About the course

Interaction design, and related fields such as user experience design, is a growing job market changing quickly as new forms of interaction technology become available. During the course you will engage with the theory and practice of user-centred interaction design, from fieldwork to understand user needs through to physical prototyping and basic programming. A variety of learning activities take place, from small hands-on exercises through to a sustained design project. Different teachers contribute to the course, exposing you to a variety of perspectives on interaction design. The course is broad introduction to interaction design and an excellent introduction to our interaction design bachelor programme.

Course content

Syllabus autumn 2024

Earlier syllabuses

Entry requirements and selection

Entry requirements

General entry requirements + English 6

Selection

Upper secondary grades 34%, University credits completed 32%, Swedish Scholastic Aptitude Test (SweSAT) 34%

Course literature

Students will be asked to purchase physical prototyping components up to 450 SEK, details of which will be provided on the course website.

Buxton, B. (2007) Sketching User Experiences: Getting the Design Right and the Right Design. San Francisco: Morgan Kaufman.

Stanford dSchool (2013) The Bootcamp Bootleg. Stanford University Institute of Design, available online: http://dschool.stanford.edu/

Supplementary literature and technical resources will be provided during the course.

Optional

Moggridge, B. (2007) Designing Interactions. MIT Press.

Course evaluation

Malmö University provides students who participate in, or who have completed a course, with the opportunity to express their opinions and describe their experiences of the course by completing a course evaluation administered by the University. The University will compile and summarise the results of course evaluations. The University will also inform participants of the results and any decisions relating to measures taken in response to the course evaluations. The results will be made available to the students (HF 1:14).

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Contact

For more information about the education:

K3student@mau.se

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