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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.

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Suggested

  • LIS 527 - Business Information Resources (3)
  • LIS 584 - Knowledge Management (3)
  • LIS 588 - Special Librarianship (3)
  • IMT 547 - Social Media Data Mining and Analysis (4)
  • IMT 565 - Designing Information Experiences (4)

Also consider...

  • LIS 583 - Cross Cultural Approaches to Leadership (3)
  • 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.

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
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  • Visual Designer

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4 scholarship recipients

5 iSchool MLIS students awarded ALA Spectrum Scholarships

Monday, September 18, 2023
Five University of Washington Master of Library and Information Science students are among the recipients of the 2023-2024 Spectrum Scholarships, the American Library Association has announced.  The Spectrum Scholarship Program...
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Nassim Parvin

Professor driven by firm belief in social justice

Monday, September 18, 2023
Nassim Parvin uncovers hidden sexism, racism, ableism, homophobia and other social injustices in technology and product design — issues that surface as biases in self-tracking devices, for example, or in the assumptions embedded in the...
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8:00-10:30AM

ALISS: Coffee Hour

Mary Gates Hall, iSchool Lounge (416)
Sep 28
 
3:00-4:00PM

"Why Museology?" Prospective Student Information Session

Zoom / Online
Sep 28
 
7:00-8:30PM

ALISS: In-Person Game Night

Mary Gates Hall - Room 258
Oct 2
 
12:30-1:30PM

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