DEA 2730

Human Centered Design Methods

Course Description

Course information provided by the 2025-2026 Catalog.

This course explores the use of design methods to generate ideas and evaluate designed objects, environments, and interfaces. Lectures cultivate an understanding of the various methods, while hands-on activities provide opportunity to apply these methods to the design of a small device and its interactions with people and things.

Prerequisites REF-FA25/Corequisites REF-FA25 DEA 1101, DEA 1150/DEA 1140, and DEA 1500. Corequisites: None.

Enrollment Information REF-F25 Enrollment priority given to: DEA undergraduate majors who have completed 1000-level CORE courses, including DEA 1101, DEA 1150/DEA 1140, and DEA 1500 with minimum grades of B-. DEA minors and transfers will be given enrollment consideration based on course caps and/or permission of instructor.

Fees REF-FA25 Course fee, $60. Course fee.

Distribution Requirements (D-HE, LAD-HE)

Exploratory Studies (CU-UGR)

Last 3 terms offered 2024FA, 2023FA, 2022FA

Learning Outcomes REF-FA25

• To develop an understanding of how and which design methodologies can be applied in the iterative design process.
• To demonstrate the ability to develop and evaluate design prototypes responsive to the challenges and opportunities of supporting and augmenting human users.
• To communicate a design process in a research poster and video that satisfy requirements of benchmark, design-research conferences.

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