Catalog Description:

A survey of concepts and techniques for user interface design and human-computer interaction. Emphasizes user-centered design, interface development techniques, and usability evaluation.

Contact Hours:

• Lecture: 3 hours

Prerequisites: CSC316 or ECE309
Co-requisites: None
Restrictions: None
Coordinator: Dr. Noboru Matsuda
Textbook: Foundations for Designing User-Centered

Course Outcomes:

At the end of this course students will be able to:

1. Learn how and why to apply user-centered system principles to the design of software systems
2. Get comfortable with the creation and validation of interactive wireframes with a prototyping tool like FIGMA.

Topics:

• What is HCI?
• Overview of UCD
• Overview of ABCS
• Design ABCS: Anthropometrics/Physical, Behavior/Perception
• Design ABCS: Cognition (memory, attention and learning), Cognition (mental representations, problem solving, and decision making)
• Design ABCS: Human-Computer Communication, Social: Social Cognition and Teamwork
• Design ABCS: Social: Theories and Models
• Error: An Inherent Part of System Performance
• Frameworks
• Models
• Methods: Discovery (collection)
• Methods: Discovery (interpretation)
• Methods: Conceptual design
• Formative Research: Usability
• Methods: Usability Testing
• Methods: Survey design
• Methods: Visual Design
• Methods: Accessibility
• What is AI and What’s at Stake?
• AI and Language Comprehension
• AI and its Limited Capability
• What We Can Learn About AI from the Human Mind
• Common Sense and Responsible Applications of AI
• Trustworthy AI