Instructor:	Dr. Andrew Duchowski
Office:	McAdams 309, 656-7677
Office hours:	TBD (or by appointment)
Email:	Communication with the instructor via email is encouraged.
Required texts:	Jennifer Preece, Yvonne Rogers, and Helen Sharp, Interaction Design: Beyond Human-Computer Interaction, 3rd ed., John Wiley & Sons, 2011. ISBN: 978-0-470-66576-3
Recommended texts:	Ben Shneiderman, Designing the User Interface: Strategies for Effective Human-Computer Interaction, 4th Ed. bundle, Addison-Wesley Longman, 1998. ISBN: 0-201-69497-2 Preece, Jenny, Human-Computer Interaction, Addison-Wesley Longman, 1994. ISBN: 0-201-62769-8
Supplemental texts:	Supplementing the text book, we will cover research papers from the SIGCHI conference.
Grading scheme:	Based on final project, 1 or 2 midterms, and the final exam. The final project/paper will be subjectively evaluated by the course instructor. 600-level students will be required to analyze and report on technical papers in the area.
Grade distribution:	Participation 20% Project(s) 40% Midterm(s) 20% Final Exam 20% % Grade 90-100 A 80-89 B 70-79 C 60-69 D < 60 F
Programming assignments:	Problem specification and due date will be given in class.
Assignment grading:	Chapter/paper presentations/discussions will be required.
Assignment late policy:	Late assignments will be accepted but points will be deducted according to the formula 2n2 - 1 where n is the number of days late. Example: assuming assignments are due on Thursday, the point deduction is as follows: Max points possible Day received Days late 100 Thursday 0 (due date) 99 Friday 1 day late 93 Monday 2 days late 83 Monday 3 days late 69 Monday 4 days late 51 Tuesday 5 days late 29 Wednesday 6 days late 3 Thursday 7 days late 0 Thursday 8 days late Late assignments will receive lowest priority for grading and returning.
Attendance:	Attendance is required.
Independent work:	Unless otherwise stated explicitly (e.g., in the case of the final project), each student must do his or her work independently.
Academic dishonesty:	The University policies on academic dishonesty apply. Publicly-available code or other material may be freely used if appropriately attributed. Each student is responsible for protecting his or her files from access by others. Work that is essentially the same and submitted without proper attribution is considered to be a violation of academic dishonesty policy by all those submitting the work, regardless of who actually did the work.
Class cancelation:	Students are expected to wait for 15 minutes after the class beginning time before leaving if the instructor is late.
Course description:	This class provides a research-based survey of human-computer interaction, covering: cognitive and social models and limitations, hardware and software interface components, design methods, support for design, and evaluation methods. Additional topics will be selected as time permits.