Google UX Design Professional Certificate
Approximately 6 months to complete
Suggested pace of 10 hours/week
Follow the design process: empathize with users, Understand the basics of UX research, like
define pain points, ideate solutions, create wire planning research studies, conducting inter
frames and prototypes, test and iterate on designs views and usability studies, and synthesizing
research results
Apply foundational UX concepts, like user-cen
tered design, accessibility, and equity-focused Create a professional UX portfolio that in
design cludes 3 end-to-end projects: a mobile app, a
responsive website, and a
cross-platform experiences
Over 7 courses, gain in-demand skills that will prepare you for an entry-level job. At
under 10 hours per week, you can complete the certificate in less than 6 months.
You will create designs on paper and in digital design tools like Figma and Adobe XD.
By the end of the certificate program, you will have a professional UX portfolio that
includes three end-to-end projects, so that you’re ready to apply for jobs.
This program includes over 200 hours of instruction and hundreds of practice-based
activities and assessments that simulate real-world UX design scenarios and are criti-
cal for success in the workplace.
The content is highly interactive and developed by Google employees with decades of
experience in UX
design. You’ll learn how to complete the design process from beginning to end, in-
cluding:
Empathizing with users, by developing empathy maps, personas, user stories,
and user journey maps
Defining user pain points
Coming up with ideas for design solutions
Creating wireframes, mockups, and prototypes
Testing designs through usability studies
Iterating on designs based on feedback
Through a mix of videos, readings, assessments, and hands-on activities, you’ll learn in-
demand design tools, Figma and Adobe XD. You’ll even create a portfolio that includes
three projects to share with potential employers to showcase the skills you learned in
this program.
Jobs Considered:
User Interface / User Experience (UI / UX) Designer, Web Designer, E-commerce Web Designer,
Assistant Web Designer, User Experience (UX) Researcher, Product Designer, User Experience
(UX) Designer, User Interface (UI) Designer, Industrial Designer, User Experience / User Interface
(UX / UI) Manager, UI / UX Designer / Developer, Web Design Manager, Graphic Designer
Google Project Management Professional Certificate
Syllabus
Course Title Hours Learning Weeks
1 Foundations of User 24 1. Introducing user experience design
Experience (UX) 2. Getting to know common terms, tools, and
Design frameworks in UX design
3. Joining design sprints
4. Building a professional presence
2 Start the UX Design 24 1. Integrating research into the design process
Process: 2. Empathizing with users and defining pain points
Empathize, Define, 3. Creating user stories and user journey maps
and Ideate 4. Defining user problems
5. Ideating design solutions
3 Build Wireframes 20 1. Storyboarding and wireframing
and Low-Fidelity 2. Creating paper and digital wireframes
Prototypes 3. Building low-fidelity prototypes
4 Conduct UX Re- 21 1. Planning UX research studies
search and Test 2. Conducting research with usability studies
Early Concepts 3. Analyzing and synthesizing research results
4. Sharing research insights for better designs
5 Create High-Fidelity 33 1. Starting to create mockups
Designs and Proto- 2. Applying visual design principles to mockups
types in Figma 3. Exploring design systems
4. Participating in design critique sessions
5. Creating high-fidelity prototypes
6. Testing and iterating on designs
6 Responsive Web 41 1. Starting the UX design process: Empathize and
Design in Adobe XD define
2. Continuing the UX design process: Ideate
3. Creating wireframes for a responsive website
4. Creating and testing low-fidelity prototypes
5. Creating and testing high-fidelity designs
6. Documenting design work and searching for
jobs
7 Design a User Ex- 44 1. Starting the UX design process: empathize, de-
perience for Social fine, ideate
Good & Prepare for 2. Creating wireframes and low-fidelity prototypes
Jobs 3. Creating mockups and high-fidelity prototypes
4. Designing a complementary responsive website
5. Finding a UX job
