Purdue Global + Google UX Design Certificate
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Program at a Glance
- Understand the UX design process, including empathizing with users, defining pain points, creating wireframes and prototypes, testing designs, conducting usability studies, and more.
- Learn to work in Figma and Adobe XD, two of the most in-demand design tools valued by today’s employers.
- Walk away with a portfolio website including three end-to-end projects: a mobile app, a responsive website, and a cross-platform experience.
- Easily stack the credits you earn into an associate’s or bachelor’s degree.
Personalize Your Program
Customize your program by earning a micro-credential in one of 20+ professional focus areas.
Develop Career-Ready UX Design Skills with Purdue Global and Google
Purdue Global and Google have partnered to create certificates for learners looking to develop skills in user experience (UX) design and other areas like IT, business, and health care—no prior experience or degree required. Get college credit while earning your Google UX Design Certificate while simultaneously earning a Purdue Global micro-credential that matches your career goals.
Choose from more than 20 micro-credentials in high-growth fields to earn alongside your Google UX Design Certificate. Build the skills that interest you most and prepare you for the career you want.
Speed to Degree
Your goals are closer than you might think. Earn your Purdue Global and Google UX Design Certificate in about a year or less, and get on the fast track to your career.
Faculty Led
Get the guidance and support from faculty that you wouldn’t get in a self-paced online course. Purdue Global faculty members are real-world practitioners who bring knowledge gained through the powerful combination of higher education and industry experience.
Stack Your Credits
Use what you’ve earned to continue onto your next academic endeavor. Upon completion of the Purdue Global + Google Certificate, you’ll be about halfway to an associate’s degree, or you can transfer credits into a bachelor’s degree.
See Notes and Conditions below for important information.
Celebrate the Wins Along the Way
Upon completion of the program, you will have earned three credentials including a Google Career Certificate, a Purdue Global micro-credential badge, and a co-branded Purdue Global diploma.
Celebrate the credentials you earn from Purdue Global and Google in this program. Show off your credentials as you earn them. Post them on your social media profiles such as LinkedIn, and highlight your skills on your resume.
What Courses Will I Take and What Skills Will I Develop?
This curriculum is designed in conjunction with Google and Purdue Global faculty. You’ll take UX design core courses, plus courses from the micro-credential of your choice. No matter your path, you’ll focus on building the user experience design skills that today's employers need, such as Figma, Adobe XD, and cross-platform UX design.
UX Design Courses
- Starting the User Experience (UX) Design Process
- Researching, Testing, and Prototyping UX Designs
- Create High-Fidelity Designs and Prototypes in Figma
- Creating a Responsive and Socially Aware Web Design
- UX Design in Action
Skills and Outcomes
- Understand foundational concepts in UX design, including user-centered design, accessibility, and equity-focused design.
- Master the basics of user experience testing, conducting both moderated and unmoderated usability studies.
- Create a mobile app design to include in a professional UX portfolio.
- Develop a culminating project merging UX design with your desired area of focus.
- Walk away with an extensive portfolio showcasing the skills today’s employers value most.
Choose the Purdue Global + Google Career Certificate That Fits Your Future
Purdue Global + Google Career Certificate courses are designed to help you build the understanding and foundational skills of UX design, while the Purdue Global micro-credential gives you industry-specific training. Together, they give you a full picture of how to apply your new skills most effectively.
Choose from one of 20+ financial-aid eligible pathways below to get started.
Financial aid is available to those who qualify. Financial aid awards vary depending on individual student eligibility and need.
Note: Tuition total does not account for per-term fees. View full tuition and fee details and total cost of attendance for your program.
Accounting Fundamentals + Google UX Design Certificate
51 Total Credits
$10,230 Total Tuition Cost
Learn the fundamentals of UX design and supplement your studies with practical courses in accounting. Coursework covers the basics of accounting, federal tax, statistics, and mathematics.
Business Development + Google UX Design Certificate
51 Total Credits
$10,230 Total Tuition Cost
Merge UX design with a business development micro-credential that will build the foundational skills you need to grow a business through sales and marketing. This micro-credential includes courses in marketing and consumer behavior, international business development, and more.
Business Fundamentals + Google UX Design Certificate
51 Total Credits
$10,230 Total Tuition Cost
This micro-credential combines a broad array of business disciplines with the practical skills of a Google UX Design Certificate. You’ll learn accounting, finance, marketing, and management principles that you can apply to your skills as a UX designer.
Business Start-up Fundamentals + Google UX Design Certificate
51 Total Credits
$10,230 Total Tuition Cost
Combine the skills you learn in your Google UX Design Certificate with the fundamental education of starting and managing a business. Learn how to start a business, how to sell, and how to manage the work you’re doing.
Cloud Computing Fundamentals + Google UX Design Certificate
51 Total Credits
$10,230 Total Tuition Cost
Interested in the world of IT? This micro-credential will give you exposure to a broad range of topics in cybersecurity, cloud computing, networking, and security to go along with your Google UX Design Certificate.
Cybersecurity Fundamentals + Google UX Design Certificate
51 Total Credits
$10,230 Total Tuition Cost
Learn the fundamentals of the fast-growing field of cybersecurity while honing your skills in UX design. Coursework includes learning a broad range of disciplines such as cybersecurity, network administration, and programming.
Data Intelligence + Google UX Design Certificate
51 Total Credits
$10,230 Total Tuition Cost
This micro-credential will provide you with an understanding of how to compile and present data for use in helping to make business decisions along with your Google UX Design Certificate work. You’ll take courses in statistics, data analysis, and more.
Game Development + Google UX Design Certificate
51 Total Credits
$10,230 Total Tuition Cost
Pursuing a career in game design? The game development micro-credential provides you with the foundational programming and UX design skills you need to succeed. Coursework includes software design and development concepts combined with art and animation skills that are critical in the game design and development industry.
Global Marketing Management + Google UX Design Certificate
51 Total Credits
$10,230 Total Tuition Cost
Learn to manage marketing for a global business in this micro-credential. Coupled with your Google UX Design Certificate, you’ll take courses covering a variety of topics such as logistics, marketing, and business development.
Health Care Administration + Google UX Design Certificate
51 Total Credits
$10,230 Total Tuition Cost
The health care administration micro-credential starts an exploration into the health care industry and provides a survey of the core disciplines of health care administration. Your coursework includes the Google UX Design Certificate plus topics such as ethics, strategy, and general health care management.
Health Informatics + Google UX Design Certificate
51 Total Credits
$10,230 Total Tuition Cost
This micro-credential provides a foundational level of knowledge and skills in the broad arena of health informatics, enabling entry-level opportunities in health information and health informatics.
Health Information Management + Google UX Design Certificate
51 Total Credits
$10,230 Total Tuition Cost
Work toward your Google UX Design Certificate while earning a micro-credential in health information management. You’ll get an introduction to using available services and technologies to support operations, management, and decision-making initiatives within the health information field.
Human Resource Management + Google UX Design Certificate
51 Total Credits
$10,230 Total Tuition Cost
The human resource management micro-credential is designed to provide you with the knowledge to effectively staff an organization. By completing this micro-credential, you’ll understand the factors that influence employee recruitment and retention, the essentials of designing effective training programs, and a basic knowledge of employment-related laws.
IT Fundamentals + Google UX Design Certificate
51 Total Credits
$10,230 Total Tuition Cost
The IT fundamentals micro-credential provides you with the foundational skills necessary to enter the IT workforce in a support role. The credential prepares you with essential desktop, website, and database software skills while supplementing your studies with the Google UX Design Certificate.
Leadership + Google UX Design Certificate
51 Total Credits
$10,230 Total Tuition Cost
The leadership micro-credential is designed to build an awareness of how communication contributes to becoming a strong leader, while building practical skills with the Google UX Design Certificate. You’ll develop an understanding in leading change, decision-making, and negotiation, allowing you to promote yourself as an effective leader in a continually changing global workplace.
New Media Writing + Google UX Design Certificate
51 Total Credits
$10,230 Total Tuition Cost
Writing and designing for the new forms of media in the digital age requires an updated set of skills. The new media writing micro-credential covers topics such as the role of storytelling in electronic media, digital communication technologies, and the use of data, metrics, and other forms of research to support new media creation.
Nutrition + Google UX Design Certificate
51 Total Credits
$10,230 Total Tuition Cost
The nutrition micro-credential offers an introduction into the principles of healthy living, teaches you to apply them to the education of individuals and communities, and provides a chance to develop administrative, ethical, and professional skills that are relevant to leadership positions in the increasingly diverse nutritional field.
Psychology + Google UX Design Certificate
51 Total Credits
$10,230 Total Tuition Cost
This micro-credential is designed to equip you with knowledge of how the principles of psychology inform behavior, thoughts, and emotions in a variety of settings. Alongside your Google UX Design Certificate, the psychology micro-credential fosters an understanding of psychological theories and showcases the application of the principles of emotion, thought, behavior, memory, and decision-making to modern-day settings.
Social Problems, Prevention, and Crisis Intervention + Google UX Design Certificate
51 Total Credits
$10,230 Total Tuition Cost
This micro-credential is designed to provide knowledge of how principles of human services inform behavior, thoughts, and emotions in a variety of settings. What you learn in this micro-credential will help you to identify social problems, explore community resources to address social problems, and recognize the effects these problems have on individuals and society.
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Sport Management + Google UX Design Certificate
51 Total Credits
$10,230 Total Tuition Cost
The sport management micro-credential is designed for those who want to pursue administrative and management careers in the sport and recreation industry. The credential will provide you with a broad understanding of the industry, management skills, knowledge of sport sales and sponsorships, as well as an awareness of the use of analytics in sports.
Supply Chain Logistics + Google UX Design Certificate
51 Total Credits
$10,230 Total Tuition Cost
The supply chain logistics micro-credential focuses on the logistics and distribution aspects of supply chain management, providing you with the technical skills to solve business problems. You’ll learn about designing systems that deliver the right amount of products to the right place at the right time. This micro-credential also covers data analysis and information system tools in the supply chain environment.
Supply Chain Procurement Management + Google UX Design Certificate
51 Total Credits
$10,230 Total Tuition Cost
Organizations cannot function without their required supply. Alongside your Google UX Design Certificate, you’ll learn how to optimize value in the supply chain, as well as develop skills in negotiations and writing contracts.
Admissions Requirements
You must be a high school graduate or possess a General Education Development (GED) certificate or other equivalency diploma. You are also encouraged to complete orientation before you start classes. Refer to the University Catalog or speak to an Advisor to learn more.
Already Completed Your Google UX Design Certificate?
You’re already ahead. If you already hold a Google UX Design Certificate, you’ve saved the time and cost associated with earning it, and can focus on completing the remaining courses to earn your Purdue Global micro-credential or continue on with another Purdue Global program.
See Notes and Conditions below for important information.
Upcoming Start Dates
We offer multiple start dates to give you flexibility in your education, life, and work schedules.