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IT Graduate Concentration: Human-Computer Interaction
The Human-Computer Interaction Concentration prepares IT professionals for careers in information technology design and development. The focus is on the ways technical skills in IT can be applied in a user-centered rather than a strictly technology-centered or developer-centered way.
In the HCI Concentration, students are given the opportunity to:
- practice the research and design skills necessary to produce effective, usable human interfaces for IT systems
- deepen their understanding of cognitive and social theories underlying effective human interface design, and
- acquire the ability to make strategic decisions based on user data which will enhance the processes and products associated with IT design
Students with an HCI concentration may go on to careers in fields such as User-Centered Design, Human Factors and Usability Engineering, and Quality Assurance, contributing to a wide variety of hardware and software product areas.
| Concentration Course Options |
| Course # |
Course Title |
Semester |
| Select 3 of the following courses: |
| COMM-4690 |
Interface Design: Hypermedia Theory and Application |
Spring |
| COMM-6480 |
Theory and Research in Technical Communication and HCI |
Fall |
| COMM-6620 |
Information Architecture |
Spring |
| COMM-6740 |
Hypermedia Design and Development |
Spring |
| COMM-6750 |
Communication Design for the WWW |
Fall |
| COMM-6770 |
User-Centered Design |
Spring |
| COMM-6810 |
Studio Design in HCI |
Spring |
COMM-696X |
HCI Prototype Production |
Fall |
| COMM-696X |
Human-Media Interaction |
Spring |
| COMM-696X |
Interaction Design for the 21st Century |
Summer |
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