Address complex issues with a human-centered and socially responsible perspective

Our Master of Science in Human-Computer Interaction Design (HCI/d) is a unique graduate experience that creates professionals who will shape the future of human-centered design. This intensive two-year program enables you to shape interactive experiences, services, and systems in ways that:

• Positively impact the user experience (UX)
• Serve the need of diverse stakeholders
• Facilitate communication and collaboration
• Enrich the lives of the people and communities using them

You will complete a combination of required studio courses, which allow you to interact in a hands-on, collaborative learning environment. You will also choose elective courses to round out your own areas of specialization as an HCI/d professional.

This program is classified as a STEM program.

All students will build skills in interaction design, design strategy, and user research methods as part of the core studio courses at the heart of the HCI/d program. Beyond this core, students select electives to further differentiate themselves in ways that inform their unique design perspective.

Common ways students make the program their own include:

• Connecting different forms of domain or technical knowledge to their HCI/d knowledge (e.g., connecting perspectives from data science, visualization, AI, education, public policy, or other fields)
• Leveraging unique disciplinary perspectives (e.g., using your undergraduate degree in architecture, engineering, or virtually any other field to enrich your HCI-focused perspective)
• Preparing for specific industry sectors (e.g., working in a Fortune 500 or 100 company, at an agile startup, or considering working in organizations with higher or lower UX maturity)
• Identifying specific types of job role specialization (e.g., jobs that focus more on the design of user interfaces, user research, product management, or generalist positions)

Our alumni go on to work in a wide range of industries and job roles all over the world. As UX- and HCI-related job roles have evolved, we continue to prepare students to effectively adapt to the changing strategic and technology landscape and become leaders. Our graduates take a broad range of job roles, including: UX designer, UX researcher, product manager, UX engineer, and more. Many of our alumni have also contributed to creating cultures of UX majority in their respective organizations, taking on design leadership positions and impacting the future of the profession.

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