307776 (v.2) Object Oriented Design 501

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Area:	School of Information Systems
Credits:	25.0
Contact Hours:	4.0
Lecture:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Seminar:	1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Syllabus:	Enterprise application design covering presentation tier (interface), application tier (business logic), and persistence tier (storage), different types of user interfaces (eg HTML, desktop application, XML), back end persistence mechanisms (eg OO databases, RDBs, XMLDBs etc).
Unit Outcomes:	On successful completion of this unit students will have - Designed systems using advanced object orientated tools and methods. Displayed the consideration of human factors into interface design. Designed and tested human computer interfaces. Evaluated human computer interfaces.
Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information.
Unit References:	Usable Web 1317 Links about Web Usability http://usableweb.com/authors/nielsenjakob.html Webpages that suck - Learn good design by looking at bad design http://www.webpagesthatsuck.com/suckframe.htm What is Interaction Design - What does it mean to Information Designers http://www.chesco.com/~cmarion/PCD/WhatIsInteractionDesign.html Interaction Styles - Interaction styles for HCI and compare and contrast these styles http://www2.umassd.edu/CISW3/coursepages/pages/CIS311/LectureMat/interface/styles.html What is web usability? http://bioinformatics.weizmann.ac.il/cards/HCI.html Using Color Effectively - User Interface Design Guidelines for Colour http://mime1.marc.gatech.edu/mime/papers/colorTR.html
Unit Texts:	Preece, J., Rogers, Y. and Sharp, H., (2002) Interaction Design - Beyond Human Computer Interaction, John Wiley and Sons. Recommended - Cato, J., (2001) User-Centered Web Design, Pearson Education Limited, Addison-Wesley Publishers.
Unit Assessment Breakdown:	Examination 60%. Written Assignment One 10%. Written Assignment Two 30%. This is by Grade/Mark assessment.
Year Location Period Internal Area External Central External 2004 Bentley Campus Semester 2 Y