D.Sc. in Information and Interaction Design Degree Requirements
- These requirements apply to students entering this program in fall 2022 and thereafter. Students who enrolled earlier should consult the catalog in effect at the time they enrolled.
- Read the course descriptions.
- Prerequisites: You are expected to be prepared for advanced work in information or interface design, visual design, professional writing and research. If you have deficiencies in one or more of these areas, you may be required to take additional coursework beyond the 48 credits required for the degree. Upon admission, you are expected to submit proof of completion of the Code Academy classes listed below, or to take PBDS 501 Introduction to Web Development (pass/fail). These requirements do not count toward the completion of the degree program.
Code Academy Courses:
This 48-credit program requires:
Core Courses (24 credits)
- IDIA 612 Interaction and Interface Design OR IDIA 712 Topics in Advanced Interaction Design
- IDIA 640 Humans, Computers and Cognition
- IDIA 642 Applied User Research for UX
- IDIA 715 Managing UX Projects
- IDIA 742 Topics in User Research
- IDIA 810 Proseminar
- IDIA 842 Experimental Methods for User Research
- APPL 631 Intermediate Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
Elective Courses (12 credits)
Select four courses from the following:
- IDIA 614 Sequential Visualization and Analysis
- IDIA 616 Designing for Mobile Web
- IDIA 618 Dynamic Web Sites
- IDIA 619 Interactive Multimedia
- IDIA 630 Information Architecture
- IDIA 712 Topics in Advanced Interaction Design
- IDIA 730 Topics in Advanced Information Architecture
- IDIA 750 Special Topics
- APPL 603 Learning and Cognition
Dissertation Work (12 credits)
as of fall 2022