Bachelor of Science in Human-Computer Interaction 1999

The Liberal Studies Program

Allied Fields

HCI Core

HCI Electives

The Liberal Studies Program

The Liberal Studies Program is organized around the following components:

The First-Year Core

8 quarter hours are required. These hours may be satisfied by either: 1)ISP 101 and ISP 102; or 2) ISP 101 and ISP 103. One of these courses MUST be completed in the autumn quarter. The remaining course may be completed in either the winter or spring quarter. See the First Year Program web page for more information.

Writing

8 quarter hours are required. The writing component consists of English 103 and English 104. These courses should be taken in the freshmen year

Quantitative Reasoning

4 quarter hours are required. This requirement is filled by completing ISP 120. Exemptions to this requirement are made only for students who place at or above calculus on the DePaul University placement exams, in which case you must complete one Liberal Studies elective course in its place. Proficiency at the level of college algebra (Math 101) is a prerequisite for this course. This course should be taken in the freshman year.

Sophomore seminar on Multiculturalism

4 quarter hours are required. Students should consult the class schedule to determine which courses satisfy this requirement.

Junior year experiential learning

4 quarter hours are required. Students should consult their academic or faculty advisor for help in completing this requirement.

Senior year capstone

4 quarter hours are required. This requirement may be satisfied by CSC 394.

Learning domain requirements

13 courses (52 quarter hours) are required and are distributed across six learning domains as follows:

Arts and Literature-AL 3 courses (12 quarter hours). One course must be Art 105.

Philosophical Inquiry-PI 2 courses required (8 quarter hours).

Religious Dimensions-RD 2 courses required (8 quarter hours). One "Patterns and Problems" and one "Traditions in Context". Please note that at least one course from either Philosophical Inquiry or Religious Dimensions must be a course on ethics. All CTI majors are encouraged to take PHL/REL/MGT 228, Business, Ethics and Society, to fill the ethics requirement.

Self, Society and the Modern World-MW 3 courses required (12 quarter hours). These courses must be chosen from at least two different departments. One course must be Psychology 105.

Understanding the Past-UP 2 courses required (8 quarter hours). One "pre-1800" and one "1800-1945". In addition, the two courses must be chosen from different geographical categories: Asia; Latin America; Africa; North America or Europe; inter-continental or comparative history.

Scientific Inquiry-SI 1 course required (4 quarter hours). This course must be designated as a lab. A course in mathematics or computer science will NOT satisfy this requirement.

Special Notes for Transfer Students:
Transfer students who enter DePaul with 30 or more quarter hours may not take the first-year core. Instead, they should complete two domain electives (from different domains). Transfer courses may be used to satisfy these requirements.

See the Liberal Studies homepage for more information.

Human-Computer Interaction Major Field:
HCI is a multi-disciplinary degree program designed to study methods to improve the working relationship between humans and computers. The goal of HCI practitioners is to enable individuals to make more effective use of computers by creating better user interfaces. Reaching this goal requires designing an interface to make users' tasks as easy as possible while providing enough power to accomplish complex tasks. The HCI major field is organized around the following components:

Allied Fields

The requirements are as follows:

Art/Graphic Design:

Computer Science:

Communication:

Psychology:

HCI Core

Human-Computer Interaction:

HCI Electives

5 courses are required and must be chosen from the following lists. At least one course must be chosen from each list.

List 1 (Design):

Art

Communication:

Human-Computer Interaction:

List 2 (Computer Science):

Computer Science:

Human-Computer Interaction:

List 3 (Evaluation):

Psychology:

Open Electives

7 courses (28 quarter hours) are required an may be taken from any department or program. These are the only courses that may be taken under the pass/fail option (see the undergraduate Bulletin for details). If you wish to pursue a minor, most minor field courses will be credited as open electives. However, if a course is credited towards a minor, it cannot be taken under the pass/fail option.

Note: Grades for all courses in the Allied Field, HCI Core an HCI Elective sections must be 'C' or better. Grades of 'C-' may be accepted provided the overall grade point average in all three sections combined is 2.0 or better.