Students will establish a foundation of essential skills needed to succeed in all courses offered in the UX Degree program. These skills include developing visual assets, identifying visual design and UI standards, learning about universal design principles, and reviewing best practices for effective team collaboration.

Textbook

• N/A

• Books of interest listed in Bb

Online Resources

• Optional account with Adobe Creative Cloud. You can begin your account ID process here.

Tools

• Figma and inVision accounts(Free)

• Mural and Google Slides(Free)

Competency 1: Survey image editing tools used in UX design

Competency 2: Develop essential design skills with Illustrator and Photoshop

What you’ll learn to do by the end of this course:

Course Level Outcomes:

1. Discover tools used for creating visual assets, for prototyping, and for collaboration.

2. Design for Web & Mobile

3. Design Coding

4. UI Design Patterns

5. Intro to Design Systems

6. Wireframe for Design Success

7. Design Project - Design to Prototype

What you’ll learn to do by the end of the program:

Program Level Outcomes:

1. Demonstrate effective Ideation for creative problem solving and idea generation.

2. Describe the benefits of team collaboration.

3. Use Human Centered Design and Design Thinking for design challenges.

4. Apply a User Centered Design process to design websites and software applications.

5. Explain the effectiveness of information gathered through UX research methods.

6. Produce prototypes for software applications using industry standard methods, tools, and techniques.

7. Design and develop responsive layouts for multi-device applications.

Demonstrate professionalism and proficiency, in the presentation, design, and delivery of a UX portfolio.