%SECTION            Academic Unit
%Country            USA-VA, Fairfax
%Keyname            GMU
%Shortname          George Mason Univ., Info. & Software Systems Eng.
%Institution        George Mason University
%Unit               Information and Software Systems Engineering
%Address            4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22032 USA
%Phone              703-883-1640
%Fax                703-883-1638
%Email              smayo@isse.gmu.edu
%Contact            Sandy Mayo
%Updated            1993-04-01
%Degrees            MS, PHD
%HCI_MS_Theses      
%HCI_PhD_Theses     
%HCI_MS_Current     
%HCI_PhD_Current    
%Description Software Engineering, Security, Information Systems
%Facilities 

%SECTION            HCI Program
%Contact            Sandy Mayo
%Title              Secretary
%Address            ISSE Dept
4400 University Drive
Fairfax, VA 22032 USA
%Phone              703-993-1640
%FAX                703-993-1638
%Email              smayo@isse.gmu.edu
%Program 
%Other_Contacts +

%SECTION            HCI Course
%Title              User Interface Design and Development
%Number             SWSE 632
%Instructor         Jeff Offutt
%Frequency          Spring
%Times_Taught       2+
%Enrollment         33 in S93
%Format             Lecture, Evaluations, Exams, Paper or Project
%Tools              
%Text +
 * Shneiderman, Designing the User Interface
 * Brown & Cunningham, Programming the User Interface
%Description This course will focus on the software interface
between the computer and the human.  Concepts in human factors
will be covered, specifically in terms of designing software
interfaces.  We will cover theories of human-computer
interaction, including human cognitive limitations, syntactic
versus semantic knowledge, transitionality, and the
``outside-in'' design approach.  We will also survey guidelines
for designing computer interfaces of various models, including
command interfaces, menus, desktop views, and WIMP interfaces.