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Program checklist · What is Human-Centered Design and Development?

What is Human-Centered Design and Development?

Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College · Erie, PA

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Program
Award
What is Human-Centered Design and Development?
Credits (computed from items)
401-417
Catalog edition
2026
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
214591
CourseShelf checklist
CK_214591_d4e4184b
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 59

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Requirements for the Major

major core · 0 items

    Prescribed Courses

    1 item
    1. IST 495
      1

    Prescribed Courses: Require a grade of C or better

    13 items
    1. HCDD 264
      3
    2. HCDD 311
      3
    3. HCDD 340
      3
    4. HCDD 364W
      3
    5. HCDD 411
      3
    6. HCDD 412
      3
    7. HCDD 440
      3
    8. IST 210
      3
    9. IST 220
      3
    10. IST 230
      3
    11. IST 256
      3 General Education Course
      As published: “Programming for the Web”
      3
    12. IST 402
      3
    13. STAT 200
      4

    Additional Courses

    4 items
    1. ENGL 15
      Rhetoric and Composition
      Not resolved to a course
      or: ENGL 30H Honors Rhetoric and Composition
      3
    2. ENGL 202C
      Effective Writing: Technical Writing
      or: ENGL 202D Effective Writing: Business Writing
      3
    3. PSYCH 100
      Introductory Psychology
      or: SOC 3 Introductory Social Psychology
      3
    4. Select 12 credits from the Application Focus course listings. These are listings maintained by the department as support of major courses. At least one course must be at the 400 level. Students may also complete a custom Application Focus course sequence with approval from an academic adviser and an HCDD teaching faculty member. Students may want to consider choosing courses that also fulfill US and/or IL requirements.
      Not resolved to a course
      12

    Additional Courses: Require a grade of C or better

    12 items
    1. HCDD 113S
      Foundations of Human-Centered Design and
      As published: “Foundations of Human-Centered Design and Development FYS”
      or: HCDD 113 Foundations of Human-Centered Design and Development
      3
    2. IST 261
      Application Development Design Studio I
      or: HCDD 361 Application Development Design Studio II
      3
    3. MATH 110
      Techniques of Calculus I
      or: MATH 140 Calculus With Analytic Geometry I
      4
    4. Select one of the following:
      Not resolved to a course
      3-6
    5. IST 140
      3
    6. CMPSC 121
      3
    7. CMPSC 131
      3 Supporting Course
      As published: “Programming and Computation I: Fundamentals”
      3
    8. CMPSC 101& IST 240
      Introduction to Programmingand Introduction to Computer Languages
      Not resolved to a course
    9. Select one of the following:
      Not resolved to a course
      3-6
    10. IST 242
      3
    11. CMPSC 221& CMPSC 122
      Object Oriented Programming with Web-Based Applicationsand Intermediate Programming
      Not resolved to a course
    12. CMPSC 132& CMPSC 221
      Programming and Computation II: Data Structuresand Object Oriented Programming with Web-Based Applications
      Not resolved to a course

    Data Sciences

    14 items
    1. DS 120
      1
    2. DS 200
      4
    3. DS 220
      3
    4. DS 300
      3
    5. DS 310
      3
    6. DS 330
      3
    7. DS 402
      3
    8. DS 410
      3
    9. MIS 301
      3
    10. MIS 431
      3 Supporting Data Analytics
      As published: “Business Data Management”
      3
    11. MIS 441
      Applied Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Business
      As published: “Applied Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning in Business”
      3
    12. MIS 445
      4
    13. STAT 184
      3 General Education Course
      As published: “Introduction to R”
      2
    14. STAT 380
      3 IL Course
      As published: “Data Science Through Statistical Reasoning and Computation”
      3

    Digital Arts and Communication

    23 items
    1. AA 121
      3
    2. AA 122
      3
    3. CAS 101N
      3
    4. CAS 175N
      3
    5. CAS 215
      3
    6. CAS 271N
      3
    7. CAS 383N
      3
    8. CAS 471
      3
    9. COMM 100N
      3
    10. COMM 190/GAME 140
      Gaming and Interactive Media
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    11. COMM 241
      3
    12. COMM 310
      3
    13. COMM 320
      3
    14. COMM 325
      3
    15. COMM 370
      3
    16. COMM 372
      3
    17. COMM 418
      3
    18. COMM 420
      3
    19. COMM 422
      3
    20. COMM 441
      3
    21. COMM 450
      3
    22. COMM 450A
      3
    23. GD 100
      3

    Geographic Information Systems

    12 items
    1. CAS 101N
      3
    2. GEOG 6N
      Maps and the Geospatial Revolution
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    3. GEOG 260
      3 BA Fields selection
      As published: “Geographic Information in a Changing World: Introduction to GIScience”
      3
    4. GEOG 361
      3
    5. GEOG 362
      3
    6. GEOG 363
      3
    7. GEOG 364
      3 Option elective
      As published: “Spatial Analysis”
      3
    8. GEOG 461W
      3
    9. GEOG 463
      3
    10. GEOG 464
      3
    11. GEOG 485
      3
    12. Any ARMY, NAVSC, AIR ROTC
      Not resolved to a course
      1-6

    Healthcare

    18 items
    1. BBH 101
      3
    2. BBH 302
      3
    3. BBH 305
      3
    4. BBH 315
      3
    5. BBH 316
      3
    6. BBH 402
      3
    7. BBH 432
      3
    8. BBH 440
      3
    9. HDFS 210
      3
    10. HDFS 249N
      3
    11. HDFS 445
      3
    12. HPA 101
      3
    13. HPA 210
      3
    14. HPA 211
      3
    15. HPA 301W
      3
    16. HPA 311
      3
    17. HPA 332
      3
    18. HPA 470
      3

    Informatics

    8 items
    1. ENGR 310
      3
    2. ETI 301
      3
    3. HCDD 446
      3
    4. IST 222H
      3
    5. IST 234N
      3
    6. IST 402
      3
    7. IST 431
      3
    8. MGMT 215
      3

    Psychology

    10 items
    1. PSYCH 221
      3
    2. PSYCH 244
      Introduction to the Psychology of Human Factors
      As published: “Introduction to the Psychology of Human Factors Engineering”
      3
    3. PSYCH 253
      3
    4. PSYCH 256
      3
    5. PSYCH 301W
      4
    6. PSYCH 370
      3
    7. PSYCH 420
      3
    8. PSYCH 421
      3
    9. PSYCH 423
      3
    10. PSYCH 458
      3

    Security and Risk

    13 items
    1. CYBER 100
      3
    2. CYBER 221
      3
    3. CYBER 262
      3
    4. CYBER 366
      3
    5. SRA 111
      3
    6. SRA 211
      3
    7. SRA 231
      3 Application Focus Selection
      As published: “Decision Theory and Analysis”
      3
    8. SRA 268
      3
    9. SRA 311
      3 General Education Course
      As published: “Risk Analysis in a Security Context”
      3
    10. SRA 421
      3
    11. SRA 468
      3
    12. SRA 472
      3
    13. Any ARMY, NAVSC, AIR ROTC
      Not resolved to a course
      1-6

    Sociology

    11 items
    1. SOC 5
      Social Problems
      Not resolved to a course
      3
    2. SOC 120N
      3
    3. SOC 207
      3
    4. SOC 403
      3
    5. SOC 404
      3
    6. SOC 405
      3
    7. SOC 422
      3
    8. SOC 423
      3
    9. SOC 425
      3
    10. SOC 459
      3
    11. SOC 467
      3
    Source. Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College, catalog 2026 — https://bulletins.psu.edu/undergraduate/colleges/information-sciences-technology/human-centered-design-development-bs/. Captured page pages/0013.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.