UX/UI Boot Camp curriculum

In today’s digital landscape, employers across industries and looking for innovators and creative thinkers with the skills to transform business through imaginative interfaces and engaging user experiences.

At University of Birmingham UX/UI Boot Camp, you’ll learn both the theory and tools used by modern designers, employing user-centric design and a wealth of creative tools to build dynamic experiences.

Through immersive hands-on experience, you will not only learn the fundamental skills for UX research/UI design but also demonstrate those skills on complex projects that bolster your portfolio.

Learning Module: The “U” Of UX/UI


Description:

The common theme throughout this course is that we will be designing with users in mind. That being said, how do we know who our user is? What do they do? How do they act? Those are the questions we will strive to answer in this module as we dig into popular research techniques and methodologies.

What You Will Learn:

  • UX / Design Thinking
  • User Centered Design Research
  • Empathy & Users
  • UX Interviewing
  • Insight Synthesis
  • Persona Creation
  • Decision Mapping
  • Prototyping
  • User Testing

Learning Module: Interface Design


Description:

Interfaces need to be both engaging and intuitive in order to craft solid user experiences. Over the course of these few weeks, we will cover many of the necessary skills, technologies, and frameworks designers should know in order to make immersive applications.

What You Will Learn:

  • User Interaction
  • User Interface & Affordance
  • Invision
  • Project Management & Tools
  • User Centered Design
  • Accessibility & Usability
  • UI Patterns & Libraries
  • Atomic Design
  • Adobe XD and Figma

Learning Module: Visual Design Theory


Description:

While an interface that functions is a distinct necessity, an interface that draws the eye of its user is just as important. During this module, we will cover color theory, iconography, typography, and the many other crucial aspects of visual design that modern UI/UX developers need to provide a high-class, hands-on experience.

What You Will Learn:

  • Typography
  • Heuristics, Usability & UI Iterations
  • Continuity & Branding in UX & UI
  • Iconography

Learning Module: Web Prototyping and Interaction Design


Description:

What good is a solid interface if no one can use it? You will learn how to apply all of the knowledge you've acquired to create live applications on the web as full-fledged visual prototypes. Next, you will apply JavaScript and jQuery to your creation to incorporate more complex user interactions.

What You Will Learn:

  • HTML
  • CSS
  • GitHub
  • Bootstrap
  • JavaScript
  • jQuery

Learning Module: Final Project


Description:

You will work in small groups to leverage the software, skills, and techniques learned throughout the course in this final project to showcase to the world what you've achieved.

What You Will Learn:

  • Dreaming up something fantastic and pushing the bounds of what is reasonable and achievable

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