Year 1
No, we’ll not bury you in books in this first year of User Experience Design. But, yes, you get a lot of introductory courses this year. In a very pleasant way. From day 1 you communicate with companies like Philips, IKEA and Google. You discuss with professionals, fellow students and lecturers how your ground-breaking ideas can change the way people use daily products.
Doing this you’ll get an understanding of how the user interacts with technology. You begin to fill your toolbox with the basics of communication, prototyping, persuasive experiences, technical designing and programming. You learn how to turn simple ideas into experiences across digital and physical platforms. You’ll programme your digital skills looking at web technologies, mobile platforms (Android and iOS), processing, Arduino and sensor technology.
Year 2
After your User Experience Design explorations in year 1, you’ll start digging deeper at the beginning of year 2. You’ll turn serious ideas into viable business plans. You’ll always pay close attention to end users’ technology habits. To make your technological designs a success, you have to understand the social systems at the core of your ideas. You will appreciate that tastes differ. That international tastes differ even more. The international classroom at UXD will show you how different cultures experience technology. You’ll learn how to cater for the world’s product needs.
In the first two modules of year 2, you take a minor programme, you go on an exchange or internship. And in the first half of year 3 you make an in-depth exploration of the complexities of UXD.
Internship
Your internship will be your first long-term introduction to practice. During your internship you use your knowledge, skills and attitude for example for giants like Capgemini, Intel, Apple or another company. Do an internship at one of the many great design agencies in the Randstad. Or at an IT company, a large insurer or bank. As a junior user experience designer you think about creating new concepts.
UXD is a global profession. So, why shouldn’t you use your toolbox in another country during your internship? In any case, you will discover which facets of user experience design appeal to you the most in practice. With that experience you can choose your minors or determine your graduation assignment.
You have almost finished your study. Just your graduation project. A challenge you take up without the help from your fellow students or lecturers in the second half of year 3. In the first half of this year you already have made an in-depth exploration of the complexities of UXD. This is really ‘all things UXD’! The graduation project gives you the opportunity to show which knowledge and skills you have collected in your toolbox during this three-years programme. After you have presented the results of your graduation project in a good effort you are ready to pack a punch in your new career as a digital pioneer.
Year 3
After your User Experience Design explorations in year 1, you’ll start digging deeper at the beginning of year 2. You’ll turn serious ideas into viable business plans. You’ll always pay close attention to end users’ technology habits. To make your technological designs a success, you have to understand the social systems at the core of your ideas. You will appreciate that tastes differ. That international tastes differ even more. The international classroom at UXD will show you how different cultures experience technology. You’ll learn how to cater for the world’s product needs.
In the first two modules of year 2, you take a minor programme, you go on an exchange or internship. And in the first half of year 3 you make an in-depth exploration of the complexities of UXD.
Internship
Your internship will be your first long-term introduction to practice. During your internship you use your knowledge, skills and attitude for example for giants like Capgemini, Intel, Apple or another company. Do an internship at one of the many great design agencies in the Randstad. Or at an IT company, a large insurer or bank. As a junior user experience designer you think about creating new concepts.
UXD is a global profession. So, why shouldn’t you use your toolbox in another country during your internship? In any case, you will discover which facets of user experience design appeal to you the most in practice. With that experience you can choose your minors or determine your graduation assignment.
Your graduation
You have almost finished your study. Just your graduation project. A challenge you take up without the help from your fellow students or lecturers in the second half of year 3. In the first half of this year you already have made an in-depth exploration of the complexities of UXD. This is really ‘all things UXD’! The graduation project gives you the opportunity to show which knowledge and skills you have collected in your toolbox during this three-years programme. After you have presented the results of your graduation project in a good effort you are ready to pack a punch in your new career as a digital pioneer.
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