Elevate your design skills

‍Take your design abilities to the next level with courses focused on user research, UX design, and information architecture.

You’ll learn how to conduct research that informs design decisions, create intuitive user experiences, and organize information in a way that makes sense to users. These courses will provide you with the tools to design products that are not only visually appealing but also highly functional and user-friendly. You’ll gain hands-on experience in creating wireframes, prototypes, and interactive designs that balance user needs with business goals, preparing you to tackle more complex design challenges.

The Bletchley Institute x Flatiron School difference:

• Learn to design digital products with no previous experience
• Gain confidence using industry-standard software
• Be mentored by an experienced product designer
• Small group classes (max 5 students)

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Pre-requisites: Product Design Essentials

To succeed in these courses, you should have:

• A solid understanding of visual design principles, including typography, color theory, and layout.
• Experience using design tools like Figma to create basic wireframes and prototypes.
• Familiarity with the basics of accessibility, usability, and inclusive design, ensuring your designs are user-friendly.

After completing the program, you have the option to continue your journey with Product Design Foundations II: UI Design.

Curriculum 

Industry-approved curriculum to help launch your career as a product designer

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User Research - 3 weeks

This course teaches you to excel in user research, including designing research plans, crafting surveys and interviews, and recruiting participants. You'll evaluate existing research materials to ensure they meet best practices. The course culminates in a project where you'll assess research artifacts and provide feedback to improve overall research objectives.

What you'll learn:

• 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

This course focuses on evaluating research data and communicating findings to stakeholders. You'll learn to assess existing research and present data clearly and effectively to various audiences. The course concludes with a project where you'll prepare a stakeholder presentation for a user research project.

What you'll learn:

• 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

This course introduces Lean UX, focusing on user-centered design through continuous feedback and iteration. You'll learn to turn ideas into testable prototypes, conduct user testing, and validate design solutions. The course ends with a project where you'll apply UX recommendations to improve existing prototypes.

What you'll learn:

• 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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Tuition

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Upfront

$3,600

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Pay as You Go

$4,000

3 monthly payments of $1,334