Introduction to User Experience Design

Catalog description

This course introduces students to User Experience, the practice of designing apps and websites while applying user centric methods. This course touches on the entire process from analyzing user needs, iterating the design, presenting and selling a comprehensive solution to creating wireframes that become the blueprint for developers to follow when coding. Who could benefit from this course: If a student is an Information Systems Major, they will be thinking / designing system requirements and will be helping design the systems. If a student is a Computer Science Major then they will be on the receiving end of the design process and being asked to code what has been designed. It’s important for students to have the ability to understand, assess, design and convey good design. Students will explore basic concepts and methods to design an application while taking into consideration the needs of the user.