Upcoming program changes

IAT 320 is being revised to become part of the new Critical Making concentration.

The course will move to a 4-unit course.

IAT 320's description will become: Explores ideas of embodiment through physical computing supporting human relationships with technology. Students construct and analyze contemporary and historical models of bodily interaction through tangible, gestural and/or e-textile computational prototyping, understand physical practices of embodiment, and apply these concepts to representation, design and production of embodied interfaces through various critical lenses.

Reason for the change:  To better reflect the typical workload of the course.

IAT 336 is being revised to become part of the new Critical Making concentration.

IAT 336’s description will become: Introduces material properties and performance in the context of physical and digital interactive artifacts. Develops practices of material selection and use, including environmental effects, tactile properties, life-cycle, fabrication processes, compatibility and effects of particular forms of use. Students gain knowledge in physical properties and affordances of materials, 3d printing, digital fabrication methods, including sustainability and ethical implications. Students will work in the SIAT Solidspace Lab and Surrey Library fabricommons Makerspace.

Prerequisites for IAT 336 will become: Completion of 48 units, including IAT 102 and IAT 106 with a minimum grade of C-. (IAT 233 will be removed as a prerequisite).

Reason for the change: To open up access to the Critical Making courses and simplify the pre-requisite chain for IAT 336.

IAT 351 is being revised to become part of the new Evidence-Based Interactive Systems concentration.

IAT 351's description will become: Students will learn about and gain experience with a variety of research methods, models, and frameworks useful for the design of interactive systems for work, learning and leisure purposes. Topics include, but are not limited to, distributed and heterogenous interaction; and immersive, ubiquitouse, and responsive environments. Application topics include knowledge work, community and organizational collaboration, security, trust and privacy. Emphasis is on practical outcomes through a project that includes system analysis, design, and development plan.

Prerequisites for IAT 351 will become: Completion of 48 units, including IAT 201 with a minimum grade of C-. (IAT 265 will be removed as a prerequisite).

Reason for the change: The material covered in Multimedia Programming for Art and Design (IAT 265) is no longer required to complete IAT 351.

IAT 355's pre-requisites are being revised.

Prerequisites for IAT 355 will become: IAT 201 and either IAT 265 or CMPT 225, all with a minimum grade of C-. (IAT 267 will be removed as a prerequisite).

Reason for the change: Introduction to Technological Systems (IAT 267) is no longer required to be successful in IAT 355.

IAT 360's pre-requisites are being revised.

Prerequisites for IAT 360 will become: IAT 265 or CMPT 225 with a minimum grade of C-. (CMPT 120 and IAT 267 will be removed as a prerequisite).

Reason for the change: Introduction to Technological Systems (IAT 267) is no longer required to be successful in IAT 360 and CMPT 120 is already required by IAT 265.

IAT 452 is being revised to become part of the new Evidenced-Based Interactive Systems concentration.

IAT 452’s description will become: Introduces methodological approaches to theory-informed and evidence-driven design of multimodal interactive interfaces for software systems to be employed in dynamic environments comprising people, other agents, and their interactions in the tasks to be performed. Synthesizes effective strategies to interaction and interface development to explore solutions for a given application domain problem by modern methods borrowed from HCI, software design, prototyping, and evaluation.

Reason for the change: Revising the description to reflect IAT 452's purpose in the new concentration.