Overview

Covering research, interaction design, and evaluation, this program prepares students to create intuitive and effective digital products. Graduates emerge ready to excel in roles such as UX design, product development, and digital strategy across industries.

Key Features

The User Experience master's degree at Kent State University prepares students for careers in discovery research, information architecture, interaction design, prototyping, usability testing and user experience strategy and assessment.

As essential members of multidisciplinary design teams, user experience professionals engage in a variety of activities to produce usable products that delight users and help organizations meet the needs of their clients, patrons, users and stakeholders.

User experience analysis addresses the structural, informational, psychological and emotional dimensions that make interactive communication and information technologies useful and successful.

Kent State’s program provides a broad introduction to all phases of the multidisciplinary design process, with the opportunity to build deeper knowledge and skills in a focus area. The program includes electives from aligned master’s programs in the College of Communication and Information and related disciplines.

Learning Outcomes

Graduates of the The User Experience master's degree at Kent State University will be able to:

Articulate the values of a user experience professional in the context of agile, multidisciplinary design teams.

Design and conduct research to understand user needs.

Apply interaction design fundamentals to address user needs.

Create and evaluate information structures to support usability and content strategy.

Test and assess design ideas, prototypes and existing systems by employing data collection and analysis methods.

Communicate research findings and contribute design solutions to designers, developers and stakeholders.

Demonstrate professional competencies aligned with career goals.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

User Experience

User Experience Processes And Practice

Interaction Design

Accessibility And Universal Design

Project Management And Team Dynamics

Creative Coding Fundamentals

Projects In Emerging Media And Technology

Instructional Design

Simulations And Games In Education

Designing Visuals For Education

Designing Multimedia For Education

Emerging Technologies For Education

Virtual And Augmented Reality

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Duration

Part-time
- 24 months
- Flexible

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-19 00:00:00
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Starting 2027-01-12 00:00:00
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Starting 2027-05-12 00:00:00
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Language

English

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Credits

30 SCH

Delivered

Online

Campus Location

Kent, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

2.7

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General requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university

Minimum 2.750 undergraduate GPA on a 4.000-point scale

Official transcript(s)

Résumé

Goal statement

Three letters of recommendation

English language proficiency - all international students must provide proof of English language proficiency

Tuition Fees

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20332 USD / year

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20332 USD / year

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10706 USD / year

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