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@uxward@c.imMy son is considering majoring in #UX in college. I'm very conflicted about it.
With the rare exception (e.g. Center Centre, SCAD), I have little confidence in schools' abilities to effectively train #UXDesign candidates.
I feel like he'd do better to take specific classes instead on HCI, cognitive psychology, research, graphic design, etc.
Thoughts?
I guess what I'm saying is I don't doubt the value of a degree or taking classes...I simply haven't seen UX college grads prepared very well for jumping into employment even at a junior level. I've had better experience with on-the-job learners. It could also just be my experience, and therefore bias.
I do believe Pavel is correct that CMU could also be valid.
I was worried that my experience (undergrad in music and theatre, + MS in sound design for games) was biasing me against the college path. Everything I learned in undergrad and grad is applicable, but I had to bridge all that info on my own (I designed my own MS degree for example). And I did all while working in the industry.
All the best IxD/UX folk I know went to school for something else (largely because there wasn't any formal program for it at the time, but also IDK that I or they would've done it anyway, at that time). So this biases me against it.
He's actually thinking of double-majoring in Mechanical Engineering and UX. I told him to major in engineering, maybe minor or dbl. major in design or HCI or just cog psy if he wants to...and then just do good work on the projects he can find.
You all are making me feel like this is likely a better path than a UX degree, regardless of the school.
@uxward "Ignorance is the ultimate enemy" -human history
There's argument for the major economic sector leaders, systematically 'dumbing-down' the educational sector - the 'ultimate root' sector.
The 70's and 80's in the US produced the most 'middle parties' in its history. Parties like Green and Libertarian, were viable in sustaining a full-ranged America. So if you're in control of banking, chemical, pharma, war/munitions, etc., amongst the top of the US trickle-down economy; it's easier to deploy a gouging system that 'capital'izes on the weaker. Even religion refers to this oppressive math as The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse'. And now that nature has accelerated bipolar patterns, that equally 'exlcude-the-middle'; it's even more crucial to 'invert' the US public education system toward making #BehavioralScience core #education, lest too much of the masses remain hoodwinked, bamboozled, into utter collapse.