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Syllabus:

Usability and User Experience Design, 7.5 Credits

The course is discontinued

Swedish name: Användbarhet och upplevelsedesign

This syllabus is valid: 2008-03-31 valid to 2009-08-30 (newer version of the syllabus exists)

Course code: 2IN041

Credit points: 7.5

Education level: Second cycle

Main Field of Study and progress level: Informatics: Second cycle, has only first-cycle course/s as entry requirements

Grading scale: Three-grade scale

Responsible department: Department of Informatics

Contents

The aim of the course is to study concepts, methods, and techniques of usability engineering, with focus on artefacts where user experience is essential. Historically, usability has covered aspects as efficiency, learnability, etc. Today, a large number of IT artefacts include other measures of success, such as playability, engagement, entertainment, immersion and aesthetics. After the course, students will be able to design and conduct usability studies of both traditional artefacts and systems where experience is important.

Required Knowledge

Prerequisites for the course are 45 credits in Informatics, Computer Science or Cognitive Science, or equivalent, including at least one course (7.5 credits) in Human-Computer Interaction, or equivalent. English proficiency equivalent to IELTS Academic Training –minimum score 5.0 with no individual score below 4.5 (Tests taken before January 2005 not admissible or TOEFL – minimum score 500 on paper based test and not below 4.0 on the TWE, Alternatively 173 on computer based test with iBT61 is also required as well as basic entrance requirements for higher studies in Swedish language proficiency if the course is taught in Swedish.

Literature

Valid from: 2008 week 14

Wiberg Charlotte
A measure of fun : extending the scope of web usability
Umeå : Dept of Informatics [Institutionen för informatik] : 2003 : [12], 221, [59] s. :
http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-210
ISBN: 91-7305-555-7
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