PROGRAM BACKGROUND
Title of program:
Human Centered Design & Engineering
Year human factors/ergonomics program was established:
Contact person for more information, including applications:
Gian Bruno, Human Centered Design & Engineering, UW, 423 Sieg Hall, MS 352315, Seattle, WA 98195
206/543-1798
gbruno@uw.edu
Catalog (free):
Gian Bruno, Human Centered Design & Engineering, UW, 423 Sieg Hall, MS 352315, Seattle, WA 98195
Human factors/ergonomics graduate degrees offered:
Goals, objectives, and emphasis of the program:
HCDE focuses on usability research, user-experience designing, and human-computer interaction.
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APPLICATION PROCESS
Application deadlines:
January 15 (MS), December 15 (PhD)
ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
Minimum requirements:
- GPA: 3.0
- GRE: Not used for MS, no lower than 600 for PhD applicants
Importance of other criteria as admission factors:
- Research: medium
- Work experience: medium
- Extracurricular activities: low
- Letters: high
- Interview: low
Tuition and fees:
- MS: $675/credit
- PhD: $4,300/quarter
ADMISSIONS
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FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
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DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
Graduate degrees offered:
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Number of units required:
MS: 48
PhD: 105 beyond master's
Exams required:
MS: none
PhD: preliminary exam, general exam, dissertation defense
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Is there a non-thesis option?
CURRICULUM
Required courses (units):
Theoretical Foundations of Human Centered Design & Engineering (4); Empirical Traditions in Human Centered Design & Engineering (4); Computer-Assisted Communication (4); Information Design (4); Experimental Research Methods (4); Seminar: Current Issues in Human Centered Design & Engineering (1); 523 Seminar: Issues in HCDE Scholarship and Professional Activity (1)
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RESEARCH/TEACHING OPPORTUNITIES:
Research and support facilities available to students in the program:
There are 12 labs run by faculty that students can research with, as well as directed research groups, and we currently have research assistant positions.
Teaching opportunities available to students in the program:
Most teaching opportunities are teaching undergraduate courses (two specific courses). There are also occasional undergraduate HCDE major courses that PhD students teach.
Current research activities and projects being carried out by program faculty and/or students:
Cognitive Informatics and Decision Making in Health Care; Designing Interfaces that Make us Think; Game Design and Usability Research Reading Group; Design for Digital Inclusion; Makerbot (LearnMakeCupcake); Investigating the Role of Online Calendar Use in the Cultivation and Maintenance of Relationships; Science Fiction Prototyping; Mobile User Experience; Assessing The User Experience Remotely/ Open WebLabUX; Qualitative Analysis of Data on How Students Understand Design; Communicative Practices in Virtual Workspaces (CPVW)
STUDENT STATISTICS
Current number of active students in program, by gender:
men: 60 (MS), 20 (PhD)
women: 65 (MS); 15 (PhD)
Current number of first-year students in program:
FACULTY
Ceclia Aragon, PhD 2004, UC Berkeley; human-computer interaction in scientific collaborations, computer-supported cooperative work; eScience
Cindy Atman, PhD, Carnegie Mellon U.; engineering education; engineering design learning; students as emerging engineering professionals
Dave Farkas, PhD, U. of Minnesota; information design with a special focus on innovative documents for 21st century literacies; software user assistance; problems in slideware design
Mark Haselkorn, PhD, U. of Louisiana; strategic management of information and communication systems; risk and resilience; safety and security systems
Julie Kientz, PhD 2008, Georgia Tech; human-computer interaction; human-centered computing; supporting record-keeping and reflection
Beth Kolko, PhD 1994, UT Austin; design for digital inclusion; computer-mediated communication; educational/ business/social gaming
Charlotte Lee, PhD UCLA; computer supported cooperative work (CSCW); human-computer interaction (HCI); science and technology studies (STS)
Sean Munson, PhD 2012, U. of Michigan; human-computer interaction; social software for health and civic behavior
Judy Ramey, PhD 1983, UT Austin; user research and usability research methods (experience sampling, eye-tracking, etc.); current focus on the mobile user experience
Jan Spyridakis, PhD, U. of Washington; effect of design on comprehension, perceptions, and behavior in online environments; internet-based experimental methods; international communication
Kate Starbird, PhD 2012, U. of Colorado, Boulder; human-computer interaction; social media during crisis
Michio Tsutsui, PhD 1984, UI Urbana-Champaign; technology-enhanced language learning; second language acquisition; Japanese linguistics
Jennifer Turns, PhD 1998, Georgia Tech; user-centered design; design processes and strategies; human-computer interaction
Mark Zachry, PhD 1998, Iowa State; human-computer interaction; workplace studies; communication design in organizations
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