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Why This Degree is For You

Master the essentials of the digital media marketplace--without the time necessary for a graduate degree.

Program Type

Certificate
CERT

Locations/Format

Online

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Master the essentials of the digital media marketplace—without the time necessary for a graduate degree.

Among the best.

Our Graduate Certificate in User Experience (UX) Design is ranked among the top 50 alternative UX design programs of 2018 by valuecolleges.com.

The Graduate Certificate in User Experience (UX) Design can be completed entirely online, allowing you to access classes from home, work or anywhere with an Internet connection. Contact us for additional information about the requirements for this option.

Careers often require additional education to move ahead, but not everyone has the time and resources to earn more degrees. That's where this 12-credit graduate certificate program comes in.

While this is an independent program of study, this project-oriented certificate can facilitate the transition to further study through UBalt's M.S. in Interaction Design and Information Architecture program.

The Certificate in User Experience (UX) Design program emphasizes interaction design, information architecture and usability analysis.

You'll learn how to:

Classes are offered evenings and weekends, and some courses are offered online.

Certificate student Debbie Li

 
Debbie is a digital resources librarian who wanted to learn more about the customer experience. She's learning how to design better websites with UBalt's User Experience (UX) Design Certificate. Learn more about UBalt's User Research Lab.


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Greg Walsh

Greg Walsh
program director
email: gwalsh@ubalt.edu | phone: 410.837.5473
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About UBalt

EMPOWERING YOUR FUTURE

When you graduate, you’ll be prepared to work for businesses, nonprofit organizations and government agencies that deal in, represent or interact with artists and the arts—perhaps in addition to managing your own freelance artistic career. You’ll also be well prepared for graduate-level study in business and the arts.

You’ll take courses in:

  • arts production and performance
  • history, appreciation and analysis of the arts
  • government and business as they relate to the arts
  • technology’s impact on and importance to the arts.

With UBalt’s location between the Station North Arts and Entertainment District and the Mount Vernon Cultural District, the neighborhood is your laboratory, and this program will allow you opportunities to work with the city’s theaters, museums, galleries, musical venues and arts advocacy groups, shadowing and assisting artists, attending exhibits and performances, and interning with an artist or arts-related organization.

What Our Graduates Do

Throughout the program, you’ll make connections with artists in your desired industry. Our graduates go onto work in some of these high-visibility fields throughout the arts industry.

Common Roles

  • Theaters, museums, and galleries
  • Music venues
  • Advocacy groups

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