List of Masters program in HCI in California state
18 Apr 2010 - 1:56am
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Minal
2010
Hey guys!
I am a bachelor of fine arts (Visual Communication and Applied art) from India. I have been working in the field for e-learning from past 6+ years. I am now planning to take up the masters degree in HCI.
I have found few universities/colleges in New York, Chicago and Denver but I am not able to find any in California.
Does anyone know if there is any college in California which offers Masters in Human computer interaction on any other degree which will help me enhance my skills in the same field that I am working in (User interface and interactive learning)?
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The Human Factors and Ergonomics Society maintains a list of masters/phd Human Factors programs at:
http://www.hfes.org/web/Students/grad_programs.html
Many of the programs have concentrations available in Human Computer Interaction, although curricula will of course vary by school.
Additionally feel free to use this resource http://www.humanfactors.com/downloads/degrees.asp it includes these:
SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY
San Jose, California
College of Graduate Studies
Human Factors/Ergonomics
STANFORD HCI GROUP
Stanford, California
Human Computer Interaction
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH
Long Beach, California
Psychology Department
Master of Arts Research: Applied Experimental/Human Factors Track
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, NORTHRIDGE
Northridge, California
Department of Psychology
Human Factors Graduate Program
I am currently finishing up my coursework at CSU, Northridge. The program is not focussed on HCI if that is what you are looking for. There are a couple courses that you can take to give you that exposure. But mainly we learn to be Human Factors Engineers, and can the apply the methods we use to any area. Be it, Information Architecture or working on improving the interface of a cockpit for pilots. You learn the fundamentals and methodologies used which you can then use to focus in on a specific area of HF.
Also, San Jose State was my alumn school for my BA. Their Human Factors program is located in the Engineering department, whereas CSUN's is located in psychology. I am not sure what the specific differences are there but perhaps you can find it in the list of coursework required.
Regardless, you may need to take a few courses in psychology before applying to a program like those listed above. If you are interested in HCI taking a basic human cognition and perception course at any college nearby would be a great way of learning the background/fundamental of human cognition prior to applying knowledge specifically to HCI.
You may want to look at UC Berkeley iSchool: http://www.ischool.berkeley.edu/programs/masters
The program is not about HCI per se, but covers a lot of information architecture kinds of things and also has a specific HCI component.