
Overview
What makes an interface intuitive? How can I tell whether one design works better than another? This Design Principles - an Introduction course offered by Coursera in partnership with UC San Diego will teach you fundamental principles of design and how to effectively evaluate your work with users.
You'll learn fundamental principles of visual design so that you can effectively organize and present information with your interfaces. You'll learn principles of perception and cognition that inform effective interaction design. And you'll learn how to perform and analyze controlled experiments online. In many cases, we'll use Web design as the anchoring domain.
A lot of the examples will come from the Web, and we'll talk just a bit about Web technologies in particular. When we do so, it will be to support the main goal of this course, which is helping you build human-centered design skills, so that you have the principles and methods to create excellent interfaces with any technology.
Skills You Will Gain
- A/B Testing
- User Experience (UX)
- User Experience Design (UXD)
- User Interface
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Courses included:
- Welcome and Course Overview
- Direct Manipulation and Representations
- Visual Design and Information Design
- Designing Experiments
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Duration
- Part-time
- 21 days
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Visit university websiteAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.
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General requirements
- Beginner Level
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Funding
Coursera provides financial aid to learners who cannot afford the fee. Apply for it by clicking on the Financial Aid link beneath the "Enroll" button on the left. You'll be prompted to complete an application and will be notified if you are approved. You'll need to complete this step for each course in the Specialization, including the Capstone Project.