Learn to understand the user journey through leading research techniques and methodologies.
Next Start Date:
July 1, 2024
Time to Complete:
24 weeks, part-time
Live Online Classes:
9 hours per week
What Is UX/UI?
Great design is much more than stunning aesthetics — it also requires fantastic UX and UI that can bring an artistic vision to life. Learn to harness cutting-edge tools to create effective user-centric experiences. While UX and UI go hand in hand, they are two distinct, related disciplines. At the University of Kansas UX/UI Boot Camp, you’ll learn both in addition to web prototyping. Your learning will culminate in a portfolio that showcases in-demand skills — from storyboards and prototypes to interactive apps and responsive websites.
UX: The Functionality
User experience (UX) design is focused on eliminating friction for the user of a product or service. UX includes interaction design, information architecture, wireframing, product design, as well as user research, testing, and data.
UX designer was one of Glassdoor’s 50 Best Jobs in America for 2022.1
UI: The Look
User interface (UI) is all about how users interact with and experience digital products and services. UI includes brand expression, visual communication, accessibility, graphic design, color, layout, and typography.
Digital design jobs are expected to grow 13% between 2020 and 2030 — 6% faster than the national average.2
The Support You Need to Transform Your Career
UX/UI is essential in our increasingly digital world. At the University of Kansas UX/UI Boot Camp, we’re committed to equipping you with the fundamental skills you need to make an impact, while providing unparalleled support and resources before, during, and after your boot camp.
Further Your Career
Our Career Engagement Network will help you apply the tools and knowledge you have learned to advance your career. We will help you build your portfolio, optimize your resume and LinkedIn profile, and prepare for interviews. You’ll also have access to free career resources throughout your professional life.
In 24 weeks, the University of Kansas UX/UI Boot Camp will prepare you to become an end-to-end UX/UI professional with the hard and soft skills you need to solve big design challenges. One-third of our curriculum is dedicated to front end web development, so you’ll be fluent in the medium you’ll be working with — even if you aren’t executing the programming.
Our user-centric curriculum is delivered through live, online classes and high-quality coursework. Our instructors are fully vetted by the university and offer 1-on-1 virtual guidance to learners throughout the program.
Learn to understand the user journey through leading research techniques and methodologies.
What you will learn:
A deep dive into the necessary skills, technologies, and frameworks designers need to master in order to create functional and immersive applications.
What you will learn:
Learn the many other aspects of visual design that UX/UI developers rely on to build highly engaging user experiences.
What you will learn:
Create live web applications as full-fledged prototypes and experiment with more complex user interactions.
What you will learn:
Work in small groups to put into practice the software, skills, and techniques you’ve learned.
Now You’re Ready
By the time you’ve completed the boot camp, you will have mastered in-demand skills, built an impressive portfolio of relevant, real-world projects, and earned a valuable Certificate of Completion.
This is a part-time online program designed for working professionals like you who want to learn UX/UI to start, advance, or excel in a design career.
| Time to complete | 24 weeks |
| Live classes | 9 hrs/week |
| Homework & projects | 20+ hrs/week |
| Class time | 3 weekday evenings (3 hours/class) |
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This program is offered through the University of Kansas Jayhawk Global unit, in partnership with edX.
edX, part of 2U Inc., works with respected universities and organizations to deliver innovative, skills-based training to a community of over 45 million learners around the world to support them at every stage of their lives and careers. edX delivers boot camps through an immersive learning experience with expert services and valuable resources. As of 2021, graduates have been hired by 6,700+ companies, including more than 62% of the Fortune 100.
The Next UX/UI Boot Camp Starts July 1, 2024.
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