Human-Centered Information Systems (Master)

Information regarding Winter Term 2025/26

We will update the information about the start of the lecture and access to MS Teams in the next few days. Please inform yourself regularly on this page!

 

Information regarding Summer Term 2025

The course Human-Centered Information Systems will not take place in summer term 2025 due to Prof. Morana's research sabbatical (see https://www.uni-saarland.de/en/chair/morana/news.html).

Course Description

This course focuses on the conceptual foundations and the design of human-centered information systems. Understanding and designing human-centered information systems is a key challenge in the digital transformation of the individual, organizations, and society.

Course Objectives

The aim of this course is to introduce key concepts, methods and techniques of human-centered information systems. A specific emphasis is set on introducing the human-centered design process and tools supporting its activities of analyze, specify, design, and evaluate. Furthermore, the course gives an overview on the conceptual foundations of human-computer interaction and related theories.

The course is complemented with a capstone project, in which students apply the concepts and techniques to analyze a problem motivated by practical experience and design a prototypical solution.

Learning Objectives

After the successful participation in the course students can:

  • explain the concept of human-centered information systems in different contexts and for different classes of information systems.
  • state and apply the theoretical foundations and relevant theories of human-centered information systems.
  • explain the human-centered design process and apply it to new problems.
  • analyze problems of digitalization by applying the concepts and methods from the course.
  • design and create interactive prototypes based on the problem analysis carried out.

Course Facts

(will be updated soon!)

  • Format: Lecture & Capstone Project (Exercise)
  • Course of Studies: Master BWL, Master DiBWL, Master Winfo, Master Wipäd, Master W&R
  • Language: English
  • Semester: every summer semester
  • Scope: 6 CP
  • Lecture Start: Wednesday, 17.04.2024, 10:15 – 11:45
  • Room: B4.1, 0.05
  • Interactive Session: Wednesday, 10:15 – 11:45 (Lecture)
  • Capstone Session: Tuesday, 16:15 – 17:45 (Exercise)
  • Access to MS Teams:
    Please use this link to register for the course in MS Teams (the link will be added soon!).
  • Access to Moodle:
    The password to the Moodle course is communicated via MS Teams and in the first interactive session.
  • Grading: 
    Exam: Mid-Term Exam: 20%, Final Exam: 40%, Capstone Project: 40%
    • Explanation concerning the exams:
      There are TWO exams.

      Mid-term exam (30 min): will take place in the 8th week of the semester (early to mid-June) covering the content from lecture 01 - 04 of the semester only.

      Final exam (60 min): will take place at the end of the semester during the regular exam season (date tba by Vipa) covering the content from lecture 05 - 13 of the semester only (= the content from the mid-term exam will be excluded!).

  • Evaluations: 

    Summer Term 2024
    Winter Term 2023/2024
    Summer Term 2023
    Summer Term 2022
    Summer Term 2021
    Summer Term 2020