Next Start
Date:
July 1
Time to
Complete:
24 weeks, part-time
Live Online
Classes:
9 hours per week
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.
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.
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:
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:
Learn the many other aspects of visual design that UX/UI developers rely on to build highly engaging user experiences.
What you will learn:
Create live web applications as full-fledged prototypes and experiment with more complex user interactions.
What you will learn:
Work in small groups to put into practice the software, skills, and techniques you’ve learned.
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.
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 & projects | 20+ hrs/week |
| Class time | 3 weekday evenings (3 hrs/class) |
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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.
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.
This boot camp, offered in partnership with edX, is made available through a unique consortium delivery model to provide skills-based learning to participants across North Carolina and beyond. Participants will be taught by a university-approved instructor, while learning alongside students from other consortium-participating universities and institutions. Upon meeting the completion requirements, participants will be issued a certificate by UNC Charlotte School of Professional Studies.
It only takes a minute to request information. You will be put in touch with an admissions advisor who can answer questions and get your application started.