Scholars argue that interfaces are not neutral and that designers must make explicit their choices about who their designs privilege. In this course, students critically analyze and create computer interfaces, paying particular attention to how technological designs participate in power dynamics. In the first assignment, students apply critical frameworks to new media interfaces to
analyze what argument the interface makes and what audiences the interface privileges. In the second assignment, student teams define and describe an interface that they will create. In the final assignment, student teams create and design their own interfaces. The final project is accompanied by a group memo that explains their rhetorical choices.