求比较HCI项目 美帝Pratt Ixd和EIT HCID

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楼主本专业景观,今年转专业申请HCI方向的项目,目前拿到的项目中有两个比较心仪的。
可能都比较小众。
第一个是艺术院校Pratt Institute,School of Information的 Information Experience Design。
学校给了半奖,颁奖后学费13000刀一年,共两年。学校在曼哈顿,所以估计生活费比较高了,听过读下来50w+ rmb的样子。
我这个专业是stem项目,应该是多3年opt的,对于我来来说,能在那边实习3年我还是很向往的,而且听说纽约的机会还是比较多的。
第二个是EIT的HCID项目,第一年在芬兰Aalto 第二年在瑞典的KTH。拿双学位(我本身已经有个ms,这样读下来会有三个……其实有点怪怪的)。
学校也给了半奖,颁奖后学费,6000欧元一年,共计两年;每个月给500欧生活费,最多给24个月,每隔12个月申请一次。读下来大约20w rmb。
第二年在kth的课程 明显偏向cs,我虽然有一些代码学习经历,但比较粗浅,就是java和html
学过一些。
Pratt的项目网上信息很少……我比较担心虽然Ixd(交互设计和用户研究)在美帝算是一个比较热门的行业,但艺术院校在找工作、实习的时候竞争力不行。虽然听说这个项目还蛮商业的,和各种公司合作还行。回国的话其实这块比较空白,而且艺术院校的名头甚至不如我浙好用?纽约和stem对我来说是有吸引力的,而且我也想在美国多待一段,能找到工作是最好。
EIT项目两个学校其实也不算大牛,但教学质量应该还是有保证的,主要是花费才不到20w,楼主家里不属于富裕那种吧,经济还是蛮重要的一个因素(虽然我导师的意见是,这相差得30w,在美帝3年肯定赚回来了)。EIT项目更偏向CS(外行视角),看起来的话宽度更大,就业面更广,但欧洲互联网发展似乎不太好,感觉实习机会也不多,不要说留下来工作啥的……而且太传统CS方向,我其实担心自己毕不毕得了业哈哈。
从回国发展来看,我感觉这三所学校的影响力差不多,但EIT因为学了很多CS或许会更好找工作一些?
附上两家的课程设置,
Pratt:REQUIRED COURSES (5 COURSES, 15 CREDITS)
Foundation (1 course, 3 credits)
INFO 601 Foundations of Information

IXD Core (2 courses, 6 credits)
INFO 643 Information Architecture & Interaction Design
INFO 644 Usability Theory & Practice

Technology Core (2 courses, 6 credits) – Choose at least two
INFO 654 Information Technologies*
INFO 637 Programming User Interfaces
INFO 638 Web Development
INFO 639 Database Design & Development
INFO 664 Programming for Cultural Heritage
INFO 697 Special Topics (with permission)

*INFO 654 Information Technologies is required but may be waived for students with have sufficient technical knowledge and/or experience; for more information please visit the Information Technologies course waiver page.

ELECTIVE COURSES (7 COURSES, 21 CREDITS)

Institute-wide Elective (1–2 courses, MAX 6 credits)
Pratt Institute graduate-level courses (requires permission of program coordinator). Recommended departments include Digital Arts, Graduate Communications Design, Industrial Design, Arts and Cultural Management, and Design Management.

Electives (5–6 courses, 15–18 credits)
INFO 608 Human Information Interaction
INFO 630 Research Methods & Design
INFO 640 Data Analysis
INFO 641 Visual Communication & Information Design
INFO 642 Content Strategy
INFO 646 Digital Product Design
INFO 648 Mobile Interaction Design
INFO 649 Practical Ethnography for User Experience
INFO 650 Speculative Design
INFO 658 Information Visualization
INFO 681 Community Building & Engagement
INFO 682 Projects in Information Experience Design
INFO 685 Digital Analytics: Web, Mobile and Social Media
INFO 693 Audience Research and Evaluation
INFO 696 Advanced Projects in Information Visualization
INFO 697 Special Topics (with permission)
INFO 698 Practicum/Seminar in Information Science
INFO 699 Independent Study
其实感觉CS课程也蛮多的,但是毕竟艺术院校,感觉教学质量会不会不如传统工科院校?或者更为商业化,被艺术设计渗透更多?我自己背景是设计类。

EIT:
第一年(Aalto)
Compulsory major courses:
User-Centered Methods for Product and Service Design (5 ECTS)
Select one of the following courses:CS-E5220 User Interface Construction (5 ECTS)
orELEC-E7851 Computational User Interface Design (5 ECTS)
Elective major courses:Select at least 2 ECTS over the two semesters:
CS-C3120 Human-Computer Interaction (5 ECTS)
CS-E3210 Machine Learning: Basic Principles (5 ECTS)CS-C3100 Computer Graphics (5 ECTS)
CS-E4400 Design of WWW services (5 ECTS)ELEC-E7890 User Research (5 ECTS)
CS-E4450 Explorative Information Visualization (5 ECTS)
CS-E50xx Seminars and Special courses in Software and Service Engineering (5 ECTS)
Compulsory I&E courses:CS-E5120 Introduction to Digital Business and Venturing (3 ECTS)
CS-E5130 Digital Business Management (4 ECTS)
SECOND SEMESTERCompulsory major coursesCS-E4200 Emergent User Interfaces (5 ECTS)
CS-E5200 Design Project (10 ECTS)CS-E5210 Usability Evaluation (5 ECTS)
Elective major coursesCS-E4840 Information Visualization (5 ECTS)
CS-E4800 Artificial Intelligence (5 ECTS)
CS-E5520 Advanced Computer Graphics (5 ECTS)
CS-E50xx Seminars and Special courses in Software and Service Engineering (5 ECTS)
Compulsory I&E coursesTU-E4100 Startup Experience, BDL (9 ECTS)
CS-E5140 Global Business in the Digital Age (4 ECTS)CS-E5430 ICT Innovation Summer School (4 ECTS)
第二年 KTH
Specialisation: Mobile and Ubiquitous Interaction

Compulsory courses:DH2400 Physical interaction design and realization (7.5 ECTS)
ID2216 Developing mobile applications (7.5 ECTS)
ME2096 ICT Innovation Study Project (6.0 ECTS)
IL222X Degree Project in Electronic- and Computer Systems (30 ECTS)
One of the following:II2202 Research Methodology and Scientific Writing (7.5 ECTS)
AK2036 Theory and Methodology of Science with Applications (Natural and Technological Science) (7.5 ECTS)
Elective Courses:DH2670 Haptics, Tactile and Tangible Interaction (7.5 ECTS)
DT2140 Multimodal Interaction and Interfaces (7.5 ECTS)ID2012 Ubiquitous Computing (7.5 ECTS)
II2302 Sensor Based Systems (7.5 ECTS)
IK2560 Mobile Networks and Services (7.5 ECTS)

我看来,EIT这个课程设置更CS导向。但其实CS细分方向也很多,还想请教下这个课程设置毕业后一般可以从事哪些工作?发展前景如何
我内心比较偏向美帝的offer,毕竟一开始留学就是为了去那边。本来想过如果Pratt课程安排比较宽松在平时也去实习的,听说不大现实?
目前都没找到这两个院校得直系学长,很多都是道听途说,选择起来蛮纠结的,不知道大家是否能给一些意见,提前谢谢了。
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