User Experience, Advanced Certificate
The Advanced Certificate in User Experience (UX) teaches students how to design and evaluate digital interfaces (e.g., websites, software products, and mobile/tablet applications) from a user-centered perspective, with an emphasis on understanding users and their contexts and applying that knowledge to make digital tools more user-friendly and engaging. Through their coursework, students build a digital portfolio demonstrating their preparedness to do practical UX work in a variety of roles and settings.
Admissions Requirements
This advanced certificate can be taken within the School of Information’s MS in Library and Information Science, MS Museums and Digital Culture or MS in Data Analytics and Visualization. It can also be taken as post-master’s program. Applicants to the post-master’s Advanced Certificate program must:
- hold a master’s degree in the arts, humanities, social sciences, or science from an accredited university;
- submit the online application form, nonrefundable application fee, and official transcripts (uploaded online at application);
- submit a statement of purpose (approximately two pages);
- submit a current résumé; and
- request two letters of recommendation on the application from employers, professors, or others able to judge the applicant’s potential for graduate study.
Code | Title | Credits |
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Required Courses | ||
INFO-643 | Information Architecture & Interaction Design | 3 |
INFO-644 | Usability Theory & Practice | 3 |
Elective Courses | ||
Choose two courses from the following | 6 | |
Digital Accessibility | ||
Human Information Interaction | ||
Programming Interactive Visualizations | ||
Human-Centered Research Design & Methods | ||
Conversational User Experience Design | ||
Programming User Interfaces | ||
Visual Communication & Information Design | ||
Content & Information Strategy | ||
Advanced Usability and UX Evaluation | ||
Digital Product Design | ||
Mobile Interaction Design | ||
Practical Ethnography for User Experience | ||
Speculative Design | ||
Emotional Design | ||
Information Visualization | ||
Writing for Digital Experiences | ||
UX Design Systems | ||
Extended Reality:user Experience for AR/VR | ||
Community Building & Engagement | ||
Projects in Information Experience Design | ||
Digital Analytics: Web, Mobile and Social Media | ||
Animals and Experience Design | ||
Special Topics (With Permission) | ||
Practicum/Seminar Information Science (With Permission) | ||
Independent Study (With Permission) | ||
Total Credits | 12 |