You doubt it is UX because you are not actually designing any UI? Then it is important you understand why this class teaches you these methods: before designing a UI, you have to figure out what UI to design. You can design all the beautiful UI's you want: if you designed the wrong UI, or designed for the wrong user, they are completely useless. You have to understand your users, how they would use the app, etc. You may think you can just 'figure that out', but experience has taught that you will be wrong, because you are usually a very different person from the users of your app.
