User Experience (UX) Research and Design Minor
Launch your UX career with competitive research and design-based skills
Gathering insights about users’ behaviors and needs and creating a product or service that is usable and enjoyable is central to the work that user experience (UX) researchers and designers do. The need for UX professionals is expected to increase globally from one million professionals to 100 million by 2050. Mercer’s User Experience (UX) Research and Design minor prepares students to meet this need with the competitive skills to start a career in the UX field or focus on UX in an engineering role.
Course Requirements
Students who plan to earn a minor in User Experience (UX) Research and Design must complete at least 15 hours of coursework (five courses):
- TCO 220 Information Design or TCO 230 Web Design
- TCO 361 Usability
- TCO 364 User Experience (UX) Research and Design
Choose two more courses from the following:
- TCO 463 Prototyping and Design Thinking
- TCO 464 Accessibility and User Experience
- ISE 412 Human Factors Engineering
- ISE 445 Innovation and Product Development
Learn from the Best
User Experience Research and Design students benefit from the guidance of our experienced team of faculty members.