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Why Earn Your Certificate in User Experience Design?

Learn the fundamentals of user experience design in a program designed for busy working professionals to quickly upgrade their skills.

In 2020, LinkedIn ranked user experience design as one of the top 5 in-demand skills. The certificate program will help you develop skills to understand how users interact with computer-based systems and to design user-friendly interfaces, products, and websites.

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What Are My Career Options Studying User Experience Design?

UMBC’s online program in information systems is flexible and interdisciplinary, and is rated one of the world’s best online information technology programs by U.S. News. Students enrolled in certificate programs take classes alongside master’s students. Use the certificate to quickly boost skills, or as a stepping stone to a full master’s.

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UMBC works to provide students with adequate need-based funding.

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Please note that application decisions can take 6-8 weeks after the program’s deadline, and depend on how many applications a department receives. You will receive an email once the department processes your decision letter. You will be able to see your decision letter by logging in to the application website. Your decision letter will be where the application checklist was. You may also check your recommendation statuses to send reminders or update contact information from the user page. If you are having trouble logging back in, you can recover your account.

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Please contact the appropriate Graduate School staff member for assistance, or contact our Main Office at gradschool@umbc.edu or 410-455-2537.

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Contact Information

User Experience Design Program Contacts

Main Contact

410-455-5693
engineering@umbc.edu

Program Director - On Campus

Dr. Sreedevi Sampath
sampath@umbc.edu

Program Director - Online

Dr. James Foulds
jfoulds@umbc.edu

Program Coordinator

Shannon Carey
410-455-2650
shannoncarey@umbc.edu

UMBC Graduate School Admissions Office Contact Information

Mailing Address

UMBC Graduate School
1000 Hilltop Circle Baltimore, MD 21250

Admissions Staff

Staff are available from Mon - Fri, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. 410-455-2537

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Email Graduate Admissions at gradschool@umbc.edu.

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