UX/UI Curriculum

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

The University of Minnesota UX/UI Boot Camp will train you on the necessary skills to enter the exciting fields of user interface (UI) design, user experience (UX) research, and product management.

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. You will also walk out with an impressive professional portfolio and the confidence you need to succeed as a UX or UI professional.

UX/UI Part-Time

User Experience Design

Description:

Learn to understand the user journey through leading research techniques and methodologies.

What You Will Learn:

  • User-centered design
  • Design research methods
  • Figma / Figjam
  • UX interviewing
  • Brainstorming, ideation, and insight synthesis
  • Personas, archetypes, and storytelling creation
  • Decision and journey mapping
  • Prototyping and iterative design
  • Accessibility and usability
  • Usability testing
  • Project management

User Interface Design

Description:

A deep dive into the necessary skills, technologies, and frameworks designers need to master in order to create functional and engaging web and mobile applications.

What You Will Learn:

  • User Interface (UI) design
  • Heuristic analysis
  • HTML and CSS
  • Responsive web design (RWD)
  • Bootstrap and RWD design
  • UI patterns and libraries
  • Branding and consistency
  • Color, typography, and iconography
  • Information architecture
  • Layout and navigation design
  • Design systems and components
  • Multimodal design

Web Prototyping and Interaction Design

Description:

Create live web applications as full-fledged prototypes and experiment with more complex user interactions.

What You Will Learn:

  • Web portfolios and case studies
  • Design interviewing
  • Whiteboard challenges
  • Web Hosting and no-code technologies
  • JavaScript
  • Presenting and pitching ideas
  • RWD prototyping
  • Collaborative development and design handoff

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