FZA5152 User interface design and usability
Faculty of Information Technology
FZA5152 User interface design and usability is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Information Technology. It isn't offered in 2020. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2020
- Not offered
- Workload
- 12 hours
- per semester
The 2027 handbook has no page for FZA5152. This is its 2020 entry, the latest one.
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Requisites
Before FZA5152
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After FZA5152
No unit lists FZA5152 as a prerequisite in the 2020 handbook.
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Overview
This unit provides detailed understanding of user interaction design theories, principles and practices and usability for web based systems and small screen devices. The unit examines issues in interaction design and usability from various perspectives, in particular the user experience. The unit includes how to achieve more effective design during systems development, tools and techniques for understanding users better and the application of these to designing web and small screen device systems. It explores contemporary issues including the challenges faced by designers with emerging technologies.
Offerings in 2020
The 2020 handbook lists no offerings for FZA5152.
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Use and explain HCI theories, principles and guidelines;
- 2
Identify and analyse the elements, controls and constraints of effective user interfaces in different platforms;
- 3
Design and justify a useful and usable interface by applying user-centred design principles;
- 4
Critically evaluate and assess a user interface and provide recommendations.
Workload and teaching
Minimum total expected workload equals 12 hours per week comprising:
(a.) Contact hours for on-campus students:
- 2 hours of lectures
- One 2-hour laboratory
(b.) Study schedule for off-campus students:
- Off-campus students generally do not attend lecture and laboratory sessions, however should plan to spend equivalent time working through the relevant resources and participating in discussion groups each week.
(c.) Additional requirements (all students):
- A minimum of 8 hours independent study per week for completing lab and project work, private study and revision.
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for FZA5152?
FZA5152 has no prerequisites.
When is FZA5152 offered?
FZA5152 has no offerings listed in the 2020 handbook.
How much work is FZA5152?
The handbook expects about 12 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
More details
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 5
- Study level
- Postgraduate
- Faculty
- Faculty of Information Technology
- Type
- Coursework
- EFTSL
- 0.125
- Student contribution
- SCA Band 2
- Study abroad
- Not available
- Handbook years
- 2020