# UX Design Foundations Course Online

Canonical URL: <https://vdci.edu/courses/ux-design-foundations>

## Overview

User experience (UX) design is often confused with interface design, but UX goes far beyond the visual side of a digital product. A strong user experience considers how people think, feel, navigate, and complete tasks.

Whether you’re exploring a new career path or want to better understand the role UX Designers play on a team, User Experience Foundations offers a practical introduction to the UX design process. This course blends instruction, discussion, industry examples, and hands-on activities to help you understand UX fundamentals, how designers collaborate with other team members, and how research insights turn into clear, user-centered design concepts.

## What you'll learn

- Understand what user experience design is and how it goes beyond visual design
- Learn how UX Designers work with teams to research, plan, test, and improve digital experiences
- Explore the overall UX design process, from discovery and research to concepts and presentation
- Practice UX research methods, including user interviews, observations, heuristics, and competitive analysis
- Learn common UX terminology and deliverables, such as personas, journey maps, scenarios, and user flows
- Use sketching and iteration to develop, refine, and improve design ideas
- Learn how to document your process and present UX work clearly and professionally

## Pricing

**Tuition:** $695