The University of Michigan was founded in 1817 as one of the first public universities in the nation. The University, which is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, has 260-degree programs in 19 schools and colleges offering a tremendous academic breadth and opportunity for discovery. Michigan has one of the largest alumni networks in the world with more than 540,000 living alumni.

About This Series

Integrate UX Research and UX Design to create great products through understanding user needs, rapidly generating prototypes, and evaluating design concepts.

Learners will gain hands-on experience with taking a product from initial concept, through user research, ideation and refinement, formal analysis, prototyping, and user testing, applying perspectives and methods to ensure a great user experience at every step.

This UX MicroMasters Program concludes with a capstone project, in which learners will incorporate UX Research and Design to design a complete product, taking it from an initial concept to an interactive prototype.

The advisory board for this MicroMasters Program consists of University of Michigan School of Information alumni who are industry leaders and user experience experts. Board members provide ongoing guidance on applicability of the program to career and educational pathways. More information on the MicroMasters Program and the advisory board members can be found at the University of Michigan website.

• Average Length: 3-8 weeks per course;
• Effort: 3-5 hours per week, per course;
• Number Of Courses: 9 Courses in Program;
• All of these 9 courses are self-paced;
• Subject: Computer Science, Social Sciences, Design;
• Institution: The University of Michigan;
• Language: English;
• Video Transcripts: English.

1. Understanding User Needs

Learn how to conduct effective user research to better understand what users love, hate, want and need.

2. Principles of Designing for Humans

Learn about human behaviour and capabilities and how they impact user experience design.

3. Introduction to User Experience

Learn how UX research and design techniques can help you better understand user needs and create a great user experience.

4. Evaluating Designs with Users

Learn how to design, run, and analyze usability tests to help improve user experience.

5. UX (User Experience) Capstone

Use the skills and knowledge gained through User Experience (UX) Research and Design MicroMasters Program courses to design and conduct a complete UX project.

6. UX Design: From Concept to Wireframe

Gain first-hand experience of the UX design process as you take a UX design project from an initial sketch and develop it into a wireframe.

7. UX Design: From Wireframe to Prototype

Learn about the UX design process by taking a UX design project from wireframes to a design specification document.

8. UX Research Surveys

Learn how to use UX surveys to gain insights into user needs and attitudes toward system designs.

9. UX Research at Scale: Analytics and Online Experiments

Learn how to conduct and analyze UX research at scale using online tools such as A/B testing and web analytics.

Please go to this MicroMasters Program's link on edX for further detailed information: User Experience (UX) Research and Design.