CSE 4441/5351 Human-Computer Interaction

Winter 2008

WWW page: http://www.cs.yorku.ca/course/4441

Time, Location

TR 11:30 - 13:00, BC 323

Instructor

Scott MacKenzie

Office

CSE 3045

Office Hours

MW 9:30-11:00

 

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General Information

This course introduces students to the fundamentals, the theory, and the practice of Human-Computer Interaction. The design process, different interaction paradigms, user models, task analysis, dialog notation, interaction models, and the evaluation of user interfaces, are discussed. Furthermore, alternative input technologies (such as speech recognition and tablet computing), groupware, mobile and ubiquitous computing, as well as Virtual Reality user interfaces, are presented. The topics of this course are applied in practical assignments.

Undergraduate students must meet general 4th year prerequisites. CSE 3461 is required. Degree Credit Exclusion: CSE 4341.

Required Textbook

Evaluation

Item

Percent of final grade
(4441)

Percent of final grade
(5351)

Due date

Assignment 1

10%

10%

Feb 13

Assignment 2

10%

10%

Mar 12

Project

40%

50%

Apr 16

Midterm

40%

30%

Feb 28

Assignments and projects are due by midnight on the specified day and are to be submitted electronically with the 'submit' command in Prism (unless specified otherwise). Numerical scores (out of 100) are used to calculate grades. Grades can be viewed via the following command in Prism:  courseInfo 4441.

Important Dates

Date

Event

Winter classes start

Jan 3

Reading week

Feb 11-15

Drop date

Mar 7

Winter classes end

Apr 4

Winter exams start

Apr 7

Winter exams end

Apr 29

 

Course Policies

Late assignments or projects will not be accepted, unless prior arrangement has been made with the instructor. Missed midterms are handled in the same way. Note that exceptions to the late policy will be made only in serious cases and if the circumstances are documented and beyond your control. Please see the Departmental WWW page on Academic Policies for details regarding academic dishonesty, etc.