Over the course of six weeks, students learn the theory and practice behind User Experience (UX) design through a series of lectures, sharing of professional examples, interactive team activities, and individual assignments. With a focus on solving problems creatively and systematically by putting your users and their needs first, students will utilize User Experience (UX) and User-Interface (UI) techniques and methodologies to develop a product or service of their choosing.

This is a Saturday class with optional lab time from 3 - 5 p.m. Instructor hours will be available during the week at designated times.

^*Group rates are available, contact us for more information.

Sarrah Vesselov is a UX professional, speaker, and author with over 10 years of experience in design, development, and management. As the UX Manager for GitLab, she led her department in setting the vision and direction of user experience, established an open source design system, and scaled the department from six to fourteen in a little over a year. She has experience teaching and mentoring on the subjects of design and development at the college level. Sarrah speaks at conferences around the world on the topics of user experience and front-end development. Her co-authored book on design systems will be published by Apress in July of 2019.

By the end of the course, students should be able to:

• Understand and articulate the differences, similarities, and overlap between User Interface (UI) and User Experience (UX) design.
• Utilize the design thinking process and UX/UI toolsets to solve problems.
• Work with cross-functional teams to create solutions.
• Communicate ideas, and give/receive direct feedback to facilitate ideation.
• Prototype and test using a variety of UX research methodologies.