# LIS 514: Usable Security and Privacy | UW–Madison [View on UW Courses](https://uwcourses.com/courses/LIS_514) ## Dataset ### search projection #### version 1 #### terms * 1274 * 1272 * 1264 * 1262 * 1254 * 1252 * 1244 * 1242 * 1234 * 1232 * 1224 * 1222 * 1212 * 1204 * 1202 * 1194 * 1192 * 1184 * 1182 * 1174 * 1172 * 1164 * 1162 * 1154 * 1152 * 1144 * 1142 * 1134 * 1132 * 1124 * 1122 * 1114 * 1112 * 1104 * 1102 * 1094 * 1092 * 1084 * 1082 * 1074 * 1072 ### revision fc1811fa52e581ea57a35c0cf3343f8740a8ffbf ### repository twangodev/uwcourses ### schema version 6 ### importer version 10 ### projection id 25a5e1495a940a130efa223858e76f52294bba73a112cecf25208173491bd201 ### observed at 2026-10-14T17:50:09.728220+00:00 ### built at 2026-10-19T18:58:33.786556+00:00 ### courses 8929 ### current instructors 3758 ### limited false ### terms * 1274 * 1272 * 1264 * 1262 * 1254 * 1252 * 1244 * 1242 * 1234 * 1232 * 1224 * 1222 * 1212 * 1204 * 1202 * 1194 * 1192 * 1184 * 1182 * 1174 * 1172 * 1164 * 1162 * 1154 * 1152 * 1144 * 1142 * 1134 * 1132 * 1124 * 1122 * 1114 * 1112 * 1104 * 1102 * 1094 * 1092 * 1084 * 1082 * 1074 * 1072 ### term 1274 ### departments | subject | count | | --------- | ----- | | AAE | 90 | | ABT | 20 | | ACCTIS | 36 | | ACTSCI | 14 | | AFAERO | 10 | | AFRICAN | 87 | | AFROAMER | 70 | | AGROECOL | 21 | | AMERIND | 54 | | ANAT\&PHY | 7 | | ANATOMY | 2 | | ANESTHES | 8 | | ANSCI | 53 | | ANTHRO | 93 | | ART | 124 | | ARTED | 10 | | ARTHIST | 121 | | ASIALANG | 129 | | ASIAN | 109 | | ASIANAM | 28 | | ASTRON | 38 | | ATMOCN | 70 | | BIOCHEM | 52 | | BIOCORE | 10 | | BIOLOGY | 14 | | BIOMDSCI | 18 | | BME | 66 | | BMI | 41 | | BMOLCHEM | 10 | | BOTANY | 68 | | BSE | 44 | | C\&ESOC | 73 | | CBE | 48 | | CHEM | 101 | | CHICLA | 51 | | CIVENGR | 131 | | CLASSICS | 47 | | CNP | 11 | | CNSRSCI | 49 | | COMARTS | 137 | | COMPBIO | 15 | | COMPLIT | 10 | | COMPSCI | 138 | | COUNPSY | 78 | | CRB | 14 | | CS\&D | 71 | | CSCS | 39 | | CURRIC | 193 | | DANCE | 93 | | DERM | 8 | | DS | 88 | | DYSCI | 33 | | ECE | 155 | | ECON | 144 | | EDPOL | 115 | | EDPSYCH | 97 | | ELPA | 71 | | EMA | 52 | | EMERMED | 17 | | ENGL | 205 | | ENTOM | 39 | | ENVIRST | 149 | | EP | 15 | | EPD | 65 | | ESL | 15 | | F\&WECOL | 60 | | FAMMED | 21 | | FINANCE | 50 | | FOLKLORE | 38 | | FOODSCI | 43 | | FRENCH | 62 | | GEN\&WS | 144 | | GENBUS | 72 | | GENECSLR | 17 | | GENETICS | 60 | | GEOG | 112 | | GEOSCI | 83 | | GERMAN | 84 | | GLE | 47 | | GNS | 39 | | GREEK | 27 | | HDFS | 43 | | HEBR-BIB | 13 | | HEBR-MOD | 10 | | HISTORY | 232 | | HISTSCI | 54 | | HONCOL | 13 | | ILS | 43 | | INFOSYS | 9 | | INTEGART | 7 | | INTEGSCI | 22 | | INTER-AG | 18 | | INTER-HE | 11 | | INTER-LS | 21 | | INTEREGR | 16 | | INTLBUS | 21 | | INTLST | 52 | | ISYE | 82 | | ITALIAN | 55 | | JEWISH | 56 | | JOURN | 87 | | KINES | 127 | | LACIS | 26 | | LANDARC | 61 | | LATIN | 24 | | LAW | 118 | | LEGALST | 48 | | LINGUIS | 35 | | LIS | 90 | | LITTRANS | 79 | | LSC | 52 | | M\&ENVTOX | 7 | | MARKETNG | 65 | | MATH | 152 | | MDGENET | 8 | | ME | 132 | | MEDHIST | 41 | | MEDICINE | 59 | | MEDIEVAL | 32 | | MEDPHYS | 39 | | MEDSC-M | 29 | | MEDSC-V | 45 | | MHR | 68 | | MICROBIO | 45 | | MILSCI | 16 | | MM\&I | 22 | | MOLBIOL | 6 | | MS\&E | 60 | | MUSIC | 164 | | MUSPERF | 125 | | NAVSCI | 20 | | NE | 44 | | NEURODPT | 11 | | NEUROL | 7 | | NEURSURG | 5 | | NTP | 11 | | NURSING | 112 | | NUTRSCI | 64 | | OBS\&GYN | 18 | | OCCTHER | 39 | | ONCOLOGY | 13 | | OPHTHALM | 5 | | OTM | 44 | | PATH | 34 | | PATH-BIO | 29 | | PEDIAT | 27 | | PHARMACY | 36 | | PHILOS | 76 | | PHMCOL-M | 10 | | PHMPRAC | 41 | | PHMSCI | 58 | | PHYASST | 38 | | PHYSICS | 88 | | PHYSIOL | 3 | | PHYTHER | 37 | | PLANTSCI | 53 | | PLPATH | 37 | | POLISCI | 197 | | POPHLTH | 54 | | PORTUG | 33 | | PSYCH | 102 | | PSYCHIAT | 21 | | PUBAFFR | 54 | | PUBLHLTH | 23 | | RADIOL | 11 | | REALEST | 41 | | RELIGST | 90 | | RHABMED | 9 | | RMI | 24 | | RP\&SE | 101 | | S\&APHM | 16 | | SCANDST | 73 | | SLAVIC | 90 | | SOC | 145 | | SOCWORK | 87 | | SOILSCI | 46 | | SPANISH | 81 | | SRMED | 21 | | STAT | 91 | | STDYABRD | 52 | | STS | 8 | | SURGERY | 24 | | SURGSCI | 33 | | THEATRE | 88 | | URBRPL | 60 | | UROLOGY | 6 | | ZOOLOGY | 90 | ### designations | family | value | label | | ---------------------- | -------------------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------ | | breadth | biological-science | Breadth - 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Accelerated Honors (!) | | honors | honors-only-courses-h | Honors - Honors Only Courses (H) | | honors | honors-optional | Honors - Honors Optional (%) | | liberal-arts | l-and-s-liberal-arts-and-science | L\&S Credit - L\&S Liberal Arts and Science | | quantitative-reasoning | a | Comm QR - Quantitative Reasoning A | | quantitative-reasoning | b | Comm QR - Quantitative Reasoning B | | workplace | workplace-experience | Workplace - Workplace Experience | ## course ### run id 20261014T203208-0851c9a1 ### semester 1274 ### observed at 2026-10-14 17:50:09.728220+00:00 ### record version id e8be5fbfa5c2d5b4707dfdb6967a240b123b3b497aca39a5991442e6c17017e8 ### course id LIS 514 ### course uid course\_efd4abe505ed9d81720513fd ### catalog version id 34dc78210f2ba14e222d9980d1ec22dc923e154d642f06e1ce12eed28c803d87 ### course number 514 ### subjects * LIS ### title USABLE SECURITY AND PRIVACY ### description Examines how to design systems and interfaces for security and privacy from a user-centered perspective. Understand how core security and privacy technologies are designed for users, as well as Human Computer Interaction (HCI) techniques for conducting robust user studies to evaluate and improve those designs. Critically examine interfaces for usable authentication, user-centered web security, privacy notices, phishing, and security warnings in domains ranging from mobile devices to social media to Internet of Things to Artificial Intelligence. ### requirements text Junior standing ### credit offering ids None recorded. ### llm job id enrich-49752a259f17fab0f49665b3 ### llm output id 867c02e595ed1de3782c2db4a051b6ff73fd52781863790c0c2e519855552da3 ### llm model Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B ### llm model revision 1d4bf0f2ff6012fd82039f2fa52739d0dd7c60c0 ### llm task version 17 ### llm search status valid ### llm summary This course examines designing systems and interfaces for security and privacy from a user-centered perspective, covering HCI techniques for evaluating these designs across domains like mobile devices and AI. ### llm topics * Core security and privacy technologies designed for users * Interfaces for authentication, web security, privacy notices, phishing, and security warnings * Security and privacy in mobile devices, social media, IoT, and AI ### llm skills * Designing secure and private systems and interfaces using user-centered principles * Conducting user studies using HCI techniques to evaluate security and privacy designs * Critically examining interfaces for authentication, web security, privacy notices, phishing, and security warnings ### source url ### llm activity tags * data-analysis * writing ### llm assumed background None recorded. ### llm search phrases * usable security * privacy interfaces * user-centered security design * HCI for cybersecurity * authentication usability * phishing and security warnings * IoT privacy * AI security interfaces ### llm requirements status valid ### llm student summary status valid ### llm experience status insufficient\_evidence ### designations * Core GenEd - Social & Behavioral Science * Breadth - Social Science * Level - Advanced * L\&S Credit - L\&S Liberal Arts and Science * Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement ### catalog variants None recorded. ### official learning outcomes Describe the design constraints (both usability and security) that underlie modern human-facing cybersecurity technologies. ```json { "catalog_year": "2026-2027", "observed_at": "2026-10-14T17:52:31.250857+00:00", "source": "catalog", "source_url": "https://guide.wisc.edu/courses/l_i_s/", "term": null } ``` Identify properties of humans, rooted in social sciences, that impact the design of cybersecurity technologies. ```json { "catalog_year": "2026-2027", "observed_at": "2026-10-14T17:52:31.250857+00:00", "source": "catalog", "source_url": "https://guide.wisc.edu/courses/l_i_s/", "term": null } ``` Apply basic user research and user experience methods to design novel cybersecurity systems. ```json { "catalog_year": "2026-2027", "observed_at": "2026-10-14T17:52:31.250857+00:00", "source": "catalog", "source_url": "https://guide.wisc.edu/courses/l_i_s/", "term": null } ``` Apply basic user research and user experience methods to design novel cybersecurity communications. ```json { "catalog_year": "2026-2027", "observed_at": "2026-10-14T17:52:31.250857+00:00", "source": "catalog", "source_url": "https://guide.wisc.edu/courses/l_i_s/", "term": null } ``` Describe design ideas clearly and effectively. ```json { "catalog_year": "2026-2027", "observed_at": "2026-10-14T17:52:31.250857+00:00", "source": "catalog", "source_url": "https://guide.wisc.edu/courses/l_i_s/", "term": null } ``` Evaluate published research on usable security designs. ```json { "catalog_year": "2026-2027", "observed_at": "2026-10-14T17:52:31.250857+00:00", "source": "catalog", "source_url": "https://guide.wisc.edu/courses/l_i_s/", "term": null } ``` ### skills taught Designing secure and private systems and interfaces using user-centered principles ```json { "evidence": [ { "course_id": "LIS 514", "field": "description", "quote": "design systems and interfaces for security and privacy from a user-centered 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