From mobile apps to online games, from smart accessories to using digital devices, interaction design is needed everywhere. Keeping in view the growing demand for professional digital designers in the past few years, IIT Mumbai's IDC School of Design has launched an e-Postgraduate Diploma in Interaction Design, which deals with Interaction Design and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI). Professionals who complete this course will be given academic credits by IIT Mumbai. For the first time in the last 25 years, IIT Mumbai will offer academic credits to professionals.
IIT Mumbai's IDC School of Design has been providing short courses in Interaction Design and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) to working professionals for over 25 years. However, considering the increasing demand for professional digital designers in the past few years, IIT Mumbai has decided to expand its post graduate degree program for professionals. Accordingly, a new program called e-Postgraduate Diploma in Interaction Design has been taken up.
A course on Human-Computer Interaction, popular among professionals and introduced by IIT Mumbai since 2000, has been included under the title Design of Interactive Products with 12 credits. Along with 7 other courses, students will learn Qualitative Research Methods in Design, Quantitative Research Methods in Design, Human Factors in Interaction Design, introduction to virtual and augmented reality, game design principles and practice, data visualization, and theoretical approaches to design are offered.
This initiative marks the first time in 25 years that IIT Mumbai will provide academic credits to professionals. In this, professionals will get 6 to 12 credits for each course. Once a learner earns 36 or more credits (by attending 5 to 6 courses) they can use it to earn the e-Postgraduate Diploma in Interaction Design from IIT Mumbai. Students can accumulate these credits in an academic bank of credits and use them for other programs.
Candidates do not need to register in advance for the entire program of e-Postgraduate Diploma in Interaction Design, but if a candidate is interested in a course, they have to register for it. The first class of this course will be conducted between March 17 and April 1, 2025. Some of the courses in the e-Postgraduate Diploma in Interaction Design program will be conducted in person, some will be online and some will be conducted in both formats. Registration has started for all upcoming courses.
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