Foundations of User Experience (UX) Design

The first step in Google's UX Design Certificate

As the opening course in a seven-course certificate, this is built to answer one question clearly: what does a UX designer actually do, day to day? It introduces the full design process — research, ideation, wireframing, prototyping — without assuming any design background going in.

• User-centered design principles and design thinking
• User research and UI/UX research methods
• Wireframing and prototyping fundamentals
• Sprint planning and sprint retrospectives as part of a design workflow

Set at a beginner level, it's genuinely built for career-changers — no portfolio, no prior design coursework, no visual-arts background required. The emphasis throughout is on process and reasoning, not software mastery, which comes later in the certificate track.

With a striking 1,728,045 learners enrolled, it's among the most-taken courses on the platform in any category, reflecting just how many people are treating UX design as a realistic, accessible career pivot right now.