Advance Your Career with Our User Experience Design (UXD) Concentration
The MBS User Experience Design (UXD) concentration prepares students to thrive in the fast-paced world of digital design. Students gain advanced training in the tools and techniques needed to design and develop engaging, user-friendly, and accessible interfaces for websites, mobile apps, and other digital platforms.
In addition to technical expertise, the program builds essential business skills in finance, entrepreneurship, leadership, intellectual property, ethics, regulatory affairs, and artificial intelligence (AI), empowering graduates to lead innovation at the intersection of design, technology, and business.
Skills Gained
Gather User Insights
Learn state-of-the-art methods and best practices for collecting and analyzing user information
Apply Design Principles
Build a strong foundation in design methods rooted in human-computer interaction and interaction design.
Understand Human Behavior
Explore psychology, communication, and sociological theories that shape effective user experiences.
Bring Designs to Life
Drive and implement ideas through visual design and programming skills.
Prototype & Evaluate
Perform effective prototyping and assess a wide range of interactive media for usability and impact.
Where our UXD Alumni Work
As UXD becomes increasingly central to business success, MBS graduates enjoy wide-ranging positions in this rapidly evolving field.
Titles
- UX/Visual Designer
- UX Designer/Information Architect
- Senior UX Researcher
- UX Designer, CIO Design
- and more!
Companies
- BuzzFeed
- Solstice
- Verizon
- The Home Depot
- and more!
"Most degrees in UXD are science and technology driven, however the unique aspect of the MBS program is that in addition to the technical skills, we also learn important business skills. To become an effective designer, one needs to know how to design well and how to market it effectively."- Suleiman Ali, May 2019 Graduate
Recommended Experience For Admission
Applicants who are unsure of their eligibility for this concentration should schedule an appointment with an enrollment specialist.
Academic
Applicants should have a bachelor’s degree in a An undergraduate GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale is expected, and students should have taken, at minimum, an introductory information technology (IT) course or equivalent. Students without a technical background are required to take as a prerequisite course 16:137:602 Frontend Programming & Development (Cr. 3), or the equivalent.
Students with graphic design, visual arts, English, and communications are welcome to apply.
Professional
All professional experience will be considered as part of the application process.