University of Michigan
User Experience Research and Design Specialization
University of Michigan

User Experience Research and Design Specialization

Begin your journey in UX Research and Design. Gain a solid foundation in UX Research and Design to create great products and advance your career.

Lija Hogan
Kentaro Toyama
Mark Newman

Instructors: Lija Hogan

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Get in-depth knowledge of a subject
4.8

(1,974 reviews)

Beginner level
No prior experience required
2 months to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace

What you'll learn

  • Understand the basics of UX design and UX research

  • Use appropriate UX research approaches to inform design decisions

  • Design a complete product, taking it from an initial concept to an interactive prototype

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Specialization - 6 course series

Introduction to User Experience Principles and Processes

Introduction to User Experience Principles and Processes

Course 111 hours

What you'll learn

  • Understand the fields of UX design and UX research.

  • Understand design principles and best practices and their basis in human capabilities and behavior

  • Incorporate a user-centered focus into the design process

Skills you'll gain

User Experience, Interaction Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Centered Design, Prototyping, Design Thinking, Ideation, User Interface (UI) Design, UI/UX Research, Human Factors, and Usability Testing
Understanding User Needs

Understanding User Needs

Course 210 hours

What you'll learn

  • Understand user needs assessments and qualitative research

  • Learn an end-to-end methodology for qualitative research

  • Explore good practices for conducting semi-structured interviews, in-situ observation, and affinity walls

Skills you'll gain

Interviewing Skills, Qualitative Research, Data Collection, User Research, Usability Testing, Research, Human Computer Interaction, Research Methodologies, User Centered Design, and Needs Assessment
Evaluating Designs with Users

Evaluating Designs with Users

Course 38 hours

What you'll learn

  • Identify different approaches to user testing and their appropriate use

  • Design and run an user test effectively

  • Analyze and report on user testing

Skills you'll gain

Usability Testing, User Research, UI/UX Research, User Experience Design, Interviewing Skills, Usability, User Experience, Human Computer Interaction, Test Planning, and Test Case
UX Design: From Concept to Prototype

UX Design: From Concept to Prototype

Course 415 hours

What you'll learn

  • Define and scope the design problem

  • Create user stories and storyboards to transform information about user needs into design concepts

  • Develop prototypes from elements of interactions and low-to-high fidelity mockups

Skills you'll gain

Prototyping, Storyboarding, Interaction Design, Wireframing, User Experience Design, Ideation, Mockups, User Research, Usability Testing, User Story, User Centered Design, User Interface (UI), and Conceptual Design
UX Research at Scale: Surveys, Analytics, Online Testing

UX Research at Scale: Surveys, Analytics, Online Testing

Course 518 hours

What you'll learn

  • Understand survey methodology from the UX perspective

  • Learn techniques to gaining UX insights from large numbers of users, including web analytics, A/B testing, and remote unmoderated studies

Skills you'll gain

Surveys, Survey Creation, Usability Testing, A/B Testing, Sampling (Statistics), User Research, Qualitative Research, Data Analysis, Web Analytics and SEO, Data Collection, Analytics, Research Methodologies, Web Analytics, Research Design, and Sample Size Determination
UX (User Experience) Capstone

UX (User Experience) Capstone

Course 618 hours

What you'll learn

  • Gain experience conducting user experience research in a real-world setting

  • Design and carry out an integrated multi-phase user experience design project

  • Communicate design concepts and actionable research findings

Skills you'll gain

Usability Testing, User Experience Design, User Research, Persona Development, Design Research, Prototyping, Wireframing, Technical Communication, Design, Storyboarding, User Centered Design, Adobe Photoshop, and Requirements Analysis

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Instructors

Lija Hogan
University of Michigan
2 Courses36,861 learners
Kentaro Toyama
University of Michigan
2 Courses44,588 learners
Mark Newman
University of Michigan
3 Courses109,498 learners

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University of Michigan

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