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Layne Foit: Layne Foit, MLIS alum: "A successful career in UX demands that you work well and collaboratively with people from all walks of life (your customers) and all levels within your organization." Read more.

User experience is a design concept concerned with the layout, visual design, brand and sound involved with human-computer interaction. Usability, efficiency, utility and accessibility are all related concepts which require a deep understanding of user needs as related to the product.

iSchool Courses

Suggested

• LIS 511 – Introduction to Programming for Information and Data Science (4)
• LIS 527 – Business Librarianship (3)
• LIS 540 – Technology Fundamentals for Library and Information Science Professionals (4)
• LIS 588 – Special Librarianship (3)
• IMT 547 – Social Media Data Mining and Analysis (4)
• IMT 565 – Designing Information Experiences (4)

Also consider...

• LIS 536 – Metadata for Interactive Media (3)
• LIS 539 – Metadata Design (3)
• LIS 583 – Cross Cultural Approaches to Leadership (3)
• LIS 598 – Search & Discovery (4)
• IMT 535 – Introduction to Information Architecture (5)
• IMT 561 – Visualization Design (4)
• Students with an interest in user experience and design can also enroll in the competitive User-Centered Design Certificate to supplement their studies with additional HCDE coursework.

**Note that LIS 598 courses are special topics. You will not find the course descriptions in the LIS course catalog; instead reference the special topics descriptions.

Professional Organizations

• Interaction Design Association
• User Experience Professionals Association

Sample Job Titles

• Front-End Developer
• Information Architect
• Interaction Designer
• Product Designer
• User Experience Analyst
• User Experience Developer
• User Researcher
• UX Designer
• UX Researcher
• UX/UI Designer
• Visual Designer