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Quick Facts

Medium Of Instructions	Mode Of Learning	Mode Of Delivery
English	Self Study, Virtual Classroom	Video and Text Based

Course Overview

As the world grows to be increasingly digital with each passing minute, new and emerging technologies are fast leaving the old ones behind and a huge role in this landscape is being played by augmented, a virtual and mixed reality which is based on user experience. It is changing how work gets done in the industry and creating disruptions while adopting these technologies.

Foundations of UX and XR Design, offered by the New York University Tandon School of Engineering solve exactly this issue for the candidate. The course provides the candidates the know-how of mastering the evolving XR technology with the basic concepts of UX design principles. It also provides practice for UX designers to break the monotony in the visual designs and apply something creative.

The program is designed to explore the strengths of the participants and work on their weaknesses. Moreover, the course will allow access to various fields in relation to this industry so as to create more and better options for the applicants.

The Highlights

Online sessions
Flexible payment available
8 weeks long
New York University certification
15-20 hours of effort required every week
Offered by Emeritus
Excellent NYU faculty

Programme Offerings

Capstone Project
discussions
assignments
video lectures
Real world tools
Guest speakers
Programme support team

Courses and Certificate Fees

Certificate Availability	Certificate Providing Authority
yes	Tandon School of Engineering, New York

Foundations of UX and XR Design fee Structure

Course Fee	Amount in USD
Foundations of UX and XR Design	$2,500

Eligibility Criteria

Certification Qualifying Details

The certificates will be awarded to those candidates who have finished the entire course successfully, at the end of the program.

What you will learn

The candidates will have gained a stronghold on some of the most important concepts of the industry when they have completed the course.

Candidates will gain the ability to develop new innovative models with immersive and augmented interfaces for a better user experience.
The applicants will learn to calculate and analyze the path users take and be able to extract important data from it.
Participants will gain the tool of system inquiries and use it to build a strategy for improved UX research.
By the end of the course, candidates would have learned how to build an XR product and what points should one keep in mind while doing so.
Furthermore, applicants will learn to develop various types of project plans that would include the creation of XR applications with the best XR designs.
Participants will also be able to design new UI systems and work with them for an improved approach towards problems.

Who it is for

Product Designer

The program and its contents have been made to best suit the following people.

UX developers who wish to fast-track their careers are perfect matches for the programme.
Consultants hoping to expand their knowledge and insights over these topics are also well-suited candidates for the course.
Product designers who want to gain a stronger comprehension of the concepts of UX designs and the applications related to it are most welcomed to join the course.
Product managers who wish for improvement in the services they offer in their products by broadening their product ideas will find this course extremely beneficial.

Admission Details

The process for joining the programme has been given below for the candidates who wish to enrol in the course.

Step 1: Visit the official webpage link for this course.

Step 2: Applicants are required to find the ‘Apply Now’ icon and click on it to begin their admission process.

Step 3: Upon clicking the icon, the candidates will be taken to the registration webpage of the programme.

Step 4: Participants can either use the accounts that they have created on the website, if they have any, or they can create a new account and proceed using it.

Step 5: New applicants will receive a verification email through which they will verify their email addresses as the certification will be sent to that only.

Step 6: Afterwards, the candidates will see an application form which they have to submit after correctly filling out the details.

Step 7: The last step required for admission is to pay the fees of the course.

The Syllabus

Gain a historical context for XR and a frame of reference for contemporary and emerging technologies and challenges by studying important innovations.
Research future XR innovations.

Consider critical factors for UX design in the context of cutting-edge XR experiences.

Identify pain points for users
Generate solutions for those pain points
Prototype those solutions using Figma
The collaborative interface design tool.

Discover best practices for research methodology, including
- Defining a problem
- Applying systematic inquiry strategies to test solutions.

Get acquainted with the different roles in the design development process
Explore its various steps, from dissecting the user journey to proposing solutions to problems and creating renderings.

Consider the different affordances and constraints associated with designing for XR
Experiment with designing for them for yourself.

Best practices and UX design principles for XR and non-XR environments
Important considerations regarding screen space versus world space.

Create an XR product using Amazon Sumerian
Explain key decisions and aspects of the creation process.

Instructors

Tandon School of Engineering, New York Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

1: Who will instruct this course?

The expert program faculty of NYU consisting of Nien Lam, Sebastian Buys and Regine Gilbert are the instructors for this course.

2: How will the certificate be awarded?

The certificate of course completion will only be emailed to the candidates after they have successfully finished their courses.

3: What does the course mean by flexible payment?

The program offers flexible payment to the applicants if they are unable to pay for the course all at once. They will have the option of paying the fee in installments throughout the course.

4: Does the course offer a way to waiver some fee cost?

The course gives its participants a 20% discount on the course fee. It can be availed if the applicants enroll in a group with their colleagues.

5: In which sectors will this course open up opportunities?

UX and XR designs are implemented in various fields across the globe. Some common examples of these fields are architecture, industrial, manufacturing, web applications, fashion and many more.

6: Which applications will be covered in the course?

The course will cover various AR/VR specifications and learn to tweak them with applications like Adobe Photoshop, Figma, Adobe Illustrator, Miro, Marvel, and Amazon Sumerian.

7: What is continuous programme access?

Although the course only lasts for 8 weeks from the day it started, the candidates are offered access to its content material without any skips for a whole year from the registration day.

8: What does the course offer in case of doubts?

The program occasionally holds discussions and polls where the candidates can clear their doubts or queries if any, and it also offers a program support team that follows up their doubts via emails and calls.