Graduate Diploma in Experience Design (GDXD) – SUSS

Graduate Diploma
(Postgraduate)

To enable graduates to design meaningful and delightful experiences that address complex business problems and wicked
social challenges in the VUCA world.

Graduate Diploma in Experience Design

Applications Open: 01 October 2022

Applications Close: 15 April 2023

Next Available Intake: July 2023

Programme Type: Graduate

Fees: View More Details on Fees

Area of Interest: Design, Business Administration

School/Department: School of Business

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Experience design is a discipline and practice that put people at the heart of design decisions when shaping and creating solutions that deliver value. Using design principles, methods, tools, and practices as the enablers and prior disciplinary knowledge from business, technology, and social sciences to name a few, students get to tackle complex business and wicked social challenges in the VUCA world and build a career path in ‘experience design’ focusing on design offerings such as information products, digital products, services, events, and processes that are useful, usable, and desirable.

This Graduate Diploma in Experience Design caters to the emerging industrial need for experience makers. Working professionals who wish to acquire and deepen their theoretical understanding and practical capabilities in the contemporary practices of experience design would benefit from this programme.

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Refer to general admission criteria for graduate programmes.

This programme is currently unable to take in international students, i.e., you must be a Singapore citizen, permanent resident, or
a resident in Singapore (e.g., Employment Pass holder) to apply for admission.

The University offers course fee concession for selected graduate programmes. Please click here for more details.

GDXD students are required to complete 30 credit units (cu) — comprising 20-cu coursework and a 10-cu applied project. However,
they can also opt to exit with the Graduate Certificate in Experience Design (GCXD) upon completion of 15-cu courses.

Courses are based on a 5-cu configuration unless stated otherwise. The candidature for GDXD has a minimum period of one (1) year
and a maximum period of two (2) years.

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Most classes are conducted in the evenings during weekdays, but some classes may be scheduled on Saturday morning/ afternoon.

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Module Types
COMPULSORY	DES531 Graduate Design Seminar DES533 Communication Design Workshop DES541 Design Inquiry: Analysis and Synthesis DES591 Collaborative Applied Project	20 cu
ELECTIVE	DES550 User Experience Design DES552 Service Design DES554 Information Design for Social Good DES556 Design by Foresight	10 cu

All graduates and professionals with a basic degree aspiring to be experience makers or applicants with the following backgrounds would benefit most from this programme:

Design	Design-Related	Non-Design Disciplines
Communication Design Information Design Interaction Design Product Design User Experience Design	Digital/ Interactive Media Engineering Design Human-Computer Interaction Human Factors	Business Communication Studies Event Management Human Services InfoComm Technology Marketing Psychology Sociology

Applicants from the non-design disciplines — when admitted to the programme — may be required to complete preparatory work on their own and attend the supplementary workshop(s) before the commencement of the programme.

Depending on the chosen electives and the completion of applied project (i.e., the portfolio), graduates can take on the following
— but not limited to — experience making positions:

Experience designer, service designer, user experience designer, and user experience researcher.

How many intake(s) are there in a year for the Grad Dip in Experience Design (GDXD)?
Currently there is only one intake every July.
Do I need design background to enter the Grad Dip in Experience Design (GDXD)?
Applicants with basic design skills and visual sensitivity — e.g., comfortable and capable of producing a decent presentation slide deck from scratch without using the templates, including using appropriate typefaces, colours, layout, and imagery — would help.

DES531 Graduate Design Seminar (2.5cu) — This course builds design vocabulary and introduces a grounded perspective on Design as a discipline and profession in contemporary practice. Through readings, light research work and reflections, students will develop their understanding of design with confidence.

DES533 Communication Design (2.5cu) — This course focuses on (a) the development of basic design concepts and practical visual skills and (b) application of design principles in mapping, documenting and communicating the process and outcome of a given design project.

How long does it take to complete the Grad Dip in Experience Design (GDXD)?
The GDXD programme duration is one (1) year and the maximum candidature period is two (2) years.
Is an interview required for admission?
Shortlisted applicants may be required to undergo one or more interviews conducted by the University.
Can I apply for course exemption?
No, currently we do not offer course exemption for courses in GDXD
Are there any attendance requirements?
Most design courses are studio-based, i.e., students are expected to work collaboratively either in a physical classroom and/ or digital workspace under the guidance of an instructor and occasionally the invited guest. You are strongly encouraged to attend all sessions or make alternate arrangement with your groupmates if you are unable to attend specific session.

Graduate Diploma in Experience Design

Graduate Diploma in Experience Design

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