HCDE is launching an exciting new course for Autumn 2015: Introduction to Human Centered Design and Engineering (HCDE). See Announcing HCDE 498 for details.
This course introduces the basic principles of HCDE in an engaging, fast paced format that combines a weekly one-hour lecture with a separate two-hour studio section. It is open to all underclass undergraduate students, with no prerequisites.
In a series of weekly, hands-on activities, students will explore application areas for human-centered design and engineering such as health and wellness, personal informatics, social media, and data visualization. Students will practice skills necessary to succeed as a human-centered designer and researcher through activities such as intensive brainstorming and ideation, user research, interaction design, and software/hardware prototyping. They will learn how these techniques are used to understand human needs and interests to design and build engineering solutions to many of the problems our world is facing.
Led by HCDE Professor Jennifer Turns and HCDE Senior Lecturer Andrew Davidson, the course will also feature guest sessions with other HCDE faculty and researchers.
Registration: HCDE 498 — Intro to HCDE (SLN 15459)
