2025-2026 Graduate Catalog

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2025-2026 Graduate Catalog

Human-Centered Interaction Design, Individualized Concentration Sequence

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Recommended Sequence for the Two-Year Master of Science in Human-Centered Interaction Design with the Individualized Concentration

The sequence that appears below is based upon the availability of specific courses in each semester and the successful completion of course prerequisites.

First Year

Fall Semester

HCID 500 - Design Perspectives (3 semester hours)
HCID 504 - Qualitative Discovery Research (3 semester hours)

Total Semester Hours: 6

Spring Semester

HCID 510 - Theories of Human Interaction (3 semester hours)
HCID 520 - Users and Populations (3 semester hours)

Total Semester Hours: 6

Summer Semester

HCID 570 - Design Patterns and Contexts (3 semester hours)
HCID 680 - Special Topics in Human-Centered Interaction Design (3 semester hours)

Total Semester Hours: 6

Second Year

Fall Semester

HCID 540 - Design Tools and Processes (3 semester hours)
Concentration Elective (3 semester hours)

Total Semester Hours: 6

Spring Semester

GRAD 695 - Research Methodology and Writing (3 semester hours)
or
HCID 695 - Design Research Studio (3 semester hours)
Concentration Elective (3 semester hours)

Total Semester Hours: 6

Summer Semester

GRAD 699 - Graduate Thesis (3 semester hours)
or
HCID 699 - Applied Project in Human-Centered Interaction Design (3 semester hours)
Concentration Elective (3 semester hours)

Total Semester Hours: 6

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