Short course or microcredential
A part-time, 8-week course designed to teach beginners the science behind why digital products look the way they do and provide the skills necessary to evaluate design.
Created With a Focus on Real-World Relevance
Gain fluency in the fundamental tools of visual communication design — typography, colour, and layout. GA’s visual design advisory board curates the innovative teaching approaches of our entire expert network to meet evolving employer demands. From Gestalt, to UX, to responsive design, students graduate ready to tackle the challenges they'll face on the job.
Learn the Keys to Production-Ready Design
Balancing principles, practise, feedback, and critique, this course dives deep into in-demand tools and techniques that are relevant across a variety of careers. Learn valuable UI design skills, then apply them, kickstarting your portfolio with responsive web designs.
Students will learn the fundamentals of visual communication ー typography, color and layout ー to design beautiful digital products in Photoshop (or Sketch). Additionally, students will be well versed in visual communication techniques, like font pairing and style tiles. By the end of the course, students will not only have a formalized education, but will complete a portfolio of attention-grabbing work to highlight their design acumen.
Photoshop and Design Discover Process
Use the tools and process of visual design to create a simple landing page and moodboards
Composition Principles and Color Theory for the Web
Use design principles, grid theory and color theory to create low fidelity mockups and color schemes.
Web Typography
Use typography best practices to make effective type decisions
Designing interfaces and interaction
Apply UI patterns to create responsive designs
Final Presentation
Capstone the course with a final presentation of the designs.