Core Courses

Below is a tentative schedule of course offerings. Please use OSCAR for final course offerings each term. Sample course syllabi provide a snapshot of what was taught in prior years. Check with the professor teaching the current course for updated syllabi. 

Fixed Core (9 credit hours)
Course Number Course Title Website / Syllabus Semester Offered
CS/ID/LMC/PSYC 6753 HCI Professional Preparation and Practice (1 credit, taken twice) Fall 2020 Fall
PSYC 6023 Psychology Research Methods for HCI (4 credits) Fall 2020 Fall
CS/PSYC 6755 Human-Computer Interaction Foundations (must be taken during the first semester)
(3 credits)
Fall 2020 Fall

Students are expected to take CS/PSYC 6755 and PSYC 6023 during the same semester.  A minimum grade of “B” is required in each of the Fixed Core classes.

Interactive Computing Specialization (9 credit hours)

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Course Number Typically Taught Website/Syllabus Course Title
Software (3 credit hours):
CS 6452 Fall Fall 2017 Prototyping Interactive Systems
CS 6456 Fall Fall 2016 Principles of User Interface Software
CS 6457 Fall, Spring Fall 2018 Video Game Design
CS 7450 Fall Fall 2017 Information Visualization
CS 7470 Fall, Spring Fall 2018, Spring 2019 Ubiquitous Computing
CS 7633 Fall Fall 2016 Human-Robot Interaction
CS 8803-MAS Fall, Spring Spring 2017 Special Topics: Mobile Apps and Services
Design, Evaluation, and Cognitive Modeling (6 credit hours):
CS 6150 Rarely taught   Computing for Good
CS 6440 S17, S18, S19 Spring 2018 Introduction to Health Informatics
CS 6451 Fall   Human-Centered Computing
CS 6454 Fall   Qualitative Methods in HCI
CS 6457 Fall   Video Game Design
CS 6460 Fall, Spring Spring 2019 Educational Technology: Conceptual Foundations
CS 6470 Spring Spring 2016 Design of Online Communities
CS 6474 Spring Fall 2017, Fall 2018 Social Computing
CS 6730 Fall   Data Visualization Principles
CS/INTA 6745 Fall   Information and Communication Technologies and Global Development
CS/ID 6763     Design of Interactive Environments
CS 6770/LMC 6340 Spring   Mixed Reality Experience Design
CS 6795 Spring   Introduction to Cognitive Science
CS 7450 Fall Fall 2017, Fall 2018 Information Visualization
CS 7632 Spring Spring 2018 Game AI
CS 7633 Fall Fall 2016 Human-Robot Interaction
CS 8803-ANI Fall   Animal Interaction
CS 8803-CC     Computational Creativity
CS 8803-HI Spring   Personal Health Informatics
CS 8803-PP Fall   Physical Prototyping in HCI

A minimum grade of “B” is required in each of the Interactive Computing Specialization classes.

Digital Media Specialization (12 credit hours)
Course Number Typically Taught Website / Syllabus Course Title
One of the following courses preferably taken in the first year of study:
LMC 6310 Fall Fall 2017 The Computer as an Expressive Medium
LMC 6313 Spring Spring 2018 Principles of Interactive Design
LMC 6399 Fall   Discovery and Invention in Digital Media

Students may fulfill the rest of the required 9 credits hours with any other LMC 6000 or 8000 level course.

A maximum of 3 hours of LCC 8903 Special Problems in HCI may count toward the Digital Media specialization.

A minimum grade of “B” is required in each of the Digital Media Specialization classes.

Industrial Design Specialization (12 credit hours)
Course Number Typically Taught Website/Syllabus Course Title
Required ID Courses (5 credit hours):
ID 6101 Spring   Human-Centered Design
ID 6402 Spring   Visualizing Communication for Interaction
Choose one of the following courses (4 credits):
ID 6213 Spring   Grad Studio Two | Health and Wellness
ID 6214 Spring   Grad Studio Two | Interactive Products
Choose one of the following courses (3 credit hours, courses with an asterisk* are highly recommended)
ID 6100 Fall   Intro to ID Studies
*ID 6216 Spring   Service Design, Brand & Value Creation
ID 6510 Fall   Design of Interaction
ID 6515 Spring Spring 2018 Interface Prototyping
*ID 6763 Fall Spring 2019 Design of Interactive Environments
ID 6800 Fall   Universal Design
ID 6820 Spring   Web Design Accessibility
ID 7451 Fall   Wearable Technologies for Health
ID 7501 Spring   Craft Exploration Methods
ID 7651 Fall   Consumer Electronics Design
ID 8803-TP Fall   Technology of Poetic Objects

A minimum grade of “B” is required in each of the Industrial Design Specialization classes.

Psychology Specialization (10 credit hours)
Course Number Typically Taught Website/Syllabus Course Title
Required (4 credit hours):
PSYC 6022 Fall, Spring Fall 2018 Psychological Statistics for HCI (4 credit hours including lab)
Two of the following courses (6 credit hours):
PSYC 6011 Fall Fall 2016 Cognitive Psychology
PSYC 6012     Social Psychology
PSYC 6013     Biopsychology
PSYC 6014 Spring 2015 Sensation and Perception
PSYC 6017 Spring   Human Abilities
PSYC 6041 Spring   Topics in Cognitive Aging
PSYC 6060     Psych of Aging
PSYC 6270 Fall   Psych Testing
PSYC 7101 Spring Spring 2019 Engineering Psychology I
PSYC 7102 Fall   Engineering Psychology II
PSYC 8000     History & Systems

* Note: PSYC 2020 = Psychological Statistics, currently equivalent to PSYC 6022 Psychological Statistics for HCI, which is required for all Psych Track students.

A minimum grade of “B” is required in each of the Psychology Specialization classes.

 

Last modified: Sep. 2, 2023