Information Arts & Technologies

M.S. Interaction Design and Information Architecture

Program Requirements:

The degree requires 36 credits, including 6 credits of work on a Master's Project or Thesis:

6 core courses 18 credit hours
4 electives 12 credit hours
1 thesis/project 6 credit hours
 
Total M.S. 36 credit hours

Program Prerequisite: Hypermedia Proficiency Exam

To enroll in the core courses, students must demonstrate proficiency in basic hypermedia skills either by passing the hypermedia proficiency examination or by successfully completing PBDS 660: Hypermedia, an Introduction. For more information about the hypermedia proficiency exam, visit http://iat.ubalt.edu/profExam/

All requirements for this graduate degree must be completed within seven calendar years after admission. The requirements for a student to graduate will be those listed in the catalog that is current at the time the student entered the program.

Download the IDIA 799 Thesis Proposal Form

Download Requirements for IDIA Final Project/Thesis

Download Requirements for Dissertation Verification from Langsdale Library

M.S. Core Courses

IDIA 612 Interaction and Interface Design
IDIA 618 or IDIA 619 Dynamic Web Sites or Interactive Multimedia
IDIA 620 Information Culture
IDIA 630 Information Architecture
IDIA 640 Humans, Computers, and Cognition
IDIA 642 Research Methods for Interaction Design
IDIA 799 IDIA Thesis/Project

Elective Courses

  • Technical focus:

    Database Management Systems (INSS 651)
    Dynamic Web Sites (IDIA 618)
    Human Factors in Information Systems (INSS 777)
    Hypermedia Production (IDIA 616)
    Interactive Multimedia (IDIA 619)
    Special Topics (IDIA 750)

  • Interaction Design focus:

    Sequential Visualization and Analysis(IDIA 614)
    Design Principles and Strategies (PBDS 640)
    Special Topics (IDIA 750)

  • User Research focus:

    Learning and Cognition (APPL 603)
    Biological Basis of Behavior (APPL 601)
    Research Methods (APPL 632)
    Special Topics (IDIA 750)

  • Management focus:
    Design Business Link (PBDS 705/MGMT 797)
    Entrepreneurial Finance (FIN 797)
    Information Resource Management (PUAD 626)
    Intellectual Property Issues (MGMT 797)
    Social Enterprise & Entrepreneurship (FIN 760)
    Special Topics (IDIA 750)

Planning Your Schedule

The IDIA program is designed to be completed in five semesters.