Human-Computer Interaction

The design, evaluation, implementation and phenomena of interactive computing systems for human use.

Created by: Ruth Stalker-Firth
fascinated by how people use technology and vice-versa.

What Will I Learn?

• Gain an understanding of the field of HCI, its history, its theory and its applications.
• Understand the guides and rules of HCI, as well as the laws and tools of UX.
• Identify the cognitive science principles and design theory which underline good visual design.
• To talk with confidence about the field of human-computer interaction.

Requirements

• No experience needed. You already have some of the skills as HCI has no core competencies and borrows from lots of other disciplines.
• An interest in how we shape technology and it shapes us.
• A desire to learn some of the history, tools and, techniques of interaction design (IxD) and user experience (UX).
• A willingness to 'think' on paper even though we are dealing with technological design.

Target audience

• Students who wish to learn exactly what human-computer interaction is and why it is so important today.
• Students who want to acquire some practical UX skills underpinned by HCI theory.
• Students who wish to understand cognitive science and social psychology so that it is easier to design better software and also to see why technology has become so pervasive.