COMM 3450

Human-Computer Interaction Design

Course Description

Course information provided by the Courses of Study 2023-2024. Courses of Study 2024-2025 is scheduled to publish mid-June.

This course focuses on user experience design (UX) and the life cycle of interface design from the user perspective. We will discuss key aspects of the human-centered design process: understanding, analyzing, and formalizing user needs, exploring possible design solutions to address user needs, creating prototypes to externalize design ideas, and evaluating the usability of these prototypes.

When Offered Fall, Spring, Summer.

• Students will be able to appraise the human-centered design cycle and human-computer interaction design concepts.
• Students will be able to build practical skills required to apply the human-centered design process in technology design through class activities and a semester-long project.
• Students will be able to design a user interface in a semester-long project, including interim milestones that walk the students through the specific stages of the design process.
• Students will be able to develop teamwork skills through a semester-long group project.

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