Information Design Program

The Information Design Program allows you to prepare for a career as an information designer. It is designed to provide you with foundation training in the core information design disciplines of writing, graphic design and human factors design.

Upon completion of the program, participants will be able to employ systematic processes and newly acquired knowledge to increase the usability and performance of their information products, interaction designs, user interfaces, web products, and training systems.

This innovative program is flexibly packaged to meet the needs of today's life-long learner. If you want to take your time, you can take the courses part-time, at your own pace, over 18 months. Or you may choose to follow the suggested course schedules for the five month accelerated program or the twelve month program.

Once you sign up for the program, you will receive a 10% discount on each course at the time of registration and you only pay for one course at a time! This means that you can work your way towards the Information Design Certificate one course at a time.

Upon successful completion of this program, you will receive an Information Design Certificate at no charge from one of our participating university affiliates. You'll be able to pursue an exciting new career in one of these information design disciplines: technical writing, online documentation, online help design, online training design, user interface analysis or user interface design.

Required Courses

Professional Technical Writing (12 weeks)
Graphic Design (6 weeks)
User Interface Analysis (4 weeks)
User Interface Design (4 weeks)
Usability Testing (6 weeks)

Plus one of the following courses

Web-Based Training Design (8 weeks)
Online Help System Design (8 weeks)
Professional XML Authoring (12 weeks)

Price

Depending on the courses and electives you take, the program will cost between $1579 US and $1759 US. Students pay for each course on a "pay-as-you-learn" basis (no big upfront cash outlay). Once they have completed all of the required courses, they are issued the certificate.

Registration

To sign up for the program, send an email to Information Design Program. We will provide you with a registration discount code and you can start taking classes immediately.

Further information

What is information design?
So where are all the Information Designers?