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Master of Science in Human Factors in Information Design

I recently was accepted into the MSHFID program at Bentley College in Waltham, MA. The program starts September 6, 2005 and is 10 courses long. Bentley is conveniently located near Boston, and about 1.5-2 hours away from my home on Cape Cod. The program is one of the premier HCI degrees in the nation and courses utilize the state-of-the-art Design and Usability Center. The ten courses I plan on taking are:

1. Foundations in Human Factors (required)
2. Testing and Assessment Programs (required)
3. Managing a User Centered Design Team (required)
4. Business Process Management (required)
5. Internship in Information Design
6. Information Architecture: User-Centered Design for the World Wide Web
7. Knowledge-Based Products
8. Special Topics in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
9. Localization and the Global Market
10. Management of Technology

But, that list is subject to change