Using human-centered design to expose humans to computer science

  • Authors:
  • Megan Thomas

  • Affiliations:
  • California State University Stanislaus, Turlock, California

  • Venue:
  • Journal of Computing Sciences in Colleges
  • Year:
  • 2011

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Abstract

Computer scientists assert, to anyone who will listen, that computer science is a multi-disciplinary science spanning numberless fields of human endeavour, and students in every major should find studying computer science worthwhile. College students do not seem to believe us. To address their misperception directly, we have developed a course in human centered design for the general undergraduate population. We worked hard to ensure the course satisfies a general education science requirement at our university, giving non-computing students a compelling reason to take the class. During the 2009--2010 school year, the first offerings of this class occurred, and this paper shall present our observations to date.