M.Sc. Human-Technology Interaction
University of Tampere
| Application deadline: | 15 February 2013 |
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| Start date: | August 2013 |
| Credits: | 120 ECTS |
| Duration full-time: | 24 months |
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| Delivery mode: | On Campus |
| Educational variant: | Full-time |
Description
This programme is offered in collaboration between the University of Tampere (UTA) and the Tampere University of Technology (TUT). Students can deepen their knowledge in course units that cover a wide range of topics from user experience and emotions to innovative use of facial behavior like gaze and expressions, touch, speech, and human physiology in user interfaces.
The programme leads the students to scientific thinking and writing as well as to hands-on work in various course projects. Students can specialize in Interaction Design and Research, Development of Interactive Software, or User Experience Design and Evaluation. Graduates typical jobs include interaction or UX designer, usability specialist, researcher, user experience architect, and software developer.
Although the programme is available in essentially the same format at both universities it is recommended that those applicants mainly interested in Interaction Design and Research and Development of Interactive Software apply to UTA and those mainly interested in User Experience Design and Evaluation apply to TUT. That way the majority of their course units will be organized by their home university.
- Coordinating School at UTA: School of Information Sciences
- Duration: two academic years
- Extent: 120 credits/ECTS credits
- Programme period: autumn semester 2013 (late August) - spring semester 2015 (May)
- Specialization at UTA: Interactive Technology
Contents
Students can specialize in one of three specialization options: 1) Interaction Design and Research, 2) Development of Interactive Software, and 3) User Experience Design and Evaluation.
Students having completed the Master's Degree Programme in Human-Technology Interaction will
- know product development methods in theory and practice well enough to work independently in research and product development,
- know user interface design and software development methods well enough to work as a HTI specialist in product development.
Requirements
Admission criteria at UTA
- A completed suitable university level Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Interactive Technology (HCI), Computer Science, Design, Education, Psychology, Sociology, or other relevant field with studies in human-computer interaction. Applicants wishing to take the study line Development of Interactive Software should have studies also in Mathematics and in software development.
- A good knowledge of English for academic purposes. For requirements please see the UTA Admissions webpage http://www.uta.fi/admissions/degreeprog/applying/language_requirements.html. Applicants who have taken their school education in Finnish are not required to submit an international language test score but they must provide other sufficient evidence of their English language proficiency. It is possible to take some exams and the Master's thesis in Finnish. NB: a Bachelor's degree taken in English in Finland does not exempt from sending a language test score.
- Candidates for admission should be well qualified and capable of benefiting from the programme of study.
- In addition, other relevant merits and qualifications may be taken into account
English Language Requirements
| IELTS band: | 6.5 |
| TOEFL paper-based test score: | 575 |
| TOEFL internet-based test score: | 90 |
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test if you come from a non-English speaking country.
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