As the digital product industry grows, user experience (UX) designers are in demand across a variety of industries, including technology, finance, advertising, and start-ups. UX designers help build products like websites, apps, and physical objects. Their goal is to make people’s interactions with those products useful, enjoyable, and accessible. This course will prepare you for a career in the field by teaching you entry-level skills, including: understanding what makes existing products difficult to use, exploring what can make people’s experiences great, and designing wireframes, mockups, and prototypes to bring those ideas to life. With these skills, you will be prepared to continue your journey as a generalist or a specialist in a variety of UX design-related roles, including: visual designer, interaction designer, UI designer, UX researcher, product designer, and more.

Benefits of the field:

• High salaries

• Growth Potential

• Flexibility

• Engaging, challenging work

Cybersecurity analysts play a pivotal role in safeguarding the digital infrastructure of organizations across various industries. With the ever-evolving landscape of cyberattacks and the increasing reliance on digital systems, the need for skilled cybersecurity professionals is at an all-time high. This course will get you on the path toward a career in cybersecurity by equipping you with entry-level skills—from programming for cybersecurity tasks to mastering security frameworks, utilizing cutting-edge SIEM tools, detecting and responding to incidents with intrusion detection systems, and conducting packet capture and analysis. With these skills, you will be prepared to enter the cybersecurity field through a variety of pathways, including: Cybersecurity Operations (incident responder, security operation center technician, junior cybersecurity analyst); IT Infrastructure & Systems (network technician, junior systems administrator, IT support specialist); Governance, Risk, & Compliance (threat analyst, penetration tester, junior vulnerability analyst); and more.

Benefits of the field:

• High salaries

• Growth Potential

• Flexibility

• Engaging, challenging, and rewarding work

• Multiple career paths

• Ongoing skill development and specialization

• Cutting-edge technologies

Data analytics makes sense of information and data to drive decision-making at organizations in every industry, ranging from early-stage startups to Fortune 500 companies. Specialists in data analytics are often responsible for querying a company’s databases, processing and identifying trends in the data, and constructing data visualizations all in support of key business decisions. If you like working with numbers and finding patterns in the chaos, then data analytics could be the career for you.

Benefits of the field:

• High salaries
• Growth potential
• Flexibility
• Engaging, challenging work