ENGCMP 1430 - USABILITY TESTING IN TECHNICAL WRITING

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course prepares students for the creative and technical demands of the professional and technical writing workplace, ensuring each student possess the hard skills of usability testing and the soft skills required to best communicate those results. It introduces students to design theories and principles alongside practical applications on measuring usability and user experiences for products and services. Ethical and practical questions of accessibility and disability necessarily inform our discussion and practice. This course also incorporates aspects of product consulting, providing students with an opportunity to apply their theoretical and practical understanding of usability testing to the benefit of stakeholders.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Seminar
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Requirements: PREQ: ENG 0102 or ENGCMP (0002 or 0006 or 0020 or 0200 or 0203 or 0205 or 0207 or 0208 or 0210 or 0212 or 0213 or 0214) or ENGFLM 0210 or FP (0003 or 0006) *Applies to all WRIT Courses*
Course Attributes: SCI Expression: Tech/Bus/Res writing Gen. Ed. Req., Undergraduate Research, Writing Intensive Course (WRIT)

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