The 12-Week Curriculum | Element Education
Element Education
Curriculum

Twelve weeks,
twelve
deliverables

Four phases, one app. Every week has a named thing you finish, so you always know what you are producing and by when. This is the whole curriculum, nothing held back.

Cohort 05
Starts
Sept 7, 2026
Last day to register
Aug 24, 2026
Duration
12 weeks
Commitment
~10 hrs / week
Format
Live, remote
Tuition
Was $2,400, now $1,200
01 · The twelve weeks

What gets built, and when

Weeks 1 and 2 decide what you are making. Weeks 3 to 6 design it. Weeks 7 to 10 build it. Weeks 11 and 12 put it in front of people.

Phase 01 · Validate
Define the problem
User research, problem framing, idea pressure-testing
01
DeliverableProblem statement and competitors
Validate the market
Competitive analysis, market sizing, MVP scoping
02
DeliverableA scoped MVP definition
Phase 02 · Design with AI
Architecture and flows
Information architecture, user journeys, wireframes
03
DeliverableFlow map and wireframe set
Visual design system
Brand, tokens, component library
04
DeliverableA Figma library and tokens
Hi-fi screen design
All core screens, polished and production-ready
05
DeliverableA complete screen set
Prototype and user test
Interactive prototype, testing sessions, design handoff
06
DeliverableA tested prototype and findings
Phase 03 · Build
Setup and first screen
Dev environment, project scaffold, first working screen
07
DeliverableA running app with one live screen
Backend and data
Supabase setup, auth, database schema, API calls
08
DeliverableAuth and schema deployed
Core features
The three to five features that define your MVP
09
DeliverableA feature-complete build
Polish and beta
Bug fixes, performance, beta testing with real users
10
DeliverableA beta build with real testers
Phase 04 · Launch
App Store and landing page
Store submission, marketing site, screenshots
11
DeliverableA submitted build and a live site
Launch and growth plan
Public launch, go-to-market playbook, Demo Day
12
DeliverableA live product with real usersShipped
02 · Weekly rhythm

The same shape every week

You always know what is expected of you and when, which is what makes ten hours a week workable alongside a job.

Tuesday: live session

A two-hour live workshop. Concept deep-dive, live demos, and questions answered on the spot. Recorded, so missing one is not fatal.

Wednesday to Friday: build

Your days to work. Async channels stay open and there are drop-in office hours when you get stuck.

Friday: peer review

Swap deliverables with a partner for structured critique. The fastest way to see the thing you have stopped noticing.

A weekly deliverable

Every week ends with a concrete artifact: a document, a Figma file, a commit, a post. No week ends with nothing to show.

The AI toolkit

Curated prompts, tool walkthroughs and template libraries for every tool the program uses.

Your cohort

A private Discord with the people going through it at the same time as you. Most alumni say this is the part that lasted.

03 · What it costs

One price, nothing held back

Everything in this curriculum is included. There is no upsell, no premium tier and no paid add-on.

Pay in full
Was $2,400, now $1,200

One payment. Saves $150 against the monthly option.

Monthly
Was 3 × $900, now 3 × $450

Three monthly payments. Binding for the full program once the cohort begins.

Included

All twelve live sessions and their recordings, the full AI toolkit, weekly peer review, drop-in office hours, and the private cohort Discord.

Afterwards

Lifetime access to the community, every recording, and all future curriculum updates. Alumni come back to office hours and keep working together.

04 · Before you apply

Questions, answered straight

Do I need to know how to code

No. The program is built around AI-assisted development tools that let you produce real, working apps without prior programming experience. You will learn enough to work with code, meaning prompt it, read it and debug it, but you will not be writing it from scratch.

How much time do I need per week

Plan for around ten hours: roughly two for the live session, six to seven of hands-on building, and one to two for peer review and community. Build weeks, 7 through 10, tend to run slightly longer if you are new to the dev tools.

What if I do not have an app idea yet

That is fine. Week 1 includes an ideation workshop for exactly this, and there is a process for surfacing ideas worth building. The only real requirement is a genuine area of interest or some domain knowledge you want to build around. There is also a free idea-finding prompt on the home page you can run before you apply.

Native app or web app, which should I build

Both are supported: Expo and React Native for iOS and Android, or Next.js for web. Week 1 is where you decide, based on your idea, your users and your goals. About 65% of students build mobile, 35% build web.

What happens after the program ends

You keep lifetime access to the community, all recordings and every future curriculum update. Alumni return for office hours, help each other hire, and collaborate on new projects. The network tends to outlast the twelve weeks by a long way.

Bring the idea
Leave with the app

The planning session is free and one to one. If this is not the right fit for what you are trying to build, you will leave knowing that.

At a glance
Cohort 05 starts
Sept 7, 2026
Last day to register
Aug 24, 2026
Tuition
Was $2,400, now $1,200