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Bachelor	TR-NQF-HE: Level 6	QF-EHEA: First Cycle	EQF-LLL: Level 6

Course Introduction and Application Information

Course Code	Course Name	Semester	Theoretical	Practical	Credit	ECTS
SEN3304	Human Computer Interaction	Spring	3	0	3	6

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Basic information

Language of instruction:	English
Type of course:	Non-Departmental Elective
Course Level:	Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle)
Mode of Delivery:	Face to face
Course Coordinator :	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi YÜCEL BATU SALMAN
Course Lecturer(s):	Dr. Öğr. Üyesi YÜCEL BATU SALMAN Prof. Dr. ADEM KARAHOCA RA MERVE ARITÜRK RA SEVGİ CANPOLAT
Recommended Optional Program Components:	None
Course Objectives:	Main objective is to understand the user centered design in software engineering. Human Computer Interaction is an important interdisciplinary studying area, both scholars and professionals. It covers computer science, anthropology and educational psychology, etc. User interface design issues are critical for encountering, end users’ needs in software development process and these topics will be given.

Learning Outcomes

The students who have succeeded in this course;
1. Define the basic terms and concepts related to human-computer interaction
2. Define the limits and human capabilities
3. Construct user and task analysis
4. Designe user interface and develop prototype
5. Identify the usability testing steps
6. Analyse the human perspective
7. Describe the importance of color and typography for user interfaces
8. Review the new user interface design techniques such as accessibility, globalization, and personalization.
9. Identify the hierarchical models represent a user’s task and goal structure
10. Identify new research areas of HCI.

Course Content

The course content is composed of hci fundamentals, making interactive systems natural, user modeling in user-centred system design, the user-centred system design process, task analysis, requirements gathering, storyboarding and prototyping, cognitive physiology, the model human processor, advancing simplistic theories, theories of human perception, observational evaluation and protocol analysis, experiments.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Subject	Related Preparation
1)	What is interaction design?
2)	Understanding and Conceptualizing interaction
3)	Cognitive Aspects
4)	Social Interaction and Design
5)	Emotional Interaction and design
6)	Interfaces and Design
7)	Interfaces and Design principles
8)	Data Gathering Techniques
9)	Data analysis, interpretation and presentation
10)	The process of interaction design
11)	User Centered Interface Evaluation Techniques
12)	Project Presentations
12)	Project Presentations
14)	Project Presentations

Sources

Course Notes / Textbooks:	Preece, Rogers, Sharp, Interaction Design Beyond Human-Computer Interaction, 2015, 4th edition, Wiley, Serengül Smith Atakan, Human Computer Interaction, Thomson, 2006, ISBN: 1-84480-454-2 Alan Dix, Janet Finlay, Gregory D. Abowd, Russell Beale, Human – Computer Interaction, Third Edition, Pearson Prentice Hall.
References:	Yok

Evaluation System

Semester Requirements	Number of Activities	Level of Contribution
Quizzes	9	% 10
Project	1	% 20
Midterms	1	% 30
Final	1	% 40
Total		% 100
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK		% 40
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK		% 60
Total		% 100

ECTS / Workload Table

Activities	Number of Activities	Duration (Hours)	Workload
Course Hours	14	2	28
Laboratory	14	2	28
Project	1	8	8
Quizzes	9	5	45
Midterms	1	10	10
Final	1	20	20
Total Workload			139

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

No Effect	1 Lowest	2 Low	3 Average	4 High	5 Highest

	Program Outcomes	Level of Contribution
1)	To be able to critically interpret and discuss the theories, the concepts, the traditions, and the developments in the history of thought which are fundamental for the field of new media, journalism and communication.
2)	To be able to attain written, oral and visual knowledge about technical equipment and software used in the process of news and the content production in new media, and to be able to acquire effective abilities to use them on a professional level.
3)	To be able to get information about the institutional agents and generally about the sector operating in the field of new media, journalism and communication, and to be able to critically evaluate them.
4)	To be able to comprehend the reactions of the readers, the listeners, the audiences and the users to the changing roles of media environments, and to be able to provide and circulate an original contents for them and to predict future trends.
5)	To be able to apprehend the basic theories, the concepts and the thoughts related to neighbouring fields of new media and journalism in a critical manner.
6)	To be able to grasp global and technological changes in the field of communication, and the relations due to with their effects on the local agents.
7)	To be able to develop skills on gathering necessary data by using scientific methods, analyzing and circulating them in order to produce content.
8)	To be able to develop acquired knowledge, skills and competence upon social aims by being legally and ethically responsible for a lifetime, and to be able to use them in order to provide social benefit.
9)	To be able to operate collaborative projects with national/international colleagues in the field of new media, journalism and communication.
10)	To be able to improve skills on creating works in various formats and which are qualified to be published on the prestigious national and international channels.