This Informatics major concentration will prepare students for a career in user experience, interaction design, human factors, and web and mobile app design. Learn the skills you need to design cutting-edge information technologies that will benefit users and society.
This Informatics major concentration will prepare students for a career in user experience, interaction design, human factors, and web and mobile app design. Learn the skills you need to design cutting-edge information technologies that will benefit users and society.
Core Competencies
Students in the User Experience (UX) Design Informatics major concentration will learn to:
Understand the fundamentals of human perception and cognition and their implications for user experience and interaction design.
Employ a user-centered approach to the design and development of information technologies that are aligned with the needs and values of end users and other stakeholders.
Apply user-centered research and design methods for interactive technologies.
As a premier research and education program for the 21st century field of information, the School of Information is changing the future by engaging the present and preserving the past.
What is an iSchool?
We are living in an Information Age. Information systems and technologies are fundamentally shaping the behaviors of individuals, organizations, and society — impacting how we interact and connect, learn and develop new knowledge, conduct business, engage with culture, participate in politics and government, and much more.
Research and teaching at the School of Information explore:
the interactions of people and information
the processes of managing and organizing information for meaning and use
the impact of new technologies and behaviors on individuals, organizations, and society
Our students learn to design new tools, analyze human activities, organize information, and ensure technology serves its intended users.
User experience design, or UX design, is the process of fine-tuning a product to be user-friendly through prototyping, testing, and conducting user research. UX designers can work on all kinds of projects, but they most commonly design digital products such as desktop and mobile website applicatio...
UX (User Experience) designers focus on designing apps, websites, and other products that are easy and pleasant for people to use. UI (User Interface) or Visual designers focus on the appearance of apps, websites, and other products so they are beautiful and visually effective.
"UX Design" is a broad field that encompasses many roles, including User Interface (UI) Designer, User Experience (UX) Designer, Product Designer, and UX Researcher  all of which support the design of products, apps and tools you use every day.
This certification is ideal for you if you wish to establish yourself as a Product Manager or Product Owner in a large solution environment or organisation. If your organisation already uses SAFe, it is the best career investment.
Accelerate your career with the globally recognized BrainStation UX Design Certification (UXDCâ„¢), through hands-on experience in courses taught by UX Design leaders from global tech companies. Gain essential UX design skills with hands-on instruction from industry leaders working at the best glo...
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