As the former head of the Masters in HCI at Carnegie Mellon, I can
attest to the intensity, but I can remind folks that you don't HAVE to
do the program in one year! The classes are sequenced so you CAN do it
in a year, so it fits with some industry programs that sponsor their
employees to go away to school for a masters program for just a year.
And the one-year pace is great for folks who want to bite the
tuition-and-living-cost bullet for as short a time as possible.
But plenty of people have decided that they want a slower pace and it is
easy to take one or two less courses a semester and just take one extra
semester to finish up your electives. Other folks have worked locally
and taken two or more years to go through. One local person took about
six years. CMU is very flexible.
Bonnie
j. eric townsend wrote:
Jared wrote:
- Carnegie Mellon offers a one year program in HCI
and it's "hella intense", as the kids would say. I took classes with
people doing the one-year HCI degree and the workload is pretty
insane. I have to wonder what you actually have time to reflect upon,
as you're always burning the candle at both ends trying to finish
projects. CMU is chock full of amazing resources, but it seems like
the one-year HCI students never have time to go to talks, browse the
libraries, etc.
The two-year degree at CMU gives you a bit more room to work/think.
It's still hard as hell, but at least you have a chance to take an
elective or two and hang out or go to talks.
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