Certificate: User Experience (UX) Design
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Key Information
Campus location
Berkeley, USA
Languages
English
Study format
Distance Learning
Duration
2 - 6 semesters
Pace
Full time, Part time
Tuition fees
USD 7,793 *
Application deadline
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Earliest start date
Aug 2024
* estimated cost
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Introduction
Ready for a fun career in user-experience (UX) design? Build your UX design portfolio with our convenient, flexible online courses, taught by working designers with real-world experience.
Admissions
Curriculum
Curriculum Requirements
The curriculum comprises 6 required courses and a minimum of 2 units of electives for a total of 14-semester units (minimum 222 hours of instruction). Candidates must pay a nonrefundable program registration fee.
You must take all courses for a letter grade. To receive the Award of Completion, you must maintain a minimum grade point average of 2.5, with a grade of C or better in each course. All coursework must be completed within three years.
You can complete this program in as few as two terms. If you want to study full-time, you can take four courses during the first term and three in the second (or vice-versa).
Certificate and Award Request
Once you have completed the program coursework, notify UC Berkeley Extension that you have completed the curriculum and request your Award of Completion. Send an email to [email protected] or call (510) 643-8916. After your records have been reviewed, verified, and approved (usually within two to three weeks), your award of completion will be mailed to you.
Courses
Required Courses
We recommend that you take the Required Courses in the order displayed below:
- Essentials of User Experience (UX) Design
- Diagramming and Prototyping for UX
- Visual Design Principles
- User Research for UX
- Information Architecture (IA) and Content Strategy
- User-Interface (UI) Design
Electives
- UX Design Portfolio
- Qualitative Research: Design, Implementation, and Methods
- Quantitative UX Metrics and Research
- Human-Centered Design for Data Visualization
- Design Thinking and UX Strategy
- Accessibility in UX Design
- Service Design
- Web Design With HTML5 and CSS3
- Typography Fundamentals
- Illustrator I
- Photoshop I
- InDesign
- Branding
Program Outcome
Learn essential, user-centered design principles and techniques, including user research, wireframing, prototyping, persona building, affinity mapping, and more. Change careers or expand your expertise as a web developer, graphic designer, or content strategist.
What are the benefits of UC Berkeley Extension's User Experience Certificate Program?
- Learn By Doing:
Gain hands-on experience through a studio-style format that prioritizes collaborative/cooperative discussion for a more active learning environment. - Focus On Key Job Skills:
Dive into UX design concepts, processes, and practices, focusing on personas, heuristic evaluation, qualitative and quantitative research methods, product-development cycle, IA, content strategy, wireframes, user flows, prototyping, testing, iteration, experience maps, coding skills, and more. - Be Inspired By Innovative Professionals:
Hear from practicing instructors and guest speakers, and attend design panels and events such as San Francisco Design Week. - Employ Real-World Applications:
Design seamless apps, websites, dashboards, kiosks, and other user-friendly interfaces that spark your professional interest. - Gain Coding Skills:
Become a full-stack UX designer by applying HTML5 and CSS3 coding skills to create websites that align to the highest standards. - Start Or Advance Your Career:
Be ready for a rewarding career as a UX designer, UX researcher, information architect, visual designer, UI designer, interaction designer, service designer, website designer, or content strategist. - Flexible Course Schedule:
Evening and weekend class offerings allow you to continue working while you study. - Pay As You Go:
Pay course fees for the classes you enroll in for the upcoming semester.
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