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M.S. in Human-Computer Interaction

Solve problems creatively with your M.S. in Human-Computer Interaction Design

Our Master of Science in Human-Computer Interaction Design (HCI/d) is a unique graduate experience that creates design professionals who will shape the future of design. It’s an intensive two-year program that teaches students to shape new media, interactive tools, artifacts, and systems in ways that:

Enhance usability
Augment learning
Facilitate communication
Enrich the lives of the people using them

You’ll complete your degree with a two-semester capstone project, where you’ll go in-depth on a design problem of your choice.

Program themes

Interaction design

This career goal theme is for students who want to professionally design interfaces, interactive applications, social networking sites, and digital products.

Strategic design planning

This career goal theme is for students who want to:

Start their own design consultancies
Achieve executive level positions and influence in design firms or other firms using digital technologies
Pioneer systemic design innovations for social good

Research, scholarship & creative activity

This career goal theme is for students who are considering a career in academia as a professor or researcher.

Get more information about HCI/d at IU

IU’s HCI/d program was the first in the United States to emphasize design as an equal partner to HCI.

Elisa Krebs

M.S. in HCI/d

Today

Partnering with the Indianapolis chapter of the Interaction Design Association to implement design practices that can help combat food insecurity in the city

Tomorrow

Creating and using technology for social good while focusing on the business and strategy aspects of design and interaction

Learn more about our Informatics graduate programs

If you’re interested in learning more about our Informatics graduate programs, consider attending one of our prospective graduate student events. We host online and on-campus events to give you the information you need about the admission process and available academic tracks.

What it feels like to be an HCI/d student

Review your degree requirements

Degree requirements for the M.S. in HCI/d are listed in the SICE academic bulletin. To review your specific requirements, choose the bulletin that represents the year you started, or plan to start, your program.

If your start year isn’t listed here, you can find an earlier bulletin.

2018–19 bulletin

2017–18 bulletin

2016–17 bulletin

Our fall 2018 master’s cohort

Our fall 2018 class includes 46 admitted students in the M.S. in Human-Computer Interaction Design and the M.S. in Informatics programs. The cohort comprises:

67 percent female and 33 percent male students
63 percent international and 37 percent domestic students
76 percent Asian students, 18 percent white students, 2 percent American Indian/Alaska Native students, and 4 percent who did not specify

Learn more about HCI/d at IU

Visit the HCI/d website

School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering

Department of Informatics

M.S. in Human-Computer Interaction

Solve problems creatively with your M.S. in Human-Computer Interaction Design

Program themes

Interaction design

Strategic design planning

Research, scholarship & creative activity

Elisa Krebs

Learn more about our Informatics graduate programs

Review your degree requirements

Our fall 2018 master’s cohort

Learn more about HCI/d at IU

M.S. in Human-Computer Interaction

Solve problems creatively with your M.S. in Human-Computer Interaction Design

Program themes

Interaction design

Strategic design planning

Research, scholarship & creative activity

Elisa Krebs

Learn more about our Informatics graduate programs

Review your degree requirements

Our fall 2018 master’s cohort

Learn more about HCI/d at IU

Department of Informatics resources