CSC 440: Human Computer Interaction

Course description: Introduction to HCI. The Human User: Capabilities and Limitations. The Computer: Capabilities and Limitations. The Interaction: Models of Interaction and Interaction Styles. Usability Principles: Principles of HCI that support user friendliness. Interface design: dialog notation and design - Visual Design. Design support: Systems that support the design process. Usability Evaluation. Introduction to Speech Computing and other Forms of Input/output.
 

Course Outcomes:

After completing this course successfully, student should have the following capabilities:
1. Understand the vocabulary associated with sensory and cognitive systems as relevant to task performance by humans
2. Be able to apply models from cognitive psychology to predicting user performance in various human-computer interaction tasks and recognize the limits of human performance as they apply to computer operation;
3. Appreciate the importance of a design and evaluation methodology that begins with and maintains a focus on the user.
4. Be familiar with a variety of both conventional and non-traditional user interface paradigms,.
5. Understand the social implications of technology and their ethical responsibilities in the design of technological systems.
6. Working in small groups on a product design from start to finish will provide student with invaluable team-work experience.