{"id":3913,"date":"2021-09-08T15:58:28","date_gmt":"2021-09-08T15:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom\/?page_id=3913"},"modified":"2026-01-20T18:51:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T18:51:37","slug":"user-experience-design-a-a-s-degree-and-certificate","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom\/our-program\/user-experience-design-a-a-s-degree-and-certificate\/","title":{"rendered":"User Experience Design"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile is-vertically-aligned-top is-image-fill-element has-background-background-color has-background\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"580\" height=\"387\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/06\/IMG_1496.jpg?resize=580%2C387&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4283 size-full\" style=\"object-position:62% 41%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/06\/IMG_1496-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/06\/IMG_1496-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/06\/IMG_1496-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/06\/IMG_1496-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/06\/IMG_1496-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/06\/IMG_1496-scaled.jpg?resize=1200%2C800&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/06\/IMG_1496-scaled.jpg?resize=1980%2C1320&amp;ssl=1 1980w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/admc.austincc.edu\/viscom\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2022\/06\/IMG_1496-scaled.jpg?w=1740&amp;ssl=1 1740w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-larger-font-size\"><strong>Do you always wish you could make apps easier to use?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The digital world depends on high-quality user experience (UX), a skillset named among the top-ten most in-demand by LinkedIn. In this growing field, UX designers make decisions about how the apps and websites we use every day work and behave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;ll learn to plan, map out, and test the structure and interface of digital experiences of all kinds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>This program follows a Fall-start schedule.<\/strong><br><em>Available as an A.A.S. 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