Human Computer Interaction Syllabus

Course Title : Human Computer Interaction

Course Credit : 3 units or 54 hours
Pre-requisite : None
Course Description :
This course performs design to different user populations with regard to their abilities and
characteristics for their abilities and characteristics for using both software and hardware
products. Evaluation of the design of existing user interfaces based on the cognitive models
of target user.

Course Topics
Week Topics
1-2 1. What is HCI and Why it is Important?
2. What is interaction design?
3-4 1. Understanding and conceptualizing interaction
2. Cognitive Aspects
5-6 1. Designing for collaboration and communication
2. Emotional Interaction
Preliminary Examination
7-9 1. Interfaces : Interface Types
2. Natural User Interfaces and Beyond
3. Which Interface?
10-11 1. Identifying needs and establishing requirements
2. Design, prototyping and construction
12 Midterm Examination
13-14 1. User-centered approached to interaction design
15-16 1. Introducing evaluation
2. An Evaluation Framework
3. Observing users
4. Asking users and experts
5. Testing and modeling users
17 1. Future of HCI
18 1. Final Exam / Departmental Exam

References :

Main Reference/Core Textbook

Jenny Preece, Yvonne Rogers and Helen Sharp. 2015, Interacion Deisgn Beyond Human Computer Interaction Fourth
Edition, John Wiley and Sons Ltd.

Alan Dix, Janet E. Finlay, Gregory D. Abowd and Russell Beale. 2004. Human- Computer Interaction Third Edition,
Pearson Education Limited.