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DESMA 140Word + Image

Design|Media Arts · 5 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)

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(Formerly numbered 154.) Focus on relationship of type to content, image, and materials. Acquisition of knowledge of and sensitivity to typography in context of complex communication problems in print and digital media. Research, concept and content development, and articulation of methodology for visualization.

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Requisites

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Preparation: completion of preparation for major courses. Requisites: courses 21, 22, 25, and 101 or 104.

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  • DESMA 21
  • DESMA 22
  • DESMA 25
  • one of
    • DESMA 101
    • DESMA 104

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Requires

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DESMA 140

  • DESMA 21Digital Image
  • DESMA 22Fabrication and Materials
  • DESMA 25Typography
  • DESMA 101Media Arts: Introduction
  • DESMA 104Design Futures

5 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 5 courses over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.

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What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.

DESMA 140

  • DESMA 111Art and the Internet

1 course lists this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 1 course over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.

  • Fall 2025
  • Winter 2026
  • Fall 2026

Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.