Diploma in User Experience (UX) Design (Co-op)

Tamwood International College - Vancouver Campus

Canada,British Columbia

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12 Months

Duration

CAD 12,000/year

Tuition Fee

CAD 0 FREE

Application Fee

Jan 2025

Apply Date

Canada, British Columbia

Type: College

Location Type: Urban

Founded: 1992

Total Students: 71,256 +

Campus Detail

Main Campus Address

200-889 W Pender St, Vancouver, BC V6C 3B2, Canada

Diploma in User Experience (UX) Design (Co-op)

Program Overview

UX design professionals are in high demand. Take this program to set yourself up for a successful career as a UX Design Professional. In this program you will learn the skills, tools, and techniques used in the field of User Experience Design and apply them in a practical professional environment; including design, research, testing of interfaces, websites, products, and applications. This program prepares you for a career in any of the following roles: UX Designer, Information Architect, UX Researcher, Product Designer, and Interaction Designer.

You have the choice of doing the full-time diploma or the work and study diploma which combines the courses in the full-time diploma program with a 480-hour co-operative work term.

Program Outcomes
Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:

  • Understand and apply the principles of user experience research, user-centric design approaches and strategy, UX methodologies, information architecture, user behaviours, information structures, graphical user interfaces, visual design, mobile user experience, and usability testing
  • Work in a practical setting and apply techniques such as creating a user-centric design approach for a project using personal development and information design
  • Develop usable wireframes for a website and/or simple application using Axure software
  • Design an intuitive user interface and applying the learned principles of visual design
  • Test and measure the success of a UX design project employing learned user testing techniques

Co-op Work Experience
Students in the Work and Study Diploma Program complete a 480 hour co-op work placement. After completing the Job Skills Seminars and attending the Orientation to Working and Living in Canada, co-op students work with the Work Placement Coordinator to secure a job placement in which they can make a practical application of the skills and knowledge learned in the study term. Through the co-op work placement, students gain valuable work experience in Canada, expand and fine-tune their hard and soft skills and make new professional connections in their chosen career field.

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