User Experience Design
PostgraduateCUR-MMK5302023
Course information for 2023 intake
Get to know your user, and understand how their needs should shape their online experience. User experience (UX) design is a valued skill that draws on a varied toolbox, include testing, iterating and collaborating, to deliver enhanced experiences.
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- Study method
- 100% online
- Assessments
- 100% online
- Entry requirements
- Part of a degree
- Duration
- 13 weeks
- Loan available
- HECS-HELP and FEE-HELP available
User Experience Design
About this subject
At the completion of this subject students will be able to:
- evaluate the UX design effectiveness of physical and digital products/platforms
- implement a Design Thinking methodology to solving problems through industry-standard UX prototypes
- conduct user testing to synthesize insights for UX design optimization
- evaluate ethical and accessible design considerations for a diversity of users
- communicate effectively and persuasively to audiences in a culturally appropriate and professional manner
- Introduction to User Experience (UX)
- Design Thinking
- Understanding Users
- Heuristics
- Colour, contrast, and texture
- Composition and alignment
- Designing for optimization
- Iteration and prototyping
- Lines, shapes, and motion
- Text and typography
- Customer experience (CX)
- Communicating design ideas
User Experience (UX) is where research and design are applied to create interactions with products, platforms, and services that users love. UX focuses on developing a deep understanding of users, what they need, what they value, their abilities, and also their limitations. This is crucial in both the physical and digital world, and key to designing solutions in the context of the UN SDGs. These UXs are evaluated through needs, values, emotions, and attitudes towards products, systems or services in human-brand interactions, with an emphasis on ethical considerations for a diversity of users. Crucially, students learn to optimize UXs for Accessible (Universal) Design to adhere to important Principles of Responsible Management Education (PRME) in accordance with the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through various Authentic Assessments you will develop skills that are critical in marketing and business. These skills have broader applicability to the fields of graphic design, web and app development, SEO, product or project management, and promotional techniques such as advertising, or content marketing.
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- Heuristic Evaluation (30%)
- UX Concept Development and Pitch (40%)
- Online School Invigilated Final examination (30%)
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Entry requirements
Part of a degree
To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Elective
- CUR-ISE-MAS-2023 - Master of Information Science (Extended)
- CUR-ARM-GDI-2023 - Graduate Diploma in Archives and Records Management
- CUR-ISC-MAS-2023 - Master of Information Science
- CUR-PBM-GCE-2023 - Graduate Certificate in Psychology of Business and Management
Additional requirements
No additional requirements
Study load
- 0.125 EFTSL
- This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.
Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.
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Related degrees
Once you’ve completed this subject it can be credited towards one of the following courses
Master of Information Science (Extended)
PostgraduateCUR-ISE-MAS
Graduate Diploma in Archives and Records Management
PostgraduateCUR-ARM-GDI
PostgraduateCUR-ISC-MAS
Graduate Certificate in Psychology of Business and Management
PostgraduateCUR-PBM-GCE