Human - Computer Interaction

Overview

Whether you want to reinvent mobile phones, construct advanced tools for professionals, invent the next Facebook or empower people with disabilities, expertise in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) is crucial.

In this Human - Computer Interaction programme at Uppsala University you will learn:

• methods, tools, and principles for the design of IT interfaces, artefacts and services.

• to study people when they use information technology, understand how they feel about it, and how they appropriate it for their own purposes.

• theory, so that you are able to understand why some interfaces work and others don’t – and why the situation may be exactly the reverse in a different situation or with a different group of people.

• to design in teams, together with people with varying backgrounds, skills, and goals. Most importantly, you will learn how to involve the very people who will be using your design, to reflect on the development of IT products and services from a psychological and sociological perspective.

• to investigate and understand ethical and sustainability issues in IT design.

Career

As an expert in the usability of IT systems you will have many job opportunities. You will be capable of working with all aspects of interaction design and usability, from analysis and requirements gathering to the design and implementation of interactive artefacts, user interfaces, and IT services. You will have expertise in a range of methods for evaluating systems under development as well as studying their use.