User-Experience and User-Interface (UX/UI) Design with Integrated Foundation Year

Study for a UI/UX design course in London and create intuitive digital products and ingenious apps for the platforms of the future.

Why study this UX/UI design degree?
1. Develop a multidisciplinary design skillset for UX/UI - master research, interaction, interface and emerging technologies
2. Learn how to interpret user behaviour and digital interaction to design meaningful products, services and experiences
3. Build a portfolio through experimentation, critical inquiry and user-centred design
4. Design across a wide range of contemporary and future-facing contexts, including immersive environments and connected technologies
5. Learn from experienced practitioners with strong industry connections

On this UX design course, you’ll learn to design intuitive interfaces, services and digital experiences for the technologies and cultures of the future. This will set you up to graduate with a multidisciplinary skillset focused around research, interaction, interface design and emerging technologies.

This practice-led UI/UX design course in London looks at the fundamentals, including user research, experience design, interaction design, visual design and information architecture – and how these components can be professionally identified, investigated, informed and interrogated. It explores design thinking, human-centered design and the creative and innovative use of technology to boost organisations and inspire positive change.

Learn from the leading minds in the industry, combining theory with practice to understand user behaviour and design products and services that optimise the user’s experience.

This UX/UI design course explores the importance of designing for the end-user experience with intuitive user interfaces. You will develop an individual portfolio of projects based on user-centred research and design experimentation, which will showcase your creative, analytical and technical expertise.

UX/UI designers are in huge demand across all sectors, and owed to our exceptional industry connections, this course is designed to make you truly industry ready.

Integrated Foundation Year
On the Integrated Foundation Year on this course, you will be first introduced to the fundamental principles of design. Your foundation year gives you the time, space and support to explore your strengths, build confidence and prepare for the demands of project-based, industry-focused learning. Modules are as follows:

Module 1: Diagnostic exploration - making informed choices
Module 2: Technical - Technical knowledge in practice
Module 3: Specialist - Innovating specialist practice
Module 4: Integration - Integrated practice for progression to Higher Education

After completing your Integrated Foundation Year, you will study the following:

Year 1
Year 1 introduces core competencies in graphic design, information design, and web coding - building the fundamental skills of a UX and UI designer. Industry practitioners and speakers supplement and enhance the core delivery throughout.

Modules may include:
• Rave Beginnings



• UX Research



• Fundamentals of Practice



• Interacting with Products (& Creative Coding)



• Web Design



• Employability & Professionalism



Year 2
Year 2 explores advanced interactivity through experimentation in coding, encouraging a personal approach and applying both individual and group design propositions to real-world and imaginative scenarios.

Modules may include:
• Immersive Worlds



• Preparing for Industry



• Insight Interaction



• Service Design



• Emerging Industry Brief



• Live & Work-based Learning



Year 3
Final year channels three years of study into increasingly professional, self-directed projects - building toward a major final body of work appropriate to applied contexts within the creative industries

Modules may include:
• Industry Collaboration



• Situating Practice



• Hello World



• Rave Futures



• Major Project



All modules are subject to revalidation.

Do you want to study in a top 3 student city in the world?* Unleash your creativity at Ravensbourne University London.

Located in London's Design District, Ravensbourne sits opposite the O2, next to Greenwich, and at the heart of the city's cutting-edge creative community. With London's impressive skyline and iconic river just opposite, you're bound to find inspiration all around.

Ravensbourne courses cover Architecture, Business, Computing and Games, Design, Fashion and Film, TV and Media. You'll experience live industry briefs and learn from those who are already excelling in their chosen industries, giving you connections and career confidence from the very start. You'll also have the opportunity to work alongside other specialisms as you will when you enter the workplace.

With spaces available through Clearing, you can join a unique community of makers and innovators this September.

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