Graduate Certificate in User Experience Design
Transform your career in User Experience (UX) Design by developing capabilities in design thinking, user research, prototyping, and more. Gain valuable hybrid skills that complement your UX skillset, and graduate with an industry-recognised portfolio.
Please use plan code GC208O in the application system for this program.
Applications close
27 Jun 2022
- Future intakes
- Jul 2022|Oct 2022
- Number of courses
- 4
- Duration
- 12 months (9 months accelerated)
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Program Overview
Why study User Experience Design?
The adoption and success of today’s digital products and services is heavily dependent on users’ perception of ease and quality interactions with that product or service. User Experience (UX) Design is a mindset and development process that deep-dives into users’ needs, identify pain points, and delivers iterative improvements to create delightful human-centred solutions.
So why study UX Design with us?
- Hands-on with industry tools: Gain first-hand experience with best-practice tools including Figma that is used within the design industry.
- Develop hybrid skills: This program is much more than UX. Lean into the future of UX Design and emerging practice through tackling additional topics such as hardware, ethical and responsible design, and DesignOps.
- Graduate with an employer-ready portfolio: Demonstrate the knowledge gained through a real-world industry portfolio; a vital asset for any designer. Show potential employers how you think like a designer and demonstrate your abilities through a robust portfolio.
Graduates of the Graduate Certificate of User Experience Design may also be eligible for a pathway into our Graduate Diploma of Digital Product Design.
Program outcomes
- Critique and apply appropriate research tools and methods to identify and articulate a user experience design problem for a range of stakeholders.
- Formulate innovative design solutions which meet business needs using emerging user experience technologies and ethical design practices.
- Communicate design outputs and ideas to stakeholders using various user experience tools, presentation formats and storytelling techniques.
- Apply knowledge and skills in using the tools, processes and approaches to create meaningful digital interactions between a service and a user.
User Experience Practice and Principles
In this course, you will be introduced to the role that user experience (UX) design plays in connecting organisations to customers and users. You will learn how to evaluate and manage key elements of a user experience design project including stakeholder relationships, ethics and inclusivity, and technology considerations. You will develop an understanding of the value of user experience design to help shape project briefs, to persuade and win client work, and scope projects which achieve client objectives while representing best practice in user experience. You will also gain an understanding of the role that UX plays across public and private sectors and be able to prioritise and align user experience projects to the requirements and constraints of those sectors.
User Experience Research
In this course, you will be introduced to the role research plays within the user experience domain. You will learn how to evaluate and implement research tools and activities to effectively articulate and interpret the ‘problem space’ and shape findings and insights for your client. You will develop an understanding of how research is used in competitor analysis, user interviews, observations, surveys, testing, and analytics in order to deliver a suitable user experience.
Project scoping protocols (including privacy, ethics, and data management) are reviewed to look at how to support your organisation to deliver evaluative and generative modes of research to enhance the user experience.
User Experience Design & Prototyping
In this course, you will develop skills in using the tools, processes, and approaches to create meaningful digital interactions between a service and a user, i.e. the user experience. This is accomplished through inclusive design practices, digital and analogue tools, and the exploration of different modalities such as voice, touch, sight, sound, and gesture. By the end of this course, you will be able to design user experiences that are integrated with the technical ‘back end’ of a digital service, and leverage the constraints and affordances of code, information architecture, and hardware in UX design.
Option course: Future Skills
In this course, you'll choose ONE of the following three Future Skills two-course combinations:
- Future Skills: User Interface Design and Business Analyst Fundamentals
- Future Skills: User Interface Design and Product Management Fundamentals
- Future Skills: Digital Leadership and Digital Delivery with Agile
Learn with industry experts
Matt Kurowski is a senior strategic service designer across finance, fintech, and the public sector. He has expertise in strategic partnerships, organisation design, new digital product and omnichannel service development. Currently, Matt contributes to RMIT and RMIT Online’s postgraduate courses in sociotechnical business design such as service design, user experience
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Entry requirements
An Australian Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent overseas qualification).
If you don’t have these academic qualifications, you may be eligible for entrance into this program if you have a minimum of five years’ professional experience in innovation and start-ups, creative practice, digital design studios, human resources, business analysis, management consultancy, process analysis or other similar roles. To have your professional experience considered, you must include in your application a CV and a statement that details your experience.
English Language
You must meet the University's minimum English language requirements to be eligible for a place in this program.
If you are a local student, refer to the English requirements for postgraduate coursework programs.
If you are an international student, refer to the English requirements and equivalency information. The program requires a minimum overall score of 6.5 with no band less than 6.0 in IELTS (Academic).
Australian Student Visas
RMIT’s Online Graduate Certificate in User Experience Design does not meet Australian student visa requirements. For an Australian student visa, you must have an on-campus place in a program of study. For more details on RMIT’s on-campus programs visit https://rmit.edu.au.
Pathways
Graduates of the Graduate Certificate of User Experience Design may also be eligible for a pathway into our Graduate Diploma of Digital Product Design.
Price
3480per course^
Program total: 13920 (all 4 courses)*^FEE-HELP and other support may be available
* Plus a capped Student Services and Amenities Fee (SSAF) based on your credit point enrolment load.
^ Fees typically increase each year and may change without notice.
Total fees are estimates and should only be used as a guide.
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