IS 496

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Topics in Human-Centered Design & Systems

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Credit: 2 TO 4 hours.

Variety of newly developed and current topics courses within the field of human-centered design and systems, intended to augment the existing Information Sciences curricula.

3 undergraduate hours. 2 to 4 graduate hours. May be repeated if topics vary.

This course satisfies the General Education Criteria in Fall 2022 for:

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IS 496 class schedule data for fall 2021
	CRN	Type	Section	Time	Day	Location	Instructor	Section Details
	73963	Online	DE3	6:00PM -7:55PM	M	n.a.	Huang, Y	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/23/21-12/08/21 Degree Notes: ONL Info Science rate course. Credit: 3 hours Section Title: Design for Social Interact Exp Section Info: Undergraduate section. Designing for Social Interactive Experience (3 hour section- Undergraduates): From Facebook to TikTok, technology is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, technical solutions are designed to address real-world problems and to promote positive social change; on the other hand, technologies might have unwanted impacts on the society. This course covers theories, methods and state-of-the-art works in designing interactive technologies (e.g., conversational agents) for enhancing desirable social experiences. The course is taught with lecture, discussion, and in-class studio participation (when taught on-campus). Student will explore how to design conversational agents to mediate social interactions between different stakeholders (e.g., public service providers and community members) in a variety of contexts. The course prepares students to work as practitioners, academicians, or system designers in their future endeavors. Students in the 3-credit version of the course could choose to skip some of the assignments, e.g., programming tasks in the final project or paper reviews that are required in the 4-credit version of the course. Students can discuss with the instructor about which assignments to skip depending on their interests and background. Restricted to Information Sciences major initially. INFO Minors may register starting by noon 7/6/2021. Restrictions lifted by noon 7/20/2021. For more information about this major, please visit: http://go.ischool.illinois.edu/BSIS. Questions may be sent to bsis-advising@illinois.edu. Restriction(s): Not intended for students with Freshman or Sophomore class standing. Restricted to Undergrad - Urbana-Champaign.
	73855	Online	DE4	6:00PM -7:55PM	M	n.a.	Huang, Y	Part of Term: 1 Date Range: 08/23/21-12/08/21 Degree Notes: ONL Info Science rate course. Credit: 4 hours Section Title: Design for Social Interact Exp Section Info: Designing for Social Interactive Experience (4 hour section- Graduate Students and option for Undergraduates): From Facebook to TikTok, technology is a double-edged sword. On the one hand, technical solutions are designed to address real-world problems and to promote positive social change; on the other hand, technologies might have unwanted impacts on the society. This course covers theories, methods and state-of-the-art works in designing interactive technologies (e.g., conversational agents) for enhancing desirable social experiences. The course is taught with lecture, discussion, and in-class studio participation (when taught on-campus). Student will explore how to design conversational agents to mediate social interactions between different stakeholders (e.g., public service providers and community members) in a variety of contexts. The course prepares students to work as practitioners, academicians, or system designers in their future endeavors. Restricted to Information Sciences majors until one week before classes begin (by noon 8/16/2021). Graduate questions may be sent to ischool-advising@illinois.edu. Undergraduate questions may be sent to ischool-is@illinois.edu Restriction(s): Not intended for students with Freshman or Sophomore class standing.