Fall 2026

Interaction Design Studio

Introduces human-centered interaction design for digital information systems, exploring core principles, cognition, and information science to develop new products and services.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Fall 2026 Adam RuleArezou Niknam

Summary

1 / 7

Historical reviews of David McHugh: The course relies on one large group project, but reviewers report no plan to check on groups or ensure work is divided evenly.

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Prerequisites

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(Sophomore standing, satisfied Quantitative Reasoning (QR) A, and satisfied Communications A), or graduate/professional standing

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LIS 470

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      • Sophomore standing
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      • satisfied Communications A
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Professors

Fall 2026

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2023: 3.63 GPA, 82.4% A/AB (n=34 letter grades).

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

Adam Rule has no current reviews. Historical feedback for David McHugh highlights issues with lecture engagement and group work management.

ADAM RULE is recorded teaching in Spring 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

DAVID MCHUGH is recorded teaching in Spring 2024, Fall 2025. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Fall 2026

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction70 / 708
LAB 301Classroom Instruction35 / 328
LAB 302Classroom Instruction35 / 350

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Student experience

the class

Historical reviews of David McHugh: David McHugh’s LIS 470 sections are described as frustrating, with lectures deemed worthless and the single group project considered meaningless by reviewers.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.73 GPA, 85.9% A/AB (n=64 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.48 GPA, 72.6% A/AB (n=62 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.68 GPA, 86.2% A/AB (n=94 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Historical reviews of David McHugh: The course relies on one large group project, but reviewers report no plan to check on groups or ensure work is divided evenly.

Historical reviews of David McHugh: Reviewers found lectures uninteresting and redundant, while the instructor allegedly punished students who raised group conflicts and failed to manage team dynamics.

Topics

  • Core principles of design, design processes, cognition, information science, and human values
  • Interaction design and human-centered design approaches

Skills

  • Applying data-driven human-centered interaction design processes
  • Designing digital information systems with a human-centered focus

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Fall 2026.

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About this comparison

1283 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

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Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
LIS 470 · Fall 2026

Interaction Design Studio

Recorded 2026-09-07
Raw records 
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-09-07

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Model outputs & technical records
nvidia/Qwen3.6-35B-A3B-NVFP4
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Model & dataset provenance 
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