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M.S. in Human-Computer Interaction

Solve problems creatively

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 design. This intensive two-year program teaches you how to shape new media, interactive tools, artifacts, and systems in ways that:

Contribute engaging user experiences
Serve the need of stakeholders
Facilitate communication
Enrich the lives of the people using them

You will complete your degree with a capstone project—an opportunity to showcase your work in a design space of your choice.

This program is classified as a STEM program.

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.

UX research

This career goal is for students who want to:

Engage in observations, interviews, surveys, and co-design activities (among other activities)
Develop empathy with design stakeholders
Advocate for stakeholders within organizations
Produce reports whose outcomes have impacts on design decisions

Design strategy

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

Academic 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.

Primary Track Faculty

Eli Blevis

Director HCI PhD Track
Professor of Informatics

Travis Brown

Senior Executive Assistant Dean (HCI/d, Strategy)

Christina Chung

Assistant Professor of Informatics (Health)

James Clawson

Assistant Professor of Informatics (Health)

Kay Connelly

Professor of Informatics (Health)

Hamid Ekbia

Professor of Informatics (HCI/d, Political Economy)

Dana Habeeb

Assistant Professor of Informatics (Health)

Apu Kapadia

Professor of Computer Science (Security)

Christena Nippert-Eng

Professor of Informatics (Computing, Culture, and Society CCS, Animal-Computer Interaction ACI)

Selma Sabanovic

Associate Professor of Informatics (Intelligent Interactive Systems IIS, Computer, Culture, and Society CCS, Human-Robot Interaction HRI)

Patrick Shih

Assistant Professor of Informatics (Health, Animal-Computer Interaction ACI)

Katie Siek

Professor of Informatics (Health)

Erik Stolterman

Professor of Informatics (HCI/d, Design Theory, Experience Design)

Jennifer Terrell

Senior Lecturer of Informatics (Computing, Culture, and Society CCS)

Kate Wehner

Adjunct Professor of Information and Library Science (ILS)

Justin Wood

Program Director
Associate Professor of Informatics

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

Curriculum 2020-2021

Year 1 Fall

- INFO I541 Introduction to HCI/d (3 cr.)
- INFO I542 Foundations of HCI/d (3 cr.)
- Electives (3 cr.)

Year 1 Spring

INFO I543 Interaction Design Methods (3 cr.)
INFO I561 Meaning & Form in HCI/d (3 cr.)
Electives (3 cr.)

Year 2 Fall

- INFO I694 Capstone I (3 cr.)
- Electives x2 (6 cr.)

- INFO I694 Capstone I & II (6 cr.)
- Electives (3 cr.)

Year 2 Spring

INFO I694 Capstone II (3 cr.)
Electives x2 (6 cr.)

INFO I694 Capstone I & II (6 cr.)
Electives x (3 cr.)

note: By taking both an elective in summer and winter semesters a person who enters in Spring can still graduate the following Spring

Elective Courses

In addition to required courses, students should take 15 elective credits for the MS HCI.

The following list includes elective courses that we offer or have offered in the past. Electives change each year and some electives may not be available in a particular semester. Some others may be added.

INFO I507 Introduction to Health Informatics
INFO I512 Direct Observation and Design
INFO I527 Mobile and Pervasive Design
INFO I530 Field Deployments
INFO I537 Legal and Social Informatics of Security
INFO I540 Human-Robot Interaction
INFO I544 Experience Design
INFO I549 Advanced Prototyping
INFO I566 Technology Innovation
INFO I567 Design Strategy
INFO I568 Technology Entrepreneurship
INFO I590 Topics: Seminar in ACI
INFO I590 Topics: Advanced Information Ethics
INFO I590 Topics: Prototyping with Arduino Tools
INFO I590 Topics: Cross Platform Mobile Programming
INFO I590 Topics: Creating Virtual Assets
INFO I590 Topics: Disney: Tech Tourism & Leisure
INFO I590 Topics: Product Management
INFO I590 Topics: Introduction to Virtual Reality
INFO I590 Topics: AI and Future of Work
INFO I590 Topics: Android Programming
INFO I590 (I400) Topics: Creativity and Innovation in Technology
INFO I590 Topics: Designing from Data
INFO I590 Topics: Journal Article Writing
INFO I590 Topics: Race and Technology
INFO I590 Topics: Smart Cities
INFO I590 Topics: Usable AI
INFO I590 Topics: Graduate seminar on Usable Privacy and Security
INFO I604 HCI/d Design Theory
INFO I609/I709 Advanced Seminar in HCI/d
ILS Z515 Information Architecture
ILS Z604 Information Architecture in Practice

School of Informatics, Computing, and Engineering

Department of Informatics

M.S. in Human-Computer Interaction

Solve problems creatively

Program themes

Interaction design

UX research

Design strategy

Academic scholarship & creative activity

Primary Track Faculty

Elisa Krebs

Curriculum 2020-2021

Year 1 Fall

Year 1 Spring

Year 2 Fall

Year 2 Spring

Elective Courses

Hear about our MS HCI program from current students

Learn more about our Informatics graduate programs

Find other way to meet the Luddy Graduate Team

M.S. in Human-Computer Interaction

Solve problems creatively

Program themes

Interaction design

UX research

Design strategy

Academic scholarship & creative activity

Primary Track Faculty

Elisa Krebs

Curriculum 2020-2021

Year 1 Fall

Year 1 Spring

Year 2 Fall

Year 2 Spring

Elective Courses

Hear about our MS HCI program from current students

Learn more about our Informatics graduate programs

Find other way to meet the Luddy Graduate Team

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