Morning Session

• Overview of UI/UX Design
• Definition of UI vs. UX
• Why UI/UX matters in product design
• Career paths in UI/UX
• The UX Design Process
• Research > Define > Design
• Prototype > Test
• Case studies of good and bad UX

Afternoon Session

• User Research Basics
• Understanding users and their needs
• Conducting user interviews and surveys
• Competitor analysis
• Introduction to Wireframing
• Low-fidelity sketches vs. digital wireframes
• Tools for wireframing (Figma, Adobe XD, Balsamiq)
• Hands-on wireframing exercise

Morning Session

• UX Psychology & Heuristics
• Gestalt principles
• Hick’s Law, Fitts’ Law, and Miller’s Law
• Jakob Nielsen’s 10 usability heuristics
• User Personas & Journey Mapping
• Creating user personas
• Mapping user journeys

Afternoon Session

• Introduction to Prototyping
• Why prototypes matter
• Paper vs. digital prototyping
• Hands-on: Creating interactive prototypes in Figma
• Usability Testing
• Basics of usability testing
• Conducting usability tests and gathering feedback

Morning Session

• Introduction to UI Design
• UI components (buttons, forms, navigation)
• Layout and grids in UI design
• Typography and color theory

Afternoon Session

• Design Systems & Consistency
• Understanding design systems (Material Design, Apple HIG)
• Creating a simple design system
• Hands-on: Designing a UI Screen
• Redesigning a simple app screen
• Peer reviews and feedback

Morning Session

• Advanced Prototyping Techniques
• Micro-interactions and animations
• Figma Smart Animate
• Responsive & Accessible Design
• Designing for different screen sizes
• WCAG guidelines for accessibility

Afternoon Session

• Final Class Project
• Designing a small UI/UX project from scratch
• Presenting work and receiving feedback
• Next Steps in UI/UX Career
• Building a portfolio
• Finding jobs or freelance work
• Q&A and course wrap-up