Professional Studies

Study mode:On campus Study type:Full-time Languages: English
Local:$ 61.4 k / Year(s) Foreign:$ 61.4 k / Year(s) Deadline: Jan 15, 2025
28 place StudyQA ranking:2116 Duration:1 year

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The Master of Professional Studies (MPS) in Design for Interactions is a one-year degree for students with an undergraduate degree in design or previous design experience. The degree enables students to expand on prior design experience and develop an expertise in design for interactions, within two areas of design focus: design for services and design for social innovation.

  • Seminar: Interaction & Service Design Concepts
  • Studio: Designing for Interactions
  • Interaction Design Lab
  • Communication Design Studio: Theory & Practice
  • Colloquium (Optional)
  • Seminar: Transition Design
  • Studio: Research-Based Design for Interactions
  • Design Research Methods
  • Elective
  • A Baccalaureate degree in design from an accredited institution, with a strong record of academic achievement
  • A design background evident in your portfolio, including, for example, elements of visual design, typography, layout and composition, color, illustration, information design, filmmaking, photography, and experience with design process, iteration, critique and visual communication.
  • At least two years of professional or teaching experience
  • A statement of intent
  • Letters of recommendation
  • GRE test scores
  • TOEFL/IELTS scores where applicable
  • Official transcripts
  • A link to your portfolio
  • Your admissions fee

Scholarships

For full-time graduate students in the MDES, MPS and MA programs, we offer paid assistantships of $2,000 per semester in exchange for approximately six hours of work per week. All applicants are invited to apply for one of these assistantships.

We have a limited number of merit scholarships offering partial tuition support, available to select candidates. Scholarship recipients will be notified as part of their acceptance package, upon review of applications by the admissions committee.

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