User Interface (UI) Design Courses & Programs in Vancouver

Tamwood International College

Course

In Vancouver (Canada)

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Description

  • Type

    Course

  • Level

    Advanced

  • Location

    Vancouver (Canada)

  • Start date

    Different dates available

UI design professionals are in high demand everywhere in the world. Take this program to set yourself up for a successful career. In this program, you will learn the practical skills, tools, and techniques used in the field of User Interface & Visual Communication Design, including creative software, layout and composition, colour and typographic theory, visual brand identity, conceptual and strategic thinking, and designing for digital interfaces.

This program prepares you to work in any of the following roles: User Interface Designer, Graphic Designer, Web Designer, Communication Designer, Production Designer, Interactive Designer, Art Director, or Creative Director.

You have the choice of doing the full-time diploma or the work and study diploma which combines the courses in the full-time diploma program with a 480-hour co-operative work term.

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Location

Start date

Vancouver (Canada)
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Start date

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About this course

Graduates of this program will be prepared for positions like User Interface Designer, Graphic Designer, Web Designer, Communication Designer, Production Designer, Interactive Designer, Art Director, Creative Director.

Minimum Age: Minimum 19 years of age prior to the start of the study period or graduation from grade 12

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Subjects

  • Design
  • Design techniques
  • Drawing
  • Javascript
  • Java

Course programme

Course Breakdown
  • Course 1: Fundamentals of Web Development
  • Course 2: Introduction to UI Design
  • Course 3: Visual Design for UI
  • Course 4: Design Tools for UI
  • Course 5: Digital Marketing for UI
  • Course 6: Career Preparation for UICooperative Work Experience (Diploma Only)
As UI and UX are new areas of study, the best teachers could be located in cities other than Vancouver. Tamwood always wants to ensure we are using the highest quality teachers to teach your courses so these programs may, from time to time, be delivered by a remote teacher in real-time.

Program Outcomes


Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:
  • Follow the steps of the creative process: research, ideation, execution, and revision
  • Assemble effective colour palettes
  • Select appropriate typefaces considering their quality, legal requirements, availability, and visual language while composing elegant typesetting in view of visual hierarchy, alignment, and spacing
  • Design balanced layouts with clear focal points, balance, and alignment
  • Build designs in Photoshop with the ability to create masks, apply filters, and other relevant tools
  • Draw vector elements in Illustrator using the pen tool, pathfinder, strokes, and other relevant tools
  • Build user interface layouts in Sketch using vector tools, grids, symbols, and other relevant tools
  • Design a visual brand identity such as a logo, colour palette, typefaces, photography, and iconography
  • Lead productive ideation sessions
  • Practice a user-centric approach to problem-solving
  • Recognize the best practices of user experience design
  • Identify limitations and possibilities when working with programming languages such as CSS, HTML, Javascript, Swift, and Java
  • Build a creative brief
  • Confidently and eloquently present creative work
  • Distinguish art and design eras, movements, and trends
  • Constructively critique peers’ work

User Interface (UI) Design Courses & Programs in Vancouver

Price on request