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Valid for year : 2009
 
TNK067 Human-System Interaction, 6 ECTS credits.
/Människa-system-interaktion/

For:   ED   ITS   KTS  

 

Prel. scheduled hours: 22
Rec. self-study hours: 138

  Area of Education: Technology

Subject area: Computer Engineering, Computer Science
  Advancement level (G1, G2, A): G2

Aim:
The course provides an orientation in factors that are relevant when planing, implementing and evaluating technical systems with human considerations as a central focus. After the course the student will be able to:
  • discuss the relevance of human cognitive processes to the interaction between humans and technical systems.
  • formulate and discuss styles of interaction, design principles and evaluation methods in the interaction between humans and technical systems.
  • formulate and discuss the relevance of usability criteria when evaluating or creating technical systems.
Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)


Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
Organisation:
The course consists of lectures, obligatory seminars and written assignments.
Course contents:
Course topics include
  • cognitive processes
  • interaction between humans and systems.
  • design principles and evaluation methods.
  • the human's role in the evaluation and creating of sociotechnical systems.
Course literature:
To be decided.
Examination:
Group assignment
Individual assignment
 3 ECTS
3 ECTS
 


Course language is English.
Department offering the course: ITN.
Director of Studies: Kenneth Bjerner
Examiner: Ivan Rankin
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Course Syllabus in Swedish

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Contact: TFK , val@tfk.liu.se
Last updated: 01/23/2009