Visual Design Foundation
- Beginner
Want to improve or learn the fundamental pillars of visual design to be competitive in the job market? You will become completely proficient in design foundation in this course. Take this course first to experience learning design foundation at Path Unbound and get the full tuition credited to the full School of Design program when you apply after. Essentially learning foundation for free!
* “Split-in-3” payment option available. $0 applies when students apply and enroll at our full career program School of Design upon completion of this short course
About Visual Design Foundation
The Full Course Includes
6
Instruction sessions
This means you can schedule 6 instructional sessions with your instructor to go over your assignments, ask questions about course content and receive career coaching.
The Self-Study Option Has
0
Instruction session
This means you don’t have automatic access to instructor sessions due to the lower price but you may purchase sessions as you need for an additional $60 per 1 hr session.
Who Is This For
UX Designers Lacking Visual Design Skills
UX design nowaways is not just UX design - it also requires visual design skills, especially if you are shooting for highly-paid Product Designer jobs. With this course, you will be able to fill in the gaps of your visual design knowledge.
Design Students Wanting to Build Visual Design Skills Before A UX Course
If you are design student or aspiring designer who want to learn visual design before a dedicated UX design course, this is the right course for you! Without visual design, products are not shippable, so it is essential to acquire this skill.
Marketing Professionals Adding Design to Their Skillsets
If you are not a designer but a marketing/social media professional who does occasional design work, you can take this course to increase your competitiveness in your current space by adding great visual design into your work!
Unit Breakdown
8
Units
102
Lessons
30
Exercises
5
Projects
4
Quizzes
Unit 1
Introduction to Design
In this unit, we will introduce what design is and the most basic design principles to set the foundation for the course.
Unit 2
Figma Fundamentals
In this unit, we introduce the most frequently-used tools and techniques in Figma that helps student get familiar with this popular design tool.
Unit 3
Color Theory
Color theory is one of the 3 fundamental pillars of design foundation. In this unit, we cover all aspects of color theory that are relevant to the work of a designer to help students become skilled in choosing the right color for their projects.
Unit 4
Intro to Illustrator
Illustrator is one of the most important tools to learn as a designer for vector manipulation, typesetting and vector drawing. We introduce the most critical skills in Adobe Illustrator that a designer needs to succeed in visual design.