Courses at Georgia Tech

ID 7655 Designing for Curiosity

Semesters offered: Spring 2024, 2023, 2021, 2020, 2019

The goal of this course is to introduce fundamental design methods that students can apply further practices across various interaction design applications. Students will gain knowledge and experience on how to observe, ask critical questions, and find design solutions with an understanding of trade-offs. This class approaches curiosity as a medium to study how to make people think and act. Students practice observing people’s behaviors and designing for those behaviors to support and promote, or change and redefine the experiences. For a class project, this course is in a partnership with the Children’s Museum of Atlanta.

CS 6452 Prototyping Interactive Systems

Semesters offered: Fall 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019

This class is an introduction to computing for MS-HCI and HCC PhD students with non-technical backgrounds, with a focus on ensuring you can understand how software works and how to create working interactive prototypes of your ideas. This class provides a foundation for students to meet their computational portfolio requirements, including reading, writing, doing and talking about technical ideas and issues.

ID 8803 Sustainable Device Design

Semesters offered: Spring 2025, Fall 2023

This course introduces sustainable design materials and methods for interactive devices. Students will learn about biodegradable and recycled materials, applying them in their prototyping of environmentally-responsible interactive devices. Through hands-on practice and discussions, students will develop a deeper understanding of how their design decisions impact the environment and engage in creative problem-solving on sustainability topics aligned with global development efforts.