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UX 1400 - Foundations of User Experience

2 lecture hours 2 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
This seminar-style course introduces students to User Experience (UX) as a profession and explores key roles, skills, tools, and career paths for a UX specialist. Class projects are designed to provide students with the basic principles of UX design and process. Online videos, guest speakers, and class discussions  help students develop a better sense of the field and  career options. Students build a basic digital portfolio  to start properly branding themselves as UX professionals. (prereq: none)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  • Understand the different theories and disciplines related to user experience (UX)
  • Understand and explore various UX career types and job responsibilities
  • Understand the UXCD program curriculum and other UX-related coursework at MSOE
  • Apply design thinking,  basic pricniples of neuroscience and UX to various real-life problems
  • Create a basic digital portfolio in Weebly or an aletrnative website builder

Prerequisites by Topic
  • None

Course Topics
  • None

Coordinator
Nadya Shalamova



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