Basics of User Interface Design

Harvey Mudd College CS124a Spring 2011

Welcome

Basic Information

Policies

Schedule

Course Content 

    Reading

    Investigations

Basic Information

The syllabus contains most of the information on this web site in one file.

Course Information

Time: Monday/Wednesday 2:45-4:00pm
Place: Platt Conference Room A/B
Course Homepage: http://www.cs.hmc.edu/courses/2011/spring/cs124a

Instructor Information

Prof. Christine Alvarado
Office: Olin 1241
Office Phone: x70443
Email: alvarado@cs.hmc.edu
Office Hours: Thursdays 2:30-4pm, and by appointment
TA/grader:  Ben Pollard (Benjamin.Pollard@pomona.edu) 

I encourage you to get in touch with me about any aspect of this course, or just to chat (for example, I am more than happy to talk with you about what you will do after HMC).  In general email is the best way to reach me, and I will do my best to respond as quickly as I can.  However, note that unlike some other professors, I do tend to sleep at night.  :)

Course Texts

There are two required texts for this course:

The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman
Basic Books, 2002

Interaction Design by Jenny Preece, Yvonne Rogers, and Helen Sharp
Wiley, 2ed, 2007

These texts are avilable online and in Huntley Bookstore.  They will also be available in the CS lab (Beckman B105).  You may use them in the terminal room, but PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE THEM FROM THIS ROOM.