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UX/UI Design Advanced Certificate

UX/UI Design Advanced Certificate

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(F-1 students are not eligible for Advanced Certificate programs)

Program Overview: Advanced Certificate in UX/UI Design

  • Twelve-credit advanced certificate program
  • Grounded in human-centered design thinking
  • Encourages deep understanding of user behavior and needs
  • Offers a hands-on learning model with real-world design challenges
  • Emphasizes ideation, research, and prototyping
  • Explores the relationship between interactive media and human perception
  • Stresses the importance of aesthetics and accessibility in design
  • Delivered online or on campus with flexible scheduling options

Learning Outcomes & Benefits

  • Develops a strong foundation in user experience and interface design
  • Builds skills in creating user-first digital solutions
  • Enables students to produce a professional-level design portfolio
  • No master’s degree required for enrollment or completion
  • Prepares students to apply learned skills in real-world settings
  • Ideal for those looking to transition into or advance within the design field

Educational and Career Objectives

The candidate will be able to:

  1. Understand and apply the basic principles of UX/UI design
  2. Engage in successful customer and competition research
  3. Prototype a variety of design ideas
  4. Present design ideas in group settings
  5. Enter the Touro masters level design program with 12 graduate credits
  6. Compete successfully for entry level design positions

UX/UI Advanced Certification Courses

UXIN 600

UI Design Principles
This course explores the core principles of user interface design across platforms. Students use Figma and Adobe XD to create responsive, accessible layouts for web and mobile. Topics include design systems, hierarchy, and navigation. AI tools like Firefly and Copilot support ideation, layout generation, and interface testing. Projects emphasize user-centered design, collaborative critiques, and portfolio development.

3 Credits

UXIN 601

UX Design & Methodology
Students explore UX research and design through visual systems, information architecture, and responsive design. Projects integrate AI tools like ChatGPT and Firefly for ideation, content development, and user testing. Collaborative work emphasizes iteration, design thinking, and ethical research practices. Students build final portfolio projects while developing skills in critique, empathy, and digital storytelling.

3 Credits

UXIN 613

Interactive Design for the Web
Students explore interactive web design by prototyping responsive websites using tools such as Figma, Framer, and InVision. Emphasis is placed on user flow, interaction patterns, and micro-interactions. Students may create a website from scratch or redesign an existing site. Group critique, iteration, and user testing shape the design process. AI tools assist with wireframing and content generation.

3 Credits
OR

UXIN 614

Interactive Design for Mobile
This mobile-first prototyping course teaches students how to design interactive apps for iOS and Android platforms. Using tools like Figma and Framer, students create app prototypes from concept through presentation. Projects may involve designing from scratch or redesigning an existing app. Topics include screen flow, gesture design, usability testing, and collaborative critique.

3 Credits

UX/UI & Interaction Design Preparatory Courses

Students with insufficient background in computer science or graphic design will be required to complete some or all of these courses:

UXIN 609

Foundations and History of Design
This course explores the principles and elements of visual design, including the basic vocabulary of visual forms, the various materials used in the field, related technical and computer skills, and important creative problem solving strategies. A variety of creative projects are designed to challenge students to demonstrate their visual creative skills, their grasp of visual literacy, and their growing technical competence. Students submit their work to class critiques that assess their cumulative understanding of the concepts and skills taught.

3 Credits

Course Credit Transfer and Degree Requirements for UX/UI & Interaction Design M.S.

Advanced Certificate credits can be applied to the MS in UX/UI & Interaction Design:

  • The MS in UX/UI & Interaction Design requires 11 courses (33 credits) in total
  • After you earn the Advanced Certificate, you must complete 8 more courses, (4 required + 4 elective = 24 credits)
  • You have up to 6 years to apply for the MS program
  • Depending on prior experience, you may need 1-2 preparatory courses
  • See all courses for the M.S. degree here