User Experience Psychology
POLI.design
Key Information
Campus location
Milan, Italy
Languages
English
Study format
On-Campus
Duration
12 months
Pace
Full time
Tuition fees
EUR 10
Application deadline
31 Oct 2024
Earliest start date
Jan 2025
Introduction
User Experience Psychology
The Specializing Master in User Experience Psychology (UxP) trains students to develop the skills and competences for designing, developing and evaluating easy, efficient and engaging experiences for the user, by adopting a unique interdisciplinary perspective that combines in-depth technical and psychological knowledge.
A joint initiative of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and Politecnico of Milano - POLI.design, the Specializing Master aims at forming professionals able to create and assess digital experiences across a range of platforms and in a wide spectrum of industrial domains, drawing on cutting-edge research and leading international experts in the field.
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Curriculum
Training Modules
The program is structured in three core modules, which equip participants with professional skills required for designing, developing and evaluating experiences with digital products and services.
User experience research: principles, methods, and techniques for understanding and modeling users’ needs
- UX basics
- Principles of user experience design
- Methods and tools of user research: planning and execution of interviews, ethnographic research, shadowing techniques, creating a personas, storyboard and customer journey map
User experience practices: theoretical and practical design skills
- Principles of human-centered design, usability heuristics, interaction design basics
- Design tools: Agile methodologies (user story, use case, sitemapping, user flow, wireframing, prototyping, handoff)
User experience evaluation
- Qualitative and quantitative assessment methods
- Planning and executing a research protocol
- Design evaluation: techniques and tools (usability testing, A/B test, remote monitoring)
Program Outcome
At the end of the Specializing Master, the joint University Master’s Diploma issued by Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore and Politecnico di Milano will be issued.
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Career Opportunities
The Specializing Master aims at helping participants pursue successful careers in UX, by identifying project works and field experiences that are best suited to their skillset and professional attitudes.
Job titles include:
- User Experience Designer
- UX Researcher
- Interaction Designer
- UX specialist
- Product designer
- Usability analyst