0 or 3 credits
Fall 2025 Lecture Upper Division
This course focuses on understanding cognitive issues and theories in design. Students are exposed to different cognitive models and phases while they are designing interactive systems. They will develop the cognitive perspective, analyze user experience, and develop an interaction design.
Learning Outcomes1Explain and evaluate design decisions in terms of elementary cognitive theories.
2Understand key differences between traditional and emerging models of cognition and the development of these models.
3Learn about specific human strengths and weaknesses in terms of perception, memory, learning, and cognition and how to use this information to optimally design the interface/interaction to leverage this specific human potential.
4Apply current models of individual and group cognition to the design of user interaction.
5Ultimately, analyze, critically evaluate, and improve our interaction with artifacts from the human perspective.
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