User Experience and Interaction Design

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Key facts

UNE unit code: COSC370

*You are viewing the 2027 version of this unit which may be subject to change in future.

Start

Trimester 1 - On Campus
Trimester 1 - Online

Campus

Armidale Campus
UNE Sydney Campus

24/7 online support

Intensive schools

Supervised exam

Credit points

UNE student studies on a laptop on her lounge at home

Almost all programs are written to be used by people to solve problems for people. The way that people can use, interact and work with programs is a fundamental part of the design of a program, not just a surface feature.

As our reliance on programs rapidly increases in all aspects of daily life, this unit equips you with the skills needed to design creative, elegant and useful programs.

Studying this unit, you will use design thinking processes to generate concepts for how people can interact with a program.

Applying theories of human computer interaction, your capacity to analyse, understand and inform the design of programs will be extended.

The unit also offers opportunities to fine tune your applied skills, developing interactive programs that use a variety of inputs, and using empirical tools to investigate how people interact with and use those programs.

Offerings

Teaching period	Mode/location
Trimester 1	On Campus, Armidale Campus
Trimester 1	On Campus, UNE Sydney Campus
Trimester 1	Online

*Offering is subject to availability

Intensive schools

There are no intensive schools required for this unit.

Enrolment rules

Pre-requisites

72cp including COSC220 or COSC250 or candidature in a postgraduate award

Restrictions

COMP287 or COMP487 or COSC570

Combined units

COSC570 User Experience and Interaction Design

Notes

COSC370 requires a knowledge of, and programming experience with, a high level programming language. Experience with the use of the Linux/UNIX operating system is highly recommended .

To study this unit on campus at the UNE Sydney Campus you must be admitted to your course as an on campus student at the UNE Sydney Campus.

Please refer to the student handbook for current details on this unit.

Unit coordinator(s)

William BillingsleyProfessor in Computational Science, Computer Science - Faculty of Science, Agriculture, Business and Law; School of Science and Technology

Learning outcomes

Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:

apply design methods and thinking techniques to generate unique designs for interactive programs;
apply theories of human computer interaction to analyse and inform program designs;
design interactive programs that use a variety of input techniques;
empirically investigate how users interact with programs; and
develop prototypes of new technology or applications for exploratory testing with users, in order to explore a complex design problem.

Assessment information

Assessments are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.

Title	Must Complete	Weight	Offerings	Assessment Notes
Assessment 1: Portfolio - Assurance Task	Yes	30%	All offerings	User experience research and design project. Note: Students must pass Assessment Tasks 1, 2 and 3 in aggregate to pass the unit.
Assessment 2: Portfolio - Assurance Task	Yes	35%	All offerings	User experience research and design project. Note: Students must pass Assessment Tasks 1, 2 and 3 in aggregate to pass the unit.
Assessment 3: Portfolio - Assurance Task	Yes	15%	All offerings	Studio critique and user participation. Note: Students must pass Assessments Tasks 1, 2, and 3 in aggregate to pass the unit.
Assessment 4	Yes	20%	All offerings	Quizzes and exercises.

Learning resources

Textbooks are subject to change up to 8 weeks prior to the start of the teaching period in which you are undertaking the unit.

Note: Recommended material may be held in the University Library — purchase is optional.