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Impact the world with effective UX design
In this part-time Certificate in User Experience (UX) Design, you’ll explore UX design as a tool for optimizing user experiences, covering essentials from system design to formulating personas that actually mimic the target audience experience. This program will also allow you to:
Format: Part-Time, blended
Delivery: Online coursework + required live online sessions
Live Session Schedule: Two Saturdays each course (9:00 AM – 5:00 PM)
Program Length: 8 months
Term Starts: Winter, Summer, Fall
*According to LinkedIn
“There are many 1-2 week UX programs, but I don’t think most individuals come out knowing what they need to in order to succeed in their jobs (especially in cases where UX is not fully understood in the organization). I have a lot of respect for the approach York has taken in practicing UX methodology to create an ideal program.”
Joselynn Maas – Lead, UX Strategy + Design, Grocery Gateway (Advisory Council Member)
The Certificate in User Experience (UX) Design is a direct registration program. No application process is required; simply enrol in the session of your choice to get started.
The course will provide an overview of the tools, practices and disciplines involved in the practice and theory of user experience design (UXD). User experience design (UXD) is the theory and practice of designing an emergent experience by carefully selecting and synchronizing intersection points between a human experiencer and a technological system. It will give an overview of the wide range of disciplines involved in the theory and practices of user experience design and explain their interactions. Fundamentals of UX design will give the learner the knowledge foundation needed to successfully complete the remaining three practical courses in this certificate program.
2 Classes
36 Hours
In the course, you will learn how to conduct, synthesize, and share qualitative research with design and product teams. We will tackle the differences between quantitative and qualitative research and cover a variety of common research methods used within product and agency environments. You'll gain hands on experience writing research plans, discussion guides, and conducting user interviews. We'll explore how to synthesize these findings, and develop themes and strategic direction that emerge from our data. We'll practice sharing these findings in a written and oral format.
2 Classes
36 Hours
This course covers the full spectrum of creating various wireframe fidelities, mocks and design validating artifacts. By using a collaborative approach, we will put into practice how to translate ideas and preliminary concepts into meaningful user interfaces to support business goals and user needs. You will familiarize yourself with fundamental principles and theories and gain hands-on experience with industry standards for visual design, interactive design, and usability testing methodologies. You will learn how to get participants' feedback from prototyping techniques to develop and leverage design solutions according to insights and collected data. You will also understand what a design system is and establish a strategy by cataloging design assets/components into a universal ecosystem.
2 Classes
36 Hours
The class will investigate the theoretical and practical aspects of innovation and how design tools and methods can be used to deploy a viable product/solution. Design processes and techniques will be studied in readings as well as put into practice in projects throughout the course. Students will be required to present articulate design concepts verbally as well as visually at a professional level. Students will be required to evaluate a product for customer insights, mechanical UX features, marketing context, and design aesthetics and present new concepts as realized through the design/innovation process. A final presentation will be made representing a high level of professional finish, including but not limited to drawings, marketing materials, sketch models, and finished solutions.
2 Classes
36 Hours
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