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Overview
This Digital Experience Design and Professional Communication program at MacEwan University - School of Continuing Education will focus on the development of digital products and prototypes/mockups such as websites and apps.
Students will be equipped with new skills and design strategies and will be able to better assess client requirements and achieve the desired results. Students in this program will also develop their professional communication skills to prepare them for a successful career in Canada.
What you will learn
In this program, you will learn to:
- Understand and identify client problems, recognize user needs and translate these into wireframes, prototypes and visual interfaces
- Recognize user behaviours and motivations, translate these into goals and tasks and apply to the layout of a visual interface
- Apply user experience and interaction design principles to creation of wireframes, prototypes and/or mockups
- Design visual interfaces for websites and/or software applications
- Select and utilize software tools best suited to the circumstances
- Communicate ideas, information and digital experience design principles in spoken (presentation to a client) and written (concept, proposal) forms
Programme Structure
Courses include:
- Digital Experience and Design Basics
- User Interface Design
- Adobe Illustrator
- Web Design and Development
- Wordpress for Web Page Publishing
- Adobe InDesign
- Professional Communication
- Advanced Business Presentations
- Business Writing
- Canadian Workplace Culture
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 12 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApplication deadline not specified.
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More details
Start Date: September
Language
English
TOEFL® IBT 80
Delivered
On Campus
Disciplines
Graphic Design User Experience Design View 8 other Short Courses in User Experience Design in CanadaAcademic requirements
We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.
English requirements
TOEFL® IBT 80
Student insurance
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- Home contents and baggage
- Accidents
- Legal aid
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Other requirements
General requirements
- Applicants must submit five documents (if applicable, provide the colour copy of the document):
- Proof of academic credential. This includes a post secondary degree or equivalent in their original form, translated into English.
- Your professional resume with at least one year work experience in industry.
- Proof of English Language Proficiency. Successful applicants require a minimum English language proficiency of Academic IELTS 6.0 on each band or TOEFL/CBT 80.
- Citizenship and immigration documents, which may include one of the following four options:
- Landed Immigrant papers
- Permanent Residency Card
- Convention Refugee Documentation
- Photocopy of Passport picture page
Tuition Fee
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International
18700 CAD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 18700 CAD for the full programme during 12 months. -
National
18700 CAD/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 18700 CAD for the full programme during 12 months.
Living costs for Edmonton
1201 - 1992 CAD /month
Living costs
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