Certificate Overview
The User Experience Research & Design certificate (coming soon) is for anyone who helps design interfaces! Students and professionals will be prepared to research user needs and turn feedback into practical design solutions.
The User Experience Research & Design certificate teaches user research methods and familiarizes students with the principles and theory of UX. Courses emphasize hands-on learning and use industry-standard UX tools for designing a variety of interfaces, including websites and apps.
Graduates of the Online UX Research & Design certificate should be able to:
- Research user needs and identify complex design solutions through a variety of evaluation methods.
- Articulate design choices to a variety of collaborators involved with content and interaction model creation.
- Use accepted rhetorical, linguistic, and design theories to craft user- and reader-centered documents and interfaces.
- Design and create documents and interfaces using a variety of industry-standard tools.
- Demonstrate professionally appropriate ethical reasoning, including awareness of intellectual property in the creation and management of documents.
- Manage the production of complex, large-scale projects and their related documentation.
You can complete this 18-credit certificate in as little as 9 months or complete it at a slower pace to meet your needs. (All courses are 3 credits and no prerequisites are required.)
Certificate Courses
- Interaction Design
- Document Design
- Design Thinking in TPC (Technical and Professional Communication)
- User Research
- Usability Testing
- Content Strategy
- Special Topics in UX
Application Process
The Communication Department is now accepting applications for the Fall 2025 cohort (15 students). Please submit your application of interest (no cost) by completing the Qualtrics form.
Please send inquiries about this upcoming program to Amber Lancaster using the information found under Contact Us.