Yale Gordon College of Arts and Sciences
Degree Requirements
Interaction Design and Information Architecture Degree Requirements
- These requirements apply to students entering this program in fall 2013 and thereafter. Students who enrolled earlier should consult the catalog in effect at the time they enrolled.
- You can also reference the graduation requirements for the year in which you enrolled on the portal; view graduation requirements by year (PDF) in the right-hand column of your MyResources page.
- Read the course descriptions.
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Prerequisites: Upon admission, if you have not passed the Hypermedia Proficiency Examination, you are expected to complete PBDS 660: Introduction to Web Development with a grade of B or better before undertaking any other coursework; this course does not count toward the completion of the degree program.
This 36-credit master's program requires the following:
You can complete this program through one of two plans:
- 30 credits of coursework and completion of a 6-credit thesis
- 30 credits of coursework and completion of a 6-credit project.
Core Courses (18 credits)
- Interaction and Interface Design (IDIA 612)
- Information Culture (IDIA 620)
- Information Architecture (IDIA 630)
- Humans, Computers and Cognition (IDIA 640)
- Research Methods (IDIA 642)
and one of the following:
- Dynamic Web Sites (IDIA 618)
or
- Interactive Multimedia (IDIA 619)
Electives (12 credits)
With the approval of the program director, choose four courses from the following focus areas.
- Interaction Design
- Information Architecture
- User Research
See a list of elective course offerings.
Thesis/Project (6 credits)
- Thesis/Project, 3-6 credits (IDIA 799)