Austin Center for Design offers a fixed tuition, one-year academic program intended to support professional designers:
- 4 quarters, of 8 weeks each
- Night classes, held Monday thru Thursday, for 2.5 hours each
- Weekend studio sessions, held Saturday, for 5 hours each
The total tuition of the one-year program is $8000.00, to be paid in full prior to beginning academic study.
Application forms for the 2011-2012 academic year will be available in January, 2011.
Please check back at that time.
| Quarter 1 (8 weeks) | Quarter 2 (8 weeks) | Quarter 3 (8 weeks) | Quarter 4 (8 weeks) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 30th, 2010 – October 22nd, 2010 |
October 25th, 2010 – December 17th, 2010 |
January 10th, 2011 – February 25th, 2011 |
March 7th, 2011 – April 29th,2011 |
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| Methods Monday/Wednesday 7:00 - 9:30pm |
IDSE101 Interaction Design Research and Synthesis [Professor Lauren Serota] |
IDSE201 Rapid Ideation and Creative Problem Solving |
IDSE301 Evaluation of Interaction Design Solutions |
IDSE401 Interaction Design and Social Entrepreneurship |
| Theory Tuesday/Thursday 7:00 - 9:30pm |
IDSE102 Interaction Design, Society and the Public Sector [Professor Jon Kolko] |
IDSE202 System, Service and Interaction Design |
IDSE302 Theory of Interaction Design |
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| Application Saturday 10:00am – 4:00pm (1 hour break) |
IDSE103 Interaction Design Prototyping [Professor Justin Petro] |
IDSE203 Project: Research and Synthesis |
IDSE303 Project: Ideation and Development |
IDSE403 Project: Completion |