用户体验 and Interaction Design (BA)
The bachelor's degree in 用户体验 and Interaction Design at Columbia College Chicago trains you to be a technologically competent designer and a design-minded developer. 你会学到一种创造性的, art-driven approach to finding the best design solutions for users of electronic interfaces from websites to voice-activated programs.
You'll learn how to design with users in mind and how to be an independent professional who relies not on narrow technical skills but on best practices and theories of human-computer interaction. But we don't ignore the hard skills. With required courses in programming and physical computing, combined with extensive coursework in user research and design, the program enables you to enter the workforce ready for careers in programming, 用户体验, interface or industrial design, 产品开发, 以及网络开发.
用户体验 and Interaction Design teaches you how to find solutions. You'll be tested and challenged in this bachelor's degree program, and through your successes and mistakes you'll learn and grow as an artist, 一个学生, 一个专业人士.
In the Classroom
What to expect your first year
In your first year as an Interaction Design major, you’ll focus on building your toolbox of technical and creative skills. You’ll learn theory and put it into practice, working on practical projects such as writing a small program or building paper prototypes. You’ll begin building your user interface and 用户体验 vocabulary to become a persuasive advocate for the user, and you’ll learn how to effectively critique and assess your work and others’ work. Many of your classes include team projects that simulate the real-world work environment of this field. Your skills will come into play when you begin creating actionable interfaces in future semesters.
What to expect your last year
In the 互动艺术与媒体 Team capstone course, you’ll perform an integral role within an interactive production team tasked with solving a problem for a real client. This course will test your technical and creative skills and, 最重要的是, your ability to work collaboratively. You’re not just creating a hypothetical project—this course is all about creating and deploying real solutions for real clients like the Special Olympics, 六旗, 菲尔德博物馆, and other companies in Chicagoland and beyond.
Internships
Chicago is home to a thriving community of creative-services firms with job opportunities for Interaction Design majors. You can find our student interns at places like Bethesda Softworks, 布伦特里, NetherRealm工作室, 高压软件, 和WMS工业.
了解更多关于 how Columbia’s 职业中心 can help you find the right internship.
Careers
What kind of jobs can you get with an Interaction Design degree? We teach our majors the full spectrum of front-end and back-end design thinking so that they’ll enter the workforce ready for a number of jobs, 包括产品开发人员, 产品设计师, 用户体验 (UX) designer, web开发人员, 程序员, 和更多的.
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Our location in the heart of Chicago will give you a head start. Chicago is a great city full of creative-services firms looking for potential employees, and our faculty members’ connections in the local industry can help you launch your career.
行业的晚上
Each year our department hosts an industry night for graduating seniors to network with industry professionals and discuss their individual and team capstone projects. It’s a great night for students to network with professionals—and maybe get a job offer.
Alumni
You can find Columbia alumni at companies like BBDO, 布伦特里, 德勤, Golin, 谷歌, IBM, 拍照, 李奥贝纳, 摩托罗拉, 潘多拉, 贝宝, Razorfish, SapientNitro, Venmo, 和更多的.
“I wanted to learn more about how people interact with technology, and how I could be a part of the actual making of a product, such as a piece of software.”
——丽贝卡·杨15岁
Creative Spaces and Facilities
We have a number of maker spaces and labs for student use, including:
- Computer labs equipped with industry-standard software
- Equipment case with HD video cameras, DSLR cameras, microphones, audio recorders, 和更多的
- 制造实验室
- 媒体制作中心
Related Minors
Faculty
Our faculty members are working professionals and experts in their fields. They’re award-winning game designers, accomplished audio artists, and expert 程序员s. 最重要的是, 他们是敬业的老师, bringing their knowledge of groundbreaking theories and techniques into the classroom. 查看所有系系教员.