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Program Overview: Advanced Certificate in Web & Digital Design
- Twelve-credit advanced certificate program
- Builds a strong foundation in designing functional and responsive websites
- Introduces key concepts, strategies, and tools for interactive web development
- Covers interface development, case studies, research, planning, and user testing
- Teaches domain purchase and website publishing essentials
- Offers hands‑on experience with:
- SASS (CSS preprocessor)
- HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap 4
- JavaScript
- Lean UX process
- Guides students in creating interactive projects for web, smartphone, tablet, and kiosk interfaces
- Explores concepts such as:
- Information architecture
- User accessibility
- Navigation and metaphor
- User interaction
The candidate will be able to:
- Understand and apply the basic concepts and current practices of front‑end interactive web design
- Engage in competitive research and planning
- Obtain, develop, and organize design assets
- Prototype and wireframe website organization
- Construct a website from scratch using current tools and languages
- Prototype a variety of design ideas for multiple end‑uses
- Present design ideas in group settings
- Enter the Touro masters‑level web design program with 12 graduate credits
- Compete successfully for entry‑level web design positions in startup or corporate settings
Semester 1
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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 -
UXIN 611
Foundations of Web Design
- This course presents students with the information and skills needed to use HTML and CSS to build responsive websites. The course includes presentations, demonstrations, exercises, assignments, quizzes, and two major projects (one personal and one completed with the class team). Students develop sitemaps, wireframes, and style guides to help them conceptualize an effective web design strategy. They also learn how to create effective email advertising. Students complete the course with the necessary skills and knowledge to jumpstart their career in web design and development.
3 Credits
Semester 2
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UXIN 602
Introduction to Web Development for UX/UI Designers
- This foundation course introduces key concepts, tools, and technologies needed to design, build and troubleshoot UX/UI & Interaction Design projects, including HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, and other server-side technologies. The goal is not to make students into full-time programmers, but rather to develop the solid proficiency needed to participate in the web development process and client/server communications. The course also teaches students how to collaborate more effectively with web developers and to continue to learn on their own.
3 Credits -
UXIN 603
Responsive Web Development for UX/UI Designers
- In this advanced-level web design and development course, students are introduced to the key concepts and tools needed to develop functional and responsive interactive websites. The course explores interface design and user experience, case studies, research and planning, asset creation, optimization, user testing, buying a website domain, and publishing the site to the Internet. Students will learn how to use SASS, a CSS preprocessor, scripting languages such as Hypertext Markup Language (HTML5), Cascading Style Sheets (CSS3), Bootstrap 4 Library, JavaScript and the Lean UX process for product design. At the end of the course, students either design a website from scratch or select a website in need of a redesign for their final project presentation.
3 Credits
Course Credit Transfer and Degree Requirements for UX/UI & Interaction Design M.S.
Courses Counted Toward the M.S. Degree from the Web & Digital Design Advanced Certificate Program
Required Courses:
- UXIN 603
Elective Courses:
- UXIN 602
Note:
- The M.S. in UX/UI & Interaction Design program requires a total of 11 courses (33 credits)
for graduation:
- 7 core required courses
- 4 elective courses
- Students who complete the Web & Digital Design Advanced Certificate Program have up to 6 years to apply for the M.S. program
- Upon entering the M.S. program after certificate completion, students must complete:
- 6 additional required core courses
- 3 elective courses
- Total: 9 additional courses to finish the degree
- Depending on prior academic background and transcript review, preparatory courses may be required
- A full listing of all required courses for the M.S. degree can be found here