Certificate Overview
The User Experience Writing certificate is for anyone who writes on the job! Students and professionals will be prepared to develop user-centric prose and design content for a variety of audiences.
The User Experience Writing certificate teaches you to compose and edit documents in multiple media at a professional level, skills which are necessary for success in a range of careers in the modern workplace. The certificate also familiarizes students with the theories and practices of UX Writing and requires students to use writing to engage with real-world challenges in the community and beyond.
Graduates of the Online UX Writing certificate should be able to:
- Research user needs and identify complex design solutions through a variety of evaluation methods.
- Articulate design choices to a variety of collaborators involved with content creation.
- Use accepted rhetorical, linguistic and design theories to craft user- and reader-centered documents.
- Design and create documents using a variety of industry-standard tools.
- Demonstrate professionally-appropriate ethical reasoning, including awareness of intellectual property in the creation and management of documents.
- Manage the production of complex, large-scale projects and their related documentation
You can complete this 18-credit certificate in as little as 9 months, or complete it at a slower pace to meet your needs.
Certificate Courses
Core courses (11 credits)
- WRI 121Z Composition I (first course)
- WRI 227Z Technical Writing
- WRI 327 Advanced Technical Writing or WRI 350 Documentation Development
UX electives (7-9 credits)
- ART 315 Design Thinking or WRI 420 Document Design
- BUS 315 Principles of Management
- BUS 256 Graphic Design for Business (Honors course, take BUS 215 first)
- MIS 101 Word Processing Software Lab or MIS 102 Spreadsheet Software Lab
- PWR 330 User Research
18 credits is required for the certificate. Students who complete 21 or more credits are eligible for an Honors designation. This certificate may be stacked with the Technical & Medical Writing and Proposal & Grant Writing certificates.
Admission Process
Full admission to Oregon Tech is not required. Financial aid is not offered to non-degree seeking students but a payment plan is available. Follow the steps below to get started:
- Submit the Non-Degree Seeking Application. Select the online UX Certificate as your major.
- Watch for an email from the Admissions Office about registration.
- Register yourself for classes when registration opens.
Students using Veteran Affairs benefits should apply to Oregon Tech using the Online First-Year or Online Transfer application instead of the Non-Degree Seeking application.
Non-degree seeking students do not pay application fees since they are not attending a degree program and are limited to 8 credits per term.
Once registered you are responsible for the tuition and fees. The payment and refund schedule, along with the payment plan application, is located on the Cashier’s Office website. The Academic Calendar details important registration dates and withdraw deadlines.
Awarding the Certificate
Oregon Tech awards formal certificates upon completion of all requirements. The Registrar's Office advises soon-to-be graduates to submit the Application to Graduate two terms before completing the certificate. A certificate cannot bet awarded without the application found in TechWeb.
Accreditation
Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
Oregon Institute of Technology is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. NWCCU is an institutional accrediting body recognized by the Council for Higher Education and/or the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education.