Putting Art Skills to Work
Interaction Design
Great technology doesn't just solve problems—it puts real people at the center of the user experience.
LVC’s Interaction Design (IXD) major shows you how to blend science, tech, creativity, and design while you develop applications, products, and experiences that deliver exactly what they promise.
To make your LVC dreams a reality, need-based departmental scholarships are available.
Learn More About the Program
When IXD majors go to work, they merge design and technology to improve the human experience. That means becoming an expert in topics including design, communications, electronics, data, programming, research and development, and project management. At LVC, you’ll gain skills in each of those in-demand fields. Double-major in the Digital Communications program and develop an even wider range of skills.
100%
Percentage of students who land internships
$78,300
median annual wage for web developers and digital designers 2021 (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
23%
job growth for web developers 2021–31 (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
Equipment Available to IXD Majors
- Sewing/Embroidery Machine*
- Vinyl Cutters*
- Heat Press*
- Paper Cutter
*Students must complete a designated training with the department to use.
- Cameras, DSLRs & GoPros
- Drone
- Dollies & Tripods
- Greenscreens
- Tascams
- Headphones
- Light Kits
- Microphones (lavaliere, shotgun, standard)
- PRUSA i3 3D Printers
- PRUSA SL1S Resin Printers
- DREMEL 3D Printer
- MakerBot Replicators
- MakerBot Digitizer
- Intelligent 3D Pen
*Students must complete a designated training with the department to use.
- Revopoint 3D Scanner*
- HP 3D Capture Stage*
- HP sprout computer w/ camera stand
*Students must complete a designated training with the department to use.
- Roland SRM20 Desktop CNC
- Glowforge Laser Cutter
- Epilog Edge Laser Cutter 24×12
- Vaquform
*Students must complete a designated training with the department to use.
- Lightform Spatial Projection
- Digital Projectors
- Ultraleap 3D Stereo Hand Tracking
- Oculus Rift
- HoloLens Headsets
- HTC VIVE
- Metaquest Headsets
*Students must complete a designated training with the department to use.
- Soldering Stations
- Raspberry Pis
- Arduinos (Uno Rev3, Uno Wifi R2)
- Electrical components, transducers and actuators (Bone Conductor amps, sensors, heartrate sensors, etc.)
- Prototyping Equipment (Breadboards, 22g wire, connectors, etc.)
- Helping hands
- Multimeters
- Portable Oscilloscope
- Hot Glue Guns
- Heat Gun
- Utility Knives
- Tape Measures
- Screwdrivers
- Wrenches
- Pliers
- Ratchets
- Wire Cutters
Career Opportunities
IXD graduates land jobs in fields as diverse as the work they do. Advertising and marketing agencies, businesses, educational institutions, and science and healthcare organizations all turn to LVC students to build innovative products and services.
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App Creator
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Programmer
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Project Manager
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Information Architect
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Chief Marketing Officer
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Web Developer
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UX Designer
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Interaction Designer
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Creative Director
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Content Strategist
In Their Words
The Interaction Design program here at LVC is exciting, inclusive, and covers a wide variety of interesting and helpful topics. This program has already offered me a plethora of work and learning opportunities.
Emilie Whitewolf
’25,
Interaction Design
One of my favorite classes was interaction design. Something we did through that class was target a specific field that needed UX assistance—in this case healthcare—which then lead me to my career in UX and healthcare. Specific projects included things like creating interfaces that minimize data for doctors to visualize, as they have to take in a lot of information quickly, or working on assignments like a heart rate monitor screen and a pill tracking app.
Jonathan Lam
’23,
Associate Application Analyst – UI/UX, Universal Health Services, Inc. (UHS)
We revise the major approximately once every four years to address changes in technology and the industry. LVC is one of the first in the mid-Atlantic to make design thinking/human-centered design central to curricula.
Dr. Jeff Ritchie,
Chair and Professor of Design, Media, & Technology
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