About the training

This is the best program you can take to get a solid professional capability in the UX field. It teaches how to make software easy. In ten days total, we cover the foundations (mostly cognitive psychology), through modeling users, designing interfaces, and usability testing. If you are getting into the field; this is a great place to start. But even people with Doctorates in HCI learn from this program. Because we cover very specifically, the pragmatic stuff you need to know now. It is a highly efficient package, with roots back to 1982, and it gets quarterly updates.

The Certified Usability Analyst™ exam dates back to 2001. It is not a test showing completion of the CUA training. And you can take the exam without taking any HFI courses. The CUA classes and the CUA Exam come from the same model of what you need now to design usable stuff.