August 2002
Beginner
496 pages
14h 43m
English
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Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, Second Edition
by Louis Rosenfeld, Peter Morville
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Formal Education
As discussed in Chapter 13, academia is just beginning to struggle with where to fit and how to teach information architecture, not to mention the many other emergent fields under the collective umbrella of experience design. A few programs dedicated to information architecture are emerging (as listed below), but for the time being, it’s still a good plan to consider graduate-level programs in established fields related to information architecture (such as library science and cognitive psychology) and augmenting your studies with cognate courses from other fields.
Graduate Education
Kent State University (Bowling Green, Ohio, USA)
Masters in Information Architecture and Knowledge Management.
University of Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland, USA)
Masters in Interaction Design and Information Architecture.
Articles, Surveys, and Other Resources
IAwiki Degree in IA Page
http://www.iawiki.net/DegreeInIA
The most up-to-date collection of resources on the topic; includes listings of programs and discussion of syllabi.
U.S. News and World Report
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/edu/grad/rankings/lib/libindex.htm
Ranked list of U.S. graduate schools in library science from 1999.
ACM SIGCHI
http://www.acm.org/sigchi/educhi/program.html
Published in 1998, this HCI Education Survey Report lists 76 HCI programs.
HCI Bibliography
http://www.hcibib.org/education/
“The HCI Education page is a collection of resources for students and educators ...
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