DEA 2730

Human Centered Design Methods

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2019-2020 Catalog.

This course explores the use of design methods to generate ideas and evaluate designed objects, environments, and interfaces. Lectures cultivate an understanding of the various methods, while hands-on activities provide opportunity to apply these methods to the design of artifacts and their interactions with people and things.

Prerequisites/Corequisites Prerequisite: DEA 1101 and DEA 1150.

Permission Note Enrollment preference given to: DEA undergraduate majors. Other students by permission only. 

Course Attribute (CU-UGR)

Outcomes

• To develop an understanding of how and which design methodologies can be applied in the iterative process of designing artifacts.
• To demonstrate the ability to develop and evaluate design prototypes responsive to the challenges and opportunities of supporting and augmenting human users.
• To communicate a design process in a rigorous written paper, poster, design diary, and video.

Distribution Category (LAD-HE)

When Offered Fall.

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