Curriculum
UX/UI Design
Beginner Course

Note! The sequence of topics per week is subject to change and may vary depending on industry requirements.

Week 1: Introductions
→ Introduction of Participants
→ Introduction to GRID philosophy
→ Introduction to Gayane and the course
→ Introduction to UX Design
→ Planning and UX strategy
→ Requirements gathering
→ Homework

Week 2
→ User research methods
→ Usability testing
→ User screening
→ User interview guides 
→ Reading materials

Week 3
→ UX Benchmarking
→ User personas
→ User journey mapping
→ Reading materials

Week 4
→ Product thinking
→ 5 Why’s/Problem statement
→ How might we question
→ Ideation techniques
→ Value proposition/Effort/Impact/MVP Scoping

Week 5
→ Overview of Information mapping techniques
→ User flow diagrams, and user journey mapping
→ Reading materials

Week 6
→ Understanding Information architecture
→ Creating Information architecture

Week 7
→ Card sorting
→ Tree testing
→ Reading materials

Week 8
→ User story mapping
→ Content planning

Week 9
→ Mobile Navigation
→ Wireframing mobile navigation

🎄Break: December 27/28
🎄Break: January 3/4


Week 10
→ Mobile app structure
→ Wireframing mobile screens

Week 11
→ Interaction Design principles
→ Finalise the wireframes

Week 12
→ Product personality
→ Look and feel research
→ Moodboard elements
→ Colour theory

Module 2

Week 13
→ Reflection/Feedback and next steps
→ Atomic Design

Week 14
→ Grids for Icons
→ Designing navigation icons

Week 15
→ Typography
→ Typographic scale and sizes for mobile and web

Week 16
→ Setting up grids for mobile and desktop
→ Introduction to visual composition

Week 17
→ UX Copy & Tone of Voice
→ Designing empty screens & error screens
→ Creating interactive prototypes

Week 18
→ Introduction to Autolayout
→ Understanding hierarchy & composition
→ Designing cards for mobile

Week 19
→ Practice Autolayout
→ Finalise the cards

Week 20
→ Designing for web: Top Navigation
→ Designing for web: Page sections

Week 21
→ Accessibility
→ Introduction to AI
→ Prompting techniques and workflows for Product design
→ AI Homework
→ AI Design Assignment

Week 22
→ Reflection and goodbye