Human-Computer Interaction, MS (Boston)

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Human-Computer Interaction Core

• ARTG 5120 — Research Methods for Design
• CS 5340 — Computer/Human Interaction
• One of:
  • CS 5347 — Understanding Users
  • INAM 5347 — Understanding Users
• One of:
  • CS 6390 — Human-Centered Computing Capstone
  • INAM 6390 — Human-Centered Computing Capstone

College of Arts, Media and Design

• One of:
  • ARTG 5130 — Visual Communication for Information Design
  • ARTG 5320 — Statistics for Design
  • ARTG 5330 — Visualization Technologies 1: Fundamentals
  • ARTG 5610 — Design Systems
  • ARTG 5710 — Design for Dignity
  • ARTG 5910 — Human-Centered Design
  • ARTG 6110 — Information Design Theory and Critical Thinking
  • ARTG 6310 — Design for Behavior and Experience
  • ARTG 6460 — Human-Centered AI
  • EXRE 5020 — Developing Extended Realities (XR)
  • EXRE 5030 — Designing Extended Realities (XR)
  • GSND 5110 — Game Design and Analysis
  • GSND 6320 — Psychology of Play
  • GSND 6340 — Biometrics of Design
  • MUST 5510 — Sound, Motion, and Computer Interaction

Khoury College of Computer Sciences

• One of:
  • CS 5097 — Mixed Reality
  • CS 5170 — Artificial Intelligence for Human-Computer Interaction
  • CS 5345 — Interactive Prototyping
  • CS 5520 — Mobile Application Development
  • CS 5610 — Web Development
  • CS 6120 — Natural Language Processing
  • CS 6130 — Affective Computing
  • CS 6350 — Empirical Research Methods
  • CS 6760 — Privacy, Security, and Usability
  • CS 7250 — Information Visualization: Theory and Applications
  • CS 7260 — Visualization for Network Science
  • CS 7390 — Special Topics in Human-Centered Computing

Bouvé College of Health Sciences

• One of:
  • EXSC 5210 — Physical Activity and Exercise: Prescription, Measurement, and Testing
  • HINF 5300 — Personal Health Interface Design and Development
  • HLTH 5800 — AI Across the Health Sciences
  • All of:
    • PT 5170 — Motor Control
    • PT 5171 — Lab for PT 5170
  • PT 5321 — Applications of Biomechanics in Human Function and Movement
  • PT 7001 — Core Concepts in Rehabilitation Science and Research
  • PT 7005 — Experimental Design and Applied Statistics
  • PT 7020 — Technologies in Movement and Rehabilitation Science

College of Engineering

• One of:
  • DADS 6600 — Computation and Visualization for Analytics
  • EMGT 5300 — Engineering/Organizational Psychology
  • EMGT 6600 — Engineering Team Performance
  • IE 5137 — Computational Modeling in Industrial Engineering
  • IE 5630 — Biosensor and Human Behavior Measurement
  • IE 5640 — Data Mining for Engineering Applications
  • IE 6200 — Engineering Probability and Statistics
  • IE 6500 — Human Performance
  • IE 7215 — Simulation Analysis
  • IE 7280 — Statistical Methods in Engineering
  • IE 7315 — Human Factors Engineering
  • ME 5665 — Musculoskeletal Biomechanics
  • ME 6250 — Wearable Robotics

Concentrations (choose 1)

Computing

From the catalog

Complete 12 semester hours of courses from any college's courses on the electives course list below.

Students must complete a required co-op preparation course before participating in co-op. Consult your academic advisor for details.

• One of:
  • CS 5170 — Artificial Intelligence for Human-Computer Interaction
  • CS 5345 — Interactive Prototyping
• One of:
  • CS 6964 — Co-op Work Experience
  • CS 6954 — Co-op Work Experience - Half-Time
  • CS 6955 — Co-op Work Experience Abroad - Half-Time
  • CS 6965 — Co-op Work Experience Abroad

Design

From the catalog

Complete 12 semester hours of courses from any college's courses on the electives course list below.

Complete the following:

• ARTG 5910 — Human-Centered Design
• One of:
  • EEAM 6964 — Co-op Work Experience
  • EEAM 6954 — Co-op Work Experience - Half-Time
  • EEAM 6955 — Co-op Work Experience Abroad - Half-Time
  • EEAM 6965 — Co-op Work Experience Abroad

Human Machine Systems

From the catalog

Students must complete ENCP 6100 to qualify for co-op experience:

• IE 6500 — Human Performance
• IE 7315 — Human Factors Engineering
• ENCP 6100 — Introduction to Cooperative Education
• One of:
  • ENCP 6964 — Co-op Work Experience
  • ENCP 6954 — Co-op Work Experience - Half-Time
  • ENCP 6955 — Co-op Work Experience Abroad - Half-Time
  • ENCP 6965 — Co-op Work Experience Abroad

Human Movement Science

From the catalog

Complete 8 semester hours of courses from any college's courses on the electives course list below.

Students must complete HLTH 5101 to qualify for co-op experience:

• All of:
  • PT 5170 — Motor Control
  • PT 5171 — Lab for PT 5170
• PT 7020 — Technologies in Movement and Rehabilitation Science
• HLTH 5101 — Professional Development for Bouvé Graduate Co-op
• HLTH 6964 — Co-op Work Experience

GPA requirements

• 32 total semester hours required Additional hours required for participation in optional co-op in some concentrations Minimum 3.000 GPA required

Substitutions

Possible equivalents for this program — dashed means a suggestion, not a rule, and every substitution needs your advisor's approval:

• CS 5347 ↔ INAM 5347 (tier B)
• CS 6390 ↔ INAM 6390 (tier B)

What the tiers mean

Parsed from the catalog by NU Map; the structured machine copy is in this college's JSON for the 2027 catalog, under human-computer-interaction-ms-boston, and the official page is the authority.