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.

I teach, or have taught, the following eight courses. Details about them are below.

• CS 1107: Social Computing
• INFX 1600: Integrated Informatics Studies: Foundations
• INFX 2600: Integrated Informatics Studies: Structures
• CS 3160: User Interface Design
• CS 3171: Network Computing
• CS 3172: Web-Centric Computing
• CS 4163: Human-Computer Interaction
• CS 4173: Web-Centric Computing (formerly Advanced Web Programming)
• CS 6606: Human Factors in On-Line Information Systems

The table below shows in which semester each course is (or was) taught.

When I know what books I will use in the next semester I list them below too.

About the Courses

CS 1107

Social Computing

It is also taught by other professors

university calendar description of CSCI 1107

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.

university calendar description of INFX 1600

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.

university calendar description of INFX 2600

CS 3160

User Interface Design

I most recently taught this in Fall (Sept. - Dec.) 2010

It was also taught by K. Inkpen, and others

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

Website for my CS 3172

university calendar description of CSCI 3172

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

university calendar description of CSCI 6606

Textbooks for Upcoming and Recent Semester(s)

Textbooks for Winter 2012/2013

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.

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