INFR 3350U – Games User Research

Understanding usability and user research in game design is a topic of growing interest to game developers. This course introduces advanced user research mixed-methods and a comprehensive review of usability and user research issues and approaches specific to video games development. The goal of this course is to make better games by marrying the knowledge from human factors, user research and game design. Games user research (GUR) has become an important part of designing and developing games. This is a hands-on course that introduces students to GUR methods and encourages more discussion regarding what students should learn and how best to teach it.
Credit hours: 3
Lecture hours: 3
Note(s): Third year standing