M.Sc. Interaction Design and Technologies
Chalmers University of Technology
| Application deadline: | January 15 |
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| Start date: | September 2013 |
| Credits: | 120 ECTS |
| Duration full-time: | 24 months |
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| Delivery mode: | On Campus |
| Educational variant: | Full-time |
Description
Interaction design is the practice of designing interactive digital products, environments, systems and services. It focuses on behaviour how users act and how products respond to user behaviour.
As such, it is a necessary discipline in any design project aiming to create something complex and computer-augmented that is to be used by humans: computer software, games, interactive products such as smart phones or MP3-players, intelligent homes, cars, clothes and so on.
Given the increased focus on interaction design in general, and on social media, entertainment and new physical products in particular, the programme aims to provide interaction designers with the knowledge and skills needed to meet the ever-shifting demands of this emerging job market segment.
The programme allows the following specialisations
- Interaction designer focused on user interface design and information visualisation
- Interaction designer focused on tangible interaction
- Interaction designer focused on entertainment, games and social media
- Game developer with some experience of gameplay design and interaction design
Who should apply
The programme is intended for anyone with a keen interest in the interaction between humans and digital artefacts . This means that the programme attracts students from different educational backgrounds from psychology and cognitive science to computer science and information technology, including those with different design backgrounds.
Why apply
It is no longer enough to build a system, product or application that is only functional or efficient; there is an increasing demand for products that are not only efficient but also have other values, such as being pleasurable to handle and use or even fun or intriguing. As a result of the new demands, there is a whole new set of interaction design-oriented jobs on the market.
Interaction designers can now be found in any software company, as well as in the game industry, or in companies that combine hardware and software, e.g. mobile phone producers like Apple or Sony Ericsson. Other key areas include web design and web marketing, information visualisation and design of physical interactive products like toys, GPS etc.
Contents
Compulsory courses
- Prototyping in interaction design, Examination 3,5 Credits
- Prototyping in interaction design, Laboratory 4,0 Credits
- Interaction design methodology, Project 7,5 Credits
AUTUMN TERM Study period 2
Compulsory courses
- Graphical interfaces, Project 3,5 Credits
- Graphical interfaces, Laboratory 2,0 Credits
- Graphical interfaces, Examination 2,0 Credits
Elective courses
- Tangible interaction, Written and oral assignments 3,5 Credits
- Tangible interaction, Project 4,0 Credits
- Project in interaction design, Project 7,5 Credits
- Computer graphics, Examination 7,5 Credits
- Computer graphics, Laboratory 0,0 Credits
SPRING TERM Study period 3 Elective courses
- Information visualization, Examination 3,5 Credits
- Information visualization, Written and oral assignments 1,5 Credits
- Information visualization, Project 2,5 Credits
- Aesthetics of interaction, Project 4,0 Credits
- Aesthetics of interaction, Written and oral assignments 1,5 Credits
- Aesthetics of interaction, Laboratory 2,0 Credits
- Advanced computer graphics, Project 3,0 Credits
- Advanced computer graphics, Project 0,8 Credits
- Simulation engines, Project 7,5 Credits
SPRING TERM Study period 4
Elective courses
- Interaction design of social media, Written and oral assignments 1,5 Credits
- Interaction design of social media, Examination 4,0 Credits
- Interaction design of social media, Project 2,0 Credits
- Advanced computer graphics, Project 3,0 Credits
- Advanced computer graphics, Project 0,7 Credits
- Methods of interaction analysis, Project 7,5 Credits
- Gameplay design, Project 7,5 Credits
- Artificial intelligence, Examination 7,5 Credits
Elective courses
- Innovation and entrepreneurship, part A, Written and oral assignments 7,5 Credits
- Project in applied information technology, part A, Written and oral assignments 7,5 Credits
- Science and research methodology, part A, Written and oral assignments 2,5 Credits
- Science and research methodology, part B, Written and oral assignments 5,0 Credits
- Requirements engineering, Written and oral assignments 3,5 Credits
- Requirements engineering, Examination 4,0 Credits
- Programming project, major, Project 15,0 Credits
AUTUMN TERM Study period 2
Elective courses
- Innovation and entrepreneurship, part B, Project 7,5 Credits
- Project in applied information technology, part B, Project 7,5 Credits
- Science and research methodology, part C, Written and oral assignments 7,5 Credits
- Mobile computing - Design and implementation, Examination 3,5 Credits
- Mobile computing - Design and implementation, Project 4,0 Credits
- Software product line engineering, Examination 4,5 Credits
- Software product line engineering, Project 3,0 Credits
- Empirical software engineering, Examination 7,5 Credits
- Databases, Examination 4,5 Credits
- Databases, Laboratory 3,0 Credits
- Computer graphics, Examination 7,5 Credits
- Computer graphics, Laboratory 0,0 Credits
SPRING TERM Study period 3
Elective courses
- The augmented body, Project 7,5 Credits
- Aesthetics of interaction, Project 4,0 Credits
- Aesthetics of interaction, Written and oral assignments 1,5 Credits
- Aesthetics of interaction, Laboratory 2,0 Credits
- Advanced software architecture, Examination 5,0 Credits
- Advanced software architecture, Project 2,5 Credits
- Model-driven engineering, Examination 3,0 Credits
- Model-driven engineering, Project 4,5 Credits
- Computer security, Examination 6,0 Credits
- Computer security, Laboratory 1,5 Credits
- Simulation engines, Project 7,5 Credits
SPRING TERM Study period 4
Elective courses
- Model-based testing, Examination 7,5 Credits
- Agile development processes, Project 4,5 Credits
- Agile development processes, Examination 3,0 Credits
Diploma thesis
- Master's thesis in Applied information technology, Diploma thesis 30.0 Credits
- Master's thesis in Applied information technology, Diploma thesis 30.0 Credits
- Master's thesis in Applied information technology, Diploma thesis 30.0 Credits
- Master's thesis in Computer science and engineering, Diploma thesis 30.0 Credits
- Master's thesis in Computer science and engineering, part A, Diploma thesis 30.0
- Master's thesis in Computer science and engineering, part B, Diploma thesis 30.0 Credits
Requirements
Bachelor´s degree (or the equivalent) with a Major in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Textile Design, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Cognitive Science or Computational Linguistics.
Prerequisites: Programming and Human-computer interaction.
English Language Proficiency
The most common and important scores that are accepted are
- IELTS (academic training), 6.5 (with no part of the test below 5.5)
- TOEFL (Internet based): 90 (with a minimum of 20 on the written part)
English Language Requirements
| IELTS band: | 6.5 |
| CAE score: | 60(Grade A) |
| TOEFL paper-based test score: | 575 |
| TOEFL internet-based test score: | 90 |
Funding
Chalmers can offer over 87 scholarships for the academic year 2012/2013
- over 40 scholarships funded by the Chalmers foundation (hereinafter Avancez)
- over 40 Swedish Government scholarships allocated by the International Programme Office for Education and Training (hereinafter IPOET)
- two Ericsson Scholarships in Communication Engineering
- two Sievert Larsson Scholarships (Fund within Friends of Chalmers) for Thai citizens
- two Volvo Cars scholarship for Chinese Masters Students
- one US Friends of Chalmers scholarship for US Masters Students
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