Degree Requirements
Back to Human-Computer Interaction
New core and elective requirements do not take effective until Fall 2007. All students entering the HCI program before then should follow the set requirements that were in place at the time of admittance.
Core (21 cr.)
INFO I501 Introduction to Informatics (3 cr.)
INFO I541 HCI Design 1 (3 cr.)
INFO I561 HCI Design 2 (3 cr.)
INFO I543 Usability and Evaluative Methods (3 cr.)
INFO I575 Informatics Research Design (3 cr.)
INFO I563 Psychology of HCI (3 cr.)
INFO I564 Prototyping for Interactive Systems (3 cr.)
Electives (9 cr.)
Informatics / New Media
INFO I503 Social Impact of Information Technologies (3 cr.)
INFO I505 Informatics Project Management (3 cr.)
INFO I534 Seminar in Human Computer Interaction (1-3 cr.)
INFO I550 Legal and Business Issues in Informatics (3 cr.)
INFO I554 Independent Study in Human Computer Interaction (1-3 cr.)
INFO I590 Topics in Informatics (3 cr.)
NEWM N503 Digital Media Application Design Processes (3 cr.)
NEWM N510 Web-Database Concepts (3 cr.)
NEWM N501 Foundations of Digital Production (3 cr.)
NEWM N504 Advanced Interactive Design Applications (3 cr.)
Herron / Design Thinking & Methods
HER V501 Intro to Design Thinking [Fall Wks 1-8 Seminar] (1.5 cr.)
HER V502 Intro to Human Factors in Design [Fall Wks 1-8 Seminar] (1.5 cr.)
HER V511 People-Centered Design Research [Fall Wks 1-8 Methods] (1.5 cr.)
HER V521 Design Analysis [Fall Wks 9-16 Methods] (1.5 cr.)
HER V531 Design Synthesis [Spring Wks 1-8 Methods] (1.5 cr.)
HER V541 Design Evaluation [Spring Wks 9-16 Methods] (1.5 cr.)
HER R511 Studio: Designing Integrated Experiences 1 [Fall] (3 cr.)
HER R512 Studio: Designing Integrated Experiences 2 [Spring] (6 cr.)
Note: Herron design courses are offered during the day. Full time graduate students are encouraged to register for these courses as electives.
Library & Information Science
SLIS L505 Organization and Representation of Knowledge & Information (3 cr.)
SLIS L509 Introduction to Research and Statistics (3 cr.)
SLIS L545 Systems Analysis and Design (3 cr.)
SLIS L546 User-centered Database Design (3 cr.)
SLIS L571 Information Architecture for the Web (3 cr.)
SLIS L625 Information in the Social Sciences (3 cr.)
Social Sciences
PSY I643 Field Methods and Experiments (3 cr.)
SOC S551 Sociological Research Methods (3 cr.)
SOC S659 Qualitative Methods in Sociology (3 cr.)
ANTH E404 Field Methods in Ethnography (3 cr.)
X000 Courses from the social sciences: psychology, sociology, anthropology (3 cr.)
Computer Science
CSCI 507 Object-Oriented Design and Programming (3 cr.)
CSCI 550 Computer Graphics (3 cr.)
CSCI 552 Advanced Graphics and Visualization (3 cr.)
Project/Thesis (6 cr.)
INFO I694 Thesis/Project in Human Computer Interaction (1-6 cr.)
