Graduate Certificate in Human-Computer Interaction
An online HCI opportunity
ONLINE OPTION
You have the option to complete this certificate entirely online.
The field of human-computer interaction touches almost everything we do. Drawing from business, psychology, computing, medicine, and other disciplines, its focus on the user experience and emerging technology is unique.
Get a solid introduction to UX design principles when you earn our graduate certificate in HCI.
Boosting your technical skill set
Knowledge of human-computer interaction makes you highly marketable, as employers seek graduates with experience in this emerging field. An understanding of the Internet of Things, as well as HCI and UX theory, is quickly becoming essential.
Financial aid available
The HCI Graduate Certificate program offers financial aid to qualified domestic applicants who are considered non-residents (for tuition purposes) of the state of Indiana. This financial aid would reduce the tuition portion of their bursar fees (the cost per credit hour) to the equivalent of the Indiana resident rate.
For maximum convenience, students have the option of completing the 15-credit-hour HCI graduate certificate entirely online.
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Degree Requirements
All certificate requirements must be completed within three years and with a minimum cumulative G.P.A. of 3.0 (B). Courses with a grade below a B- will not count.
Required Core (12 cr.)
| Course | Fall | Spring | Online |
|---|---|---|---|
| INFO H541 Interaction Design Practice (3 cr.) | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| INFO H563 Psychology of HCI (3 cr.) | Yes | No | Yes |
| INFO H543 Interaction Design Methods (3 cr.) | Yes | No | Yes |
| INFO H561 Meaning and Form in HCI (3 cr.)* | No | Yes | Yes |
*We advise students to take H541 before H561.
Specialization Requirements (3 cr.)
Select one course.
| Course | Fall | Spring | Online |
|---|---|---|---|
| INFO H564 Prototyping for Interactive Systems | No | Yes | Yes |
| INFO H566 Experience Design for Ubiquitous Computing | No | Yes | No |
| INFO H565 Collaborative and Social Computing | No | Yes | No |
| INFO H517 Visualization Design, Analysis, and Evaluation | Yes | No | |
| INFO H567 Internet-of-Things Interface Design for Business Innovation | Yes | No | |
| INFO H570 Experience Design for Tangible and Embodied Systems | Yes | Yes | |
| INFO H583 Conversational User Interfaces: Experience Design and Applications | Yes | Yes | |
| Other HCI graduate courses may become available and may be used to fulfill the specialization requirement. |
Note: The semester a course is offered can change. The student is responsible for checking the Registrar for confirmation.
Note: Applicants who have already earned credit for one or more equivalent courses from other institutions and programs may request to apply/transfer up to three credits toward this certificate, subject to approval. No undergraduate courses can be applied to certificate requirements.