Course level

Postgraduate Coursework

Faculty

Engineering, Architecture & Information Technology

School

Elec Engineering, Comp Science

Units

2

Duration

One Semester

Attendance mode

In Person

Class hours

Lecture 1 Hour/ Week
General contact hours 3 Hours/ Week

Incompatible

DECO1400 or IENV7961 or MMDS1400 or MMDS7961

Assessment methods

Practical, Assignments and Project

Course enquiries

Dr Nell Baghaei (n.baghaei@uq.edu.au)

Study Abroad

This course is pre-approved for Study Abroad and Exchange students.

Current course offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2024 (19/02/2024 - 15/06/2024) St Lucia In Person Course Profile
Semester 2, 2024 (22/07/2024 - 18/11/2024) St Lucia In Person Profile unavailable

Please Note: Course profiles marked as not available may still be in development.

Course description

This course introduces the student to User Experience Design (UX), User Interface Design (UI) and Frontend Development (FED) focusing on websites. Modern design and development practices for the web are taught framed by an introduction to human-centred design techniques, Jakob Nielsen¿s 10 Usability Heuristics for User Interface Design, and web accessibility based on the current W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG). Today's websites need to be both well designed and dynamic, so the course also introduces some basic JavaScript for going beyond static content. The course also introduces students to the process of deploying a website to a web server. As the using the web is becoming essential for people to meet their fundamental needs, social, cultural, colonial, ethical and cybersecurity issues must also be considered when designing websites. The focus of learning is activity-based and incorporates both individual exercises and collaborative activities.

Archived offerings

Course offerings Location Mode Course Profile
Semester 1, 2023 (20/02/2023 - 17/06/2023) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2023 (20/02/2023 - 17/06/2023) St Lucia In Person Course Profile
Semester 2, 2023 (24/07/2023 - 18/11/2023) St Lucia In Person Course Profile
Semester 1, 2022 (21/02/2022 - 21/06/2022) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2022 (21/02/2022 - 21/06/2022) External External Course Profile
Semester 2, 2022 (25/07/2022 - 19/11/2022) External External Course Profile
Semester 2, 2022 (25/07/2022 - 19/11/2022) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2021 (22/02/2021 - 19/06/2021) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2021 (22/02/2021 - 19/06/2021) St Lucia Flexible Delivery Course Profile
Semester 2, 2021 (26/07/2021 - 20/11/2021) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2021 (26/07/2021 - 20/11/2021) External External Course Profile
Semester 1, 2020 (24/02/2020 - 11/07/2020) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2020 (03/08/2020 - 21/11/2020) External External Course Profile
Semester 2, 2020 (03/08/2020 - 21/11/2020) St Lucia Flexible Delivery Course Profile
Semester 1, 2019 (25/02/2019 - 22/06/2019) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 2, 2019 (22/07/2019 - 16/11/2019) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2018 (19/02/2018 - 23/06/2018) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2017 (27/02/2017 - 24/06/2017) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2016 (29/02/2016 - 25/06/2016) St Lucia Internal Course Profile
Semester 1, 2015 (02/03/2015 - 27/06/2015) St Lucia Internal Course Profile