User Experience I: Understanding User Experience

Technology companies spend billions of dollars ensuring that their products are intuitive and delight users. This course will teach you how they do that. You’ll learn what drives product usability, the basics of User Experience (UX) design and research, and how to build wireframes and prototypes. By the end of this course, you’ll be on your way to building experiences that make customers happy.

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Syllabus

Course Topics

  • Human Cognition
  • Design Heuristics and Gestalt Principles
  • Design Thinking
  • The User-centered Design Process
  • Personas and Other Design Aids
  • Navigation, IA, and Content Strategy
  • Wireframing and Prototyping
  • Iterative Design and Evaluative User Research
  • Accessibility and Universal Design
  • UX Design Principles
Course Level

200

Skills Covered

  • User Experience (UX)
  • User Interface (UI)
  • Wireframing
  • Prototyping
  • User Research
  • Communication

Common Prerequisites

All courses listed may not be required. Discuss with your advisor to learn more.

Disclosure

This course is delivered online through an institution of the Lower Cost Models Consortium (LCMC) that is different than your degree-granting institution that awards the academic credit for the course.

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