INTRODUCTION TO INFO ARCHITECTURE AND INTERACTION DESIGN FOR THE WEB

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Junior standing Course Designation: Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply the theoretical principles of information architecture and web usability. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Organize information logically and strategically. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Apply knowledge of web design by building an accessible interactive website using HTML and CSS. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Communicate information architecture concepts clearly and persuasively in oral, written, and visual communication. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Define theoretical principles of information architecture and web usability. Audience: Graduate 6. Describe web standards, usability and accessibility, project planning, project management, web evaluation, and website design as an ongoing, iterative process. Audience: Graduate 7. Use teamwork to balance the desires of all parties involved in launching an organization’s website, with concern for usability and accessibility, responsive design, and other web design principles and standards to create an effective website. Audience: Graduate 8. Create, organize, and design websites that use information architecture principles, adhere to usability and accessibility guidelines, and are consistent with web standards, regardless of the type of website. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply the theoretical principles of information architecture and web usability. Audience: Undergraduate 2. Organize information logically and strategically. Audience: Undergraduate 3. Apply knowledge of web design by building an accessible interactive website using HTML and CSS. Audience: Undergraduate 4. Communicate information architecture concepts clearly and persuasively in oral, written, and visual communication. Audience: Undergraduate 5. Define theoretical principles of information architecture and web usability. Audience: Graduate 6. Describe web standards, usability and accessibility, project planning, project management, web evaluation, and website design as an ongoing, iterative process. Audience: Graduate 7. Use teamwork to balance the desires of all parties involved in launching an organization’s website, with concern for usability and accessibility, responsive design, and other web design principles and standards to create an effective website. Audience: Graduate 8. Create, organize, and design websites that use information architecture principles, adhere to usability and accessibility guidelines, and are consistent with web standards, regardless of the type of website. Audience: Graduate