Master in User Experience Psychology
The Specializing Master in User Experience Psychology at POLI.design – Milan (Italy) aims at forming professionals able to create and assess digital experiences across a range of platforms and in a wide spectrum of industrial domains, drawing on cutting-edge research and leading international experts in the field.
Duration
1 year
Starting Date
January
Tuition Fee
€ 10,000
Location
Milano, Italy
About the programme
The Specializing Master in User Experience Psychology at POLI.design – Milan (Italy) aims at helping participants pursue successful careers in UX, by identifying project works and field experiences that are best suited to their skillset and professional attitudes.
The goal of the training is to form professionals who are able to combine high-level competences in design (research, prototyping, conceptual development and evaluation) and the psychological ability of understanding user’s needs and expectations.
The course puts a strong emphasis on the acquisition of practical skills and is informed by state-of-the art developments in UX and user-centered design.
Career
The course is intended for students with different backgrounds, who share the interest and passion towards delivering excellent user experiences.
Job titles include:
- User Experience Designer
- UX Researcher
- Interaction Designer
- UX specialist
- Product designer
- Usability analyst
Programme Structure
User experience research: principles, methods and techniques for understanding and modelling users’ needs
- UX basics
- Principles of user experience design
- Methods and tools of user research: planning and execution of interviews, ethnographic research, shadowing techniques, creating a personas, storyboard and customer journey map
User experience practices: theoretical and practical design skills
- Principles of humancentered design, usability heuristics, interaction design basics
- Design tools: Agile methodologies (user story, use case, sitemapping, user flow, wireframing, prototyping, handoff)
User experience evaluation
- Qualitative and quantitative assessment methods
- Planning and executing a research protocol
- Design evaluation: techniques and tools (usability testing, A/B test, remote monitoring)