Uschool - Käytettävyyskoulu: Courses

Which courses to choose?

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The degree requirements vary a bit between different schools, but the principle is to select min. 5 ECTS from each ‘foreign’ curriculum in addition to the two USchool courses (USchool Intro; User Experience Design in Practice).

In Aalto, the minor consists of 20-25 ECTS, and in Helsinki University min. 25 ECTS

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COMPULSORY COURSES

CS-E3900 USchool Intro 2cr

and one of the following

CS-E4900 User-Centred Methods for Product and Service Design 5cr

MUO-E3024 User Inspired Design Knowing L 6cr

Uschool JOINT courses

Aalto period dates

Period I - Mon 10 Sept - Fri 26 Oct 2018

Period II - Mon 29 Oct - Fri 14 Dec 2018

Period III - Mon 7 Jan - Fri 22 Feb 2019

Period IV - Mon 25 Feb - Fri 12 Apr 2019

Period V - Mon 15 Apr - Fri 31 May 2019

Compulsory

USchool Intro

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Period:

CS-E3900

After this course, you will understand the foundations and scope of human-centred design, as well as the need for and practices in multidisciplinary design.

The course is compulsory for all USchool minor students.

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User Experience Design as Career

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Period:

MUO-E0107

On this course, you will learn to analyze the position of user experience -related work in an organization, apply a suitable employee inquiry method in a workplace setting, and reflect on your own approach to improving user experience in a multi-disciplinary environment.

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Computer science courses

Aalto period dates

Period I - Mon 10 Sept - Fri 26 Oct 2018

Period II - Mon 29 Oct - Fri 14 Dec 2018

Period III - Mon 7 Jan - Fri 22 Feb 2019

Period IV - Mon 25 Feb - Fri 12 Apr 2019

Period V - Mon 15 Apr - Fri 31 May 2019

OPTION FOR THE 2ND Compulsory COURSE

User-Centered Methods for Product and Service Design

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Period:

CS-E4900

Literature based essay and peer-reviewing on methods for user-centred product development, group assignment in user research and service design.· Compulsory prerequisite for courses CS-E5200 and CS-E5210.

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Human-Computer Interaction

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Period:

CS-C3120

The course provides a broad background of the need for HCI and how it can be effectively incorporated into the design of interactive products and services. The course will primarily focus on each stage of a User-Centered Design process.

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User Interface Construction

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CS-E5220

After completing the course, students are able to develop an interactive user interface that can be used for usability testing. Students know how to use user-centred principles, guidelines and patterns in the design and implementation of user interfaces.· Prerequisites: CS-C3120 or CSE-C3800

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DATA-DRIVEN CONCEPT Design

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CS-E5250

This course teaches the overall process and practices of user-centered design of digital products and services. The students’ projects produce interactive prototypes starting from the scratch. The course has a hands on learning-by-doing approach with strong industry participation (tutoring).· Prerequisites: CS-E4900

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Collaborative Evaluation of Interactive Systems

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Period:

CS-E5230

The course introduces several usability evaluation methods including both usability inspection and user testing methods. The methods are applied in project works conducted in cooperation with companies aiming at an improved prototype of the evaluated system. The methods are applied to project works conducted in cooperation with companies in groups of 3-5 students. · Prerequisites: CS-E4900

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Design courses

Aalto period dates

Period I - Mon 10 Sept - Fri 26 Oct 2018

Period II - Mon 29 Oct - Fri 14 Dec 2018

Period III - Mon 7 Jan - Fri 22 Feb 2019

Period IV - Mon 25 Feb - Fri 12 Apr 2019

Period V - Mon 15 Apr - Fri 31 May 2019

OPTION FOR THE 2ND Compulsory COURSE

User Inspired Design - Knowing

Book exam

Period:

MUO-E3057

The emphasis in design has increasingly shifted towards solving the questions of what should be designed instead of only dealing with challenges defined in apolished design brief. In User Inspired Design (UID) course the traditional designerly problem solving and novel approaches to involve users into design decision making are applied to find out and describe emerging practices and design opportunities. UID projects do not aim at proposing feasible designs but propose decision making options and stimuli for a range of different business purposes.

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User Inspired Design - Making

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Period:

MUO-E3056

A design extension to User-Inspired Design Knowing course.

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Designing for services

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Period:

MUO-E3052

Newer areas for the application of design thinking and making include supporting human-centred innovation as a strategy, setting ground and supporting various kinds of collaborations beyond the more traditional design fields, designing services being one of them. The topics address transformations in public and private organisations, changes in technology as well as requirements and potentials of open or shared innovation and networking. The focus is on "designing good life culture" through a holistic, human-centred, co-design approach i.e. tha application of design competence and experiential engagement in the emerging and experimental topics in service design. The project-based module is open to students from various fields of art and design and for a limited number of students from other Aalto Disciplines.

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Interaction Design

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Period:

MUO-E3055

The aim of the course is to provide students fundamentals behind successful interaction design as well as in-depth competences with interaction design methods and tools. The focus is on those design steps which take place after background research and basic requirements have been done: modeling, creating design framework, and refining design through evaluations.

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Design for Social Change – Strategy

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Period:

MUO-E3051

OPTION FOR THE 2ND Compulsory COURSE

Design for Social Change – Co-design

Book exam

Period:

MUO-E3050

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Wearable Technology and Functional Wear

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Period:

MUO-E3058

Cognitive science courses

University of Helsinki period dates

Note! Helsinki University has only 4 periods

I teaching period 4.9.-22.10.

Examination and independent study week 23.10.-29.10.

II teaching period 30.10.-17.12.

Examination and independent study week 18.12.-22.12.

III teaching period 15.1.-4.3.

Examination and independent study week 5.3.-11.3.

IV teaching period 12.3.-6.5.

Examination and independent study week 7.5.-13.5.

COMPULSORY when not part of major studies

Introduction to Cognitive science

Book exam

Period:

KIK-KK101

Lectures in Finnish: HY I-II periodilla (tyypillisesti viikot 36-51)

Luentokurssilla tutustutaan kognitiotieteeseen tieteenalana ja käydään läpi peruskäsitteitä ja -teorioita kognitiotieteen eri alueilta

In English: The object of the course is to learn about cognitive science as a discipline; the basic concepts and theories in different fields of cognitive science. Book exam.

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COMPULSORY when not part of major studies

Scientific reasoning

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Period:

LDA-C501

Lectures in Finnish: HY II periodilla (tyypillisesti viikot 44-51)

Differences between science and other forms of inquiry and knowledge.
General methodology and philosophy of science; theories, concepts and data.
Basics of good scientific argumentation.
Development of scientific thought in the history of science.
Development of scientific thought at the individual level; conceptual change.

In English: Lectures, homework assignments, final exam.

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COMPULSORY when not part of major studies

Cognitice Basis of Everyday and Expert Performance

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Period:

LDA-C309

After completing the course you will be familiar with the central methodological and theoretical ways to study human performance, how and under what conditions it develops, as well as the cognitive and neural mechanisms involved.

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COMPULSORY when not part of major studies

Cognition and Brain Function

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Period:

LDA-C506

Structure and functioning of the human brain, and neural mechanisms underlying cognitive processes and behavior.
Psychological and neuroscientific evidence on cognitive processes
The thematic focus of the lecture course will be updated based on the current developments in cognitive science, but will generally emphasize i) thought, decision making, emotion, action, semantic processes and consciousness, and ii) language and communication.

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COMPULSORY when not part of major studies

Ethics of AI

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Period:

LDA-C505

Ethics of AI will help you understand what ethical use of artificial intelligence means and what it demands from societies and individuals. On the course, you will approach practical questions through real life cases. There are seven chapters that consist of reading materials and exercises.

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Theory and practice with a purpose

Which courses to choose?

Uschool JOINT courses

Computer science courses

Design courses

Cognitive science courses

Aalto UNIVERSITY

VÄRE (Aalto ARTS)

T-TAlo (Aalto SCI)

university of Helsinki

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