Certificate Overview
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General admission requirements for the graduate certificate in HCI:
Admission requirements and procedures are the same as those established for the Human-Computer Interaction Program Master's Degree in the School of Informatics. Specifically, students will be required to submit an application through the graduate school and receive a full review by the Informatics Graduate Admissions Committee, i.e., the review will take place for both master's and certificate seeking applicants. Moreover, certificate seeking applicants will need to submit the same documentation and meet the same criteria as master's seeking students, e.g., undergraduate GPA scores and references letters. GREs are not required for either. Key differences are that certificate students will NOT be required to complete an additional 15 credit hours of course work and a write a thesis.
Completion of the Certificate
Successful completion of the certificate requires at least a B average over all courses counting towards the certificate. Courses with a grade of C- or less must be taken again to count towards the certificate. The minimum grade that will be accepted in any single course is C.
Maximum number of credits that can be transferred from another institution
Applicants who have already earned credit for one or more of the equivalent courses from other institutions and other certificate programs may request to apply up to a maximum of three credits of these courses toward this certificate. Any waivers or substitutions must to be approved by the committee that oversees the program. No undergraduate courses can be applied to this certificate program.
Maximum time for completion
All requirements for the certificate must be completed within three years. Most students enrolled in this program will be part-time students, employed full time. Thus three years may be needed for the completion of all courses if students take one course per semester.
Number of credit hours taken prior to admission to the certificate program that may be counted to completion of the degree
Up to 6 equivalent credit hours taken prior to admission to the certificate program, including 3 hours taken from another institution, will be counted towards the certificate. The rest of the courses must be completed at IUPUI within a three-year period from the time of admission.
Program Administration
A committee comprised of Drs. Faiola, MacDorman, and Palakal will jointly oversee the program. All advising will be done by these faculty members. The Office of the Assistant Dean, Mark McCreary, the School of Informatics, IUPUI, will take responsibility for all record keeping and tracking of students.
Note
Students who pay an application fee as a non-degree seeking student, will have to pay an additional application fee if they decide to apply for admittance into the Certificate Program. Also, admittance into the Certificate Program will be based on the qualification standards prescribed by the program and not the academic performance of a student while they were a non-degree seeking student. For example, high levels of performance as a non-degree student does not guarantee acceptance into the program. An overall evaluation of a student academic profile is evaluated by the Graduate Committee to determine whether or not they are qualified for acceptance into the Certificate Program. See more detail below regarding admission requirements.
