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Graduate Certificate in Human Centered Design at Virginia Tech

Virginia Tech, United States

Programme overview

An introduction to human-centered approaches to design benefits your graduate research and broadens your career prospects. Whether studying to be a computer scientist, interaction designer, learning scientist, or humanist, your work ultimately impacts real people. Taking users seriously improves how projects are conceived and executed. The ability to collaborate across disciplines is a high-demand skill set in the private and public sectors and higher education careers, because institutions recognize that creative solutions to the most important societal challenges requires integrating aesthetics, analysis, and technological development.

Faculty: interdisciplinary  |  Location: Blacksburg, VA, United States

What you will study

12 graduate credits required. Core courses include GRAD 5134: Human Centered Design; CS 5724: Models, Theories, and Frameworks of HCI.

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Entry requirements

Current VT graduate students only. Admission: Complete the Application for Graduate Certificate Program form

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