Learn to design a better future, where technology serves people, not the other way around.
Human-computer interaction (HCI) is the point where people meet technology. Through this minor, you'll explore how psychology, design, and technology intersect. Then, drawing on linguistics, semiotics, and information science, you'll be equipped to design and create intuitive and accessible digital experiences that are natural, engaging and meaningful.
You'll also explore games design, learning about captivating interfaces and unique design features like earcons (auditory icons).
With businesses prioritising usability as a core value, this minor gives you the skills to craft technology that enhances daily life, from games to everyday tools.
Learn how humans interact with digital systems and create technologies that are intuitive, accessible, and engaging.
Explore psychology, design, and computing to understand user behaviour and develop different interfaces that enhance experiences, from apps to immersive games.
With user experience at the heart of every industry, HCI skills set you apart in fields like design, software, health tech, and interactive media.
The main learning environment for this minor is the Human Computer Interaction (HCI) Hub laboratory.
The subjects in this minor introduce you to user-centred design and usability principles, providing breadth of knowledge across the topics of human-computer interaction and gaming. Through challenge-based learning and project work, you'll gain insight into how to design technologies that work well for people.
This minor culminates in a project where, integrating your learnings from the previous 3 subjects, you'll deliver useful and usable recommendations or solutions for an actual client from the not-for-profit or startup sector.
The Human Computer Interaction & Games Tech minor is comprised of the following:
This minor is available to any student across RMIT currently enrolled in an undergraduate degree.
Apply for your desired undergraduate degree. Once successfully enrolled, if your degree structure allows, you will be able to select this minor in year 2 or 3 of your degree.
Our friendly staff at Study@RMIT are available 5 days a week to assist you.
If the undergraduate degree you're enrolled in allows for a minor, you will be able to select the minor in years 2 and 3 of your degree.
Each STEM Hub minor has a coordinator whom you can contact for more information about the minor you're interested in.
You may experience a timetable clash when completing one or more units in a minor.
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