BS in Human-Computer Interaction 2001

• The Liberal Studies Program
• Allied Fields
• HCI Core
• HCI Electives

The Liberal Studies Program

Core

28 quarter hours required.  16 quarter hours in the First Year Program (4 quarter hours in Discover Chicago or Explore Chicago, 4 quarter hours in Focal Point Seminar), 8 quarter hours in Composition and Rhetoric, 4 quarter hours in Sophomore Seminar in Multiculturalism in the United States, 4 quarter hours in Junior Year Experiential Learning, and 4 quarter hours in Senior Capstone requirement.

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 required (12 quarter hours). At most two courses from the same department or program. Art 105 is required and counts in the Allied Field requirement for HCI.

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". Note: One course from either Philosophical Inquiry or Religious Dimensions must be a course in ethics. PHL/REL/MGT 228 is strongly recommended.

Scientific Inquiry-SI 1 course required (4 quarter hours). This course must be designated as a lab course. Courses in mathematics, computer science or HCI are not acceptable. 

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" category 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.

Grades for any Liberal Studies course must be ‘D’ or better. The Pass/Fail option may not be used for any Liberal Studies course.

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.

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

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

8 courses (32 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.