Savannah College of Art and Design
B.F.A. in User Experience Research
Savannah, USA
Bachelor's degree
DURATION
180 hours
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Full time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
USD 41,130 *
STUDY FORMAT
On-Campus
* total, full-time student for one academic year
Key Summary
Designing relevant and meaningful interactive products, services, and relationships requires thorough understanding of consumer needs, wants, and behaviors. UX researchers connect dots between data sets and disciplines, translate information into actionable business insights, and effectively communicate user research insights to positively impact business strategies and goals. In the SCAD user experience research program, students gain hands-on experience in quantitative and qualitative analysis and user testing to ensure the creation of business value in meaningful, memorable, and positive ways.
Foundation studies: 20 hours
- DRAW 100 Drawing I: Form and Space
- DSGN 100 Design I: Elements and Organization
- DSGN 101 Color: Theory and Application
- DSGN 105 Visual Design Systems
General education: 55 hours
- ANTH 101 Introduction to Anthropology
- PSYC 101 Introduction to Psychology
- COMM 105 Speaking of Ideas
- BUSI 110 Business I: Fundamentals
- MATH 110 Introduction to Statistics and Probability
- CTXT 121 Visual Culture in Context: Pre-Modern Global Perspectives
- CTXT 122 Visual Culture in Context: Making Modernities
- ENGL 123 Ideas to Ink: Critical Concepts in Academic Writing
- DIGI 130 Digital Communication
- MATH 180 Applied Statistics and Probability
- BUSI 220 Business II: Economic Principles
Major curriculum: 85 hours
- UXDG 101 User Experience Design Methods
- GRDS 201 Introduction to Graphic Design
- UXR 210 Data Mining Technology
- SDES 215 Contextual Research Methods
- UXR 250 User Behavior Research Methods
- MATH 280 Predictive Modeling and Analytics
- UXDG 315 Front-End Visual Interface Design
- UXR 350 Research Ethics and Professional Practices
- UXDG 360 Information Architecture
- GRDS 370 Data Visualization
- UXDG 370 Perceptual and Cognitive Human Factors
- UXDG 380 Usability Testing: People vs. the World
- UXR 390 Research Design and Data Collection
- UXR 415 Insight Generation and Business Strategies
- UXR 450 Senior Studio I: Research, Discovery, and Synthesis
- UXR 490 Senior Studio II: Actionable Insights to Innovative Solutions
- Select one of these three options:
- UXR 479 Undergraduate Internship
- 500-level SCADpro elective
- Business-focused elective
Additional electives: 20 hours
- Free elective
- Free elective
- Free elective
- Free elective
Total course of study: 180 hours
Become a software UX researcher. Become a UX writer. Become a UX product researcher. As human interaction with complex devices and terabytes of data becomes more personal and necessary, the long-term demand for user experience researchers will continue to rise.
Launch your career as a professional:
- UX researcher
- Hardware/software UX researcher
- Quantitative UX researcher
- Qualitative UX researcher
- CX/UX researcher
- UX writer and researcher
- UX product researcher
- Senior UX researcher
- Lead UX researcher


