MSE 543Analytics and User Experience
- Units
- 0.50
- Faculty
- Engineering
When it runs
- F24
- W25
- S25
- F25
- W26
- S26
- F26
- W27
- S27
Ran in 3 of the last 7 terms. Winter 2027: not on the schedule. Spring 2027: schedule not out yet.
This course provides students with an in-depth understanding of methods for evaluating the user experience on a large scale. Students will learn how to design user experiments that involve the collection and analysis of large quantities of data online, apply useful metrics for evaluating the user experience, and use this analysis to inform their designs of software and technology.
Prerequisites
- Complete all of the following
- Complete 1 of the following
- Must have completed at least 1 of the following:
- AE224 - Probability and Statistics (0.50)
- BME213 - Statistics and Experimental Design (0.50)
- CHE220 - Probability and Statistics (0.50)
- CIVE224 - Probability and Statistics (0.50)
- ECE307 - Probability Theory and Statistics 2 (0.50)
- ENVE224 - Probability and Statistics (0.50)
- ME202 - Statistics for Engineers (0.50)
- MSE253 - Probability and Statistics 2 (0.50)
- MTE201 - Experimental Measurement and Statistical Analysis (0.50)
- NE215 - Probability and Statistics (0.50)
- STAT206 - Statistics for Software Engineering (0.50)
- STAT231 - Statistics (0.50)
- STAT241 - Statistics (Advanced Level) (0.50)
- SYDE212 - Probability, Statistics, and Data Science (0.50)
- Must have completed the following:
- Must have completed at least 1 of the following:
- Complete 1 of the following
- Complete 1 of the following
Antirequisites
None listed.
Leads to
No course lists it as a requisite.
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Useful especially if you're interested in product management, analytics, design, and user research
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Undergraduate Calendar
- 2024–25
- 2025–26 requisites changed
- 2026–27 requisites changed (shown here)
- 2019–20 and earlier on ucalendar