Mobile Application Design

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

In this course, students will learn about the mobile application design process, from application conception to end-user interactions. Students will design, implement, and debug/test applications for mobile devices and make use of the many capabilities these modern devices have to produce creative solutions to everyday challenges. A combination of readings, class discussions and hands-on application development will be used to provide a thorough understanding of mobile application design, with a particular emphasis on the various development stages of a semester-long team-based project. Students will create a mobile application with a specific end-user in mind. Examples include the use of smartphones for mHealth (mobile health) applications, location-based services, and/or the remote monitoring of critical infrastructure. The design process will have students identify their intended end-user, create schematics/wireframes based on user interviews, develop/debug/test their mobile application, integrate UI/UX design tools/techniques, as well as perform all necessary application evaluations and documentation. Finally, all teams will present their completed mobile applications in the culmination of this class.