Designing a User Journey - Short Course
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In this course, you will develop the skills of visualising the user's experience and create a map of the user's journey. The user journey mapping methods are an essential part of storytelling, especially if you are a brand that wants to deliver an engaging service or experience....
- Level Short Course
- Study mode Short Course
- Location City Centre
- Award N/A
- Start date November 2022
- School Birmingham School of Architecture and Design
- Faculty Faculty of Arts, Design and Media
Overview
In this course, you will develop the skills of visualising the user's experience and create a map of the user's journey. The user journey mapping methods are an essential part of storytelling, especially if you are a brand that wants to deliver an engaging service or experience.
The highly interactive, collaborative and engaging workshop takes you on a discovery of user experience, enabling you to understand why a user would return to your brand or service. The workshops will allow you to critically assess processes, experiences and services, and identify where you need to make changes.
You will return to your day-job with a lot of ideas and a user journey map to make your business more exciting and inviting for your users.
User journey maps are an essential tool for business success as it communicates the gaps in the experience in a creative but straightforward manner.
What's covered in this course?
You’ll learn from our team of commercially active staff, who ensure the content stays industry-relevant.
You will learn from examples and case studies of successful user journey maps from companies such as Philips, Design Council, Nokia, Airbus and Highway England.
You will have the chance to create your own user journey map with guidance from experts in the field. You will be working in collaboration with a diverse set of students and tutors to brain storm ideas on providing excellent user experience.
You will take charge of your learning on this course by tailoring your education focused on your career goal and design specialism.
You will create a user journey map for your project and work out a plan to implement the journey into your project.
Why Choose Us?
- You will work collaboratively with peers from other disciplines and industry partners.
- You will co-create and design new solutions for companies in collaborative projects.
- You will receive an information pack with all essential examples, theories and images from the workshops.
- You will receive a certificate of participation from BCU.
Studying with us during the Covid-19 pandemic
The University has put in place measures in response to Covid-19 to allow us to safely deliver our courses. Should the impact of the pandemic continue in future years, any additional or alternative arrangements put in place by the University will be in accordance with the latest government public health advice, health and safety legislation, and the terms and conditions of the student contract.
Fees & How to Apply
The University reserves the right to increase fees in line with inflation based on the Retail Prices Index or to reflect changes in Government funding policies or changes agreed by Parliament up to a maximum of five per cent.
This course is aimed at professionals, business owners, the hospitality sector and doctoral students looking to acquire skills and knowledge to create a user journey map and conduct user research.
Students based in countries where English is not the first language should note that this course requires a high standard of reading, writing and listening skills.
Facilities & Staff
Our Facilities
When you join Birmingham City University, the first thing you will notice is the exceptional quality of our campuses. With an investment of £340 million across our buildings and facilities, we are committed to giving you the very best learning environment to help shape your experience.
You will be based in our multi-million pound Parkside building – a state of the art facility located within our City Centre Campus.
Our staff
Dr Mersha Aftab
MA Design Management Course Director
Mersha believed that most effective teaching happens when students have space, which allows them to ask questions, make mistakes, and learn from their mistakes. By creating collaborative and interactive sessions that are similar to working outside of academia, with industry projects and live case studies, her sessions give students critical...
More about MershaNicholas Irvin
Lecturer in Design Management
Nick is lecturer in Design Management and this programme attracts students from a diverse range of design and non-design disciplines from the UK and overseas. The programme focuses on the strategic value of design and its importance within a business context, which aims to develop the confidence; skills and knowledge for work in industry.
More about NicholasEnquiries
For more information and to learn more, please contact the Course Leader.
Email: Mersha.aftab@bcu.ac.uk