UX Research and Design (UXD)

Turn Great Ideas into User-Friendly Solutions: Analyze problems, develop solutions, and design intuitive applications with an outstanding user experience.

Contents

• Human perception and Gestalt laws
• Standards and guidelines, responsive design, accessibility
• User research: Personas, user surveys, card sorting, focus groups
• User-centered design: scribbles, wireframes, design thinking
• Mockups and prototypes: grid systems, colors, and typography
• Figma (design tool): designs (HiFi and LoFi), interactivity, components, design systems
• Usability tests and reviews, metrics

Competencies

Students are able to

• analyzing problems in a structured manner and developing tailor-made solutions for user interfaces,
• to better understand the user and the usability of software,
• using modern software design tools and regularly involving users in the design of new software,
• critically questioning the usability of existing design solutions and redesigning them.

Literature

• J. Jacobsen und L. Meyer, Praxisbuch Usability und UX, 4. Aufl., Rheinwerk Computing, Bonn, Germany, 2024.
• J. Yablonski, Laws of UX: Using Psychology to Design Better Products & Services, 2. Aufl., O’Reilly Media, Sebastopol, CA, USA, 2020.
• D. Norman, The Design of Everyday Things, Translated by C. Eschenfelder, 2. Aufl., Vahlen, München, Germany, 2016.
• D. Norman, Emotional Design, Perseus Books, New York, NY, USA, 2005.

Lecturer

• Prof. Dr. Teena George Steger

Recommended Previous Knowledge 

• none

Module Details

Semester	6/7
Lecture Language	German
Frequency	Not regularly
Credit Points (ECTS)	5
Course Coordinator	Prof. Dr. Teena George Steger
Duration	1 Semester
Course Achievement	None
Prerequisite for exam	None
Exam	Continuous Assessment (CA)

Weekly Hours (SWS) 

Lecture	2 SWS
Project	2 SWS
Sum	4 SWS

Work Load 

Lecture	30 h
Self Study	90 h
Assignments	30 h
Sum	150 h