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Curriculum

MFA Program

Summer Intensive


US Residents

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International Visitors

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Designed for people who want to expand their professional skills or who are considering graduate school, our courses offer an opportunity to explore how interaction design comes to life in all phases of creating engaging experiences
— from crafting human-centered design research to prototyping app designs. Bringing together designers and doers through hands-on work and theory-based lectures, the intensive allows the flexibility to focus on one course or all four.

The cost is $1,100 per course and you can register online. Updated course information can be viewed using MyServices Student, which can be accessed from your MyID account (myid.sva.edu) and by selecting the MyServices app from your dashboard. Note: Summer courses are subject to cancellation up to two weeks prior to the start of the course.

Curriculum

Research Methods in Interaction Design

IXC-4127

The course starts from the premise that research brings fresh thinking and accelerates iteration, and is a key to great product and service design. Over five weeks, students will be introduced to the fundamentals of user research techniques for interaction designers and will prepare to practice research with ease and confidence. Working in teams, students will gain experience in creating facilitator guides and screeners as part of a conducted final research project.

Tuesdays 6:00 – 8:50 PM

July 11 – August 8

Instructor Hirumi Nanayakkara


Visualizing Information

IXC-5027

As data surround our everyday lives, data-literacy is fast becoming a necessary skill—the ability to interpret, share and critique such knowledge. Effectively visualizing that data can be informative, insightful, impactful… even entertaining. Information visualization has the potential to be a powerful tool for understanding our world, creating compelling narratives and clearly communicating ideas to others. Building on a foundation of core principles, students will explore a variety of ways to work with data and display it both accurately and elegantly. Students will create a visually compelling final project that tells a deeper and more meaningful story, drawing from data sources of their own chosen interest as well as those discovered in the process.

Thursdays 6:00 – 8:50 PM
July 11 – August 8

Registration for Summer 2019 will open in January 2019.

Mobile UX Design

IXC-4133

The explosive market of mobile applications and services presents new challenges and considerations for interaction designers. In this course, students will expand their UX thinking to portable devices, while working on a mobile app design. Through exercises in wireframing, screen design, and lightweight digital prototyping, students will create a portfolio-quality project that exhibits their understanding of mobile UX/UI best practices with an emphasis on designing for the user.

Thursdays 6:00 PM – 8:50 PM

July 6 – August 3

Design Futures

IXC-4147

This course introduces designers to practical methods to integrate long-term
thinking into their interaction design practice. Through a combination of lectures, readings, discussions, and group projects, participants will experiment with applied futuring techniques, multilayered planning, systems thinking, and other frameworks drawn from the world of transition design, an emerging area of study focused on how design might help enable more sustainable futures.

Mondays 6:00 – 8:50 PM

July 10 – August 7

Instructor Karen Ingram


Structure

Courses take place from July through August, generally scheduled on weekday evenings over the course of one month. In addition to evening classes, the summer program offers optional scheduled events and tours to nearby New York City design studios. Enrollment in any course provides daytime access to a shared studio workspace and use of department facilities. Participants can receive Continuing Education Unit (CEU) credit upon successfully completing a course.

Fee

The cost of each course is $1,100 USD.

Information

Residency

Situated on its own floor of a light-filled building in New York City’s Flatiron District, the MFA Interaction Design space has the workflow of interaction designers in mind. Students work individually or collaboratively in a loft-like space where they have weekday access to a personal studio area during the course of the program.


International Students

The Interaction Design Summer Intensive seminar does not meet the requirements for the F-1 student visa. A letter of invitation will be issued in support of entry to the U.S. as a visitor participating in an educational seminar. For more information about the U.S. entry requirements as a B-1/B-2 visitor or the Visa Waiver Program, please contact the U.S. Consulate in your home country. For information regarding the F-1 student visa for degree programs, please contact the International Student Office at iso@sva.edu.

While TOEFL exam requirements are not required to register, all classes and workshops are conducted in English. Proficient English speaking and writing skills are required to fully participate in lectures, assignments, and during class critiques. To avoid language being a barrier to anyone’s experience, we ask that all participants be very fluent in English.


Housing

The School of Visual Arts has several reasonably priced and comfortable housing options for visiting students coming to work, live and experience New York City this summer. SVA offers MFA Interaction Design Summer Program students a limited offering of single or shared rooms in our Ludlow Residence. Housing is available for the duration of the program. For details and further assistance visit Summer Housing for Special Programs.


Waitlist

A waitlist will be managed for individual courses to accommodate availability through any cancellations.


Registration Cancellation and Refund Policy

To withdraw from a Summer Intensive course in Interaction Design, you may do so by emailing your request to summer@interactiondesign.sva.edu. Failure to complete a course does not constitute official withdrawal, nor does notification to the instructor, nor does lack of attendance, nor does dissatisfaction with a course. A written notice of withdrawal must be received before the first class session for the student to receive 100% tuition refund. There will be no refunds after the start of the first class session.

All refunds for payments made by American Express, Discover, MasterCard, or Visa will be credited to the appropriate credit card account and may take up to two weeks to appear on your statement.

Class Cancellations

The Department reserves the right to cancel or withdraw courses from this program and to change course curricula and scheduling. The Department also reserves the right to withdraw and substitute instructors. If your course is canceled, the department will notify you by telephone or email. We will do our best to help you find another suitable course. However, if this is not possible, you will receive a 100% tuition refund for the canceled course. The department will not be liable for any other expenses that the participant may have incurred, including but not limited to transportation and housing costs and the purchase of materials and supplies.

Questions

For questions regarding the Summer Intensive in Interaction Design, contact the MFA Interaction Design department: summer@interactiondesign.sva.edu

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