CAP 490

This advanced HCI course covers the history, state-of-the-art and contemporary trends of this
fast-moving field. HCI is also central to recent technological developments such as hypertext, multimedia,
virtual reality and the web. This course focuses on psychological aspects of the individual user, universal
design principles, and User Centered Design (UCD) models. Topics include interactive system
development lifecycle and its requirements, major themes and recent trends in HCI, interaction design
models, participatory design, Information Architecture (IA), adaptive interfaces, measuring the User
Experience (UX), social computing and online communities, mobile computing and issues surrounding
the design for smaller screens, ubiquitous computing, Computer Mediated Communication (CMC) and
Computer Supported Cooperative Work (CSCW).