Human Communication and Computing

Communication technologies have radically transformed our abilities to communicate - with other people and with information systems. These changes empower us all with increased access to information, and the ability to communicate, through diverse media, in increasingly varied situations. This programme brings together computing science and psychology to provide the knowledge and skills required to understand, design, construct and evaluate computing technologies to support human-human communication and human-computer interaction. Public demand, government policies, commercial pressures and technological innovations all combine to generate an increasing need for a workforce with these skills and knowledge. Students will learn how to design, program and evaluate mobile multimedia communication systems to support individual work, person-to-person communication, groupworking and collaboration. They will learn how to interpret meaning and representations in multiple media.

Course units include Programming; Usability Design and Evaluation;
Communication Theory; Methodology and Explanation; Collaborative Virtual Environments; Dialogue between System and Theory; Design; Communication, Interaction and Tasks; Project.