Year 1 sequence recommended for those specializing in interaction design
This page suggests a sequence of Year 1 courses for students on the Interaction Design programme at IUAV University of Venice aiming for a professional career in interaction design.
YEAR 1
Trimester 1
Design lab every afternoon except Wednesday:
Interaction Design Lab 1 (Laboratorio di design della comunicazione 3, Gillian Crampton Smith)
Monday + Tuesday 11-13:
Interaction Design Theory 1 (Design dell’interazione, Gillian Crampton Smith)
Trimester 2
Design lab every afternoon except Wednesday:
Interaction Design Lab 2 (Laboratorio di design della comunicazione 4, Philip Tabor)
Monday 9-13
Interaction Design Theory 2 (Tecnologie Digitali, Davide Rocchesso)
Tuesday 9-13
Web information Systems (Sistemi di elaborazione dell'informazione, Davide Riboli)
Thursday + Friday 11-13:
Cognitive Psychology (Psicologia dei processi cognitivi, Paolo Legrenzi)
Trimester 3
There are no interaction design core or recommended courses in trimester 3.
YEAR 2
Students aiming for a professional career in interaction design will normally repeat the interaction design labs (the projects change each year) to deepen their understanding, improve their practice, and strengthen their interaction design portfolio.
Trimester 2
Monday + Tuesday 11-13
Sociology of Culture and Commuication (Sociologia dei processi culturali e comunicativi, Carlo Grassi)
Trimester 3
Students in their second year, if they have passed sufficient exams, can take an internship (stage) in this trimester.
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