User experience (UX) design is one of the core philosophies driving the development of our daily interactions with modern technology. UX designers create digital products - including apps, websites, wearables and more - that respond to our everyday needs, wants and desires. In this unit, students will learn how to create positive and meaningful experiences with digital technologies that respond to our social lives, buying habits, work and health patterns. Students will demonstrate their newfound understanding of user experience design through the creation of innovative digital experiences in response to real-world problems. The skills learnt in this unit will underpin future studies and career paths in an increasingly connected society.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Critically analyse and evaluate a variety of existing interactive systems and technologies for UX design and its application in the current context;
2. Critically select and apply appropriate methodologies, processes and digital technologies related to UX design to solve real-world problems; and
3. Utilise user experience concepts and techniques in the development of interactive prototypes that respond to an identified design problem.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - apply their knowledge to working with Indigenous Australians in socially just ways
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - communicate and engage with Indigenous Australians in ethical and culturally respectful ways

Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.