User Experience Design (Part-Time)

Translate user wants and needs into intuitive digital experiences that power revenue, loyalty, and product success. Build confidence and credibility to tackle complex design problems on the job.

Learn the tools and techniques to design products that are equal parts useful, functional, and delightful. Focusing on both theoretical frameworks and practical applications, students in General Assembly’s User Experience Design course will develop a portfolio project of their choosing — receiving expert feedback along the way.

Who's It For?

This is a beginner-friendly program with no prerequisites, although many students are familiar with digital design concepts. Whether you’re new to the field or you’re looking to formalize your practice, our curriculum helps you gain fluency in end-to-end UX processes, tools and documentation and put them to work for you, your company, and your career.

The General Assembly Admissions team can discuss your background and learning goals to advise if this course is a good fit for you.

What You'll Learn:

Throughout this expert-designed program, you’ll:

• Discover how to identify, ideate, articulate, and develop design solutions for UX challenges.
• Describe how UX designers work with product managers, developers, and visual designers.
• Explore the current UX design landscape through relevant, real-world examples.
• Develop and document personas, journey maps, user flows, and annotated wireframes.
• Utilize industry-standard tools to propose and refine design decisions.
• Apply what you’ve learned to create a portfolio project: a new or redesigned digital product experience.

Duration and Study Load:

• 10 weeks part-time
• You will be expected to spend time working on homework and projects outside of class hours each week, but the workload is designed to be manageable alongside a full-time job.

Payment Options:

General Assembly offers a variety of different financing options, including installment plans, student loans, income share loans and tuition discounts so you can focus on what counts — your education.

Map:

GA classes are online via Zoom and Slack to reflect the most common workplace setup you’ll find once you land your tech job. You will take instructor led sessions and self paced sessions, always with access to real time Instructor feedback. Career Coach support is available from day one and until you find a job both.