MIT Department of Anthropology

21A.S02/21A.S10 Humane User Experience Design

MIT Anthropology

21A.S02 / meets with 21A.S10 (G) Humane User Experience Design (same as 6.S061)

MW 9:30am-11am

36-155

Units: 3-1-8

Prof. Graham Jones

Prof. Arvind Satyanarayan

 

Teaches an end-to-end user-centric design process focusing on developing humane (usable, joyful, whimsical) frontend user experiences for generative AI, grounded in anthropology. Topics include understanding human context (e.g., through observation, interviews, and user testing), qualitative data analysis, principles of effective and expressive visual and interaction design, frontend web application implementation, and user testing and ethical audits.

 

Pre-requisite: 6.101 (as a co-requisite à la 6.4500)

Preference will be given to students with prior Anthropology coursework