In-person Human-Computer Interaction Master's Requirements

All HCI students must complete a final MS capstone project by registering for two courses: INFO-H 680 HCI Professional Practice 1 and INFO-H 681 HCI Professional Practice 2, taken in two consecutive semesters. Each course includes a formally scheduled in-class time that students must attend. Students will work on one comprehensive, final MS HCI project that extends throughout the two courses, i.e., in both fall and spring semesters. Students will receive an official grade at the conclusion of each course/semester. Incompletes are not permitted.

The MS Thesis option is reserved for students who possess a demonstrated ability to carry out publishable empirical research. Qualified students must find a research-active faculty member willing to advise them on a thesis by the end of the first semester.

Students taking the Thesis option must take and successfully pass LIS-S 506 Introduction to Research or an equivalent research methods course decided in concert with the thesis advisor by the completion of their first year. It is the student’s responsibility to propose a thesis that can be completed within a two-semester timeline. To do this, students MUST provide their primary thesis advisor with a full thesis proposal and outline that includes a timeline for the writing of the thesis.

Fall one

• INFO-H 541 Interaction Design Practice
• INFO-H 543 Interaction Design Methods
• HCI selective or elective

Spring one

• INFO-H 563 Psychology of HCI
• INFO-H 564 Prototyping Interactive Systems
• HCI selective or elective

Summer one (optional)

• HCI selective or elective

Fall two

• INFO-H 680 HCI Professional Practice 1
• HCI selective or elective
• HCI selective or elective

Spring two

• INFO-H 681 HCI Professional Practice 2
• HCI selective or elective
• HCI selective or elective (If not taken in summer)

Spring one

• INFO-H 541 Interaction Design Practice
• INFO-H 543 Interaction Design Methods
• HCI selective or elective

Summer one (optional)

• INFO-H 563 Psychology of HCI, HCI selective, or elective

Fall one

• INFO-H 564 Prototyping Interactive Systems
• INFO-H 563 Psychology of HCI (if not taken in summer), HCI selective, or elective
• HCI selective or elective

Spring two

• INFO-H 680 HCI Professional Practice 1
• HCI selective or elective
• HCI selective or elective

Summer two (optional)

• HCI selective or elective

Fall two

• INFO-H 681 HCI Professional Practice 2
• HCI selective or elective (If not taken in summer)
• HCI selective or elective (If not taken in summer)

Fall one

• INFO-H 541 Interaction Design Practice
• INFO-H 543 Interaction Design Methods

Spring one

• INFO-H 564 Prototyping Interactive Systems
• HCI selective or elective

Summer one

• INFO-H 563 Psychology of HCI
• HCI selective or elective

Fall two

• INFO-H 680 HCI Professional Practice 1
• HCI selective or elective

Spring two

• INFO-H 681 HCI Professional Practice 2
• HCI selective or elective

Summer two

• HCI selective or elective
• HCI selective or elective

Spring one

• INFO-H 541 Interaction Design Practice
• INFO-H 543 Interaction Design Methods

Summer one

• INFO-H 563 Psychology of HCI
• HCI selective or elective

Fall one

• INFO-H 564 Prototyping Interactive Systems
• HCI selective or elective

Spring two

• INFO-H 680 HCI Professional Practice 1
• HCI selective or elective

Summer two

• HCI selective or elective
• HCI selective or elective

Fall two

• INFO-H 681 HCI Professional Practice 2
• HCI selective or elective