# MAD9020 - User Interface Design
# Course Description
In this course, students embark on a journey to master the art of crafting functional, efficient, and engaging interfaces. The curriculum is designed to instill a deep understanding of the complexities involved in developing websites and applications that maintain their functionality across a diverse range of devices and platforms. A significant emphasis is placed on usability, ensuring that users can effortlessly complete tasks on any device, at any time. Throughout the course, students will be immersed in the world of mobile app design, focusing on creating solutions that address real-world user problems. They will explore industry and platform standards, learning not only how to work within these frameworks but also when it's beneficial to innovate beyond them. The course will enhance students' ability to effectively communicate their design ideas, critically evaluate proposed designs, and adeptly gather, synthesize, and integrate feedback into their design solutions.
# Student Workload Expectations
- 3 hours/week (instructional activity)
- Three hour classes per week
- 3 hours per week of tutorials/videos/exercises/studying/practicing outside class.
# Schedule
Room: T-127
Section 010: 🕐
- Wednesday 1pm - 4pm
# User Interface Design Best Practices
# Core Topics
- Design web pages/apps for different form factors.
- Identify different user needs on different form factors, and design solutions that adapt to support those needs.
- Explain user interface requirements for different devices.
- Identify and articulate user interface requirements, and how they differ across devices and platforms.
- Identify elements of good design for a variety of web page/app elements.
- Understand what constitutes a 'good design' solution, and be able to identify what elements of a design are effective.
- Plan usable interfaces for different form factors.
- Use a strategic approach to interface design, which takes into account any implications on the end-to-end user experience.
- Explain how colour and typography affect usability.
- Understand how visual elements affect a user's ability to understand, react to, and interact with an interface.
# Course Policy
Students focus on how interfaces need to react to user expectations. Students apply best practices for navigation, interaction, use of colour and typography, designing for gesture-based interfaces, as well as a thorough study of effective user feedback. Designing effective interfaces that allow improved work flow is applied.
# Late Assignment Policy
10% deduction per day for the first 3 days (including weekend). After 10 days (including weekend) of no submission, the student will receive a 0.
Students may still submit their assignments after the ten days but it will only be for the purpose of receiving feedback on their work. No grade will be given.
# Performance Requirement
WARNING
In-class work progress review is part of the performance assessment. A student must pass the combined term work (marked exercises and assignments) and score higher than 50% in all graded assignments, presentations, and projects to pass this course.
# Copyright
This course complies with the college directives. Please complete this Plagiarism Declaration (opens new window)
# Contacts
Nehmat Gereige
Professor
