Develop knowledge and skills related to how humans search for and interact with information and media and design social and technological systems to support those interactions, in the information interaction and design graduate area of focus at the UBC School of Information.
Career opportunities
The iSchool information interaction and design graduate pathway is associated with professional work in fields such as:
- Information architecture
- Web design
- Information services
- Instructional design
- Usability testing
- User-centred design
Research areas
The graduate pathway gives you the tools to be able to conduct research in multiple areas, including:
- Information behaviour
- Human-computer interaction
- Internet research
- Media studies
- Knowledge organization
- Design
Pathway coursework
- LIBR 555 (3) Information Design I: Systems
- LIBR 556 (3) Information Design II: Documents
- LIBR 514F (3) Information Visualization and Visual Analytics
- LIBR 553 (3) Understanding Information Users in Diverse Environments
- LIBR 554 (3) Database Design
- LIBR 557 (3) Information Retrieval Concepts and Practice
- LIBR 559C (3) Python Programming
- LIBR 574 (3) Project Management in Information Organizations
- LIBR 581 (3) Digital Libraries
Relevant courses outside the iSchool
Courses in cognitive science, psychology, design, and human-computer interaction.