By teaching digital product design and UX (user experience) design, Boise State University’s online Bachelor of Arts in Digital Innovation and Design program provides new ways of thinking and doing to help you thrive in an evolving digital workforce.
After earning the required Certificate in Innovation and Design within your first year, you’ll have career-ready skills you can immediately use in the workplace, long before graduation.
Designed for highly-motivated creatives, the program allows you to tailor your learning experience and gain practical skills that prepare you for dynamic careers in technology and design.
The program uses a micro-achievement model, meaning you’ll complete a series of established certificates that together meet the degree’s learning outcomes.
Built for the 21st-century workplace, this flexible, stackable degree combines academic certificates and professional credentials that emphasize the skills needed to lead, manage and adapt to emerging technologies.
The emphasis area and certificate options include AI For All, +Business, Cyber Operations, IT Support For All, Project Management, User Experience Research, Applied Emotional Intelligence and Well-Being, Applied Leadership, Community Impact, Data Analysis For All, Media Content Management, Social Media Creator, Making Big Ideas Happen, Applied Teamwork, Content Production, Esports, Project Management For All, User Experience Design and Sport Impact.
Boise State’s faculty and staff bring industry expertise and a shared commitment to creating positive, real-world learning experiences.
Defining roles
Innovation is change-making that starts with a new idea, no matter how small. Innovators take risks, try things out, fail and try again.
Digital innovation is change-making for a new world, using emerging technologies to speed up the pace of change and extend its reach.
So what’s the difference between UX and product design? And which one is right for you and your career aspirations?
Digital product design involves end-to-end product thinking, strategy and business alignment. It encompasses the design of digital products or services as a whole, including not only the user interface (UI and UX) but also the overall product strategy, functionality and features.
Digital product design includes designing and developing digital products or services, including websites, mobile applications, software and other digital platforms. It involves creating a product that meets the needs and goals of users, while also achieving the objectives of the business or organization.
As a digital product designer, you’ll work closely with product managers, developers and other stakeholders to define the product vision, develop product strategy and design product features, functionality and user experience.
This involves researching and understanding target users, defining the user journey and user flows, creating wireframes and prototypes and testing and iterating on the design based on user feedback.
UX design focuses on research, usability and user flow and includes UI design, which is the process of designing visual and interactive elements of a digital product or service, including mobile applications, websites and software interfaces.
UX design is the process of designing the overall experience of using a digital product or service, including a focus on the needs and goals of users and designing the product to meet those needs and achieve those goals.
As a UX designer, you’ll research and understand users, create wireframes and prototypes and test and iterate on the design based on user feedback.
A real-world degree designed for your future
Boise State’s online Bachelor of Arts in Digital Innovation and Design prepares you for either career path with a blended skill set of design, innovation and technology.
As a graduate of the program, you’ll also have the flexibility to move between roles as your career evolves.
A degree in digital innovation and design opens up possibilities to an array of potential career opportunities, like advertising, promotions and marketing management, web development, digital design, information security analytics and project management. These roles often overlap in modern organizations, so having the skillset is valuable.
Earning a Bachelor of Arts in Digital Innovation and Design also prepares you for graduate programs that align with your career interests and previous coursework.
Learn more about the digital innovation and design program
Earning an online Bachelor of Arts in Digital Innovation and Design from Boise State University can open doors to new opportunities and a brighter future — and we’re here to support you every step of the way. Whether you’re exploring if an online degree is right for you or need help transferring credits, connecting with a student success coach is the perfect first step.
Ready to learn more? Attend one of our online information sessions or contact a student success coach today.