UX (User Experience) Design & Development Diploma

UD12

Program Purpose : The UX (User Experience) Design & Development diploma prepares students to create websites, software, and other products, so the right audiences can use them easily and enjoyably. Students will successfully implement UX design processes and design strategies to produce User Experience designs that span multiple devices, including PCs, phones and tablets. In addition, program graduates will be competent in the technical areas of design, including HTML5, scripting technologies, database access, project management, internet security, graphic design and animation.  UX Design and Development diploma careers include design research, creating user personas and scenarios, website prototyping, product development and testing.

Diploma Requirements

Basic Skills (General Core) Courses - Area I

Language Arts/Communication

ENGL 1010Fundamentals of English I

3

Basic Skills (General Core) Courses - Area II

Social/Behavioral Sciences

PSYC 1010Basic Psychology

3

Basic Skills (General Core) Courses - Area III

Natural Sciences/Mathematics

MATH 1012Foundations of Mathematics

3

Occupational Courses

CIST 1001Computer Concepts

4

CIST 1305Program Design and Development

3

CIST 1501UX Design I

3

CIST 1510Web Development I

4

CIST 1520Scripting Technologies

4

CIST 1530Web Graphics I

3

CIST 1540Web Animation I

3

CIST 1220Structured Query Language (SQL)

4

CIST 1601Information Security Fundamentals

3

CIST 2501UX Design II

3

CIST 2550Web Development II

4

CIST 2921IT Analysis Design and Project Management

4

CIST 2531Web Graphics II

3

Choose one of the following Programming Courses:

CIST 2341C# Programming I

4

CIST 2351PHP Programming I

4

CIST 2371Java Programming I

4

CIST 2742Beginning Python Programming

4

Total Credit Hours: 58