A comprehensive four-year undergraduate degree program, the Bachelor of Design (User Experience & Interaction Design) program at UPES seeks to give students a well-rounded education in interaction design. UCD, UX research, UI design, usability engineering, physical computing, AR/VR, and AI&ML for UX are just a few of the areas that students will study about. Students will graduate from the program with the abilities and knowledge needed to work as skilled interaction designers.
The minimum eligibility criteria for Bachelor of Design (User Experience & Interaction Design) to be fulfilled by interested students is as follows: Minimum 50% marks in class X and XII (any stream).
SEMESTER I
| Subject Code | Subject | Credits | |
| SDCS 1014 | Sketching Drawing 1 | 5 | |
| SDCS 1026 | Elements of Design | 3 | |
| SDCS 1027 | Colour | 4 | |
| SDCS 1028 | Geometry | 5 | |
| SDCS 1018 | SLA | 2 | |
| SDCS 1006 | Material exploration I | 2 | |
| SLLS0101 | Living Conversations | School of Life | 2 |
| SLLS0102 | Learning how to learn | School of Life | 2 |
| Total | 25 |
SEMESTER II
| Subject Code | Subject | Credits | |
| SDCS 1019 | Sketching Drawing 2 | 5 | |
| SDCS 1020 | Principles of Design | 5 | |
| SDCS 1021 | Design Process | 6 | |
| SDCS 1023 | Computer Applications | 2 | |
| SDCS 1010 | Material exploration II | 2 | |
| SLLS 0103 | Leadership and Teamwork | School of Life | 2 |
| SLSG 0101 | Critical Thinking and Writing | School of Life | 3 |
| Total | 25 |
SEMESTER III
| Subject Code | Subject | Credits |
| SDIN 2001 | User Centred Design Process | 3 |
| SDIN 2002 | Fundamentals of Interaction Design | 3 |
| SDIN 2003 | Cognitve Ergonomics-I: Fundamentals and Practices | 2 |
| SDIN 2004 | Principles of Information Design | 3 |
| SDPJ 2109 | Project 1: Simple Interaction Design | 6 |
| SLLS 0201 | Design Thinking | 2 |
| SLSG 0201 | Ethical Leadership in the 21st Century (Human Values and Ethics) | 3 |
| Exploratory Elective 1 | 3 | |
| TOTAL | 25 |
SEMESTER IV
| Subject Code | Subject | redits | |||
| SDIN 2005 | Visual Interface Design: Aesthetics Principles in UI Design | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| SDIN 2006 | Cognitve Ergonomics-II: Tools & Techniques | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| SDIN 2007 | Task Analysis & System Modelling | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| SDIN 2008 | Prototyping of User Interfaces | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| SDPJ 2114 | Project 2: Multimodal System and Interface Design | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| SLLS 0202 | Working with Data | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| SLSG 0202 | Environment and Sustainability - Himalaya Fellowship | 3 | |||
| Exploratory Elective 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| TOTAL | 25 |
SEMESTER V
| Subject Code | Subject | Credits |
| SDIN 3002 | Notification and Dialogs Design | 2 |
| SDIN 3003 | UI Guidelines and its Applications | 2 |
| SDIN 3004 | Machine Learning for Designers | 2 |
| SLLS 0301 | Persuasive Presence | 2 |
| SLSG 0301 | Start Your Start-up | 3 |
| Exploratory Elective 3 | 3 | |
| Professional Elective 1 | 3 | |
| SDIN 3005P | User Data Analytics and User Modelling | |
| SDIN 3006P | Research Methods and Statistics in Design | |
| Project 3: Professional Elective 2 | 6 | |
| SDPJ 3116P | Designing Interactive systems for Social Needs | |
| SDPJ 3117P | Design for Special Need | |
| TOTAL | 23 |
SEMESTER VI
| Subject Code | Subject | Credits | |||
| SDIN 3007 | Usability Engineering and User Testing | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| SDIN 3010 | Portfolio Creation and Presentation Skills I | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| SDPJ 3118 | Project 4: Immerssive Interface Design | 6 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| INDT 3101 | Industrial visit | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Exploratory Elective 4 | 3 | ||||
| Choose Anyone of the following | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| SLSG 0302 | Solving Complex Problems | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| SLSG 0303 | Technologies of the Future | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| SLSG 0304 | Future Casting | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| SLSG 0305 | Managing Relationships and Being Happy | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| Professional Elective-3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| SDIN 3008P | Semiotics of Digital Interfaces | ||||
| SDIN 3009P | Design Semantics | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| TOTAL | 21 |
SEMESTER VII
| Subject Code | Subject | Credits |
| SDIN 4005 | Photography | 3 |
| SDPJ 4116 | Project 5: Minor Projct(stud interest) | 6 |
| Exploratory Elective 5 | 3 | |
| Choose Anyone of the following | 3 | |
| SLSG 0401 | India and Its Place in the Contemporary World | |
| SLSG 0402 | Theory of Everything | |
| SLSG 0403 | Digital Transformation | |
| SLSG 0404 | Finding your Purpose in Life | |
| Professional Elective-4 | 3 | |
| SDIN 4001P | Instructional System Design | |
| SDIN 4002P | Instructions Design for Digital Products | |
| Professional Elective-5 | 3 | |
| SDIN 4003P | Inclusive Design | |
| SDIN 4004P | Design Interface for Infotainmnt Systm | |
| SDIN 4006P | Machine Learning for Designers | |
| TOTAL | 21 |
SEMESTER VIII
| Subject Code | Subject | Credits | ||||
| SDPJ 4117 | Graduation Project: Interaction Design | 15 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |
| TOTAL | 15 |
