@himanshu - Like Will said, a master's degree in the US will typically take two years. The HCI/d master's at Indiana University requires 36 credit hours to graduate. Technically, you could do that in about 16 months if you took classes in the summer. For more info on our program, check out the website: http://xavier.informatics.indiana.edu/gradsites/hcid/masters/
Just for clarification purposes in response to Will's comment, Indiana does offer a PhD in Human-Computer Interaction Design. We are still waiting to award the first degree but several students are in the final dissertation stages. For more info, check out the site: http://xavier.informatics.indiana.edu/gradsites/hcid/phd/ @Hugh - First, you can get a master's without depleting your bank account AND without accumulating any debt if you really want to. Second, here is some information that will answer the question as to "what it will get you". What we%u2019ve accomplished %u2022 Won the student design competition and the student research competition at the CHI conference five times. %u2022 Had at least one team invited to the student design competition at the CHI conference every year since it's inception. %u2022 Won the International Usability Professional Association student design competition. %u2022 Won the interface design category of Microsoft%u2019s Imagine Cup in 2008 (one of only two US teams to win). %u2022 Placed second in the design category of Imagine Cup 2009, and won the accessible design award, a special commendation for which the final six teams competed. Where we go - Opportunities for HCI/d students are plentiful when combined with tangible skills in technology and business. Our program provides exactly that mix. Our graduates have gone to work for (whether as an intern or full-time) Accenture, Adaptive Path, Adobe, AOL, ARC World Wide, Cerner Corporation, CIBER, Cisco Systems, Cook Medical, Design Kitchen, Disney Animation Studios, EA, eComplex, Epic Systems, Google, Hewlett Packard, Intuit, Level, Lexmark, Manhatten Associates, Microsoft, NAVTEQ, Option Six, Oracle, Pearson Education, Siemens, Volkswagen, Whirlpool. I am sure that Dave and others can give you many more examples of the benefits of an IxD Master's degree. @Dave - I think the "certificate" issue is a very pertinent question and deserves further exploration. Don't want to hijack this thread but would like to find out where employers stand on this. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=48436 ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
