User Experience Design Curriculum
Fall Semester (6 credits)
Winter Semester (6 credits)
Summer Semester (3-4 credits)
Fall Semester (6 credits)
Winter Semester (6 credits)
Summer Semester (3 credits)
First Semester (15-16 credits)
Second Semester (15 credits)
First Semester (15 credits)
Second Semester (15 credits)
User Experience Design Catalog Year 26/27
MA Total Credits: 30-31
MFA Total Credits: 60-61
“Additional information:
*Contingent upon the English Proficiency Exam
*18 Credits are required : IXD601, IXD602, IXD605, IXD606, new course IXD *** User Interface Design II, and DGR650
*12 credits can be selected from the other course options in the semesters they are offered
*Data Driven Design is an option during the 1st summer semester, offered as a 7-week online course only, for four credits. The course is part of the MPS and the code has yet to be allocated.”
Elective – Studio or Lecture course from the Graduate (or Undergraduate) level. Must be approved prior to registration by the Graduate Department Chair. Additional permission may be required for confirmed UG credits.
Students enrolled in Graduate Level Programs must maintain the required 3.0 cumulative GPA.
Upon graduation, students in the MA User Experience Design program will be able to:
1. User Experience (UX) Design Principles and Theory: Utilize advanced design and technology skills and knowledge that integrate the key elements, terminology, theory, and practices to resolve user experience and interactive design challenges.
2. Research Methods: Critically engage with Design Research Methods and analysis in informing practical and/or critical User Experience and Interaction Design outcomes.
3. Technological Mediation: Utilize user-centered research and idea generation to generate contextually-rich technologically mediated interactions.
4. Critical Thinking: Develop in-depth critical and contextual understanding of interrelated User Experience and Interaction Design factors informing innovation and evidencing original thought and creativity in the generation of ideas.
Upon graduation, students in the MFA User Experience Design program will be able to:
1. User Experience (UX) Design Principles and Theory: Utilize advanced Design and technology skills and knowledge to resolve User Experience and Interaction Design challenges.
2. Research Methods: Critically engage with Design Research Methods and analysis in informing practical and/or critical User Experience and Interaction Design outcomes.
3. Independent Practice: Independently initiate imaginative and innovative User Experience and Interaction Design outcomes and hypotheses that critically challenge established practices.
4. Technological Mediation: Utilize advanced Research and idea generation to generate contextually rich technologically mediated experiences and interactions.
5. Leadership: Utilize professional intellect and communication skills in proposing and implementing advanced ideas and thinking for creative Leadership in User Experience and Interaction Design.
6. Critical thinking: Develop in-depth critical and contextual understanding of interrelated User Experience and Interaction Design factors informing innovation and evidencing original thought and creativity in the generation of ideas.