HCDE ACADEMICS HCDE students learn to prioritize human needs and interests as they design and build solutions to global challenges BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN HCDE
MASTER OF SCIENCE IN HCDE
The Bachelor of Science in HCDE enables
The Master of Science (MS) in HCDE prepares
students to build a strong foundation in
students for professional and leadership
designing user experiences and interfaces,
roles in user experience research and
creating information visualizations,
design, interface design, interaction
conducting user research, designing for the
design and prototyping, product design,
web, and building web technologies through
human-computer interaction, human
a deep understanding of people and their
centered engineering, and program
contexts. Students graduate from the program
management. HCDE MS courses are offered
with engineering degrees. More at hcde.uw.edu/bs.
in the evening to accommodate a diverse cohort of full time and part time students. More at hcde.uw.edu/ms.
CERTIFICATE IN USER-CENTERED DESIGN
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY IN HCDE
The User-Centered Design (UCD) Certificate
The Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in HCDE
is an evening, graduate-level program for
provides unparalleled depth and experience
professionals who want to explore a wide
for students interested in studying the
range of issues in user-centered design.
conception, design, implementation,
Students learn methods for planning and
evaluation, and effects of technologies.
developing intuitive, user-friendly product
The HCDE doctoral program prepares
designs. This four-course certificate focuses
students for careers as scholars and
on usability studies, user-centered design
researchers through relevant coursework,
theories, visual communication and information
mentorship from faculty, and collaboration with
visualization, and web design. More at hcde.uw.edu/ucd.
peers. More at hcde.uw.edu/phd.