Diploma in UI UX
DURATION
6 Months
(Weekend Only)
ELIGIBILITY
10+2 /PUC Pass
(with English) from any Recognized Board
AFFILIATION
Bangalore School of Design
UI UX Design for User Experience is a diploma program that is concerned with the design and use of computer and mobile technology, focusing on the interfaces between people and systems. This interdisciplinary program sits at the intersection of engineering, behavioral sciences, and design. It combines academic rigor with practical and professional skills highly valued by employers.
Employers everywhere are looking for tinkerers and creative thinkers capable of transforming their businesses through imaginative interfaces and beautiful user experiences. Through the Bangalore School of Design’s HCI Program, you too can join the ranks of these industry-shaping creative professionals.
In this part-time, 6 Months program, you’ll be trained on the skills necessary to enter the exciting fields of User Experience (UX), User Interface(UI), User Research, Usability Test & Design Thinking.
The program is scheduled to fit into your life, whether you’re employed or attending college full-time, with convenient weekend and evening sessions. A rigorous and fast-paced program, in each class you’ll learn both the theory and tools used by modern designers. Throughout the program, you will be challenged to employ user-centric design and a wealth of creative tools to build engaging designs and user experiences. Plus, you’ll walk out with an impressive professional portfolio and the confidence you need to succeed as a UX or UI professional.
UI UX design is a discipline concerned with the design, evaluation and implementation of interactive computing systems for human use and with the study of major phenomena surrounding them.
Foundation of UI UX Design
UI UX is about understanding what it means to be a user of a computer (which is more complicated than it sounds), and therefore how to create related products and services that work seamlessly. This course provides a comprehensive introduction and deep dive into UI UX Design, so you can create designs that provide outstanding user experiences.
- History of Computer Interaction
- Design Principles
- Inspirational Design Case Study
- Design of Everyday Things (Reading summary of book)
- Command & Natural Languages
User Research & Methods
Engage in observations, interviews, surveys, and co-design activities (among other activities) – Develop empathy with design stakeholders. Produce reports whose outcomes have impacts on design decisions. This module helps students develop empathy with design stakeholders – looking at the project from their perspective, in order to let go of the defensive and protective feelings that often surround a project.
- Engage in observations, interviews, surveys, and co-design activities
- Develop empathy with design stakeholders
- Advocate for stakeholders within organizations
- Produce reports whose outcomes have impacts on design decisions
- Project Work
Information and Interaction Design
Designing meaningful relationships among people and the products they use is both an art and a science. This module will focus on the unique design practice of: representing and organizing information in such a way as to facilitate perception and understanding (information architecture); and, specifying the appropriate mechanisms for accessing and manipulating task information (interaction design).
- User Experience Design Process
- Information Architecture, Scenarios, storyboards, wireframing, prototyping
- Tools learned XD, Sketch, Axure, Balsamiq.
- Designing for Small Screens with responsive design
- Project Work
Visual Design and User Interface Design
Visual design as a field has grown out of both user interface (UI) design and graphic design. As such, it focuses on the aesthetics of a product Visual design aims to shape and improve the user experience through considering the effects of illustrations, photography, typography, space, layouts, and color on the usability of products and on their aesthetic appeal.
- Graphic Design for computer interfaces with learn tools Photoshop, AI, Sketch
- IOS & Android UI Pattern Study
- Tools learned Photoshop, Illustrator, Creative Suite.
- Information Visualisation for Data Dashboard Design
- Project Work
Design Thinking
Design thinking is a powerful process of problem-solving that begins with understanding unmet customer needs. From that insight emerges a process for innovation that encompasses concept development, applied creativity, prototyping, and experimentation. When design thinking approaches are applied to business, the success rate for innovation improves substantially.
- Brainstorming Techniques & Affinity Diagrams
- DT Process
- Synthesis
Usability Evaluation
Usability Evaluation focuses on how well users can learn and use a product to achieve their goals. It also refers to how satisfied users are with that process. You’ll learn how to plan a usability test, create test objectives, profile the user, select the right test, select the environment, prepare for the test materials, and conduct the test.
- Usability and Accessibility Standards
- Test Process and Lifecycle
- A/B Testing
UI & UX Tools
Adobe | Photoshop | Figma | Sketch, Axure | Marvel | Miro | Balsamiq | FlowMapp | Proto.io | Invision
