Boston,
MA,
United States
Type
Private
Degrees offered
Bachelor's Degree
Graduate Certificate in Experience Design in Boston United States | Northeastern University
Northeastern University
|
Boston United States
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Qualification
Graduate Certificate
Languages
English
Delivery Mode
On-Campus
Tuition (2025)
USD
31,824
Attendance
Full-time
Full-time Duration
12 months
Experience Design is a comprehensive, interdisciplinary method that prioritizes enhancing human interactions in specific contexts. It utilizes research, analysis, innovation, and technology to interpret human objectives, requirements, and aspirations while shaping user experiences. Northeastern University's Experience Design program champions evidence-based design methodologies for entrepreneurial ventures and inventive solutions, targeting pressing worldwide issues. The Graduate Program in Experience Design equips students to emerge as influential members and directors of professional teams where design meets technological advancement. Graduates will develop expertise in evaluating real-life user scenarios, allowing them to enhance interactions by creating new design-led connections. They'll acquire capabilities to pinpoint both limitations and possibilities for better engagement among objects, systems (digital or tangible), and their users.
By studying human behavior within actual environments involving built spaces and new technologies, CAMD's Experience Design graduate programs enable students from diverse backgrounds (including architecture, business, engineering, media, computing, medicine, arts, and social sciences) or working professionals to master design skills for solving community-wide problems. Students will develop techniques to foster teamwork, interdisciplinary partnerships, and unified approaches across various fields.
Destination of Study
Subjects of Study
Language Requirements
English
IELTS 7.0
Qualification Requirements
In addition to the general requirements, applicants to the Graduate Certificate in Experience Design have the option to submit work samples via SlideRoom, an online portfolio submission service. The submission fee is $12.00 (USD). Technical guidelines are available at SlideRoom. Graduate Certificate: 1 3 documents, optional. The work samples should consist of recent original work that demonstrates design or other relevant project-based experience. Work samples can include, but are not limited to:
Graphic, product or spatial design projects
Ethnographic research projects
Data visualizations, infographics, maps
Concept sketches and images
Strategy blueprints and systems diagrams
Interactive design projects, storytelling projects and/or analytical projects
To be considered for admission to a CAMD graduate program, international applicants must show proof of English proficiency. This requirement can be met by submitting satisfactory results on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), or the Duolingo English Test. Please note that scores are valid for two years and scores must be valid at the time your application is received. Official score reports must be sent to Northeastern University directly from the testing agency. We expect a minimum score of 100 on the Internet-Based TOEFL (iBT). You should plan to take the exam well in advance of our application deadline as it may take up to six weeks for your official score report to be sent to CAMD. We expect a minimum overall band score of 7.0 on the IELTS.
Graphic, product or spatial design projects
Ethnographic research projects
Data visualizations, infographics, maps
Concept sketches and images
Strategy blueprints and systems diagrams
Interactive design projects, storytelling projects and/or analytical projects
To be considered for admission to a CAMD graduate program, international applicants must show proof of English proficiency. This requirement can be met by submitting satisfactory results on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL), the International English Language Testing System (IELTS), or the Duolingo English Test. Please note that scores are valid for two years and scores must be valid at the time your application is received. Official score reports must be sent to Northeastern University directly from the testing agency. We expect a minimum score of 100 on the Internet-Based TOEFL (iBT). You should plan to take the exam well in advance of our application deadline as it may take up to six weeks for your official score report to be sent to CAMD. We expect a minimum overall band score of 7.0 on the IELTS.
Tuition
USD
31,824