Course unit details:
User Experience Design
| Unit code | BMAN24662 |
|---|---|
| Credit rating | 10 |
| Unit level | Level 2 |
| Teaching period(s) | Semester 2 |
| Available as a free choice unit? | No |
Overview
This course seeks to understand the factors that can impact the experience that users have when engaging with digital products, with the view of enhancing their satisfaction. It introduces the user experience design cycle and the core principles and practices of User Experience (UX) design. It comprises a series of lectures to cement academic understanding, and practical exercises to develop the skills and knowledge required to undertake professional UX processes.
Pre/co-requisites
| Unit title | Unit code | Requirement type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Integrative Team Project 2 | BMAN24650 | Co-Requisite | Compulsory |
Aims
The aim of this course unit is to equip students with the theories, principles and psychology underpinning UX. In particular it aims to provide an understanding of: UX design, persona and scenario based design techniques, user interface design, usability testing, defining and measuring UX, user requirements and User Centered Design (UCD) process. Interactive prototyping is taught as part of this process.
Learning outcomes
Understand the difference between User Interface (UI) design and User Experience (UX);
Learn how UX researchers discover and assess user needs;
Learn how UX designers take an idea from a concept to a working prototype;
Learn how to incorporate a user-centered focus into the design process;
Learn the principles and processes of designing user experience;
Learn how to assess user needs and map them into system requirements;
Learn techniques for rapidly exploring design alternatives and selecting the most promising concepts; and
Learn key methods focused on user experience research trends and concepts.
Syllabus
Teaching and learning methods
Lectures & Labs
Employability skills
- Analytical skills
- This course will help students develop unique critical, analytical perspectives in user experience. Learning's from this course are necessary for a career in the field of UX, encompassing wide ranging responsibilities to ensure that an end product achieves it's core (often business) objectives whilst providing it's users with the most effective, efficient and enjoyable experience possible. Specifically, this course supports those seeking a career as UX design consultant, interaction designer, usability engineer and user researcher.
Assessment methods
Feedback methods
Informal advice and discussion during the lectures and labs.
Responses to student emails and questions from course coordinator including feedback provided to a group via an online discussion forum.
Written and/or verbal comments on assessed or non-assessed coursework.
Generic feedback posted on Blackboard regarding overall performance.
Recommended reading
- Smashing UX Design: Foundations for Designing Online User Experiences by Jesmond Allen & James Chudley
- You Should Test That: Conversion Optimization for More Leads, Sales and Profit Or The Art and Science of Optimized Marketing, by Chris Goward
Study hours
| Scheduled activity hours | |
|---|---|
| Lectures | 10 |
| Practical classes & workshops | 8 |
| Independent study hours | |
|---|---|
| Independent study | 82 |
Teaching staff
| Staff member | Role |
|---|---|
| Marzena Nieroda | Unit coordinator |
| Alexander Gunz | Unit coordinator |
Additional notes
This course was devised in consultation with ITMB students, industry panel and the ITMB working group.
For Academic Year 2023/4
Updated: March 2023
Approved by: March UG Committee