Morton Hall, Room 261
Dr. Ryan Weber
Associate Professor, Director of Business and Technical Writing
User experience (UX) refers to a user’s engagement with a product, technology, or service. According to usability.gov, “User experience (UX) focuses on having a deep understanding of users, what they need, what they value, their abilities, and also their limitations.” For a product to develop a positive user experience, it must meet actual users’ needs, help users fulfill their goals, provide a usable interface, and evoke positive emotions. In the past two decades, UX has become increasingly central to the success of businesses and organizations.
The UX minor brings together several different disciplines to create a robust, rigorous, and multifaceted program. These various disciplines and courses will come together in service of providing students a broad, applicable UX education. Students in the UX minor will meet the following learning objectives:
- Identify core theoretical principles and research methods of user experience.
- Apply UX research methods to analyze the behavior, needs, goals, frustrations, and emotions of real-world users.
- Design and prototype solutions for the problems identified through user experience research.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of products, technologies, and services in meeting user needs and providing a satisfying experience.
- Develop recommendations for improving the UX of new products, prototypes, and existing products, technologies, and services.
- 25% of the minor must be earned at UAH
- A minimum 2.0 GPA is required in the minor
| Code | Title | Semester Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Technical Course (one of the following): | 3 | |
| INTRO TO COMPUTER PROGRAMMING IN BUSINESS | ||
| GRAPHIC DESIGN: WEB DESIGN | ||
CS 100 Level | ||
| Statistics Course (one of the following): | 3-4 | |
| STATISTICS FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES and STATISTICS FOR THE SOCIAL SCIENCES LAB | ||
| PROB & ENGR STATISTICS I | ||
| INTRO TO PROBABILITY & STATIST | ||
| BUSINESS STATISTICS II | ||
| PSYCHOLOGICAL STATISTICS and PSYCHOLOGICAL STATISTICS LAB | ||
| All of the following courses: | ||
| ARS 230 | GRAPHIC DESIGN: INTRODUCTION | 3 |
| EH 301 | TECHNICAL WRITING | 3 |
| PY 403 | HUMAN FACTORS PSYCHOLOGY | 3 |
| or ISE 403 | HUMAN FACTORS PSYCHOLOGY | |
| CM 452 | USER CENTERED DESIGN | 3 |
| or EH 452 | USER CENTERED DESIGN | |
| PY 410 | TASK ANALYSIS & PROTOTYPING | 3 |
| EH 442 | USABILITY STUDIES | 3 |
| or CM 542 | USABILITY STUDIES | |
| Total Hours: | 24-25 | |