Intro to Hum-Comp Inter Design

Catalog description

Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction Design. Three semester hours. Students will learn the fundamental concepts of human-computer interaction and user-center design thinking, through working in teams on a interaction design project, supported by lectures, readings, and discussions. They will learn to evaluate and design usable and appropriate software based on psychological, social and technical analysis. They will become familiar with the variety of design and evaluation methods used in interaction design, and will get experience with these methods in their project. Graduate student team projects will involve more advanced HCI design issues. Topics will include usability and affordances, direct manipulation, systematic design methods, user conceptual models and interface meta