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Choosing a UX School

As the program director for the MS in Interaction Design and Information Architecture and the User Experience (UX) Design Certificate, I often get asked why a person should choose UBalt over another school, particularly a non-University like General Assembly or Betamore. My answer is the same for each person: It depends…maybe that other program is right for you.

I respect GA and have guest lectured there, but, it is certainly not for everyone. The model of 8-hour a day classes for 6 weeks is really hard for someone to do unless they are unemployed. Sure, they work on lots of projects (sometimes with actual clients) and learn how to do UX but I don’t know if they get the opportunity to learn why they learn the things they do. GA seems like a good choice if you have some experience in the field (especially through self-learning or some on-the-job experience) and you want a boost forward. It’s essentially a trade school for the 21st Century and I’m sure that you’ll have the skills you need for your first UX job but that’s where it ends. I’ve talked with employers who are reticent to higher someone who has gone through these kinds of programs because they weren’t sure if they knew prototyping beyond Axure or Invision. Did they know why we prototype? Did they understand user research?

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