UXD 225: Coding Design Frameworks

User Experience Designers facilitate communication between people, communities, and computer-based systems. We think in terms of code, without necessarily writing the code ourselves. This class introduces user experience design students to code-facilitated systems thinking: breaking down people's activities and community activity into a set of steps that allows the use of computer-based systems as tools. Students work with code to build prototype systems based on the needs of people, with a focus on ethical and inclusive design. Topics include: algorithms, system thinking, instruction sets, UxD software design and engineering, and use-case scenarios.