交互与 UI/UX 设计艺术硕士 (MFA)

Graduate students will meet the following student performance criteria:

MFA Thesis Project

• 展示一个明确定义的设计项目，值得获得艺术硕士学位
• 提供概念证明，证明项目的可行性
• 制作一份展示设计思维、视觉传达和技术技能的最终论文项目

Design Thinking

• 收集、分析和应用必要的信息，以真实目标用户为中心制定设计解决方案
• 展示对论文主题的透彻了解并确定内容开发的资源
• 创建交互式架构以有效支持项目功能的需求

Visual Communication

• 有效利用网格、层次结构、字体、颜色和构图
• 应用上述设计原则来有效地实现/显示适合项目的交互性

技术能力

• 通过确定适当的技术工具来实现论文项目的核心部分，展示对当前交互技术的理解
• 建立并记录论文项目的技术范围

User Experience

• 展现对潜在用户的现实考虑
• 根据初步探索制定最终测试计划
• 在整个设计过程中应用测试结果来改进项目，并记录过程中的关键迭代

Professional Readiness

• 有效地表达和捍卫想法和流程
• 准确引用或注明用于制定论文提案、项目和演示文稿的来源
• 展示论文提案的组织能力和论文项目开发过程的记录
• 培养并展示所选专业道路所需的技能，如论文项目、作品集和个人网站所示

Academy of Art University Learning Outcomes

Graduates of the Academy of Art University will demonstrate the ability to:

• Produce a body of work suitable for seeking professional opportunities in their chosen field of art and design.
• Solve creative problems within their field of art and design, including research and synthesis of technical, aesthetic, and conceptual knowledge.
• Communicate their ideas professionally and connect with their intended audience using visual, oral, and written presentation skills relevant to their field.
• Execute technical, aesthetic, and conceptual decisions based on an understanding of art and design principles.
• Evaluate work in their field, including their own work, using professional terminology.
• Recognize the influence of major cultural and aesthetic trends, both historical and contemporary, on art and design products.
• Learn the professional skills and behaviors necessary to compete in the global marketplace for art and design.

Academy of Art University offers some of the best training and hands-on experience to help accelerate your career. We pride ourselves in doing an exceptional job preparing you to excel in your future web design career. Our degree programs are designed to equip aspiring artists and designers with a comprehensive toolbox of marketable skills that lead to success in the interaction and UI/UX design industries.

User Experience Designer

As a user experience designer, you’ll use the User Centered Design process to understand the what, why, and how a product is used. You’ll get to know your users through research and you’ll use their input to guide the process so that you can provide them with a design that is not only intuitive but also delightful.

Product Designer

As a product designer, you'll focus on designing new features for digital products. You will create visual designs, and interactive prototypes, and work with design staff, developers, and business stakeholders involved in the creation and maintenance of a project.

UI Designer

As a user-interface designer, you'll work with user experience designers and developers to create mockups, prototypes, and layouts for web applications and dashboards.

Interaction Designer

An interactive designer is responsible for design strategy, identifying key interactions of a product, creating and testing prototypes, and keeping up to date on technology trends. Combining strong design thinking and excellent visual design skills, you’ll create digital products that impact the user.

Mobile Designer

As a mobile designer, you'll create new and engaging experiences for emerging mobile devices and screens.

Motion Designer

As a motion designer, you'll concept user interfaces, interaction animations, and design for emerging devices and platforms.

Unit Requirements

Degree Requirements

• Successful completion of Final Thesis Project
• Minimum grade of C in all required 63 units
• Minimum 2.0 cumulative GPA and the following Academic Study requirements:
  • 1 Art Historical Awareness & Aesthetic course
  • 1 Cross-Cultural Understanding course

Curriculum

Semester 1

• ADV 605: Digital Graphics (Major)
• IXD 601: Tech 1: Front-End (Major)
• IXD 606: User Experience Design (Major)

Semester 2

• GLA 606：跨越边界：全球社会中的艺术与文化（研究生文科）
  夏季推荐
• GLA 615: History of Graphic Design (Graduate Liberal Arts)
  Recommended for summer
• IXD 605: Visual Design & Typography 1 (Major)
• IXD 608: Tech 2: Back-End (Major)
• IXD 613: Motion Graphics and Video (Major)

Semester 3

• IXD 618: Advanced Tech: CMS (Major)
• IXD 635: Visual Design & Typography 2 (Major)
• IXD 643：MFA 论文构思与准备（主要）

Semester 4

• ADV 695：合作项目：机构（选修）
• IXD 610：平衡创造力和盈利能力（主要）
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• IXD 810：用户体验（指导研究）
• IXD 820：技术实施（指导研究）

Semester 5

• IXD 695：MS：合作项目：MS：汽车 UI（选修）
• IXD 820：技术实施（指导研究）
• IXD 830：视觉设计（指导研究）

Semester 6

• GLA 676: Professional Practices for Designers & Advertisers (Graduate Liberal Arts)
• IXD 830：视觉设计（指导研究）
• IXD 900：实习（指导研究）