Interaction Design Course of Study
Focus on the user experience to create digital design that deeply impacts how we live today—and tomorrow.
By considering human factors, cognitive sciences and psychology, students learn to use the way people think, feel and behave as the basis for any product, environment or system.
Curriculum is subject to change.
For students entering Fall 2026 and Spring 2027
| TERM 1 | |
| Writing Studio OR Writing Studio: Intensive | 3 |
| Design 1 | 3 |
| Sketching for Communication | 3 |
| Studio 1: Intro IxD | 3 |
| Creative Tech 1: Form & Code | 3 |
| TERM 2 | |
| Type 1: Foundation | 3 |
| Design 2: Structure & Color | 3 |
| Persuasive Sequencing | 3 |
| Studio 2: User Interface Design | 3 |
| Creative Tech 2: Networks & Data | 3 |
| TERM 3 | |
| Art of Research | 3 |
| Computer Science for Designers and Artists | 3 |
| Type 2: Structure | 3 |
| Comm Des 2: Info & Context | 3 |
| 3rd Term Review | 0 |
| Studio 3: User Research | 3 |
| Creative Tech 3: Build & Test | 3 |
| TERM 4 | |
| History and Futures of Interaction Design | 3 |
| Immersion Tech Lab | 3 |
| Materials of Art & Design | 3 |
| Type 3: Context | 3 |
| Creative Tech 4: Algorithms & AI | 3 |
| Studio 4: Digital Products | 3 |
| TERM 5 | |
| Branding Strategies | 3 |
| Motion Design 1 | 3 |
| Studio Elective: 3D Software | 3 |
| Portfolio: Process Narratives | 3 |
| Interaction Design Elective | 3 |
| TERM 6 | |
| Interaction Design Elective | 6 |
| 6th Term Review | 0 |
| TERM 7 | |
| Interaction Design Elective | 6 |
| TERM 8 | |
| Interaction Design Elective | 3 |
| Grad Studio: Professional Practices | 3 |
| ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS | |
| Humanities and Sciences electives: | |
| Humanities | 3 |
| Social Sciences | 3 |
| Science and Technology | 3 |
| Business and Professional Practice | 6 |
| Any of the above | 12 |
| Studio Electives | 15 |
| TOTAL | |
| Total H&S units | 45 |
| Total Studio units | 87 |
| Total Required Units | 132 |