Program Overview

Course Overview

Course Description

The course "User Centered Design to Post Human Design" (IDG4113) is a second-degree level course offered in English, with a focus on Interaction Design. Although the course is no longer taught, it remains available for examination purposes.

Course Details

• Credits: 7.5
• Level: Second degree level
• Language of instruction: English
• Location: Gj½vik
• Examination arrangement: Project

About the Course

Course Content

The course covers a range of topics including:

• Ethics
• Principles and knowledge concepts in key traditions in Interaction Design
• Prototyping methods
• Task analysis and other practical design methods
• Knowledge concepts related to Interaction Design, User-Centered Design, Eco-Centric Design, Post-human Design, and beyond

Learning Outcome

Knowledge

The student will gain a thorough overview of diverse design traditions and in-depth knowledge of user-centered methods and beyond.

Skills

The student will be able to evaluate demands, initiate, theorize, lead, and perform design work in different Interaction Design traditions.

General Competence

The student will be able to analyze and assess the appropriateness of various design strategies and methods, and discuss academic and ethical design issues.

Learning Methods and Activities

• Lectures
• Group work
• Homework assignments related to group project work
• Group project work
• Seminar including seminar paper writing

Evaluation

• Group Project Work (100%)
• Compulsory assignment: Seminar presentation supported by seminar paper writing
• Workshops
• Design of concepts and prototypes

Specific Conditions

• Admission to a program of study is required.

Recommended and Required Previous Knowledge

• Recommended: IMT4309/4032 Usability and Human Factors in Interaction Design
• Required: Admission to a program of study, specifically Master in Interaction Design

Course Materials

• Hopkins, Rob (2019). From what is to what if, unleashing the power of imagination to create the future we want. White River Junction: Chelsea Green Publishing.
• Selected articles and papers

Subject Areas

• Interaction Design