Course Catalog 2013-2014
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Opinto-opas 2013-2014

User Experience, 30 cr

Type of the study block

Advanced Studies

Contact

Timo Saari, Jarmo Palviainen, Kaisa Väänänen-Vainio-Mattila

Learning Outcomes

- The student understands the main factors and theories related to user experience of interactive products and services. The student can take into account the user needs and characteristics in human-technology interaction.
- The student can design, implement and evaluate interactive systems according to human-centered design principles and processes, taking into account the goals of good user experience.
- The student can apply different user interface styles and interaction techniques to different contexts of use and application domains, including mobile and pervasive computing.
- The student knows the central methods and principles of user experience research and design, including the principles based on psychology.
- The student can apply the findings of multidisciplinary research from both academic and professional sources. The student has basic skills in the research of user experience.
- The student knows the central processes and methods of software engineering, and can apply user experience knowledge in software engineering processes.

Content

Compulsory courses

It's also possible to extend this UX module to minimum of 50 cr.

Course Credit points Class
TIE-40106 Psychology of Pervasive Computing 5 cr III  
TIE-41206 Human-Centered Product Development 5 cr IV  
TIE-41306 User Experience: Design and Evaluation 5 cr IV  
TST-01306 Master’s Thesis Seminar 1 cr IV  
TST-01406 Master’s Thesis Seminar Presentation 0 cr V  
YHTTAY-40020 Usability Evaluation Methods 5 cr III  
Total 21 cr  

Optional Compulsory Courses

Must be selected at least 10 credits of courses

Course Credit points Alternativity Class
TIE-13106 Project Work On Pervasive Systems 5-10 cr 1   V  
TIE-41106 User Interface Design 5 cr 2   III  
TIE-41406 Human-Centered Design Project 5 cr 2   V  
TST-01606 Demola Project Work 5-10 cr 1   V  

1. TIE-13106 Project Work in Pervasive Systems and TST-01606 Demola Project Work are alternatives to each other.
2. If TIE-41106 User Interface Design is not included in BSc studies, it must be included here. If it is included already in BSc, then studen should take TIE-41406 Human-Centered Design Project.

Complementary Courses

All courses with course code TIE-4xxxx. All courses with course code YHTTAY-4xxxx.

Should be completed to the minimum study module extent of 30 ETCS

Course Credit points Class
TIE-11306 Course on Varying Topics of Pervasive Computing 3-6 cr IV  

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