Human-Computer Interaction ((3-4 Credits))

Catalog description

Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) is concerned with interactions between human activities and the computational systems that support them. Because it deals with people as well as computational systems, HCI demands the consideration of cultural, social, organizational, cognitive and perceptual issues. A key component is the understanding and the advocacy of the user. Design in this domain must be interaction-focused and human-centered, and must draw upon knowledge areas of user and task analysis, human factors, accessibility standards, and cognitive psychology. Consequently, it draws on a variety of disciplinary traditions, including psychology, ergonomics, computer science, graphic and product design, anthropology and engineering. Prerequisites (must complete before registering): Computer Programming I or equivalent; Statistics Assumptions about surrounding courses: Familiarity with organizing data in spreadsheets and using spreadsheet functions. This course was previously SMT-273484 Human-Computer Interaction.