以人为本的计算集中力使学生做好准备学习诸如用户界面设计和开发以及计算机图形和动画等领域。这些技能的应用可能包括视频游戏，电影特效以及科学，工程和医学中的可视化。除了计算机科学的基本领域（编程，数据结构，离散数学，算法，形式语言，计算机体系结构和操作系统）以外，该领域还对学生进行了用户界面设计，计算机图形学，视觉媒体和自然语言方面的教育语言处理。
The human-centered computing concentration prepares students to pursue areas such as user-interface design and development and computer graphics and animation. Applications of these skills might include video games, movie special effects, and visualization in science, engineering, and medicine. In addition to the fundamental areas of computer science?programming, data structures, discrete mathematics, algorithms, formal languages, computer architecture, and operating systems?the concentration educates students in user-interface design, computer graphics, visual media, and natural language processing.