an individual response to the application assignment, available
on the Malmö University web site.
3. General eligibility + the equivalent of English course B in Swedish higher
secondary school.
You learn to create interaction design that makes a difference in society and everyday life, and to contribute with new and relevant knowledge to the academic community. We focus on digital materials, but we also explore “the digital” as a part of complex networks of people, places, products and services.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.5 |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 575 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 90 |
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