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— 25 January 2007 —

HCI Masters Degree — Where Can We Do the Distance Thing?

I wrote a post a couple of years ago about a presentation at UPA 2004 on HCI Masters degree programmes.

I received a new comment on that post last night, and being a good blog owner responded to the question on the post. But I got to thinking that it might be time to ask again:

Where can someone go, without going, to get a HCI Masters Degree, Distance Style?!

When I was living in Bloomington, Illinois, it wasn’t at all convenient to drive up to Chicago to attend DePaul’s HCI programme. I wanted to do things remotely given I couldn’t quit my dayjob.

If you know of any distance programmes in HCI or in a related field, please let me know. And if you’d like to talk up your non-distance HCI programme, by all means go for it.

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4 Responses to HCI Masters Degree — Where Can We Do the Distance Thing?

dandan eloquently responded with:

Interesting post.

I’m looking to do something similar in the UK if anyone is aware of
somewhere I can study part time?

29 January 2007 at 8:33
Jennifer eloquently responded with:

There is a distance M.S. curriculum in Human-Computer Interaction offered through the Education for Working Professionals program at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY. I live in San Francisco, CA and am considering this program.

8 January 2008 at 9:52
Dawn eloquently responded with:

Living in Minnesota, I’ve found the only school to offer a masters degree related to the CHI field is the state university. Further, they only offer it as a minor with a masters interdisciplinary program.

I’ve searched for a distance program for over a year now. I’m surprised and relieved someone is recommending a school. Thank you, thank you.

15 January 2008 at 14:07
Ray eloquently responded with:

I know this post may be a bit stale, but as of today, if you’re not in the Rensselaer distance program, you’re out of luck. I just received a message stating that they are phasing their distance learning programs out. I’m pretty disappointed since I was leaning towards this program over another I found (Rochester Institute of Technology) I was particularly interested in Rensselaer’s HCI certificate program.
Part of their stated reasoning for eliminating the program is that “…it is critical that our
faculty remain focused on building the Institute’s academic stature.”
So.. I guess distance learning is a black mark on an institution now? Even for a technologically-focused program. Very disappointing.
If anyone else has information on an HCI distance program I’d love it as well. I live in New York (shocked that there isn’t a local program for me to go to, distance or not) and as I mentioned before, RIT has a program (for now) that can be viewed here: http://www.rit.edu/emcs/ptgrad/online/1495.php3

22 September 2008 at 16:49