General principles

For information on the mode of operation in the book exam see the Exam instructions page in the sidebar.

Several books can be studied for this module, each in a separate examination. A maximum of 12 credit points for book exams can be included in the master's degree.

The books that can be taken for the exam are available in the university library and sometimes through other means as indicated below.

General advice on how to prepare for the exam is available in Finnish and in English.

Books

• John M. Carroll (Ed.), HCI Models, Theories, and Frameworks: Toward a Multidisciplinary Science. Morgan Kaufmann, 2003. 576 pp.
  • Gives 7 credit points.
  • Examiner: Veikko Surakka.
  • Available in the university library, in the department's library, and on the web. Out of print, can only be bought as used.
  • Exams on this book may be discontinued due to the poor availability of the book. If you estimate your exam preparation to take a long time, please ensure from the examiner that the exam will still be available when you are ready to take the exam.
• Philip Kortum (Ed.), HCI Beyond the GUI: Design for Haptic, Speech, Olfactory, and Other Nontraditional Interfaces. Morgan Kaufmann, 2008. 462 pp.
  • Gives 5 credit points.
  • Examiner: Roope Raisamo.
  • Available in the university library and from the publisher, Amazon, and many other places.
• I. Scott MacKenzie and Kumiko Tanaka-Ishii (Eds.), Text Entry Systems: Mobility, Accessibility, Universality. Academic Press, 2007. 344 pp.
  • Gives 4 credit points.
  • Examiner: Poika Isokoski.
  • Available in the university library as a physical book and in the electronic collection as an e-book (Outside the UTA network this URL will not show you the book, please see the instructions from the UTA library on how to log on to the system).
  • Also available (in part) through Google books.