Variations of "Human Computer Interaction" Syllabus in Computer Science Area

In theory, course curriculum, also known as course syllabus, should play an important role in the success of learning. However, in practice course syllabus are often far from playing this role. In this paper, we analyze several course syllabus in order to better characterize learning expectations in the field of HCI (Human Computer Interaction) and Computer Science. We start by analyzing variations of course syllabus descriptions in that field. We report the results of a case study using simple statistics to automatically extract relationships from syllabus documents of HCI courses described online. We further provide some requirements for future syllabus descriptions that seem to be missing in all the syllabus descriptions analyzed. Our aim with this work is to urge further discussions and future work to enhance the content and practice related to course syllabus.