• Saturday, April 11
Accepted Students: Be sure to register for our last Admitted Student Day and explore all that Marist has to offer.
• Saturday, April 11
Accepted Students: Be sure to register for our last Admitted Student Day and explore all that Marist has to offer.
• Saturday, April 11
Accepted Students: Be sure to register for our last Admitted Student Day and explore all that Marist has to offer.
• Saturday, April 11
Accepted Students: Be sure to register for our last Admitted Student Day and explore all that Marist has to offer.
Where Creativity Meets Technology
The User Experience (UX) Design minor unites creativity with technology. Students gain the essential knowledge and skills needed to analyze, prototype, and design media across a range of fields, including communications, gaming, health, education, marketing, and finance. By making powerful designs, students can create meaningful experiences for the future.
An Integrative, Interdisciplinary Minor
The User Experience (UX) Design minor is housed within the Art and Digital Media department, but is interdisciplinary, enabling integration across various academic fields. This versatility enhances students' marketability in a competitive job market.
Students must take three required foundational courses: Introduction to Visual Design, User Experience (UX) Design, and Advanced User Experience (UX) Design. Students choose three additional courses to complete the minor. Options include:
Use media to more effectively communicate ideas, perspectives, and knowledge
Practice various techniques and approaches that can be used to design interactive media, such as websites, games, blogs, e-books, and apps
Develop a deeper understanding of the design process, with a focus on information architecture, user testing, and prototyping.
Marist faculty members bring a wide range of backgrounds and expertise, providing students the opportunity to learn from industry experts. With small class sizes, students receive personalized attention and hands-on experience. Students acquire essential knowledge and skills to analyze, shape, and design media for future websites, apps, games, and more.
Dr Karen "Kat" Schrier is the Founding Director of the Games & Emerging Media program and Coordinator of the UX Minor. She has over 25 years of experience in games and media production, design, and writing, at places like Nickelodeon, Scholastic, PBS, and the World Health Organization. She is a top expert on games, empathy, and ethics. Her latest book is called We the Gamers: How Games Teach Ethics and Civics (Oxford University Press).
A two-time recipient of the IBM Faculty Innovation Award, Dr. Coleman has worked for AT&T as a software developer, at IBM as an advisory engineer in the Supercomputing Systems Lab, and Citigroup as a software developer, analyst, and vice president in risk management technology. His research focuses primarily on software development, parallel computing, and games.
Mengqi Gao is a game designer, artist, and writer. She makes games, abstract art, poetry, fiction, and electronic literature. She is also interested in playing and mixing different mediums in her work. Her work explores the topics of mental health, feminism, queerness, racism, bilingual texts, and translations.
Marist Game Design Ranked Top Program in the Country
For the tenth consecutive year, Marist has been recognized as one of the top gaming design programs in the nation. The Princeton Review's annual list ranks Marist among the top 50 in the nation and the top 10 in the Northeast for undergraduate students. Marist's Games and Emerging Media program equips students with the creative and technical skills needed to succeed as designers, writers, animators, programmers, and industry leaders, supported by expert faculty and state-of-the-art facilities.
Marist cultivates the intellectual growth and well-being of its students through unique and personalized combinations of coursework and experience in and out of the classroom. These experiences provide valuable personal growth and occupational expertise to reflect students' individual passions.
Game Design Ranked Top Program in the Nation for 11th Consecutive Year
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