Courses

Basic courses

Students must choose their basic courses among the core units of Table 1, totaling 40 EC in study load. Graduate School students must make their choice totaling 50 EC in study load. The choice for all students is limited by the following rules. (The implication of these rules for Trento Double Degree students is outlined after Table 1.)

-	The basic courses must include units in the area Human Computer Interaction with a study load of at least 5 EC in total;

-	The basic courses must include units in the area Natural Interaction with a study load of at least 5 EC in total;

-	The basic courses must include units in the area Artificial Intelligence with a study load of at least 5 EC in total;

-	The basic courses must include units in the area Man, Media and Society with a study load of at least 10 EC and at most 15 EC in total. It is mandatory that Computer Ethics (191612680) is among the basic subjects in this area.

-	The basic courses must include a HMI project (192166100). It is possible to have more than one instance of a unit of study in a course programme (e.g. HMI project, Capita Selecta). Of course the approval of the programme mentor is needed. The difference between the two must be clear to all parties.

-	The number of introductory units of study included in the basic courses is limited by the following rule: The course programme can include no more than 30 credits from ‘introductory’ units of study.

For Graduate School students an additional requirement is imposed:

-	The basic courses of a Graduate School student must include all units in the Human Centered IT area.

For Trento Double Degree an additional requirement is imposed.

-	The four courses of the LMI programme in Table 1a are mandatory.

This additional requirement constitutes a specific way to meet the basic HMI requirements. It applies to TDD students only. Table 1a shows how the mandatory LMI courses are used to meet part of the HMI basic requirements.

TABLE 1: Basic courses and their areas

	study load in EC	assessment	prerequisites
1. Artificial Intelligence (AI)
192320601 Multi agent systems	5	S, O
192160200 Knowledge Representation	10	S, O
192166420 Machine learning	10	O
2. Human Computer Interaction (HCI)
201000113 User Centred Design of New Media	5
192166100 HMI project	10	O, Pre	1
201000076 User studies in human media interaction	5	O
3. Man, media, society (MMS)
191612510 Introduction to philosophy of technology	5	S, O
191612680 Computer Ethics	5	S, O
192165201 Media and technology -i-	5	O
192934100 Media psychology	5	S
192934160 Ergonomical design	5	S, O, Pre
192934050 Computer games studies	5	O
4. Mediatechnologie (MT)
192110371 Graphics & virtual reality -i-	5	O
191210910 Image processing and computer vision	5	O
192166400 Advanced graphics	10	O
192160400Information retrieval	10	S, O
5. Natural Interaction (NI)
192166310 Speech and language processing 1 -i-	5	S, O
192166320 Speech and language processing 2	5	S, O	2
192166370 Conversational agents	10	O
201000078 Brain Computer Interfacing	10	O,Pre
6. Human Centred Interaction Technology (HCIT)
Module 1	5		1
Module 2	5		1
Others
192166200 Capita selecta HMI	5	O, Pre	1
192110322 Seminar HMI	5	O, Pre

An -i- indicates an introductory unit

Prerequisites

1.	This course is excluded from the provisions of article 4 under 3 of the Teaching and Examination Regulations. Students must have a Bachelor’s diploma and (or) a certificate of admission to sit the interim examination.

2.	To be eligible for 192166320 Speech and language processing 2 the student must have successfully completed 192166310 Speech and language processing 1.

Assessment and marking:

The ‘Assessment method’ columns use the following codes:

S	written interim examination
O	written assignment: detailed exercises, a report, an essay or other written document reviewed and assessed by the examiner, but not in the presence of the student
M	oral assessment: a meeting involving the student and the examiner or other individual, during which the student’s knowledge is assessed
P	practical assignment: a functioning product prepared and submitted by the student to be assessed in terms of behaviour, operation and/or use (e.g. a simple programme or a larger, functioning prototype)
Pj	project: group activities as part of which the resulting group work and the student’s participation are assessed
Pre	presentation: information presented by the student before an audience, usually other students

These codes are used to give a general indication of the assessment method of each unit of study, not outline the exact rules governing the form of assessment.

TABLE 1a: mandatory Trento courses for TDD students

	study load in EC	area in which the course counts for the basic subject requirements
Machine learning	6	Artificial Intelligence
Topics in Cognitive Psychology	8	Man, media, society
Topics in Cognitive Neuroscience	8	Natural Interaction
Language Resources and Ontologies	5	Natural Interaction

To meet the basic requirements, a TDD student has to take these four courses in Trento plus at least in Twente

·	Unit(s) in the area Human Computer Interaction (5 EC or more).

·	Computer Ethics (191612680)

·	A HMI project (192166100) .

·	Research design (6 EC, mandatory): category “Human Computer Interaction”. The course is broad and (among others) covers research ethics.

Advanced subjects

Advanced courses are units of study chosen from the core HMI units in Table 1 that are not included in the basic subjects.

The choice of courses is limited by the following rules:

·	Advanced courses include no introductory units.

·	The course programme includes no more than 15 EC units in the area Man, Media and Society.

Electives and homologation courses

Elective courses are courses not taken from Table 1. They are chosen upon advice of the programme mentor.

TDD students can take courses at Trento which are not in Table 1a as elective courses.

The choice of courses is limited by the following rule: The course programme includes no more than 15 EC units in the area Man, Media and Society.

In some cases the admissions board may issue a certificate of admission with additional requirements. Generally the student will use the space for elective courses in his course programme to meet these additional requirements, usually called ‘homologation’. Consequently he can take less or no elective courses.

(Research) Traineeship, Research Topics

1.	Graduate school students must take a 15 EC research traineeship in their course programme.

2.	2Trento Double Degree students must take the 6 EC Research design course at Trento in their course programme

3.	All students except Graduate School students may take a 20 EC traineeship in their course programme. A student who must take homologation (see section e) courses can skip a traineeship to make space for the homologation.

4.	All students except the Graduate School and the Trento Double Degree students must take a 10 EC Research topics subject in their course programme. The regulation of Article 4 paragraph 3 does not apply to the Research topics.

5.	Students may start a traineeship only if they have passed the Bachelor’s audit referred to in Article 4 paragraph 1 of the Teaching and Examination Regulations. The regulation of Article 4 paragraph 3 does not apply.