Diploma in Design for User Experience

Course details

You will acquire the ability to create user interfaces that are sophisticated, intuitive, and a pleasure to use, and gain insights into how human-centred designs maximise interactivity.

Hands-on training to develop design thinking capabilities and hone practical design skills is an integral part of your learning experience. In addition, relevant industry attachment with design companies or organisations with design pisions allows you to gain real-world experience.

Course Outcomes

• Understand interaction design and user experience, the interactive nature of design thinking, and the design process
• Build knowledge in the areas of service, spatial and product design, architecture, and tangible interaction
• Develop skills in user-centred design, inclusive and sustainable design, ethnographic and user research, wire-framing, prototyping, usability testing, and design thinking 
• Undergo a 16-week industry attachment programme with organisations such as OgilvyOne Singapore, Ong & Ong and UX Consulting

Career Opportunities

DDUX graduates can look forward to joining design teams in global technology companies strong in design culture, such as Apple, Google, Microsoft, Philips, and Samsung. They can also take on researcher roles in usability studies or aspire to become user experience designers and consultants. In addition, their skill sets also allow them to be web designers.

• Assistant Designer (Product Design, Interior Design and Architecture)
• Creative Consultant
• User Experience Consultant
• User Experience Designer
• Web Designer

General Modules (16 MC)  

4 compulsory modules: 

• Organisational Behaviour 
• New Media Communications 
• Cognitive Processes and Problem Solving 
• Effective Communication 

Discipline Modules (12 MC)  

4 compulsory modules: 

• Creative Concepts 
• Drawing 
• Arts History (2 MC) 
• Creative Enterprise (2 MC)

Specialisation Modules (44 MC)  

11 compulsory modules: 

• Fundamentals of Design 
• Introduction to User Experience 
• Interaction Design
• Tools for Interaction Design 
• User Experience Design Studio 
• User Experience Design Studio II 
• Anthropological Studies 
• Ergonomics 
• Service Design 
• Physical Computing 
• Play Experience Design 

You may select one of the following specialisation options: 

Option 1: Design Experience Design Track (16 MC) 

4 compulsory modules: 

• User Interface Design 
• Data Visualisation 
• Information Architecture 
• Usability 

Option 2: Physical Experience Design Track Track (16 MC) 

4 compulsory modules: 

• Spatial Design 
• 3D Prototyping & Materials 
• Construction Details and Processes 
• Urban Environment 

Industry Orientation Programme (32 MC)  

4 compulsory modules: 

• Project 
• Character and Citizenship Education 
• Portfolio Development 
• Industry Immersion Programme (20 MC)

Freely Chosen Module (4 MC)  

Obtain a total of 4 modular credits from the prescribed range of modules offered by RP's Schools and Centre.

Entry Requirements:

Minimum Entry Requirements  

Subject                                                               Grade  

English Language                                               1-7

Mathematics (Elementary/Additional)                 1-7

Any two other subjects                                       1-6

Note:

To be eligible for selection, you must also have sat for one subject listed in the second group of relevant subjects for the ELR2B2-D Aggregate Type.