Welcome to the Master Programme in
Human Computer Interaction!
Rikard Harr
“Usability is like oxygen – you dont notice it until its missing”
• Roll call, distribution of cards• About the department of informatics• Practical info• Being a master student in Sweden• Conditions
Agenda
“Usability is like oxygen – you dont notice it until its missing”
• Where are you from?• Your academic experience• Practical experience• An interest
Roll call
87%!Among students with a master degree in informatics/computer- or systems science 87% received a job within a year of completing their degree, a rate highest for all general degrees. [Source: Swedish agency for higher education report 2010:19]
A wise decision
“Design is not just what it looks and feels like. Design is how it works ”
MDI-master Programöversikt
“Design is not just what it looks and feels like. Design is how it works ”
Introduction: Designing for User Experience
Cognitive Interaction Design
Applied User Research Design: Theory and Practice
Advanced Human-Computer Interaction
Theoretical perspectives in cognitive science
Magister Thesis (15hp)
Usability and User Experience Design
Embodied Interaction
Electives
Electives
Master Thesis (30hp) Electives Electives
Master Thesis (15hp)
Master’s degree
MagisterexamenEligible for doctoral studies
Termin 1
Termin 2
Termin 3
Termin 4
Electives
Electives
Electives Electives
Introduction: Designing for User Experience
Cognitive Interaction Design
Applied User Research
Design: Theory and Practice
Advanced Human-Computer Interaction
Theoretical perspectives in cognitive science
Usability and User Experience Design
Embodied InteractionMagister Thesis (15hp)
Master Thesis (15hp)
Master Thesis (30hp)
The Department of Informatics
• Object of study: Relation between people and IT: at home, at work, in organizations and specialized settings
• Application areas: Processindustry, health, sports, e-government, media
• Main focus: understanding this evolving relation, and on designing, implementing and testing innovative interactive technology to support people, groups and organizations
• 40 employees– 6 full professors– 19 assistant professors– 9 doctoral students
“People dont read on the web, they scan”
People and places
Agnetha Frick: Student
Counsellor
Daniel Skog: Director of
Studies
Rikard Harr: Program Coordinator
Thomas Ahlmark: System
Administrator
Pia-Maria: AdministratorAndreas Lund:
Teacher
John:
Teacher
Computer Science Dept.
Mail boxes
4th floor in the MIT-house
Towards the
MIT-café
“The life of a designer is a life of fight, fight against the ugliness”
Responsibilities and people
• Questions about your studies in general, ask the student counsellor (Agnetha)– E.g. I have dyslexia and need support– E.g. How can I learn how to write references?
• Questions about a specific course, ask the teacher– E.g. when is the exam due?
• Questions about registration to a course, ask the administrator (Pia-Maria)– E.g. There is something wrong with my
registration, what is it?
• Questions about the programme, ask me– E.g. What courses can we choose as electives?
“Web design is art wrapped in technology”
Some practical info
• Course introduction: Cognitive Interaction Design, 13 to 15 (MA146) today
• Course introduction: Designing for User Experience on Wednesday between 10-12 (MA378)
• Buddy programme (for International Students)– Join the Programme on facebook
• Info from director of studies and student councellor at 15.30 in MA466 (4/9)– Welcome arrangement with light dinner in the
MIT-café at 16.00 on September 4th
• Introduction to our computer labs
“Web design is art wrapped in technology”
Being a master student in Sweden/Umeå• Reflective and ambitious student• Help each other• Swedes are punctual, academic quarter
– 13, 13.15, 13.00
• Swedes are informal, no hierarchies– No titles (Dr, Sir, Madame, Mr, Ms Mrs…)
• Native Swedish speakers• Better to ask than to do wrong
“If you make everything bold, nothing is bold”
Conditions
“Web design is art wrapped in technology”
• Foreign students with conditions• Visit Lena Andersson or Loke Brinkstam at the
student reception in Förvaltningstorget – Monday, 2/9, 13-15– Wednesday, 4/9, 13-15
• Swedish students• It will show upon registration
Contacts
• Programme Coordinator:– [email protected]– 090-786 92 82
• Student Counsellor– [email protected]– 090-786 77 42
“Web design is art wrapped in technology”