Schedule | Madeira-ITI

Schedule

A plan of study that combines the experience at CMU and Madeira

The Carnegie Mellon|Portugal Masters in Human Computer Interaction runs over a 16-month full time schedule, incorporating a 3 month summer break in which students are encouraged to complete internships. Starting in Pittsburgh in August, all students spend there first semester at Carnegie Mellon and then transition to Madeira for the remaining two, including the entire duration of the capstone project. Whilst in Madeira, students will communicate with their peers across the Atlantic via video conference.

A typical study plan (including course options) is shown below:

Semester 1 (Fall, Carnegie Mellon)

August - December

05-600 HCI Pro Seminar
05-610 Intro to HCI Methods
Elective 1 (Communication Design Fundamentals)
Elective 2
Elective 3

Carnegie Mellon HCII Course Info

Semester 2 (Spring, Madeira)

January - June

05-650 Basic Interaction Design
05-630 Programming Usable Interfaces

or

05-631 Software Architectures for User Interfaces

Elective 4

05-671 HCI Project I

Semester 3 (Fall, Madeira)

September - December

Elective 5
- Entertainment Design Studio
- Embodied Interaction
- Human Factors
- Social Web
- Improvisational Acting (by permission of instructor)
- Visual Story (by permission of instructor)
- Game Design
05-672 HCI Project II

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