KOGS5335 Design of Everyday Things (2 cr)
Study level:
Advanced studies
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English, Finnish
Responsible organisation:
Faculty of Information Technology
Curriculum periods:
2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023
Description
Content
In this course, a book (Design of Everyday Things) by Donald Norman serves as course literature for a book exam. From cognitive scientific perspective, the contents of the book deal with how design serves as communication in interaction between a design artefact and a person. It is essential to pay attention to what issues are needed to consider in designing understandable, but also experientially pleasurable artefatcs to be used on a daily basis.
Completion methods
Exams in general exam days in periods Autumn 2 & Spring 2
Learning outcomes
The learning objectives of this course is to provide understanding of why and how people need to be acknowledged in designing everyday objects.
Study materials
Norman, D. (2013). The Design of Everyday Things: Revised and Expanded Edition. Basic Books.
Completion methods
Method 1
Select all marked parts
Parts of the completion methods
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Exam (2 cr)
Type:
Exam
Grading scale:
0-5
Language:
English, Finnish