User Expereince and Service Design MA

UX and Service Design is a unique, research-focused Masters bringing together three of design’s emerging specialisms - UX, Service Design and Design thinking - as part of a single educational experience. <br/><br/>The course responds to continuing changes in contemporary design practice by foregrounding human experience and social research approaches.<br/>Teaching taking place over three semesters. Semester 1 focuses on principles and techniques. Then, Semester 2 sees students specialise. Lastly, in Semester 3 sees students work on a self directed project. <br/><br/>There is a strong emphasis on group work and collaboration throughout. By connecting to external organisations, companies and wider stakeholders, it is expected that you will expand horizons and push boundaries, exploring how design may contribute to real change in the areas of technology, leisure and daily-life.<br/><br/>MA UX and Service Design offers you a creative context in which to advance your existing knowledge and a space to develop new forms of practice based on a ‘reimagining’ of the possible.<br/><br/>(The University regularly ‘refreshes’ courses to make sure they are as up-to-date as possible. In addition it undertakes formal periodic review of courses in a process called revalidation’ to ensure that they continue to meet standards and are current and relevant. This course will be revalidated in the near future and it is possible that there will be some changes to the course as described in this prospectus.)