Teaching
I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.
-Confuzius
Our teaching mission is to train and educate students from a theoretical as well as practical perspective in order to empower their abilities to analyze, design, implement and evaluate interactive systems and devices.
Bachelor Level
We offer the following courses on the bachelor level:
- introduction to human-computer interaction (lecture)
- classic readings in human-computer interaction (proseminar)
- interactive media (lecture + exercises)
- interactive computer graphics (lecture + exercises)
- interaction design (lecture + exercises)
- human-computer interaction project (project)
- human-computer interaction practice (practice)
- current trends in human-computer interaction (seminar)
In cooperation with external design experts, we offer the following additional courses with a focus on design aspects:
- sketching user experiences (general method skills)
- visual interfaces design (seminar)
All of these courses are designed for a bachelor degree in B.Sc. Human-Computer Interaction, but can also be attended by students from other studies such as B.Sc. Computer Science, B.Sc. Software System Engineering, B.Sc. or B.Sc. Business Informatics.
Master Level
On the master level, we offer the following courses:
- user interface software and technology (lecture + exercises)
- interactive game development (lecture + exercises)
- human-computer interaction project (project)
- human-computer interaction integrated seminar (seminar)
The master courses can be attended by students of M.Sc. Computer Science, M.Sc. Intelligent Adaptive Systems, and M. Sc.IT Management and Consulting.
HCI Thesis
If you are interested in writing your thesis in our group please visit the thesis information website.
Further Material
If you are interested in studying human-computer interaction (B.Sc. Mensch-Computer-Interaktion) at the University of Hamburg, please visit the introduction lecture (available in German only):
In addition, you can also view the interview (available in German only) with the chair of the HCI group about studying human-computer interaction (B.Sc. Mensch-Computer-Interaktion) at the University of Hamburg.
If you are interested in writing your thesis in the area of human-computer interaction in our group, please see the information at thesis
Most supplementary material as well as most official course descriptions are currently only available in German.
Summer 2025
ID | Type | Title | Organizer | When and where |
64‑200 | Lecture | Interaction Design | Prof. Dr. Frank Steinicke |
Thu 12:15 ‑01:45pm, |
64‑201 | Tutorial | Interaction Design | Qianqi Huang(qianqi.huang"AT"uni-hamburg.de), Dr. Lucie Kruse |
Tue (various groups), 15.Apr.-15.Jul., F-635, D-114 G-102/203, D‑118/119 |
64‑285 | Lecture | Interactive Media | Prof. Dr. Frank Steinicke |
Tue 12:15am‑01:45pm, |
64‑286 | Tutorial | Interactive Media | Julia Hertel |
Thu 02:15‑03:45pm, |
64‑390 | Lecture | Interactive Game Development | Prof. Dr. Frank Steinicke |
Mo 10:15‑11:45am, |
64‑391 | Tutorial | Interactive Game Development | Sukran Karaosmanoglu, Sebastian Wallat |
Wed 12:15am‑1:45pm, Wed 02:15pm‑15:45pm, 16.Apr.-16.Jul., F-132 |
64-140 | Tutorial | Human-Computer Interaction | Sebastian Rings |
Block event: 01.-25.Sept. |
Please double-check with the official and up-to-date STiNE schedule, where you can also find other faculties' classes.