MSc in Human Centred Systems
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Centre for HCI Design, City University, London
The Centre for HCI Design at City University, London is advertising
its MSc in Human Centred Systems.
The Centre for HCI Design is a specialist research centre at City
University, with 5 academic staff who teach our MSc students, and
over 20 research staff and students who provide support for this
teaching. It resides in new office space constructed to meet the
Centre's needs and includes bespoke space for student work, and a
new, state-of-the-art 75m2 interaction lab supported by Vodafone that
is available for use by all of our MSc students.
The Centre specialises in research in Human-Computer Interaction and Software
Engineering. We undertake fundamental long-term research, funded
largely by the EPSRC and EU, alongside more applied research in
collaboration with organisations including IDEO, the Disability
Rights Commission and National Air Traffic Services. 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,
e-Learning, and requirements engineering for socio-technical systems.
Students taking this course will be equipped with theory and
techniques from computer science, software engineering, cognitive
science and psychology for the design, implementation and evaluation
of computing systems that take the user into consideration.
Upon completing this course you will have excellent skills in
designing and evaluating software computing systems. Skills will
range from advanced human-computer interaction design skills,
requirement analysis and design, skills in designing and conducting
complex evaluations of new or existing software computing systems and
unique expertise in designing and evaluating systems for people with
disabilities and the elderly.
Course outline: a full-time, 1 year or 2 year part-time MSc
consisting of a number of taught modules including courses on
Human-Computer Interaction Design, Requirements Engineering, Systems
Specification, Professional and Research Skills, Inclusive Design,
Multimedia, Advanced Human-Computer Interaction, and Evaluation of
Systems. Every student will also undertake an individual research
project in the form of a thesis. Internships with leading HCI
organisations in London will also be made available.
Course requirements: The usual minimum entrance requirement is a good
second class honours degree from a UK university in a numerate
discipline, a recognised equivalent from an accredited overseas
institution or an equivalent professional qualification. 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 [log in to unmask] 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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Professor Neil Maiden Tel: +44-20-7040-8412
Head of Centre Fax: +44-20-7040-8859
Centre for HCI Design E-Mail: [log in to unmask]
City University
http://hcid.soi.city.ac.uk/people/Neilmaiden.html
Northampton Square
London EC1V OHB
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