J. Blustein

About My Courses

The registrar's office and Dalhousie library use the abbreviation CSCI for computer science. I usually use the abbreviation CS.

About the Courses

CS 1107

Social Computing

It is also taught by other professors

From the online university calendar

INFX 1600

Integrated Informatics Studies: Foundations

The first time I ever taught this course was in the Regular (Sept. - Apr.) term of 2008/2009.   I co-taught it with C. Blouin and others.

From the online university calendar

INFX 2600

Integrated Informatics Studies: Foundations

The first time I ever taught this course was in the Regular (Sept. - Apr.) term of 2009/2010.   I co-taughtx it with N. Scrimger and others.

From the online university calendar

CS 3160

User Interface Design

K. Inkpen and I designed this course.  The course proposal from October 2003 (in PDF) is online.

Curriculum Resources:

• draft syllabus (in PDF)
• the course proposal from October 2003 (in PDF)

It was also taught by K. Inkpen, and others

Almost everything I distribute to students in this course is on CD-ROM so there is not much at the website for my CS 3160

From the online university calendar

CS 3171

Network Computing

I most recently taught this in Summer 2003

It is also taught by E. Grundke, E. Milios, N. Zincir-Heywood, and S. Brooks, and others.

Website for my CS 3171

university calendar description of CSCI 3171

CS 3172

Web-Centric Computing

I most recently taught this in Fall (Sept. - Dec.) 2009

It is also taught by N. Zincir-Heywood.  N. Zincir-Heywood and I designed the course to replace CS 4173.

Website for my CS 3172

From the online university calendar

CS 4163

Human-Computer Interaction

The course has changed substantially since I most recently taught it in Summer 2002.

It is also taught by K. Inkpen, and others.

Homepage for my CS 4163

university calendar description of CSCI 4163

CS 4173

Web-Centric Computing

formerly Advanced Web Programming

I most recently taught this in Winter 2007

It is also taught by N. Zincir-Heywood

Website for my CS 4173

university calendar description of CSCI 4173

CS 6606

Human Factors in On-Line Information Systems

I most recently taught this in Winter 2009

Homepage for CS 6606

From the online university calendar

Dates

Textbooks for Upcoming and Recent Semester(s)

Textbooks for Fall 2012/2013 (Sept.–Dec. 2012)

CS1107 (Social Computing)

No required textbook

CS3160 (User Interface Design)

One of two required books and one recommended book:

Required (one of the following two)

1. User Interface Design and Evaluation by Debbie Stone, et al.; Copyright 2005 by The Open University; Published by Elsevier as Morgan Kaufmann, with ISBN 0-120-88436-4.
2. The Resonant Interface: HCI Foundations for Interaction Design by Steven Heim; Copyright 2008; Published by Addison Wesley Higher Education, with ISBN 978-0-321-37596-4.

Recommended (in any edition)

• The Non-Designer's Design Book by Robin Williams; Published by Peachpit Press.

Textbooks for Winter 2012/2013 (Jan.–Apr. 2013)

CS 6606 (Human Factors in On-line Information Systems)

No textbook

See Also

My teaching materials

Forms, etc. I use in class

My archive of other's materials

Copies of course notes and materials (most by other teachers)

My homepage

An overview of evertyhing at this, my Dalhousie FCS, website