UI/UX Design
Research, wireframe, prototype and test — the full product design process, ending in a portfolio-ready case study.
What you will learn
Foundations of UX/UI design
User research & understanding users
Information architecture & user flows
Wireframing & prototyping
Visual & UI design
Usability testing & iteration
The professional designer
Curriculum
Foundations of UX/UI design
Case study — A confusing app loses users; a UX redesign turns it around.
Project — Do a UX teardown of an existing app, naming problems & opportunities.
User research & understanding users
Case study — A startup finds its real user problem through interviews and pivots the design.
Project — Conduct user research and produce personas + key insights for a product.
Information architecture & user flows
Case study — An e-commerce site lifts conversions by simplifying its navigation and flows.
Project — Design the information architecture and key user flows for an app.
Wireframing & prototyping
Case study — A team validates a feature with a clickable prototype before building it.
Project — Create wireframes and an interactive prototype for your product.
Visual & UI design
Case study — A brand builds a design system to stay consistent as it scales.
Project — Design a polished UI screen set with a mini design system.
Usability testing & iteration
Case study — Usability testing reveals a fatal flow issue the team never noticed.
Project — Run a usability test and iterate your design based on the findings.
The professional designer
Case study — A junior designer lands a role with a portfolio of real, well-documented projects.
Project — Build a portfolio case study documenting your design process.
Capstone
End-to-end product design project
Act as a product designer — take a real problem from research to a tested, polished, prototyped design.
· Problem brief
· User research plan & findings
· Personas & journey maps
· Information architecture
· User flows
· Wireframes
· High-fidelity UI design
· Interactive prototype
· Mini design system
· Accessibility checklist
· Usability test plan & results
· Iteration summary
· Design handoff specs
· Portfolio case study
· Executive summary & presentation
AI-guided learning
Our AI Mentor tracks your progress and generates custom practice prompts tailored to your industry.
Peer accountability
Join weekly sessions with fellow students across Africa to share tips and build networks.
Timmy's Tip
AI Mentor“Prompting isn't about asking, it's about designing. Give the model a role, a goal and a format, and watch the quality jump.”
