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Interactive Systems: User Experience – (M.Sc.)
Edinburgh Napier University
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| Application Deadline: | 31 July International, in the EU: 31 August | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 4,252 - ≈ € 12,622 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Edinburgh / United Kingdom | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Edinburgh Napier University
These days, it's not enough for an interactive media experience to be merely functional. The user expects an entertaining, fun or stimulating experience, and the industry demands professionals who are able to deliver just that.
Particularly relevant to design or psychology graduates, this course draws on up to the minute technology and theory to meet the needs of the web design and digital media industries.
You'll learn to create enjoyable digital media experiences that engage the user, as well as developing your knowledge of the theories that underlie the deceptively simple concept of interactivity.
Skills
The course combines theory with practice, and you'll develop valuable skills and knowledge in both. You'll learn practical skills such as programming, web page design and usability methods, and learn the theories behind the psychology of interactivity and user behaviour, research and management of interactive projects.
Career Prospects
As Edinburgh's top university for Graduate Employability (HESA 2010) and one of the top in the UK for Graduate Prospects (The Independent and The Times University Guides for 2009), we can offer you a valuable head-start in your chosen career.
Successfully completing this course will lead to career opportunities in a number of areas, such as:
* design conultanciess
* web solutions
* interaction design for mobile phones, satnavs, etc.
As a graduate in User Experience, you'll be in high demand, as more and more businesses and research institutions realise the importance of the user experience in their interactive systems.
Contents
This is a full-time course studied over one year. It requires an intensive period of study, involving lectures, tutorials, laboratory sessions and independent study. While classes for each module may account for only three or four hours a week, you'll be expected to commit at least 13 hours per week per module. As a full-time student you'll take three modules per trimester, for the first two trimesters. This course is also available part-time, with one or two modules studied per trimester.
Trimester 1
Interaction Design, Usability Methods, choice of Web Design and Development or Programming for the Web (for students with programming experience).
Successful completion of these modules will qualify you for a Postgraduate Certificate.
Trimester 2
Audio and Video Narrative, User Experience, Group Project (normally taken by full-time students), Action Oriented Research or eLearning Application Development (normally taken by part-time students).
Successful completion of these modules will qualify you for a Postgraduate Diploma.
Trimester 3
MSc Dissertation - completion will qualify you for a Masters Degree.
For detailed information on individual modules, visit the Module Description page
Professional accreditation
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IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
Applicants are expected to hold a British honours degree or equivalent in a discipline (including arts). A lower qualification may be considered if accompanied by appropriate work experience.
Indian applicants should have passed a four-year degree such as BTech or BSc or BEng.
Pakistani applicants should have an MSc in science or engineering or a two-year masters in a professional field.
Nigerian applicants should have an honours degree plus at least two years relevant experience.
English Language Requirements
If English is not your first language, you´ll need to provide evidence that you can read, write, speak and understand English satisfactorily. For most courses, in additional to satisfying the standard entry requirements, we normally require international students (check) to demonstrate their English ability through an English language test, usually IELTS (International English Language Testing System), or TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language).
Courses require an IELTS score of 6.0, which is equivalent to ToEFL 550 (paper-based), 213 (computer-based) or 79-80 (internet-based).
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.0 |
| Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): | Grade C (Score: 60) |
| TOEFL Paper-based: | 550 |
| TOEFL Computer-based: | 213 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 79 |
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