Examination of UX design and strategy, focusing on user-centered design, interfaces, prototyping, and testing. Students explore AI-driven experiences, including transparency, accessibility, trust, human-in-the-loop design, personalization, and bias mitigation. Emphasis on creating effective, ethical digital products that integrate traditional UX principles with emerging AI-enabled capabilities aligned to business goals.
Athena Title
User Experience Strategy
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in MIST 7540
Non-Traditional Format
This course will be taught 95% or more online.
Semester Course Offered
Offered fall
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Students will apply core principles of user experience (UX) design to create effective and intuitive interactive digital products.
Students will use user-centered design methodologies to guide design decisions.
Students will create mockups and interactive prototypes that visualize design concepts and support iterative refinement.
Students will implement user testing and evaluation techniques to assess usability, accessibility, and overall design effectiveness.
Students will analyze and report on the usability and business alignment of interactive digital products using established UX metrics and heuristics.
Students will design AI-enhanced user experiences that incorporate transparency, human-in-the-loop workflows, and inclusive interaction patterns.
Students will identify and mitigate issues related to AI-driven personalization and bias in user interfaces, ensuring ethical and user-centric design outcomes.
Topical Outline
Introduction to UX Design Principles and Strategy.
