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Design & Arts

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Learn to create from creatives.

Design user-focused websites that delight. Create impact through brand strategy. Think with your hands and paint. Capture a story through photography.

Then turn your passion into a career.

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Design your dream career with us.

Whether you're just starting out, or have years of experience, UCLA Extension offers courses to sharpen your skills and prepare you for greater levels of success. (And yes, we even have courses you can take just for fun.)

From user experience to photography, studio arts to art history, our courses are taught by experienced professionals who have successful creative careers of their own.

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Design & Arts

Courses

DESMA X 479.8K

User Experience II: Iteration

Students with knowledge of the fundamentals of UX move on to iteration: rounds of work and experimentation to hone problem solving skills.
DESMA X 489.5F

User Experience III: Applied

Students who have completed User Experience I and II will apply what they have learned to real-world case studies in this course.
DESMA X 499C

User Experience IV: Capstone

Working from evidence-based case studies, students define UX challenges and apply appropriate methods across research, synthesis, design, prototyping, testing, iteration, and presentation for real-world application.
DESMA X 480.54

User Experience Portfolio Development

This course supports development of an online portfolio to get noticed by potential employers and land job interviews.
DESMA X 489.5G

User Experience Research

Learn key concepts in user experience evaluation to better meet the needs of clients, colleagues and end-users. This course teaches research methodology and how to design, field and report on findings.