Graduate Certificate in HCI

A Graduate Certificate in Human-Computer Interaction Program is administered by the Center for Human-Computer Interaction and offered in conjunction with either a master's or doctoral degree in most departments. The certificate administrator is Dr. Scott McCrickard.

Graduate Certificate Requirements

Master's degree students complete 9 hours and doctoral students 15 hours of coursework for the certificate; at least two of the courses taken must be outside the student's degree program requirements and home department. These courses should be relevant to HCI; those in the following list are especially recommended. If the student writes a thesis or dissertation, it must be related to human-computer interaction. Students can normally fit the requirements for the certificate into their program of graduate study so that the time needed to complete the graduate degree in their basic discipline is not extended by simultaneously pursuing the certificate. Students interested in the Graduate Certificate in Human-Computer Interaction should confer with the director of the Center for Human-Computer Interaction prior to submitting a program of study to the Graduate School.

Download the certificate application, fill it out and send it to the Graduate School. The Graduate School has instructions about obtaining a certificate, make sure you read them before you proceed.

Graduate Courses

The following graduate courses (3H, 3C, unless noted otherwise) are offered through participating departments. For descriptions, see respective departments.

CS/ISE 5714	Usability Engineering
CS 5724	Models and Theories of HCI
CS 5734	Computer-Supported Cooperative Work
CS 5754	Virtual Environments
CS 5764	Information Visualization
CS 5774	User Interface Software
CS 6724	Advanced Topics In Human-Computer Interaction Digital Cities and Internet Communities Design and Software Reuse in HCI
CE 5064	Knowledge-based expert systems
EDCI 6664	Advanced Instructional Technology
ISE 5604	Human Information Processing
ISE 5605	Human Factors System Design I
ISE 5694	Macroergonomics
ISE 6604	Human Factors of Visual Display Systems
ISE 6614	Human Computer Systems
PSYCH 5354	Information Processing
STS 5424	Computers in Society