Enter the Field of UI/UX Design
Learn Design Skills Live & Online
Discover What It Takes to
Become a UI/UX Professional
Change the digital world. Learn to create inclusive and accessible spaces for users to navigate online and offline.
Employers are seeking professionals who understand their needs and how to deliver a rewarding and engaging experience to their clients via apps, websites and other digital environments.
Accelerate Your
New Design Career
Discover the skills employers need through hands-on training sessions and objective assignments intended to familiarize you with industry tools UI/UX professionals regularly use.
Enter an Industry of Unlimited Opportunities
The New Jersey Institute of Technology prepares learners to become highly adaptable
design professionals by teaching the core skills and foundations of UI, UX and visual design.
400 Program Hours
Starting with our 30-hour Introductory Course, the UI/UX Design Bootcamp spans just under a year with a total of 400 in-class hours. Throughout the program, you will learn practical, theoretical and technical skills to help you enter into the world of design as a qualified professional. You will explore important industry tools, such as Miro for research, Adobe Creative Suite for creating digital assets, Figma to design mockups, HTML and CSS for full-stack development and more.
Project-Based Learning
We put an emphasis on hands-on learning, with various collaborative projects and portfolio-building opportunities available throughout the curriculum. You’ll be able to grasp real-world concepts in a learning environment, guided by the help of expert instructors and your fellow classmates.
Specialized Courses
Our curriculum is designed and taught by industry experts who can help prepare you for today’s job market with real-world experience and training. You’ll go over topics such as next-gen technology, digital marketing and full-stack development. The course also comprehensively explores the fundamentals of design before moving on to the basics of UX and UI. This helps provide you with a diverse knowledge base in various areas and roles.
Career Services
We provide personalized consultations and one-on-one interview prep and support to boost your transition from learner to professional. Our career services team is available to help you polish your resume, spruce up online job-search profiles, develop strong interview skills and more.
Evolve into a Fully Qualified UI/UX Design Professional
The New Jersey Institute of Technology UI/UX Design Bootcamp strives to provide dedicated
learners with well-rounded design training and education.
Back to Basics
Our curriculum dedicates 200 hours to the fundamentals of design so you can develop a solid foundation to begin your career. Regardless of professional or educational experience, you will be able to learn the ins-and-outs of the industry from real design professionals.
Multidisciplinary Training
Our curriculum touches on all aspects of UI/UX design fundamentals so you can gain cross-disciplinary experience and education through our bootcamp. Learners will prepare for today’s job market through student-focused assignments and project-based learning models.
Explore Ethical and Inclusive Design
As a UI or UX design professional, you can help reimagine the way users experience the digital world. Our courses focus heavily on the importance of shaping your designs through an ethical, accessible and inclusive lens.
Portfolio and Career Prep Assistance
With the various projects and hands-on assignments you complete, you will be able to compile a portfolio of your work to show potential employers. This gives you the opportunity to highlight your training and skills under the guidance of our dedicated team of student success managers and career coaches.
Enter The Field
Of UI/UX Design
Download the Course Catalog
Of UI/UX Design
Program Overview
30-Hour Introductory Course
| 370-Hour Extended Program
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Introductory Course
This unique course introduces you to the foundations of visual, UI and UX design and the different roles within the industry. -
Design Fundamentals
The fundamentals phase of the curriculum reviews the basics of visual, UI, and UX design to help set the foundation for your design training. Learn to approach projects with a designer mindset while exploring important design tools, such as VR/AR, the IoT, Adobe Creative Cloud, and core UI/UX concepts. -
Design Fundamentals
The fundamentals phase of the curriculum reviews the basics of visual, UI, and UX design to help set the foundation for your design training. Learn to approach projects with a designer mindset while exploring important design tools, such as VR/AR, the IoT, Adobe Creative Cloud, and core UI/UX concepts. -
How to Think
Like a Designer
In this course, you will learn what it means to think like a designer and be introduced to the larger digital landscape, including IoT, VR/AR and designing for digital products in physical spaces. -
Visual Design Essentials
You will learn the foundations of visual and graphic design, including design principles, history and theory. At the end of the course, you will have a working knowledge of Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign. -
UI Design Essentials
In this course, you will build from your visual design knowledge to focus specifically on UI design. You will also learn how to ensure your designs meet the minimum standards in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines. -
Design Process
This phase explores the various ways you can approach a design project and aims to teach you the core fundamentals of the design process. You will examine the various steps in the design process in careful detail, performing tasks related to each aspect to help develop these crucial skills and knowledge. -
UX Design Essentials
In this course, you will learn a variety of deliverables and common UX assets designers create on a daily basis. You will then use information architecture to organize the information of an app or website in a clear way. -
Conducting Research
This course touches on design research methods that ensure you are building a product that fits user, market and business needs. You will learn remote tools such as Miro, Zoom and Otter.ai. -
Ideating & Prototyping
Learn to create sketches and paper prototypes before moving on to low- to mid-fidelity wireframes to rapidly identify viable solutions. -
Usability Testing
In this course, you will learn the different types of usability tests and how to set up and conduct these tests on your designs. -
High-Fidelity Design
Learn how to use color, typography, iconography and images to design a beautiful, accessible and functional product. -
Microinteractions
You will learn principles of animations including when, where and how to use micro-interactions and the different types of transitions used between digital states. -
Design Collaboration
Learning to work in teams and with other designers, professionals, or clients is a major aspect of working as a design professional. This phase emphasizes team participation and working with other classmates to help prepare you for a position in the industry. You will also touch on important subjects, such as front-end development and digital marketing. During this phase, you will work on your design portfolio, ultimately developing a professional portfolio you can showcase to potential employers. -
Team Project
During the team project, you will work in small teams to build a product leveraging all of the skills, knowledge and tools you have learned over the program. This project will be featured in your portfolio and gives you a project to showcase your skills during interviews. -
Introduction to Front-End Development
In this course, you will receive a high-level overview of web development and how a website is built, beginning with the basics of HTML and CSS. -
Introduction to
Digital Marketing
Knowing the basics of digital marketing provides designers with an understanding of business and market needs. In this course, you will learn a high-level overview of digital marketing, including SEO, copywriting and designing for social media. -
Design Portfolios
In this course, you will build a high-quality portfolio made up of case studies from your course projects. You will also participate in personal meetings with Student Success Professionals, who provide orientation and critical review of presented portfolios. -
Preparing for a
Design Career
This specialized course provides you with the training and tools you need to begin your career as a designer.
Introductory Course
30 hours
This unique course introduces you to the foundations of visual, UI and UX design and the different roles within the industry.
Design Fundamentals
The fundamentals phase of the curriculum reviews the basics of visual, UI, and UX design to help set the foundation for your design training. Learn to approach projects with a designer mindset while exploring important design tools, such as VR/AR, the IoT, Adobe Creative Cloud, and core UI/UX concepts.
Design Fundamentals
The fundamentals phase of the curriculum reviews the basics of visual, UI, and UX design to help set the foundation for your design training. Learn to approach projects with a designer mindset while exploring important design tools, such as VR/AR, the IoT, Adobe Creative Cloud, and core UI/UX concepts.
How to Think
Like a Designer
12 hours
In this course, you will learn what it means to think like a designer and be introduced to the larger digital landscape, including IoT, VR/AR and designing for digital products in physical spaces.
Visual Design Essentials
54 hours
You will learn the foundations of visual and graphic design, including design principles, history and theory. At the end of the course, you will have a working knowledge of Adobe Illustrator and Adobe InDesign.
UI Design Essentials
48 hours
In this course, you will build from your visual design knowledge to focus specifically on UI design. You will also learn how to ensure your designs meet the minimum standards in the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines.
Design Process
This phase explores the various ways you can approach a design project and aims to teach you the core fundamentals of the design process. You will examine the various steps in the design process in careful detail, performing tasks related to each aspect to help develop these crucial skills and knowledge.
UX Design Essentials
40 hours
In this course, you will learn a variety of deliverables and common UX assets designers create on a daily basis. You will then use information architecture to organize the information of an app or website in a clear way.
Conducting Research
26 hours
This course touches on design research methods that ensure you are building a product that fits user, market and business needs. You will learn remote tools such as Miro, Zoom and Otter.ai.
Ideating & Prototyping
26 hours
Learn to create sketches and paper prototypes before moving on to low- to mid-fidelity wireframes to rapidly identify viable solutions.
Usability Testing
20 hours
In this course, you will learn the different types of usability tests and how to set up and conduct these tests on your designs.
High-Fidelity Design
26 hours
Learn how to use color, typography, iconography and images to design a beautiful, accessible and functional product.
Microinteractions
8 hours
You will learn principles of animations including when, where and how to use micro-interactions and the different types of transitions used between digital states.
Design Collaboration
Learning to work in teams and with other designers, professionals, or clients is a major aspect of working as a design professional. This phase emphasizes team participation and working with other classmates to help prepare you for a position in the industry. You will also touch on important subjects, such as front-end development and digital marketing. During this phase, you will work on your design portfolio, ultimately developing a professional portfolio you can showcase to potential employers.
Team Project
36 hours
During the team project, you will work in small teams to build a product leveraging all of the skills, knowledge and tools you have learned over the program. This project will be featured in your portfolio and gives you a project to showcase your skills during interviews.
Introduction to Front-End Development
20 hours
In this course, you will receive a high-level overview of web development and how a website is built, beginning with the basics of HTML and CSS.
Introduction to
Digital Marketing
12 hours
Knowing the basics of digital marketing provides designers with an understanding of business and market needs. In this course, you will learn a high-level overview of digital marketing, including SEO, copywriting and designing for social media.
Design Portfolios
30 Hours
In this course, you will build a high-quality portfolio made up of case studies from your course projects. You will also participate in personal meetings with Student Success Professionals, who provide orientation and critical review of presented portfolios.
Preparing for a
Design Career
12 hours
This specialized course provides you with the training and tools you need to begin your career as a designer.
Training from
Industry Experts
Explore Our Three-Point Training Model
Technical
Achieve a working knowledge of the abilities and limitations of design software and tools and be able to fully understand the logistics of using these tools and products when working alone or collaboratively.
Theoretical
Develop a design-focused approach to brainstorming and thought processes. You’ll develop an in-depth understanding of how to think and communicate like a professional UI/UX designer.
Practical
Gain hands-on training and experience designing digital and physical products and developing your multidisciplinary UI/UX skill set.
Program Tuition
The New Jersey Institute of Technology UI/UX Design Bootcamp strives to provide dedicated learners with well-rounded design training and education. Our expert instructors, student support and success teams and career coaches and advisors will help you with strategic insight towards landing the job you want and understanding recruiter, hiring manager, employer and client demands.
30-Hour Introductory Course
$270
370-Hour Extended Program
$15,710
Requirements
Mac or Windows laptop with
minimum requirements
Adobe Creative Cloud
Figma
Passion for learning
*Tuition, fees, and deposits are subject to change.
If you would like to learn more about NJIT’s Digital Skills Bootcamps, give our advisors a call at (973) 688-5050 or fill out the form below.
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