Certificate in Human-Computer Interaction
Graduates of the Human-Computer Interaction Graduate Certificate program will demonstrate expertise in the following core competencies essential to success:
- Basic HCI theory, terms, principles, and conceptual models
- User-centered design theory and practices related to interaction design
- HCI design and development processes and life-cycle
- User profiling to interaction design (needs and requirements)
- System requirements and product assessments
- Interface design principles and processes
- Product usability evaluations and testing methods
- The purpose of the graphic user interface
- Usability theory, terms, and the applied techniques
- Principles of the interface design and prototyping processes
- Interface grids and typographical devices
- Information architecture and content management
- Classic user testing theory and tools
- Advanced user requirements and profiling
- Interface design standards / guidelines for cross cultural and disabled users
- Interaction design styles and choosing interaction devices and elements
- Develop an evaluative strategy; planning who, what, when, and where
- Decide how to collect data and prepare for the final evaluation
- Analysis and interpretation of the evaluation data
- Inspect a user interface, including a range of evaluative processes
- Prototype design basics: theory and practice; including basic terms
- Psychological and behavioral science of HCI
- Cognitive architecture, memory, problem-solving, mental models, perception, and action related to HCI
- Impact the design and testing of interactive technologies
Graduates will also be able to apply HCI theory and principles to product development:
- Apply HCI principles and a user-centered approach to interaction design
- Analyze user needs and requirements
- Design and develop prototypes based on user assessments (needs and requirements), while applying HCI principles and models.
- Apply evaluation and usability testing methods to interactive products to validate design decisions
- Develop pre-design and post-design usability testing techniques on the developed Web site
- Assess user needs and requirements
- Categorize, design, and develop information in proper architectural structures
- Create interface design prototypes based on a range of design principles and user data, and user assessments
- Apply prototype principles and a user-centered approach to interaction design
- Apply evaluation and usability testing methods to prototypes to validate design decisions and to the Web product to validate design decisions using: a) Classic user testing, and b) Heuristic inspection
- Analyze test data and write a comprehensive report on the product development process of their redesigned Web site, i.e. of the stages of pre-design, design, and post-design, testing, and data analysis
- Implement a HCI research proposal, including research questions, collecting the relevant literature and methodology
- Develop a general framework, with a hierarchy of concepts and topics, including a refinement of the research question
- Understand and apply the various research methods regarding qualitative and quantitative data
Last updated: 02/04/2014