Designing a Masters Curriculum Dr.- Simone Stumpf, City University London
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Academic excellence for business and the professions
Designing a Masters Curriculum
Dr Simone Stumpf MSc Human-Centred Systems Course Director @DrSimoneStumpf [email protected]
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The current UX market
• Need for specialists in HCI / UX / usability • Agency- and client-side but also increasingly start-ups • Some industrial and academic research
UX Consultant Information Architect
User Researcher Interaction Designer Usability Analyst
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Learning landscape
• Undergraduate Computing degrees (BSc, BA) • MOOCs e.g. HCI on Coursera • Private companies • MSc or MA programmes
MSc HCI MSc Computing Interaction Design
MA User Experience Design
MA Digital Media
MSc Human-Centred Interactive Technologies
MA Interaction Design
MSc User Experience Engineering
MSc Human-Centred Systems
MSc HCI with Ergonomics
MSc User Experience Design
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Example Programme Content
• Ergonomics for Design – Task analysis, posture, anthropometry, ergonomics standards
and techniques • Design Experience 1 + 2
– Ergonomic design process and techniques, UCD • Applied Cognitive Science
– Theory of human cognition and behaviour, experimental studies • Design practice
– Requirements elicitation and specification, design techniques • User-Centred Evaluation Methods
– Analytical and empirical techniques (inspection techniques, interviews, observations)
• Options: Affective Interaction, Socio-technical systems: IT and the future of Work, Interfaces and Interactivity
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Example Programme Content
• Digital Interdisciplinary Practice – Iterative/agile design process
• Digital Content Production Processes – Digital media production deliverables
• User Factors – Behavioural theory, analysis techniques
• Experience Design 1 + 2 – Design research including design of solution, experience design
methodologies • Usability Engineering
– Usability requirements, analysis and design
• Options: Design Research Project, Games Design, Live Project, Creative Research Methods, Digital Audio
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Knowledge and skills
Interfaces/systems technical
understanding
User cognition and behaviour
HCI/UX techniques and practice
Analytical/research skills/professional issues/soft skills
Web
Mobile NUIs
Analysis
Design
Evaluation
Specialist Topics
Specialist Topics
Desktop
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MSc Human-Centred Systems
• Practices and Theories in Interaction Design – Cognitive theory, UCD, analysis, design, evaluation activities
• Requirements Engineering – Requirements acquisition, modelling and analysis techniques
• Information Architecture – Information organisation, navigation/search, design techniques, analytics
• Evaluating Interactive Systems – Evaluation techniques (expert, user testing, etc.)
• Inclusive Design – Accessibility, designing for diverse users
• Cognition and Technologies – Cognitive frameworks in relation to novel interfaces
• Research, Methods and Professional Issues – Research methodologies, legal, ethical and professional issues
• Options: Creativity in Design, Multimedia Design and Development, Data Visualisation, Telemedicine
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Striking the right balance
Theory – Practice
Tools – Techniques
Specialists – “All-rounders”
Developers – Designers – Researchers