Graduate Diploma in Interaction Design and Electronic Arts

Program Overview

The Graduate Diploma in Interaction Design and Electronic Arts is a one-year program that provides students with the fundamentals of human-centered design, with a focus on interactive technologies and experiences. Through a studio-based teaching environment, students develop proficiency in interaction design, usability engineering, and new media art. The program prepares graduates for careers in various fields, including interaction design, user experience, and creative direction.

Program Outline

Degree Overview:

The Graduate Diploma in Interaction Design and Electronic Arts is a one-year full-time program (part-time option available) that introduces students to the fundamentals of human-centered design of products and systems, with a focus on interactive technologies and experiences. It promotes a creative and critical approach, within the framework of research-driven interaction design and user experience methodologies. The program is aimed at talented individuals seeking a career in user experience, interaction design, or who wish to use technology creatively for design and commercial purposes.

Outline:

• First Semester: Students develop essential industry knowledge and skills for working as an interaction or user experience designer, focusing on web and mobile applications.
They learn human-centered design thinking, web/mobile interface design, and software programming.
• Second Semester: Students engage in design studio projects to extend their skills conceptually and technically.
The program offers a studio-based teaching environment where students work individually or in teams to creatively solve design challenges.

Teaching:

The program utilizes a studio-based teaching environment where students work individually or in teams to creatively solve design challenges.

Careers:

Graduates will be proficient in the creative use of new technologies and can utilize them in a wide range of professional and artistic settings. The program prepares them for roles such as:

• Interaction designer
• Usability engineer
• New media artist
• Creative director

Other:

• The program allows students to adapt it to suit their interests and passions by taking electives from other faculties.
• Students have access to state-of-the-art computer laboratories, digital fabrication equipment, dedicated studio spaces, and the only indoor environmental quality (IEQ) laboratory in the southern hemisphere.
• Students can attend workshops run by international scholars and display their work in the Tin Sheds Gallery.