PROFESSIONAL ACADEMIES

HUMAN COMPUTER
INTERFACE
ACADEMY

The Human Computer Interaction Academy is offered through a partnership with ABSA Bank, one of South Africa’s leading banks. As the world of ‘digital’ continues to touch and transform every business, and every interaction with every customer, the field of Human-Computer interaction touches on everything, and changes everything.

HCI is an unbelievably exciting field, starting with design, UX/UI, design thinking, product design and development, and into mixed reality, such as the metaverse including both virtual and augmented reality.

The HCI Academy offers first-rate training and hands-on experience in the industry, producing South Africa’s future human computer interaction professionals. Join us if you’re interested in a highly prestigious career in HCI, design, the metaverse, design thinking, UX/UI, and related fields.

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HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION ACADEMY: SHAPING THE FUTURE OF DIGITAL EXPERIENCES

QUALIFICATIONS

The Human Computer Interaction Academy professional development programme is made up of four key high-quality programmes:

An undergraduate pathway in Business Administration with specialisation in Design Thinking and applied HCI
A series of 3 national qualifications through the MICT SETA, to form the theoretical and practical base to the field of HCI
A full stack set of internationally recognised industry certifications through international leaders in the field, like IDEO (Foundations in Design Thinking Certificate), and the Interaction Design Foundation, Udemy, and others
The MII Consciousness-Based and values-based curriculum

Stipends are available for all students accepted into the programme.

CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

Usability Testers
User Experience (UX) Testers
UX Designers / UX Developers (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, VB.NET, PHP)
UX Writers
Web Designers
Copywriters
Participatory-based Designers
Community-based Developers
Design-thinkers
Specialists in specific platforms: Android, iOS, ATMs, Websites, Tablets, Phones & Metaverse
Product Management to Market
Nudging and Advertising
Online Ethicists

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