Learn To Design a Better Digital World

The UX/UI Boot Camp at UNC Charlotte |
Become an
End-to-End UX/UI
Professional in 24 Weeks

  • Global Network: Access to career services and a network of 250+ employers looking to hire.
  • 360-Degree Mastery: Go beyond UX/UI with a holistic focus on design and front end web development.
  • Student Success: Stay on track with personalized academic support.
  • Career Support: Leverage free professional resources throughout your career.

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Date: July 15
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Complete: 24 weeks, part-time
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Classes: 9 hours per week
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What Is UX/UI?
Great design goes beyond stunning aesthetics. Learn to harness cutting-edge tools to create effective user-centric experiences. While UX and UI go hand in hand, they are two distinct, related disciplines. At The UX/UI Boot Camp at UNC Charlotte, you’ll learn both, in addition to web prototyping. Your learning will culminate in a portfolio that showcases in-demand skills — from storyboards and prototypes to interactive apps and responsive websites.
UX: The Functionality

User experience (UX) design is focused on eliminating friction for the user of a product or service. UX includes: interaction design; information architecture; wireframing; product design; plus user research, testing, and data.

UX designer was one of Glassdoor’s 50 Best Jobs in America for 2022.1

1 Best Jobs in America. (2022). Glassdoor. Retrieved March 8, 2023.

UI: The Look

User interface (UI) represents how users interact with and experience digital products and services. UI includes brand expression, visual communication, accessibility, graphic design, color, layout, and typography.

Digital design jobs are expected to grow 23% between 2021 and 2031 — much faster than the national average.2

2 Web Developers and Digital Designers. (2022). Bureau of Labor Statistics. Retrieved March 8, 2023.

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The Support You Need to Transform Your Career

UX/UI is essential in our increasingly digital world. At The UX/UI Boot Camp at UNC Charlotte, we’re committed to equipping you with the fundamental skills you need to make an impact, while providing unparalleled support and resources before, during, and after your boot camp.

  • Work with an admissions advisor who will prepare you for your boot camp.
  • Access a 1-on-1 tutor if you get stuck.
  • Connect with a powerful network of engaged instructors, TAs, peers, and graduates.
Innovative Curriculum. In-Demand Skills.
In 24 weeks, The UX/UI Boot Camp at UNC Charlotte will prepare you with relevant hard and soft skills needed to solve big design challenges as an end-to-end UX/UI professional. One-third of our curriculum is dedicated to front-end web development, so you’ll be experienced in the medium you’ll be working with — even if you aren’t executing the programming.

Our user-centric curriculum is delivered through live, online classes and high-quality coursework. Our instructors are fully vetted by the university and offer 1-on-1 virtual guidance to learners throughout the program.

Learn to understand the user journey through leading research techniques and methodologies.

  • What you will learn:
  • UX/design thinking
  • User-centered design research
  • Empathy and users
  • UX interviewing
  • Insight synthesis
  • Persona creation
  • Decision mapping
  • Prototyping
  • User testing

A deep dive into the necessary skills, technologies, and frameworks designers need to master in order to create functional and immersive applications.

  • What you will learn:
  • User interaction
  • User interface and affordance
  • InVision
  • Project management
  • User-centered design
  • Accessibility and usability
  • UI patterns and libraries
  • Atomic Design
  • Adobe XD and Figma

Learn the many other aspects of visual design that UX/UI developers rely on to build highly engaging user experiences.

  • What you will learn:
  • Typography
  • Heuristics, usability, and UI iterations
  • Continuity and branding in UX and UI
  • Iconography

Create live web applications as full-fledged prototypes and experiment with more complex user interactions.

  • What you will learn:
  • HTML
  • CSS
  • GitHub
  • Bootstrap
  • JavaScript
  • jQuery

Work in small groups to put into practice the software, skills, and techniques you’ve learned.

Now You’re Ready
By the time you’ve completed the boot camp, you will have mastered in-demand skills, built an impressive portfolio of relevant, real-world projects, and earned a valuable Certificate of Completion.
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Learn on Your Schedule
This is a part-time online program designed for working professionals like you
who want to learn UX/UI to start, advance, or excel in a design career.
Time to complete 24 weeks
Live classes 9 hrs/week
Homework and projects 20+ hrs/week
Class time 3 weekday evenings
(3 hrs/class)
Invest in Your Career.
Explore Financial Options. UX/UI boot camp fee: $12,245
Interest-Free Payment Plan
Pay an initial deposit and split the rest of your tuition into monthly installments over the length of the program with no interest.
24-Month Interest-Free Payment Plan
Once approved, you’ll pay your deposit and split the remaining tuition over 24 monthly installments with zero interest.
Early Registration
Enroll by the early registration deadline and get $1,000 off your tuition cost when paid in full.
Alumni Scholarship
University alumni are eligible for a $500 scholarship.
Climb Credit
Helps students find and fund career training programs.
Employer Funding
Use available educational benefits or tuition sponsorship from your employer.
Sallie Mae
Offers private student educational loans.

edX Boot Camps does not receive any commissions or payments for referrals or successful loan applications. The lender’s loan approval criteria will apply and you should consider the terms and conditions of any loan carefully. We are not credit advisors. We make no representations about whether you will be given a loan or whether a loan will be suitable for you. We are not responsible for representations made to you by any credit provider.

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About UNC Charlotte

With more than 75,000 alumni in the Charlotte area alone, #NinerNation ties are strong throughout the Queen City. The University of North Carolina at Charlotte is North Carolina’s urban research university, leveraging its location in N.C.’s largest city to offer internationally competitive programs in the undergraduate, graduate, and noncredit/professional development sectors. UNC Charlotte School of Professional Studies is committed to helping its students achieve their goals, from the conveniently located Dubois Center at UNC Charlotte City Center in Uptown Charlotte, just steps from the 7th Street Market and First Ward Park.


This program is offered through the UNC Charlotte School of Professional Studies in partnership with edX.


About edX

edX, part of 2U Inc., works with respected universities and organizations to deliver innovative, skills-based training to a community of over 45 million learners around the world to support them at every stage of their lives and careers. edX delivers boot camps through an immersive learning experience with expert services and valuable resources. As of 2021, graduates have been hired by 6,700+ companies, including more than 62% of the Fortune 100.

The Next UX/UI Boot Camp Starts July 15.
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