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MMAS 320
Intermediate Interactive Design

Instructor: Curt Cloninger / curt at lab404 dot com / Zeiss 211

Course Site: lab404.com/320

MMAS 320 explores the core principles of interaction design. (Interaction design is design that connects people through the products and services they use.) Elements of interaction design include semiotics, navigation, user-experience design, information architecture, graphic design, user-interface engineering, usability engineering, human factors, industrial design, and human-computer interaction.

The projects and assignments required in this class are time-intensive and require an average of 9 hours each week on the computer either in this lab or on your own computer that contains the software used in the class. The Pre-requisite for this class is MMAS 222.

In this course you will:
  • Study how meaning is created and how signs represent/denote something other than themselves
  • Examine relationships between elements of a system
  • Understand how the form of products affects their behaviors and their users
  • Anticipate how the use of a product will affect humans relationships and understanding
  • Explore the dialogue between products, people, and contexts
  • Research real-world interactive systems and model improved interactive solutions
  • Create contexts, to be encountered by participants, from which meaning emerges
  • Apply technology to construct innovative, clever, interactive products and services
  • Balance multiple interactive design approaches to achieve optimal design solutions

Note: The total passing score on assignments does not guarantee a passing grade for the course. Your adherence to the attendance policy, along with your participation in class critiques, presentations, and in-class exercises significantly impacts your final grade. Grades can be dropped if assignments are late. Missing more than 2 classes in the semester will result in lowering your final grade. Please read both the attendance and grading policy carefully.

Required Materials:
Bulldog email account -- check regularly
Student web hosting space (for posting work)
Blank CDs, notebook or sketchbook, graph paper, pencils, and pens


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