Double Degree Options

HCI Degree Program

The HCI Graduate Program is pleased to offer the opportunity for students to pursue a double degree between our graduate program and other programs at Iowa State University. A double degree requires fulfillment of the requirements for two graduate majors for which two differently named master’s degrees and two diplomas are granted at the same time. For double degrees with a thesis or creative component, the final project (thesis or creative component) must integrate subject area from both majors.

The HCI Graduate Program currently offers the following double degree program:

  • Industrial Design, M.I.D. & Human Computer Interaction, M.S. Graduate Double Degree

Steps to earning a double degree

  1. Click here to visit the Office of Admissions website and to apply.
  2. Select your Program Study of interest (e.g., Industrial Design, MID & Human Computer Interaction, MS Graduate Double Degree).
  3. Create a MyAccount profile and complete and submit your application, including the required documents.
  4. Please see the important information below.

Important Information for a double degree

  • The major professor can either represent both majors or two co-major professors can represent each major. The student must have a major professor (HCI faculty member) before they can be admitted to the HCI Graduate Program.
  • Double degrees require at least 24 hours of non-overlapping graduate credits in each major.
  • For double degrees with a thesis or creative component, the final project (thesis or creative component) must integrate subject areas from both majors.
  • A double degree requires fulfillment of the requirements for two graduate majors for which two differently named master’s degrees and two diplomas are granted at the same time.
  • Double-degree programs are not offered online.

Individualized Double Degrees

Information, instructions, and requirements can be found in the Graduate College Handbook, under chapter/heading 4.3.3 Double Degree Programs. If a student is interested in an individually-developed double degree program, a written proposal for a double degree to serve those interests, which must include a proposed course plan, should be submitted to the Graduate College for review. 

HCI students have pursued these individualized double degrees:

  • Graphic Design, M.F.A. & Human Computer Interaction, M.S. Graphic Individualized Double Degree
  • Interior Design, M.A. & Human Computer Interaction, M.S. Graduate Individualized Double Degree
  • Interior Design, M.F.A. & Human Computer Interaction, M.S. Graduate Individualized Double Degree
  • Integrated Visual Arts, M.F.A. & Human Computer Interaction, M.S. Graduate Individualized Double Degree