Faculty adviser:
Associate Professor Robert Jacob, Computer Science
With hardware processing power increasing and software development techniques improving, the user interface is fast becoming the key bottleneck in developing computer products that meet market needs. When interface design does not reflect the needs of the intended user, products fail in the marketplace and enormous sums of money are spent on documentation, help lines, and training courses to overcome the difficulties of running programs. Much of this difficulty can be avoided with proper attention to both the physical and psychological constraints of the user.
In an interdisciplinary collaboration between the Department of Psychology, the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the Department of Computer Science, and the Department of Occupational Therapy at Tufts, this four-course, graduate-level certificate is designed to train the next generation of computer professionals for tomorrow's complex challenges. The program is open to individuals with a bachelor's degree, and is designed to be pursued on a part-time basis by computer programmers, Web designers, human factors professionals, software engineers, and user-interface designers who wish to develop or enhance their user-interface design and implementation skills.
For more information and an application, contact the Office of Graduate and Professional Studies at 617-627-3395 or visit http://ase.tufts.edu/gradstudy.
To view Course Descriptions, please go to: http://webcenter.studentservices.tufts.edu/courses/main.asp.