Spring 2027

User Experience Design 1

Introduction to user experience design covering key stages, ethics, methods, and tools. Students conduct formative research, create design artifacts like personas, and present a design proposal.

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.87 GPA, 95.1% A/AB (n=41 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.76 GPA, 91.3% A/AB (n=23 letter grades).

What you’ll be able to do

  • Apply fundamental concepts and practices of user experience design

  • Understand the ethics of design including practices of inclusive design and accessibility

  • Conduct formative research to inform design

  • Apply common user data collection methods

  • Analyze and visualize processes across time and interfaces

  • Create and apply common UX design tools such as personas, scenarios and user journey maps

  • Effectively convey the output of user research and initial design through oral and written communication.

Source: UW Guide 1 UW Guide 2

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Prerequisites

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Declared in Information MS, Design + Innovation MS , or Capstone Certificate in User Experience Design

  • Declared in Information MS, Design + Innovation MS , or Capstone Certificate in User Experience Design
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  • Declared in Information MS, Design + Innovation MS , or Capstone Certificate in User Experience Design

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Student experience

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Recent recorded grades — Fall 2023: 3.87 GPA, 95.1% A/AB (n=41 letter grades); Fall 2024: 4.00 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=21 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.76 GPA, 91.3% A/AB (n=23 letter grades).

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Topics

  • Key stages of the design process
  • Design ethics, inclusive design, and accessibility
  • Methods and tools for each design stage
  • User research methodologies

Skills

  • Apply fundamental concepts and practices of user experience design
  • Conduct formative research to inform design
  • Apply common user data collection methods
  • Create and apply common UX design tools such as personas, scenarios and user journey maps

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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