HCI Courses at UMD
HCIL has compiled a list of human-computer interaction courses to be offered in the Spring of 2006 at the University of Maryland. In addition to courses to be taught by HCIL members, there are courses being offered from several different departments which have shown interest in human-computer interaction issues.Below is a concise list of courses with only instructors, titles and times of their meetings. A detailed description of each course follows this list. For a complete schedule of UMD classes, visit: http://www.testudo.umd.edu/ScheduleOfClasses.html
HCI Course List, Spring 2006
- CMSC 434 - Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction
Instructor: Francois Guimbretiere
Meeting time: Tues/Thurs 2pm - 3:15pm (CSI 2117) - CMSC 838S - Information Visualization
Instructor: Ben Shneiderman
Meeting time: Tues/Thurs 9:30am - 10:45pm (CSIC 3118) - LBSC 795 - Principles of Human - Computer Communication
Instructor: Ryen White
Meeting time: Tuesdays 5:30pm - 8:15pm - LBSC 878 - Doctoral Seminar in Information Studies: Communication and Information Transfer
Instructor: Jenny Preece
Meeting time: Thursdays 1pm - 3:45pm (HBK 4113) - PSYC 779 - Seminar in Human Performance Theory and Human Computer Interaction
Instructor: Kent Norman
Meeting time: Mondays 1:30pm - 4pm (1203 BPS)
Course Descriptions:
CMSC 434 - Introduction to Human-Computer Interaction
(3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD
Assess usability by quantitative and qualitative methods. Conduct task analyses, usability tests, expert reviews, and continuing assessments of working products by interviews, surveys, and logging. Apply design processes and guidelines to develop professional quality user interfaces. Build low-fidelity paper mockups, and a high-fidelity prototype using contemporary tools such as graphic editors and a graphical programming environment (eg: Visual Basic, Java).
CMSC 838S - Information Visualization
(3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD
What is information visualization? How is it related to scientific visualization? How does it combine with data mining? Information visualization is emerging as an important fusion of graphics, scientific visualization, database, and human-computer interaction. Dozens of innovative visualizations for 1-, 2-, 3-, and multi-dimensional data have been proposed, along with creative designs for temporal, hierarchical, and network data. This seminar will examine the design alternatives (fisheye, overviews, dynamic queries, etc.), algorithms and data structures, coordinated views, plus human factors evaluations of efficacy for a variety of tasks and users. Students will read current literature and conduct collaborative projects to design, implement, and/or evaluate existing or novel visualizations. Mid-term and final exams will be given, so the course qualifies for MS and PhD comps.
For more information go to: http://www.cs.umd.edu/class/spring2006/cmsc838s/index.html
LBSC 795 - Principles of Human - Computer Communication
(3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD
Prerequisite: permission of department and LBSC 690. Principles of human-human and machine-machine communication as a basis for models of human-computer communication. Issues related in input/ output devices, conceptual models, levels of control, metaphor and personification, adaptability, and intensionality/extensionality.
For more information go to: http://umiacs.umd.edu/~ryen/teaching/LBSC795
LBSC 878 Doctoral Seminar in Information Studies: Communication and Information Transfer
(3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD
(3 credits) Grade Method: REG/P-F/AUD
