Units: 3
Prerequisites: None
Acceptable for Credit: CSU
Lecture 2.50 hours, laboratory 1.50 hours.
Course Typically Offered: Spring

This course provides an introduction to user interface (UI) and user experience (UX) design and prototyping. Students learn user-centered design approaches to research, design, prototype, and test user interfaces for screen-based media, such as websites and apps. Topics include design thinking, UX research and strategy, user personas and user scenarios, information architecture, interaction design, prototyping, usability testing, and industry tools and techniques. Students collaborate to design and prototype digital products.