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Apr 18, 2024
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UX 1511 - Visual Design I3 lecture hours 0 lab hours 3 credits
Course Description
Visual Design I is a foundational UX design course covering the basics of composition, typography, color, and imagery. Visual design enhances the usability of a product, and its aesthetic appeal, by shaping experiences to elicit user responses and behaviors that suit the use and purpose of a product. Students will learn Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator. The course balances lecture, in-class workshops, and team projects, which include print/digital brochures and business cards. (prereq: none)
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand how design impacts our daily lives
- Understand how visual design is integrated into the field of User Experience
- Execute a clear understanding of what constitutes effective design in visual communications
- Employ principles of effective design by use of typography and the interaction of type and imagery together
- Proficiency in basic functions of Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, and Acrobat-enough to create a quality design that could be taken to press or published digitally
Prerequisites by Topic
Course Topics
- Sketching
- Principles of design
- Design process
- Designing for print and digital
- Color aesthetics and theory
- Basics of the psychology of design
- Typography
- Imagery
- Constructive critiquing
- Understanding audience
- Adobe Creative Suite (Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, and Illustrator)
Coordinator
Dr. Nadya Shalamova
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