AGENTUR FÜR ARBEIT UI Design Program Curriculum

A learning experience that’s as rigorous and in sync with the industry as it is suited to beginners and upskillers alike.

Skills-focused

Every aspect of our curriculum is specifically designed to cultivate the industry’s most in-demand skills. From design principles and heuristics to wireframing, color theory, typography—and everything in between—you’ll graduate with everything you need to thrive in your new career.

Rigorously practical

Our project-based curriculum takes you well beyond theory to immerse you in the kind of work you’ll be doing on the job. You’ll put everything you learn to immediate, practical use through hands-on projects—all integral to the professional portfolio you’ll build along the way.

Written by experts

Our instructional designers and editors work together with subject matter experts—seasoned and skilled practitioners—to create and continuously update learning materials and project briefs that equip you with the industry knowledge and skills that will get you hired.

Curriculum overview

Part-time
Full-time
UI Design Duration
8 months
UI Design Duration
4.2 months
UI Design Program

This course provides a deeper dive into the daily practice and mindset of a professional UI designer. You’ll complete a total of five projects (achievements) consisting of several tasks each.

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Achievement 1
Achievement 2
Achievement 3
Achievement 4
Achievement 5
Achievement 6
Recreating an Existing Interface

This course will take you through ten tasks leading up to one main project: recreating screens for a travel app:

1.1

What Is UI?

1.2

Introduction to Design Tools

1.3

Working with Layers & Shapes

1.4

Point Types & Boolean Operations

1.5

Visual Design Basics

1.6

Working with Text

1.7

Advanced Tool Functions

1.8

Pixel Precision

1.9

Previewing Your Work

1.10

Preparing Your Work for Handoff

Conceptualization of Design Principles

Learn design theory, principles, patterns and mediums and use them to design a mobile app from scratch. Here’s what you’ll learn:

2.1

Design Principles & Heuristics

2.2

Consistency in Design Patterns

2.3

Wireframes

2.4

Layout Design & Spacing

2.5

Introduction to Grids

2.6

UI Elements & Hierarchy

2.7

Symbols & Iconography

2.8

Evoking Emotion in UI

2.9

Text & Typography in UI

2.10

Using Color in UI

2.11

Platforms & Devices

User Experience

Incorporate basic principles of user experience (UX) design to solve UI design problems, then conduct user research and create user personas. Here’s what you’ll learn:

3.1

Design Processes

3.2

User Psychology

3.3

Conducting User Research

3.4

Creating User Personas

3.5

What Is Lean UX?

3.6

Gathering Requirements

3.7

User Flows & User Flow Diagrams

3.8

Exploratory Sketching & Rapid Prototyping

3.9

User Testing

Design Workflow

Create a workflow for your app and design a mood board, mockups, and the primary screens for your app. Here’s what you’ll learn:

4.1

Finding Inspiration

4.2

Building a Mood Board

4.3

Primary & Secondary Actions

4.4

A/B Testing

4.5

Responsive Design & Frameworks

4.6

Mockups

4.7

Creating a Style Guide

4.8

Reviewing & Critiquing

4.9

The Feedback Loop

Mobile App Design for iPhone and Android

Wireframe and design a complete mobile meeting management app and/or an app of your choice for both iOS and Android. Here’s what you’ll learn:

5.1

Mobile Platforms: iOS

5.2

Mobile Platforms: Android

5.3

Mobile Design Patterns & Trends

5.4

Learning from Others

5.5

Basic App Structure

5.6

Sounds & Physical Feedback

5.7

Mobile Gestures

5.8

Building a Mobile App

5.9

Prototyping a Mobile App

A Complete Application

Design an app from start to finish, using everything you’ve learned in the program. You’ll also gather your coursework and build your professional portfolio.

6.1

Reusing Common Components

6.2

Prototyping Animation

6.3

Building a Cohesive Brand

6.4

Less is More

6.5

Starting from Nothing

6.6

Final Project

6.7

What Makes a Good Portfolio?

6.8

Building Your Portfolio

UI Design Program

This course provides a deeper dive into the daily practice and mindset of a professional UI designer. You’ll complete a total of five projects (achievements) consisting of several tasks each.

Achievement 1: Recreating an Existing Interface

This course will take you through ten tasks leading up to one main project: recreating screens for a travel app:

  • 1.1

    What Is UI?

  • 1.2

    Introduction to Design Tools

  • 1.3

    Working with Layers & Shapes

  • 1.4

    Point Types & Boolean Operations

  • 1.5

    Visual Design Basics

  • 1.6

    Working with Text

  • 1.7

    Advanced Tool Functions

  • 1.8

    Pixel Precision

  • 1.9

    Previewing Your Work

  • 1.10

    Preparing Your Work for Handoff

Achievement 2: Conceptualization of Design Principles

Learn design theory, principles, patterns and mediums and use them to design a mobile app from scratch. Here’s what you’ll learn:

  • 2.1

    Design Principles & Heuristics

  • 2.2

    Consistency in Design Patterns

  • 2.3

    Wireframes

  • 2.4

    Layout Design & Spacing

  • 2.5

    Introduction to Grids

  • 2.6

    UI Elements & Hierarchy

  • 2.7

    Symbols & Iconography

  • 2.8

    Evoking Emotion in UI

  • 2.9

    Text & Typography in UI

  • 2.10

    Using Color in UI

  • 2.11

    Platforms & Devices

Achievement 3: User Experience

Incorporate basic principles of user experience (UX) design to solve UI design problems, then conduct user research and create user personas. Here’s what you’ll learn:

  • 3.1

    Design Processes

  • 3.2

    User Psychology

  • 3.3

    Conducting User Research

  • 3.4

    Creating User Personas

  • 3.5

    What Is Lean UX?

  • 3.6

    Gathering Requirements

  • 3.7

    User Flows & User Flow Diagrams

  • 3.8

    Exploratory Sketching & Rapid Prototyping

  • 3.9

    User Testing

Achievement 4: Design Workflow

Create a workflow for your app and design a mood board, mockups, and the primary screens for your app. Here’s what you’ll learn:

  • 4.1

    Finding Inspiration

  • 4.2

    Building a Mood Board

  • 4.3

    Primary & Secondary Actions

  • 4.4

    A/B Testing

  • 4.5

    Responsive Design & Frameworks

  • 4.6

    Mockups

  • 4.7

    Creating a Style Guide

  • 4.8

    Reviewing & Critiquing

  • 4.9

    The Feedback Loop

Achievement 5: Mobile App Design for iPhone and Android

Wireframe and design a complete mobile meeting management app and/or an app of your choice for both iOS and Android. Here’s what you’ll learn:

  • 5.1

    Mobile Platforms: iOS

  • 5.2

    Mobile Platforms: Android

  • 5.3

    Mobile Design Patterns & Trends

  • 5.4

    Learning from Others

  • 5.5

    Basic App Structure

  • 5.6

    Sounds & Physical Feedback

  • 5.7

    Mobile Gestures

  • 5.8

    Building a Mobile App

  • 5.9

    Prototyping a Mobile App

Achievement 6: A Complete Application

Design an app from start to finish, using everything you’ve learned in the program. You’ll also gather your coursework and build your professional portfolio.

  • 6.1

    Reusing Common Components

  • 6.2

    Prototyping Animation

  • 6.3

    Building a Cohesive Brand

  • 6.4

    Less is More

  • 6.5

    Starting from Nothing

  • 6.6

    Final Project

  • 6.7

    What Makes a Good Portfolio?

  • 6.8

    Building Your Portfolio

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Built on proven learning theories and industry expertise

Dive into a comprehensive and varied learning experience designed to take you from beginner to pro.

Each course is packed with reading materials and supporting videos, audio learning options, and more.

Our instructional designers work hand-in-hand with seasoned experts in the field to keep our curriculum rooted in proven learning theories, and in-sync with the industry.

Graduate portfolios

See some of the incredible work our students complete during the UI Design Program.

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Annabel Hesselink's Portfolio Project
Annabel Hesselink
UX/UI Designer
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Claudia Lordelo's Portfolio Project
Claudia Lordelo
UI designer
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Curry Du's Portfolio Project
Curry Du
UX/UI designer
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Kristen Stabile's Portfolio Project
Kristen Stabile
UI/Product designer
See project
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Lissy Bonness's Portfolio Project
Lissy Bonness
UI designer
See project

Create beautiful work with industry-standard tools

Design Tools

We’ve partnered up with industry-standard tool providers to make sure you have access to the tools you might use on the job. Through free trials and special discounts available to CF students, you’ll be able to try out a variety of tools to see what works best for you. Check out our perks page or Course Prep in your course for more information on tool discounts.

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What our graduates have to say

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