Ph.D. in Informatics (HCI track)
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Students in the doctoral program will explore the connections among technology, theory, empirical research and social analysis, and application domains in a diverse and multidisciplinary curriculum. This curriculum will include core courses and seminars in informatics; informatics sub-disciplines; courses in methodology and theory; electives in related disciplines inside and outside of the school; and a dissertation. In addition, students will be encouraged to pursue internships as part of the elective courses or independent studies of their program.
Graduates of this program are expected to enter academic positions in research and teaching universities or to conduct research for industries that use informatics that includes HCI-related knowledge. They should be able to shape the direction of information technology in the scholarly work they do on the social, organizational, and design environment of technologies, as well as in designing solutions for the issues confronting the biological, chemical and health-based scientific communities.
Credit Hours
A total of 90 credit hours will be required for this degree. No more than 30 of those hours would be counted from a master's degree taken at Indiana University or a graduate program at another university. (An additional 6 hours of master's thesis or capstone project may be counted toward the Ph.D. at the discretion of the student's program committee, assuming the thesis or capstone project is of sufficient research quality.)
The 90 credit hours will consist of:
24 hours of required Informatics courses:
- Core courses: 15 hours
- Seminars: 6 hours
- Professionalism/Pedagogy 3 hours
12 hours in theory and methodology courses
21 to 30 hours in electives
21 to 30 hours for dissertation work
Contact Information
For more information on the HCI Program at IUPUI, contact Anthony Faiola.
