Judy Brown Comp 453 is a Human-Computer Interaction course with an emphasis on user interface design. It begins by reviewing models for understanding relevant aspects of human behaviour, and then relating the implications to issues in program design. The course then continues by examining various user interface design techniques and general strategies, including both textual and graphical approaches. Several modern user interface design environments are discussed. Finally, some advanced research is discussed, showing possible directions for future development.
Course work includes assigned readings, assignments, classroom presentations plus a project.
Practical work will concentrate on reasoned design and implementation of user-interfaces for specific application programs, and will involve mastery of a graphical user interface programming environment. Critical analysis will concentrate on examination and evaluation of existing user interface design and on user interface programming environments, based on reasoning from HCI principles. The essay could be a review of an area of HCI or a topic suggested by the student and agreed to by the course coordinator. Handouts Lecture Notes Standard disclaimer applies.