DESMA 111Art and the Internet
Design|Media Arts · 5 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
(Formerly numbered 161.) Exploration of creative, technical, and critical tools to realize Internet-based projects. Focus on students gaining deeper understanding of Internet as creative platform—where did it come from, how does it work, how do you make things for it, and what do you want to say? Technical workshops on HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and design support development of series of studio projects using variety of network tools. Examination through discussion of cultural, social, political, and philosophical implications of Internet. Consideration of roles of race, gender, sexuality, disability, class, and influence within increasingly networked world, and strategies of response as artists and designers. Examination and challenging of structuring power relationships, inequities, and biases embedded within network tools, technologies, and media.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Spring 2027
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Preparation: completion of preparation for major courses. Requisites: courses 28, 140.
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