Tony Scarlatos

A survey course designed to introduce students to Human-Computer Interaction and prepare them for further study in the specialized topics of their choice. Students will have the opportunity to delve deeper in the course through a course project, and through a two-three week special topic selected at the instructor's discretion. Course is cross-listed as CSE 323, EST 323 and ISE 323.

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• An understanding of the terminology and methods used in HCI.
• An understanding of users’ needs, requirements and abilities.
• An understanding of the range of possibilities for human-computer interaction.
• An ability to design applications and services that are user-centered.

• Dan Saffer, Designing for Interaction: Creating Smart Applications and Clever Devices. Peachpit Press, 2006. ISBN: 0321432061
• Supplementary Material: Gary Rosenzweig, ActionScript for Fun and Games. Que, 2002. ISBN: 0789727994

• Approaches to HCI
• HCI basics
• Getting ideas
• Design process
• Interactivity: human-computer dialogs
• Smart applications
• Service design
• The future of HCI
• Designing for good

CSE323