User Interaction and Experience

User Interaction and Experience Specialization Track

A specialization track focusing on interaction design, user experience, digital interfaces, interactive systems, and usability evaluation for web, mobile, game, and digital media applications.

What is User Interaction and Experience?

User Interaction and Experience is a field of Informatics that studies how users interact with digital systems and how applications can be designed to be easy to use, comfortable, effective, and aligned with user needs.

Through this specialization track, students will learn interaction design, interactive system programming, mixed reality, augmented reality, virtual reality, statistical methods for human-computer interaction, design-oriented HCI approaches, and usability testing.

Main Areas of Study

Interaction Design

Learning how to design interaction flows between users and systems so they are easier to understand and use.

User Experience

Studying how users feel, understand, and evaluate their experience when using digital products.

Interactive Systems

Learning the development of systems that allow users to interact directly through digital interfaces.

Usability Testing

Understanding evaluation methods used to assess whether a system is easy to use, efficient, and aligned with user needs.

Examples of Applications

User Interaction and Experience is essential in developing digital products that are user-centered and focused on the quality of user experience.

Designing interfaces for web and mobile applications.
Evaluating user experience in public service, education, or business applications.
Conducting usability testing on application prototypes.
Developing interactive systems for web, mobile, or game platforms.
Designing augmented reality and virtual reality applications.
Analyzing user behavior when using digital systems.
Developing UI/UX prototypes based on user needs.
Evaluating designs using statistical methods and HCI approaches.

Required Track Courses

In the User Interaction and Experience specialization track, students take six required track courses as part of their field-specific study.

No.	Course	Short Description
1	Interaction Design	Studies principles and methods for designing interactions between users and systems to make them more effective, efficient, and easy to use.
2	Interactive System Programming	Discusses the development of systems or applications that enable direct interaction between users and digital technology.
3	Mixed, Augmented, and Virtual Reality	Studies the concepts and applications of mixed reality, augmented reality, and virtual reality in interactive systems.
4	Statistical Methods for Human-Computer Interaction	Studies statistical methods for analyzing user data, evaluation results, and testing outcomes in human-computer interaction.
5	Design-Oriented Human-Computer Interaction	Discusses design approaches for understanding user needs and creating human-centered systems.
6	Usability Testing	Studies testing methods for assessing the ease of use, effectiveness, efficiency, and user satisfaction of digital systems.

Competencies Developed

Ability to understand the principles of human-computer interaction.

Ability to design interfaces and user experiences based on user needs.

Ability to develop interactive systems for web, mobile, or digital media platforms.

Ability to apply UX evaluation methods and usability testing.

Ability to analyze user data using statistical methods.

Ability to understand and develop mixed, augmented, and virtual reality applications.

Career Opportunities and Research Topics

Career Opportunities

UI/UX Designer
UX Researcher
Interaction Designer
Usability Tester
Front-End Developer
Interactive Media Developer

Example Research Topics

Usability evaluation of public service applications.
UI/UX design for mobile-based learning applications.
User experience analysis of e-commerce applications.
Development of augmented reality-based application prototypes.
Interface design evaluation using usability testing methods.
User satisfaction analysis of academic information systems.

Who is Suitable for This Track?

The User Interaction and Experience specialization track is suitable for students who are interested in interface design, user experience, usability testing, interactive applications, front-end development, augmented reality, virtual reality, and the development of human-centered digital systems.

Specialization Track: User Interaction and Experience

User Interaction and Experience

User Interaction and Experience