"Do or do not. There is no try." - Yoda

Since 2004, I have helped evolve the Seton Hall University undergraduate design program building out a series of courses dedicated to web design and user experience. This includes creating two courses focused on mobile design and front-end code. With the recent establishment of the university's College of Communications & the Arts, I was given the added opportunity to design the school's new web design minor with a focus on mechanics, HTML/CSS coding practices, user experience strategies and mobile design. At present, I teach four courses supporting this program.

• WEB DESIGN I
  An introductory course that familiarizes students with the process of planning and designing user-friendly web sites using industry-standard tools. Instruction includes the creation of architectural maps, wireframing with Balsamiq, designing high fidelity mockups using Photoshop and prototyping flows using Invision.
• WEB DESIGN II
  This course focuses on the design of web applications. Students are introduced to common design paradigms and patterns that enable successful user experiences and learn about some of the cornerstone principles and philosophies driving user interactions in the digital world.
• DESIGNING FOR WEB & MOBILE
  Students are introduced to comprehensive mobile website design strategies and iOS application design. Instruction includes mobile design terminology, information delivery planning, navigational paradigms, best practices for designing interactive applications and the use of current software applications involved with prototyping mobile websites and native iOS apps.
• CODING FOR DESIGNERS
  This course melds design with code introducing students to coding technologies used to create websites that are optimized to work across multiple devices. Students will gain an understanding of the best practices and industry-standard techniques for coding HTML5, CSS and Javascript into a text editor.