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City University, London - MSc in Human Centred Systems
09/04/2008
City's MSc in Human-Centred Systems equips its graduates with techniques and theories with which to design, implement and evaluate interactive computing systems for the widest range of users.
Graduates will have excellent knowledge and skills for:
- Designing advanced human-computer interactions;
- Analyzing requirements for systems that involve people and computers;
- Designing and conducting complex evaluations of interactive computing systems;
- Designing and evaluating systems for people with disabilities and the elderly;
- Designing effective information visualizations;
- Linking user-centred design to mainstream development approaches, e.g. the UML.
The course is offered as a full-time, 1 year or 2 year part-time MSc.
The course will be taught by academic staff in City's Centre for HCI Design. Teaching and dissertation work will take place in its 75m2 Interaction Lab, which is sponsored by the UK Vodafone Foundation. Students will have access to state-of-the-art evaluation tools for screen capture, eye-tracking, data recording and analysis.
The course runs in conjunction with the MSc in Interactive Media at the University of Limerick in Ireland and the MSc in Human-Computer Interaction at Uppsala University in Sweden. We offer opportunities for student exchanges, shared projects and internships at both Universities.
Our teaching is grounded in best practices and co-located with AbilityNet, a national charity helping disabled adults and children use computers and the Internet. Students will be exposed to AbilityNet's techniques, technologies and case studies. Students will also be able to undertake 4 to 6 month Internships with design and usability companies in the UK and abroad.
Students are taught modules including courses on Human-Computer Interaction Design, Requirements Engineering, Systems Specification, Professional and Research Skills, Inclusive Design, Multimedia, Advanced Human-Computer Interaction, Evaluation of Systems, and Visualizing Information. Every student also undertakes an individual research project or industrial internship.
Course requirements: The usual minimum entrance requirement is an upper second class honours degree from a UK university in a relevant discipline, a recognised equivalent from an accredited overseas institution or an equivalent professional qualification. Relevant work experience is taken into consideration for mature students. For students whose first language is not English, an IELTS score of 6.5 or TOEFL score of 600 (250 computer-based version) is required.
Further details:
Please sent general enquiries to pgenquire@soi.city.ac.uk or browse our website at http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/pgcourses/hcs/index.html and http://www-hcid.soi.city.ac.uk/mscinhcs.html
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The Centre for HCI Design specializes in research in Human-Computer Interaction and Software Engineering. It undertakes fundamental long-term research, funded largely by the EPSRC and EU, alongside more applied research in collaboration with organisations including the Equality and Human Rights Commission, NATS, FIAT, CA and Microsoft. It researches holistic system design methods, usability evaluation, tools and methods for interactive system design, assistive technologies and designing for diverse users, culture and creativity in design, social software, social interaction in Second Life, and requirements engineering for socio-technical systems.
Find out more about the Centre at http://www-hcid.soi.city.ac.uk/.
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