MSc/PgDip IT (Multimedia Technology)
Course Type:
Postgraduate
Name of Institution:
Napier University, Edinburgh
Department:
School of Computing
Course Duration:
One year
Qualification/credits on completion:
MSc
Course/Module Website:
Brief description of course:
- IT-conversion MSc combining Multimedia Hardware, software engineering and HCI with project management and teamworking skills
- Started in 1993, and now has approx 150 fulltime students each year.
- Can also be taken part-time.
- Programme Leader is Tom McEwan (0131 455 4636)
HCI content:
8 taught modules, of which four have a focus on user and customer-centred approaches, but the main module in this area in Multimedia Systems Design.
(see http://www.dcs.napier.ac.uk/~sandrac/isd/isdfs.html)
By the end of this module students will be able to:
- Understand, describe, and discuss the principles and techniques of effective human-computer interaction for interactive multimedia applications;
- Design a usable human-computer interface according to appropriate principles, using appropriate tools and techniques.
- Be able to use and combine different interface components and media in an interface to good effect.
- Evaluate human-computer interfaces.
- Identify future trends in human-computer interfaces
Contact name:
Dr Jose Munoz, admissions tutor
Email address:
Address:
219 Colinton Road
Edinburgh
EH14 1DJ
Fax number:
0131 455 4552
Telephone number:
0131 455 4636
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