UX Design for Beginners University of the Arts London (UAL)

Overview

The UX Design for Beginners short course at the University of the Arts London (UAL) is a professionally focused, design-led course that will equip you with the fundamental skills to conceive, prototype and produce human-centered user journeys in an interactive digital context.

There's an increasingly high demand for experienced designers who can combine their creative skills with profound insight into human behaviours and contexts. You'll learn some of the standard methods of UX design but also an awareness of the wider social, ethical and political contexts in which UX work is done.

This course will consider any materials and technologies appropriate for the development of practical skills and design thinking. You'll learn the advanced studio skills of user experience design, the methods and practices of user research and the critical-theoretical background to the field.

Learning outcomes

• Gather, analyse and structure qualitative research data about how people behave with technologies and spaces to inform the development of a UX design project
• Conceive, plan and prototype in low fidelity resolution your chosen design solution taking account of the social and political dimensions of your idea
• Show how your design would play out in a narrative scenario involving people and situations from your chosen concept area
• Present a high-resolution digital prototype of your design and demonstrate how it intersects with existing systems, behaviours, services and contexts
• Digital badge and certificate of attendance