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Dive deeper into the world of user research, and UX design. Gain hands-on experience in creating intuitive, user-friendly interfaces that balance business goals with user needs.
Financing and flexible payment options available. Learn more
Take your design abilities to the next level with courses focused on user research, UX design, and information architecture.
You’ll learn how to conduct research that informs design decisions, create intuitive user experiences, and organize information in a way that makes sense to users. These courses will provide you with the tools to design products that are not only visually appealing but also highly functional and user-friendly. You’ll gain hands-on experience in creating wireframes, prototypes, and interactive designs that balance user needs with business goals, preparing you to tackle more complex design challenges.
The SMU x Flatiron School difference:
Prerequisites: Product Design Essentials
To succeed in these courses, you should have:
After completing the program, you have the option to continue your journey with Product Design Foundations II: UI Design.
Industry-approved curriculum to help launch your career as a product designer
User Research - 3 weeks
This course teaches you to excel in user research, including designing research plans, crafting surveys and interviews, and recruiting participants. You'll evaluate existing research materials to ensure they meet best practices. The course culminates in a project where you'll assess research artifacts and provide feedback to improve overall research objectives.
What you'll learn:
Navigating the User Research Process - 3 weeks
This course focuses on evaluating research data and communicating findings to stakeholders. You'll learn to assess existing research and present data clearly and effectively to various audiences. The course concludes with a project where you'll prepare a stakeholder presentation for a user research project.
What you'll learn:
User Experience Design - 3 weeks
This course introduces Lean UX, focusing on user-centered design through continuous feedback and iteration. You'll learn to turn ideas into testable prototypes, conduct user testing, and validate design solutions. The course ends with a project where you'll apply UX recommendations to improve existing prototypes.
What you'll learn:
Flexible small group classes are the best way to learn from top industry mentors in a fun, collaborative environment, while still getting plenty of personalized feedback.
Upfront - Save 10%
$3,600
Pay as You Go
$4,000
3 monthly payments of $1,334
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Yes! Upon the completion of each program in the pathway, you will receive a Credly digital badge from SMU and a certificate from Flatiron School. Digital badges can be used in email signatures or digital resumes, and certificates can be displayed on portfolio websites and social media sites such as LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter.
Thousands of our community members use their program certificates and badges to demonstrate skills to potential employers — including our hiring partners — along with their LinkedIn networks. Our curriculum is powered by Flatiron School, whose programs are well-regarded by many top employers, who contribute to our curriculum, hire our community, and partner with us to train their own teams.
It is VERY occasionally possible to skip the essentials program and go directly to Foundations I. However, we highly recommend that most students do not skip Essentials as it covers a tremendous amount of information and skills that will be used throughout the entire career pathway program and will require some catching up if skipped.
The essentials program is still difficult and covers a ton of material that is necessary for proceeding in the following programs and won't be reviewed in Foundations. All of the future program material will build upon the essentials.
If you would like to be considered to enter directly into the Foundations-level programs, you'll be required to submit materials demonstrating your proficiency in the materials covered in the Essentials program.
Whether you want to build games, design products, prevent the next cyber attack, or create the next internet-breaking AI, we provide the training to bring your ideas to life.
Let's build your future together.
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