Topics in User Experience Design: User Research

Program: Undergraduate
Course Areas
User-Experience Design

Catalog Description

Hands-on experience with investigating and analyzing how people use designed objects. Explore concepts and methods of user experience (UX) research, from identifying users’ problems and needs to evaluating concepts and designs for viability, usability, and satisfaction. Aspects of managing the research process, including recruiting participants, setting up and conducting studies, analyzing qualitative and quantitative data, and disseminating insights.

Instructor Description

This course addresses concepts and methods of user experience (UX) research, from identifying users’ problems and needs to evaluating concepts and designs for viability, usability, and satisfaction. It also covers aspects of managing the research process, including recruiting participants, setting up and conducting studies, analyzing qualitative and quantitative data, and disseminating insights. Students will work both individually and as part of a team to complete research exercises and projects. The course includes hands-on practice with several common UX research methods such as observation, interview, survey, focus groups, and expert review. We will also touch on applied topics such as research in enterprises, consulting, and startup organizations, lean/agile techniques, mobile research approaches, and strategies for persuasively communicating findings and product implications.

Prerequisites

Upper-division standing and Informatics 310U.

Scheduled and Upcoming Classes for this Course

No upcoming classes are scheduled for this course.

Past Classes for this Course

Class Name Semester Day(s) Start Time(s) End Time(s) Building Room
I 320U: Topics in User Experience Design: User Research

Michelle Peterson Syllabus

Fall Term 2024
  • Tuesday
  • Thursday
  • 06:30 PM
  • 06:30 PM
  • 08:00 PM
  • 08:00 PM
  • SZB
  • SZB
  • 2.216
  • 2.216
I 320U: Topics in User Experience Design: User Research

Michelle Peterson Syllabus

Fall Term 2023
  • Tuesday
  • Thursday
  • 06:30 PM
  • 06:30 PM
  • 08:00 PM
  • 08:00 PM
  • SZB
  • SZB
  • 2.814
  • 2.814
I 320U: Topics in User Experience Design: User Research

Fall Term 2022
  • Tuesday
  • Thursday
  • 06:30 PM
  • 06:30 PM
  • 08:00 PM
  • 08:00 PM
  • SZB
  • SZB
  • 2.814
  • 2.814