圣. 爱德华的 degree in 用户体验设计 equips you with the creative, technical and 沟通 skills to enter a career in a fast-growing industry.
St. 爱德华的 is one of a handful of universities to offer a four-year undergraduate degree in the emerging field of 用户体验设计 and takes advantage of its location in Austin to offer career-building internships and professional connections.
用户体验设计, 通常被称为UX, 位于设计的交叉点, 科技与创新. UX seeks to understand how people search for information and interact with digital tools to design more intuitive, 易于使用的产品-数字产品, 像应用程序, 网站及软件, 以及其他过程和系统.
You should consider a career in UX if you have both an artistic and technical mindset and enjoy working in teams to build new digital products that improve people’s lives.
关键用户体验课程
重点课程在St. 爱德华的用户体验课程是在线教授的, giving you useful experience in the digital space where you’ll be working. This format also prepares you to communicate and carry out teamwork in an industry where remote teams are common and in a post-pandemic world where virtual collaboration is the norm.
你的课程将教你设计原型, 进行用户研究, 进行可用性测试，学习基本编码. You’ll also build strong 沟通 skills through liberal arts courses in 心理学, 沟通, 商业和社会学. 你将学会如何倾听, 谈判妥协, 了解不同的文化期望, and develop deep empathy — all skills that are essential to being a good designer. This combination of relational abilities and practical experience will prepare you to enter a career in a field that’s in demand in Central Texas.
For more information about the 用户体验设计 major or 小, please 联系金正日加尔萨，用户体验设计区域协调员.
五年内获得两个学位
Complete your BA in 用户体验设计 and Master's Degree (MSDGMA) 我们的目标是在五年内获得两个学位.
成功的教练 and Academic Advisors guide students through undergraduate and graduate courses to maximize benefits. 了解更多.
我们的毕业生做什么?
作为一名UX设计师或研究人员, 你会准备好加入任何规模的团队, 从初创公司到小型精品设计工作室再到大型设计工作室, 跨国公司. 所有行业都雇佣UX专业人员, 尤其是信息技术, 软件, 金融, 保险与咨询. 你可以在网站上工作, 软件产品, mobile applications or artificial intelligence products — or you could help any organization seeking to improve its process and better serve its clients.
- 奥斯汀同谋的高级体验设计师
- USAA的UX/UI设计师
- Visa的用户体验设计师和研究员
- James Avery 艺术isan Jewelry的数字创意设计师
- Houndstooth工作室的互动制作设计师
50位鼓舞人心的校友
St. 爱德华大学在全球拥有25000多名校友. Some are making their mark in the job they started right after graduation. 其他人则在多个职业中表现出色. 看看他们都是怎样的 以教育为基础 他们在圣。. 爱德华的.
教室里 & 除了
Your courses will incorporate plenty of hands-on experiments and application. 在你的工作室课上, 你将在与现实世界相似的协作团队中工作, 专业的团队. The UX program was developed with significant input from partners in the industry — so you’ll graduate with the specific training employers want in their new hires. 而且，就像圣. 爱德华的, the UX major will teach you to consider how diverse social identities influence your work, as people’s cultural backgrounds and physical abilities shape their expectations for the user experience.
体验式教育
- 社会公益的用户体验 teaches you to partner with a community organization and apply UX processes to address a social issue. You’ll learn how to 研究 the issue and formulate a user-focused solution to an identified community need.
- UX Studio:数字空间 will give you hands-on experience creating digital products such as websites and app prototypes.
- UX高级工作室 challenges you to apply your skills and knowledge to design a self-initiated UX project. 你将发展项目管理方面的专业知识, 研究, 解决问题, and prototyping and present your project outcomes as part of a professional online portfolio.
学生组织
- Topper Studios是一家数字媒体俱乐部. 会员参与创建播客, YouTube频道, 短片, 音乐录影带和喜剧小品, 帮助他们的同学制作数字内容. Students in Topper Studios also frequently make promotional videos for other clubs at St. 爱德华的.
- The Digital Media Center in the Munday 图书馆 is a resource for creating your own content and learning new skills. 在这里, 你可以制作和编辑视频, podcasts and visual design projects with the help of your fellow students. The lab is equipped with top-of-the-line computers running the latest 软件 including the Adobe Creative Suite. 它还有一个群组编辑/播客室, 一个绿幕室和一个用于画外音的“耳语室”. 如果你精通软件, 硬件维修, 平面设计或视频编辑, 你可以申请作为数字媒体专家在实验室工作.
- The 计算机科学 Club helps students build their skills through events like Capture the Flag, 以网络安全为重点的编程竞赛.
- 圣. 爱德华的 Maker Club attracts tinkerers and programmers who have worked on projects involving 3-D printing, 焊接, 编程LED条, 通过编程创造艺术.
- The Command G graphic design group furthers skills through studio tours, 博物馆参观, 系列讲座, 研讨会, 一年两次的丝网印刷销售.
- The Video Game Association hosts game nights – with a mix of console games, PC games, MTG, D&D和手持游戏，以及局域网聚会和锦标赛.
实习
You’ll work with your faculty mentors to connect with internships at companies ranging from tech startups to large, 跨国公司.
学位要求
The UX program is especially designed to serve two groups of students. 第一种是想要双学位的传统本科生, 小, or double-小 in a related or complementary field such as 计算机科学, 平面设计, 数字媒体管理, 创业, 心理学或写作与修辞. The second group is transfer students; if you have an associate’s degree, 两年后你就能毕业了. If you’ve taken the Texas Common Core, you’ll be able to finish in three. The UX courses’ cutting-edge online format allows you greater flexibility in how you balance academic, 工作与家庭责任.
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我们的教师
你将从平面设计专业的教授那里学习, 计算机科学, 电子游戏设计, 心理学, 传播与艺术. 除了关心, 体贴的老师, they have years of experience in the industry and understand the skills employers are seeking in entry-level hires.
To keep her students on the forefront of the ever-changing design profession, Professor Garza frequently pilots leading-edge technologies and pedagogical approaches, such as creating a mobile scavenger hunt to immerse students in new content, 为数字历史项目使用云协作工具, 举办黑客马拉松来创建移动网站, 并尝试3D打印.
– 金正日加尔萨，平面设计副教授