Tamwood International College Whistler Campus

UX design professionals are in high demand. Take this program to set yourself up for a successful career as a UX Design Professional. In this program you will learn the skills, tools, and techniques used in the field of User Experience Design and apply them in a practical professional environment; including design, research, testing of interfaces, websites, products, and applications. This program prepares you for a career in any of the following roles: UX Designer, Information Architect, UX Researcher, Product Designer, and Interaction Designer.

You have the choice of doing the full-time diploma or the work and study diploma which combines the courses in the full-time diploma program with a 480-hour co-operative work term.

Program Outcomes
Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Understand and apply the principles of user experience research, user-centric design approaches and strategy, UX methodologies, information architecture, user behaviours, information structures, graphical user interfaces, visual design, mobile user experience, and usability testing
• Work in a practical setting and apply techniques such as creating a user-centric design approach for a project using personal development and information design
• Develop usable wireframes for a website and/or simple application using Axure software
• Design an intuitive user interface and applying the learned principles of visual design
• Test and measure the success of a UX design project employing learned user testing techniques

Every business needs a website and eventually, every website needs a redesign so demand is high for good web developers. In this program, you will learn how to design and code interactive client-facing websites using HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. By the end of the program, you will be able to build dynamic websites using a content management system, produce and consume web APIs, and write efficient code demonstrating knowledge of programming concepts. This program will prepare you to work as a Front-end Developer and in any general web developer position.

You have the choice of doing the full-time diploma or the work and study diploma, which combines the courses in the full-time diploma program with a 480-hour co-operative work term.

Program Outcomes
Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:

• HTML5 & CSS3: Build a solid foundation of HTML5, CSS3 and responsive web development skills. As well as, write well-structured, semantic mark-up with an eye for accessibility and search engine optimization (SEO).
• WordPress: Build custom WordPress themes from scratch, mastering WordPress template tags, template hierarchy, custom post types, custom fields, custom taxonomies, plugin development, sidebar widgets, and more. Learn to understand the role of a CMS in managing a website and explore the new WordPress REST API as a means for multi-platform content distribution.
• Sass: Learn how to use the Sass CSS pre-processor, use CSS best practices to produce scalable and maintainable CSS code, build on and extend basic jQuery and JavaScript skills, interact with popular JSON-based web APIs using Ajax, and use the latest versions of the JavaScript language.
• Gulp: Learn how to use JavaScript task runners to help enhance and automate your web development workflow.
• PHP: Learn the basics of PHP, including an introduction to object-oriented programming, best practices for writing modern PHP, and understand the server-side programming language (and how it differs from JavaScript).
• Git & GitHub: Master version control using Git from the command-line and open-source your projects on GitHub.

UI design professionals are in high demand everywhere in the world. Take this program to set yourself up for a successful career. In this program, you will learn the practical skills, tools, and techniques used in the field of User Interface & Visual Communication Design, including creative software, layout and composition, colour and typographic theory, visual brand identity, conceptual and strategic thinking, and designing for digital interfaces.

This program prepares you to work in any of the following roles: User Interface Designer, Graphic Designer, Web Designer, Communication Designer, Production Designer, Interactive Designer, Art Director, or Creative Director.

You have the choice of doing the full-time diploma or the work and study diploma which combines the courses in the full-time diploma program with a 480-hour co-operative work term.

Program Outcomes
Upon completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Follow the steps of the creative process: research, ideation, execution, and revision
• Assemble effective colour palettes
• Select appropriate typefaces considering their quality, legal requirements, availability, and visual language while composing elegant typesetting in view of visual hierarchy, alignment, and spacing
• Design balanced layouts with clear focal points, balance, and alignment
• Build designs in Photoshop with the ability to create masks, apply filters, and other relevant tools
• Draw vector elements in Illustrator using the pen tool, pathfinder, strokes, and other relevant tools
• Build user interface layouts in Sketch using vector tools, grids, symbols, and other relevant tools
• Design a visual brand identity such as a logo, colour palette, typefaces, photography, and iconography
• Lead productive ideation sessions
• Practice a user-centric approach to problem-solving
• Recognize the best practices of user experience design
• Identify limitations and possibilities when working with programming languages such as CSS, HTML, Javascript, Swift, and Java
• Build a creative brief
• Confidently and eloquently present creative work
• Distinguish art and design eras, movements, and trends
• Constructively critique peers’ work