Course Summary
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This highly creative course is aimed at students aspiring to a career as an interaction designer, helping to shape the digital landscape we live in. The course equips you with the skills you need to meet the challenges of a dynamic and rapidly changing industry which offers many exciting career opportunities.
Course Details
This course prepares you for working in the following Career Sectors:
What will you study?
Progression to CAO Courses
The Student - Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:
Creative
Creative people are drawn to careers and activities that enable them to take responsibility for the design, layout or sensory impact of something (visual, auditory etc). They may be atrracted to the traditional artistic pursuits such as painting, sculpture, singing, the performing arts or music. Or they may show more interest in design activities, such as architecture, animation, or craft areas, such as pottery and ceramics.
Creative people use their personal understanding of people and the world they live in to guide their work. Creative people like to work in unstructured workplaces, enjoy taking risks and prefer a minimum of routine.
Investigative
The Investigative person will usually find a particular area of science to be of interest. They are inclined toward intellectual and analytical activities and enjoy observation and theory. They may prefer thought to action, and enjoy the challenge of solving problems with sophiscticated technology. These types prefer mentally stimulating environments and often pay close attention to developments in their chosen field.
Further Research
Career Progression
Graduates with skills in interaction design have many well-paid career opportunities available to them, these include interaction design, web design, app design, user interface design (UI) user experience design (UX), user experience research, graphic design and digital publishing.