DESMA 1Code and Art
Design|Media Arts · 4 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)
Limited to high school students. Exploration of what code can do within the visual arts and what can be done with it. Focus on exercises with templates that can be modified and adjusted for new learners, and that can be extended by people with prior knowledge in this area. Includes series of short exercises covering a wide range of possibilities and a final project. Exploration of range of experiences including drawing, coding for the web, interactive performance, and generative art. Creation of software within visual arts realm. Builds a foundation for future learning. May be repeated for credit without limitation. Offered only as part of Summer Institute.
P/NP grading.
When it runs
Not on the schedule for any of Fall 2025 through Spring 2027. UCLA publishes only that window, so this does not mean the course is gone — check the official listing.
Requisites
UCLA lists no requisites for this course.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
Nothing — this is an entry point.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
No course in the catalog lists this as a requisite.