Product Design Bootcamp

Curriculum

Industry-approved curriculum to support your journey into product design

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Introduction to Design Techniques  - 3 weeks

• Compare user research (UR), user experience (UX), and user interface (UI) as elements of the product design skill set
• Implement fundamental designs with industry standard tools like Figma
• Apply product design frameworks to a design project

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Introduction to Responsible Design - 3 weeks

• Utilize frameworks and approaches for solving design problems while balancing user and business needs
• Implement foundational methodologies and techniques to creating ethical, inclusive, and accessible products
• Apply foundational design principles

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Integrating Art and Visual Design  - 3 weeks

• Apply visual principles to improve a design layout
• Integrate accessible and inclusive visual design choices 
• Demonstrate the ability to balance responsible design methodologies with user and business goals in design solutions

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User Research - 3 weeks

• Define the initial research approach.
• Evaluate initial user research plan.
• Integrate methodologies for conducting research.
• Strategize to develop and communicate the direction of the research design.

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Navigating the User Research Process - 3 weeks

• Define the approach to evaluating research data.
• Evaluate research data.
• Integrate methodologies for analyzing and synthesizing research.
• Strategize to communicate research findings to stakeholder.

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User Experience Design - 3 weeks

• Define Lean UX and explain the role of MVPs (Minimum Viable Product) in generating continuous feedback.
• Identify strategies to ideate and converge on a solution for an initial problem.
• Assess how well prototypes address established design objectives.

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Information Architecture - 3 weeks

• Explain how secondary research provides context to a design problem.
• Evaluate information architecture.
• Evaluate effectiveness of usability testing approach against research objectives.
• Communicate UI designs to teammates and stakeholders.

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User Interface Design Principles- 3 weeks

• Perform a heuristic evaluation.
• Evaluate pattern implementation and accessibility.
• Provide recommendations for improving the usability and accessibility.

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Design Systems - 3 weeks

• Create designs that adhere to the rules of a design system.
• Create feedback about results of interactions.
• Annotate designs to communicate implementation concerns .
• Provide recommendations for improving the usability and accessibility.

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Portfolio and Case Studies - 3 weeks

• Create a case study that illustrates the value of completed work.
• Develop a product designer portfolio.
• Solve for design challenges in the interview process.

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Product Design Capstone - 15 weeks

• Execute a research plan, synthesize for a UR Project.
• Execute appropriate methods of iteration and testing to generate insights to a UX design.
• Execute visual design and interaction principles to create an intuitive interface.
• Communicate findings for the appropriate stakeholders.
• Create a case study and integrate into design portfolio.