UC Irvine’s Department of Informatics offers the only mixed format, low-residency one-year master of human-computer interaction and design (MHCID) in the world, providing students the benefits of in-person, high-touch learning in accelerated on-campus visits with the flexibility of online distance education. The MHCID program prepares its graduates to be leaders in user experience research and design, interaction design, information architecture, product design, and human-computer interaction. The MHCID program is also fully accredited by WSCUC and overseen by the Academic Senate of the University of California.