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User Experience (UX)

User experience is all about improving the quality of the interactions between a person and an object. Anytime a person interacts with an object an experience is produced which can be taken as the focus of UX. For clients, this means that websites, software, processes and products — from voice-activated navigation systems in motor vehicles to virtual reality headsets to medical devices — can all potentially be improved through UX.

User Experience Opportunities

User Experience Capstone - SI 407/487

User Experience Final Project

Proposal open date: June 1
Proposal close date: August 2
Project timeline: September-April 
Project duration: 30 weeks 
Number of projects needed: 40

SI 487: User Experience Capstone Syllabus


Needs Assessment and Usability Evaluation - SI 622

Usability Evaluation

Proposal open date: June 1
Proposal close date: November 2 
Project timeline: January-April
Project duration: 15 weeks 
Number of projects needed: 70 

SI 622: Needs Assessment and Usability Evaluation Syllabus


Mastery User Experience Research and Design - SI 699

User Experience Mastery

Proposal open date: June 1
Proposal close date: August 2
Project timeline: September-December
Project duration: 15 weeks
Number of projects needed: 10 

SI 699: Mastery User Experience Research and Design  Syllabus


User-Centered Agile Development - SI 699

Agile Development Mastery

Proposal open date: June 1
Proposal close date: November 2
Project timeline: January-April
Project duration: 15 weeks 
Number of projects needed: 5

SI 699: User-Centered Agile Development Syllabus