Andrew Sears Degrees in Human-Computer Interaction A Common Name is Emerging and Opportunities are Expanding Introduction In 1996 1 wrote an article for the SIGCH1 Bulletin discussing progress in HCI education (Sears, 1996). As part of that article, I included the results of a email survey. The goal was to identify where students could earn degrees in human-computer interaction. This was fundamentally different from the HCI Education Survey which gathered a much broader variety of information about degrees, courses, concentrations, and faculty (http:// www.acm.org/sigchi/educhi/). One of the clearest results at the time was that no common name existed for the degree that spanned a variety of disciplines. As a result, any degree that claimed to focus on human-computer interaction was included in the 1996 article. The following list is a combination of the responses I received in 1996 (assuming none of the degrees have been discontinued) and those received this year. Unlike the previous article, this article does include degrees in more established subjects that allow a concentration in HCI. Hence, the increased number of degrees listed is a little deceptive. Although several were identified, doctorate degrees are not included in the current list - many doctoral programs
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