Interactive Systems Design

Undergraduate | 2026

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Your studies will be on-campus, and may include some online delivery
On campus
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Area/Catalogue
COMP 2024
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Course ID
203285
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Campus
Mawson Lakes, Adelaide City Campus East
Level of study
Level of study
Undergraduate
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Unit value
6
Course owner
Course owner
School of Comp Sc & IT
Course coordinator
Course coordinator
Andrew Cunningham
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Course level
2
Work Integrated Learning course
Work Integrated Learning course
No
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Inbound study abroad and exchange
Inbound study abroad and exchange
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Yes
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University-wide elective course
Yes
Single course enrollment
Single course enrolment
Yes

Course overview

This course equips learners with the human and technical design skills to create usable interactive systems. Modern interactive systems necessitates a tight coupling between the system feedback (the gulf of evaluation) and the interaction with underlying data, algorithms, and systems (the gulf of execution). Students will practice human centred design processes, usability factors, rapid prototyping, and techniques for reflecting on a design throughout the development process. Students will learn technical skills in architecture design of interactive systems, design patterns, and the use of open-source frameworks to create interactive systems. This course aligns with the program’s aim of designing and developing innovative solutions that demonstrate a high usability. 

  • Designing For Usability
  • React And Systems Development
  • Evaluation And Iterative Improvement

Course learning outcomes

  • Discuss human centred design methodologies and associated principles for creating interactive systems.
  • Design the user interface of an interactive system that meet the needs of end-users.
  • Create real-time interactive systems using modern frameworks
  • Evaluate the quality attributes of an interactive system using methods.

Availability

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Census date
Fri 27/03/2026
Enrol by date
Enrol by date
Fri 13/03/2026
Last day to W
Last day to W
Fri 10/04/2026
Last day to WF
Last day to WF
Fri 08/05/2026

Class details

Adelaide City Campus East

Class number
Class number 25537
Section
Section ST01
Size
Size 40
Available
Available 40
Dates Days Time Campus Location Instructor
27 Feb - 17 Apr Friday 10:10am - 1pm Adelaide City Campus East Ingkarni Wardli, B.23
8 May - 5 Jun Friday 10:10am - 1pm Adelaide City Campus East Ingkarni Wardli, B.23
Class number
Class number 22343
Section
Section ST02
Size
Size 40
Available
Available 39
Dates Days Time Campus Location Instructor
24 Feb - 14 Apr Tuesday 8:10am - 11am Adelaide City Campus East Ingkarni Wardli, G.22
5 May - 2 Jun Tuesday 8:10am - 11am Adelaide City Campus East Ingkarni Wardli, G.22

Prerequisite(s)

N/A

Corequisite(s)

N/A

Antirequisite(s)

N/A

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