Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: UI and UX for Apple Platform

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

COSC3099

City Campus

Undergraduate

175H Computing Technologies

Face-to-Face

 Sem 1 2025

Course Coordinator: Dr Joshua Newn

Course Coordinator Phone: Contact via email

Course Coordinator Email: joshua.newn@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: City campus

Course Coordinator Availability: Contact via email


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

None.


Course Description

This course teaches you about the important concepts of User Interface (UI) and User Experience (UX) when designing interfaces for various technologies. Great UI/UX designs make interfaces easier to navigate and explore, improve usability, customer satisfaction and enhances brand image. Apple’s commitment to great UI/UX design has set Apple as a trailblazer in the tech industry. That is why, you will learn about Apple’s well-known approach to UI/UX design. You will be introduced to Apple’s comprehensive Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) and how it provides guidance and best practices to help design a great experience for any Apple platform. Careful use of the HIG contributes to achieving Apple’s specific design look and feel of the technologies of Apple platform. You will then apply this knowledge in a project to design the UI/UX of a health-focused iOS app.

This course includes a work integrated learning experience in which your knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a real or simulated workplace context and where feedback from industry and/ or community is integral to your experience. You will undertake an industry engaged project in a studio-based workshop environment. You will be assessed by RMIT staff.


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

Program Learning Outcomes
For more information on the program learning outcomes for your program, please see the program guide.


Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

  1. Develop a broad understanding of Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines and its application to shape the quality of UI/UX design;
  2. Apply a human-centred design approach to conduct user research to understand audience needs for an Apple platform app;
  3. Collaborate in teams to design a series of user interfaces for a prototype app for Apple platform;
  4. Apply the core concepts of Apple’s Human Interface Guidelines to ensure sound UI/UX design in prototype app;
  5. Present your prototype to communicate an Apple platform app design to a diverse audience and receive feedback from industry and/or community.


Overview of Learning Activities

This course uses the challenge-based learning (CBL) framework where learning takes place in a studio-based workshop environment where you will be learning both Design and Technical (coding). This means that most of the learning takes place in a collaborative setting where you will work in collaborative teams to actively learn to solve real-life problems together with support by mentor staff.

You will be actively engaged in a mix of self-directed online and timetabled, face-to-face learning activities (workshops and studios). Prior to attending the timetabled, face-to-face sessions you will be expected to have completed the specified online activities.

You are encouraged to be proactive and self-directed in your learning, asking questions of your lecturer and/or peers and seeking out information as required, especially from the numerous sources available through the RMIT library, and through links and material specific to this course that is available through myRMIT Studies Course.


Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through myRMIT Studies Course. There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.


Overview of Assessment

This course has no hurdle requirements.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1:Online Quiz/Test
Weighting: 20%
This assessment task supports CLO: 1.

Assessment Task 2: Report & Critique
Weighting: 40%
This assessment task supports CLOs: 2, 3 and 4.

Assessment Task 3: Presentation
Weighting: 40%
This assessment task supports CLO: 5.

If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.