BAU, Centro Universitario de Artes y Diseño de Barcelona
User Experience Design
Barcelona, Spain
Course
DURATION
6 weeks
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
Part time
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
TUITION FEES
EUR 630
STUDY FORMAT
Distance Learning
Key Summary
This course is an introduction to the fundamentals of UX Design, with a strong focus on digital product design, covering all the steps from the basic UX processes, from user interviews to prototypes and usability testing. Through the course you will be working on developing your own portfolio piece, which can be used to demonstrate your new skills immediately. Fully supported by expert mentors with access to industry leaders you will gain real life skills to equip you for success from day one.
BAU offers this intensive online specialisation course in collaboration with RMIT University in Australia with the aim of bringing the methods of this prestigious institution to design professionals in Europe.
- Teaching period: Next start dates - 11 May 2026 / 13 July 2026
- Schedule: online
- Modality: 100% online
- Language: English
- Price: 630 €
- Duration: 6 weeks, 8–12 h/week
User experience fundamentals, the Double Diamond, benchmarking, stakeholder management, personas, ideation, and prioritization, storyboarding, research methods, planning and running user interviews, synthesis, affinity mapping, prototyping, wireframes, usability testing, presentations, and portfolios.
UX Design
- What is User Experience Design
- Defining UX Design
- Principles, frameworks, and tools
- Milestone: UX design challenge
Research and insights
- UX Research best practice
- Research methodologies
- User interviews
- Synthesis and insights
- Milestone: UX research and synthesis
Concept refinement
- Usability testing
- Digital synthesis
- Iterating on your design
- Creating clickable prototypes
- Milestone: Create a mid-fidelity prototype
Brief and problem definition
- Design briefs
- Creating personas
- Benchmarking
- Milestone: Design brief and persona
Concept design
- Ideation, sketching, and storyboarding
- Prioritization techniques
- Paper prototyping and digital wireframes
- Milestone: Create a low-fidelity prototype
Final presentation and what’s next?
- The art of storytelling
- From presentation to the portfolio
- Future of UX
- UI fundamentals for hi-fidelity designs
Objectives
User experience fundamentals, the Double Diamond, benchmarking, stakeholder management, personas, ideation and prioritisation, storyboarding, research methods, planning and running user interviews, synthesis, affinity mapping, prototyping, wireframes, usability testing, presentations and portfolios.
Method of study
Online learning, including interactive videos, assignments and prescheduled webinars and 1:1 online sessions with mentors and industry.