Information Architecture for the World Wide Web, Second Edition

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)

http://iakm.kent.edu/

Masters in Information Architecture and Knowledge Management.

University of Baltimore (Baltimore, Maryland, USA)

http://iat.ubalt.edu/idia/

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 ...