Overview
The User Experience Design (Hons) degree from Norwich University of the Arts gives you the essential skills to become a successful UX designer – shaping how people engage with digital products and services.
Your learning will focus on applying user experience and digital design principles that are highly prized in today’s fast-changing design industry.
You will use industry-standard technologies and prototyping techniques to develop professional solutions for a range of contexts.
In each case, you will move from research to the creation of user journeys to the design of user experiences that work across multiple digital environments: from desktop to mobile.
Industry-ready UX skills
You will learn how to work with the commercial sector through contact with external businesses via live briefs, UX design agencies and a student-led consultancy.
The project management, communication and collaborative working skills you develop will make your CV and portfolio stand out to employers.
Typical career paths include
- User Interface Designer
- UX Designer
- Interaction Designer
- Digital Designer
- Visual Designer
- Product Manager
- UX Design Manager
- Front End Developer
- Digital Web Designer
- UX Architect
- UX Business Analyst
- Product Marketing Manager
Programme Structure
What you will learn:
- Share your first year, and then continue to work alongside graphics students, allowing for a unique cross fertilisation of knowledge, skills and experience
- Develop skills in visual design, problem solving, idea generation, research and user testing, iterative design, coding and psychology
- Through UX design, research and testing, create designs for screen applications and web technologies
- Collaborate with others in a competitive presentation and/or pitch environment, and take part in projects, including competition briefs and other professionally-focused projects
- Complete a research report that puts your practice in context.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- Starting
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Credits
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Disciplines
Design Graphic Design User Experience Design View 48 other Bachelors in User Experience Design in United KingdomAcademic requirements
English requirements
Other requirements
General requirements
- A / AS Levels – GCE: 3 A-level qualifications at grades BBB. Where candidates are not taking 3 A-levels, NUA will consider combinations of A-level/AS-level and other Level 3 qualifications
- BTEC Extended Diploma (QCF or RQF): Distinction, Merit, Merit in a science/technical subject (e.g. maths, physics, computer science)
- BTEC Diploma (QCF or RQF): Distinction*, Distinction in a science/technical subject (e.g. maths, physics, computer science)
- UAL Extended Diploma: An overall Merit in a science/technical subject (e.g. maths, physics, computer science)
- Access to Higher Education Diploma (Art and Design): Pass in a science/technical subject (e.g. maths, physics, computer science)
- International Baccalaureate Diploma: A minimum of 27 points
- Your portfolio should be relevant to this course, but you can include a wide range of work that shows your creativity, technical competence, industry awareness and career aspirations.
Tuition Fee
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International
15900 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 15900 GBP per year during 36 months. -
National
9250 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 9250 GBP per year during 36 months.
Living costs for Norwich
The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.
Funding
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