MSc in Human Centred Systems ============================ Centre for HCI Design, City University, London http://hcid.soi.city.ac.uk City's MSc in Human-Centred Systems is entering its second year, and is welcoming applications. This year we are making 8 SCHOLARSHIPS available to well-qualified home and overseas applicants. Each scholarship is valued at £4,000, and is intended to assist students to pay their course fees. The scholarships will be awarded on a competitive basis to the most promising applicants. The Centre for HCI Design (CHCID) is the largest academic HCI research group in the London area, with world-class expertise in web design and accessibility, usability evaluation, user-centred design, requirements and web services. It applies this expertise to deliver a unique mix of 8 taught modules: - Human-Computer Interaction Design; - Requirements Engineering; - Inclusive Design; - Multimedia Design; - Advanced Human-Computer Interaction; - Evaluation of Systems; - Systems Specification; - Professional and Research Skills. Students also undertake an individual research project in the form of a thesis. This year the MSc is available as a full-time 1-year course or part-time 2-year course with pairs of modules taught on a single day to minimise the time that students need to take off work. Upon completing this course, graduates will have excellent skills in designing and evaluating software products and systems, with particular strengths in interaction design, accessibility, usability evaluation, requirements and the UML, and designing and evaluating systems for people with disabilities and the elderly. Course requirements: The usual minimum entrance requirement is a good second class honours degree from a UK university in a numerate discipline, a recognised equivalent from an accredited overseas institution or an equivalent professional qualification. For students whose first language is not English, an IELTS score of 6.5 or TOEFL score of 600 (250 computer-based version) is required. The Centre for HCI Design currently boasts 6 academic staff and over 20 research staff. It undertakes fundamental long-term research funded by the EPSRC and EU, and more applied research in collaboration with commercial and governmental organisations and charities. Research areas include: holistic system design methods, usability evaluation, tools and methods to support interactive system design, assistive technologies and designing for diverse users, culture and creativity in design, e-Learning, requirements engineering for socio-technical systems, business process modeling, component-based system development. Further details: Please sent general enquiries to pgenquire@soi.city.ac.uk or browse our web-site at: http://hcid.soi.city.ac.uk/ and http://www.soi.city.ac.uk/pgcourses/hcs/index.html --