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Human Computer Interaction (Software) with Prof. Don J. Patterson (Fall 2009)
Website here. Course presented basic principles of human-computer interaction (HCI). Introduced students to user interface design techniques, design guidelines, and usability testing. Students gained the ability to design and evaluate user interfaces and become familiar with some of the outstanding research problems in HCI. Focus on HCI practice (techniques, guidelines, testing), HCI software tools, and Social/Technical Impact of HCI.


Project Management with Prof. Judith Olson (Winter 2010)
Website here. The number of information technology projects continues to grow while their complexity increases. Project management is an important skill to master not only for project managers but also for project team members. This class covered theoretical and practical aspects of project management. Topics included project integration management, organizational theory, group behavior, project management skills such as scope, time, and cost management, criteria for project success and reasons for failure, human resource management of individuals and teams, and communication. Case exercises were used to illustrate these concepts.


Social Analysis of Computerization with Prof. Melissa Mazmanian (Spring 2010)
Website here. Course presented a broad introduction of computerization as a social process. It examined the social opportunities and problems raised by new information technologies, and the consequences of different ways of organizing. Topics included computerization and work life, privacy, environmental implications of IT, virtual games, information technology in developing countries and intellectual property.

    In my room, I talk
    to my invisible guests:
    they do not argue, but wait

    Till I am exhausted,
    then they slip away
    with inscrutable faces.

    I lack the means to change
    their amiable ways,
    although I love their gods.

    It's the language really
    separates, whatever else
    is shared. On the other hand,

    Everyone understands
    Mother Theresa; her guests
    die visibly in her arms.

    It's not the mythology
    or the marriage customs
    that you need to know,

    It's the will to pass
    through the eye of a needle
    to self-forgetfulness.

    The guests depart, dissatisfied;
    they will never give up
    their mantras, old or new.

    And you, uneasy
    orphan of their racial
    memories, merely

    Polish up your alien
    techniques of observation,
    while the city burns.
    ~nissim ezekiel