[IxDA Discuss] Best schools for HCI degrees?

[Lilly Irani]

Stanford has several degrees related to HCI, all of which take courses in
their home departments and under the umbrella d.school (
http://www.stanford.edu/group/dschool/). None of the programs do much to
prepare you in visual design or very specific 2-d interaction design, but
provide a lot of opportunities to engage in product and experience design
since the dschool faculty are pulled heavily from places like IDEO and Jump
Associates.

No matter what program you're in, it's easy to take classes in other
programs.

   - MS Computer Science - Human Computer Interaction - Pretty flexible
   with elective units but requires Computer Science breadth (graphics,
   programming, etc). You can waive out of the breadth with equivalent
   coursework. Especially good if you're interested in ubiquitous computing
   - MA Education - Learning, Design, Technology (
   http://www.stanford.edu/dept/SUSE/cgi-bin/ldt/index.html) - Focus is
   on educational applications of interaction and experience design.



On 1/2/07, Michael Tuminello <mt at motiontek.com> wrote:
>
> Rensselaer Polytechnic has a masters degree in HCI, as well as a
> certificate, and it is at least to some degree doable remotely.   I
> am not sure exactly to what extent (I have heard that it is, but also
> heard that very few of the necessary courses are actually scheduled
> for the "working professionals" distance learning, which would make
> it a lengthy proposition to get the degree).
>
> I have been looking for some time for part-time or distance education
> options in NYC - if anyone knows of anything, I'd love to hear about
> it.  (ITP is fulltime only, as is the Parsons design and technology
> program).  Actually that's another to potentially add to the list:
> http://dt.parsons.edu
>
> Michael
>
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