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COSC439-25S2 - DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF EMERGING USER INTERFACESCourse Description:This course will provide an introduction to emerging technologies and user interfaces, specifically exploring the design of user interfaces for wearables, robotics, and tangibles. The course will explore understanding potential users, societal issues, and human factors for deploying and introducing emerging technologies such as robotics and wearables. We will also explore potential applications and how to establish them for new and emerging technologies that are not yet validated to be commercially viable. In this course, we will also investigate how to design, develop, and evaluate the next generation of emerging technologies and their user interfaces. Specifically, we will focus on the design, prototype, and evaluation of physical user interfaces for wearables, robotics, and tangibles.
1. Students will have a theoretical understanding of what emerging technologies are (e.g., robotics and wearables), users and societal issues of adopting new technologies, and the impact of potential application areas [WA1, WA8]2. Students will understand how new technologies such as robotics and wearables could impact industry and society in the near future (e.g., what does the technological landscape look like in 5-10 years) [WA6, WA7, WA8, WA12]3. Students will gain practical experience in the labs to advance their understanding of how to design and prototype physical user interfaces with digital fabrication tools and Computer-Aided Design (CAD) software [WA3, WA4, WA5, WA10, WA11]4. Students will be able to understand the processes for identifying and establishing application areas for emerging technologies [WA1, WA6, WA10]
This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attributes specified below:
Employable, innovative and enterprising
Students will develop key skills and attributes sought by employers that can be used in a range of applications.
Biculturally competent and confident
Students will be aware of and understand the nature of biculturalism in Aotearoa New Zealand, and its relevance to their area of study and/or their degree.
Engaged with the community
Students will have observed and understood a culture within a community by reflecting on their own performance and experiences within that community.
Globally aware
Students will comprehend the influence of global conditions on their discipline and will be competent in engaging with global and multi-cultural contexts.
Subject to approval of the Head of Department.
Students must attend one activity from each section.
Aluna Everitt
The Computer Science department's grading policy states that in order to pass a course you must meet two requirements:1. You must achieve an average grade of at least 50% over all assessment items.2. You must achieve an average mark of at least 45% on invigilated assessment items.If you satisfy both these criteria, your grade will be determined by the following University-wide scale for converting marks to grades: an average mark of 50% is sufficient for a C- grade, an average mark of 55% earns a C grade, 60% earns a C+ grade and so forth. However if you do not satisfy both the passing criteria you will be given either a D or E grade depending on marks. Marks are sometimes scaled to achieve consistency between courses from year to year.Students may apply for special consideration if their performance in an assessment is affected by extenuating circumstances beyond their control.Applications for special consideration should be submitted via the Special Considerations website within five days of the assessment.Where an extension may be granted for an assessment, this will be decided by direct application to the Department and an application to the Examinations Office may not be required. Special consideration is not available for items worth less than 10% of the course.Students prevented by extenuating circumstances from completing the course after the final date for withdrawing, may apply for special consideration for late discontinuation of the course. Applications must be submitted to the Examinations Office within five days of the end of the main examination period for the semester.
COSC 368 – students need to have a foundational understanding of Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) as a subject area as well as some understanding of qualitative and quantitative methodologies
Please click HERE for the CSSE Department's policy for the academic remedy of applications for a special consideration for final exams.
Domestic fee $1,176.00
International Postgraduate fees
* All fees are inclusive of NZ GST or any equivalent overseas tax, and do not include any programme level discount or additional course-related expenses.
For further information see Computer Science and Software Engineering .