Kristine Yuen
1 min readFeb 9, 2020

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This is a nice list, but you’re missing California College of the Arts in San Francisco (https://www.cca.edu/design/interaction-design/)! It has a 1 year program that gives you a Master’s of Design in Interaction Design. It’s technically not an HCI program but it teaches all the skills you need to be as a UX Designer/Product Designer/Interaction Designer. Particularly, since it’s an art school you learn visual design skills too which are crucial. There’s still a lot of HCI programs out there that tend to skip on those skills or are very technical, which is unfortunate since most top tech companies require UX Designers to have skills in research, systems design, prototyping, and visual design. CCA has all of that (and more), and even communication and storytelling classes. Also, the professors at CCA mostly work in Silicon Valley or come from top design firms such as IDEO. Their Design MBA program is also really great for those more interested in going into design strategy or research!

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Kristine Yuen
Kristine Yuen

Written by Kristine Yuen

Design Manager @ LinkedIn. Design mentor, coach, and public speaker. Lover of travel, food, and design.

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