Our educational programs foster individuals with diverse and substantive skills. Our graduates have the interpretive vision to apply their skills in tangible and effective ways regardless of fashion within the academic HCI community. They are able to demonstrate and effectively argue for the value of strategic, human- centered design to technology- centered and enterprise-centered colleagues in their post-graduate life. They also are leaders with the power and influence to ensure that human-centered thinking drives technology and enterprise. They are literate, capable, and engaging not only about design, but also about technology and business.
Our HCI/d program is based on the educational philosophy that students must be involved in challenging work that stimulates intellectual
development, enhances collaborative and communicative skills, and develops design competence. The students are involved in design projects in
courses, in individual or team based independent studies, and in research projects with faculty.
Our masters' students frequently participate in design competitions. They have been highly successful in the CHI Student Design Competition. CHI is
the most prestigious internationally HCI conference. Last year, 2007, the competition attracted around 60 team contributions from around the world.
Out of 12 teams who were selected for the finals and invited to the conference, five teams came from our program! Two teams ended up in the third
and fourth place!
The years before, both in 2006 and in 2005, teams from our program won first place!!! We are proud and happy that our students finish over schools
such as Georgia Tech, Michigan, Savannah College of Art, and Carnegie-Mellon University. At the conference CHI 2004, held in Vienna, Austria, IU
Informatics teams took second and fourth place.
If you want to see some typical student capstone projects please go here
HCI/d M.S. Program
The master's of science degree in Human-Computer Interaction Design is structured as a 36 credit hour program of study. Twenty-four credit hours are core to HCI/d, required of all students. Twelve credit hours need to be carefully chosen to create an area of specialization that you are combining with your HCI/d credentials. For more information on the curriculum and specific courses, download the HCI/d graduate student handbook.
HCI/d Master's program outline
For more information on the capstone courses, download the HCI/d capstone project handbook.
For more information emailgraduate@informatics.indiana.edu
You can find application information here.
