HCI at DePaul University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate HCI coursework.

• HCI 445User Research Methodsopens 7 courses (6.5 directly)
• HCI 460Usability Evaluation Methodsopens 5 courses (4.5 directly)
• HCI 454Interaction Design and Information Architectureopens 5 courses (2.5 directly)
• HCI 450Foundations of Human-computer Interactionopens 4 courses (3.5 directly)
• HCI 430Prototyping and Implementationopens 2 courses (1.5 directly)
• DSC 441Fundamentals of Data Scienceopens 1 course (0.5 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate HCI work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 35 HCI and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 7 more HCI courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in HCI. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 3 courses deep, ending at HCI 511

  1. HCI 440Introduction to User-centered Design
  2. HCI 445User Research Methods
  3. HCI 511Accessibility Considerations in Hci

• 3 courses deep, ending at HCI 512

  1. HCI 402Foundations of Digital Design
  2. HCI 470Digital Design
  3. HCI 512Information Visualization and Infographics for User Experience

• 3 courses deep, ending at HCI 513

  1. HCI 440Introduction to User-centered Design
  2. HCI 430Prototyping and Implementation
  3. HCI 513Design/strategies for Internet Commerce

• 3 courses deep, ending at HCI 515

  1. HCI 440Introduction to User-centered Design
  2. HCI 454Interaction Design and Information Architecture
  3. HCI 515Design Ethnography

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for HCI yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under HCI yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

HCI does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the DePaul campus feed.