COMP.1080 Intro to App Des & Mobile Comp (Formerly 91.108)

Description

This course is an introduction to design principles of applications ("apps") that run on mobile devices (smart phones and tablet computers). The course focuses on software interaction design and computational thinking. Students will gain theoretical knowledge and design skills in these domains by building a series of apps that run on the Android platform using MIT App. Inventor software. The course will also include discussion of societal impacts of computing.

Course prerequisites/corequisites are determined by the faculty and approved by the curriculum committees. Students are required to fulfill these requirements prior to enrollment. For courses offered through online or GPS delivery, students are responsible for confirming with the instructor or department that all enrollment requirements have been satisfied before registering.