California Institute of Arts

Ui/UX Design Specialization

Design High-Impact User Experiences. Research, design, and prototype effective, visually-driven websites and apps.
Length Over 6 months
Effort 5 hours per week
Price Free
Subject Design
Level Beginner
Languages English
Video Transcripts English

About this Specialization

The UI/UX Design Specialization brings a design-centric approach to user interface and user experience design, and offers practical, skill-based instruction centered around a visual communications perspective, rather than on one focused on marketing or programming alone. In this sequence of four courses, you will summarize and demonstrate all stages of the UI/UX development process, from user research to defining a project’s strategy, scope, and information architecture, to developing sitemaps and wireframes. You’ll learn current best practices and conventions in UX design and apply them to create effective and compelling screen-based experiences for websites or apps.

User interface and user experience design is a high-demand field, but the skills and knowledge you will learn in this Specialization are applicable to a wide variety of careers, from marketing to web design to human-computer interaction.

Learners enrolled in the UI/UX Design Specialization are eligible for an extended free trial (1 month) of a full product suite of UX tools from Optimal Workshop. Details are available in Course 3 of the Specialization, Web Design: Strategy and Information Architecture.

What you'll learn

Website Wireframe

User Interface Design (UI Design)

User Experience (UX)

User Research

Course syllabus

There are 4 Courses in this Specialization


COURSE 1

Visual Elements of User Interface Design


COURSE 2

UX Design Fundamentals


COURSE 3

Web Design: Strategy and Information Architecture


COURSE 4

Web Design: Wireframes to Prototypes

Meet the instructors

Michael Worthington

Faculty, Program in Graphic Design

School of Art

Roman Jaster

Visiting Faculty, Program in Graphic Design

School of Art