DESMA 145Design Research
Design|Media Arts · 5 units · Undergraduate upper division (100-199)
Study of concepts and techniques of design research. Application of them individually and in groups to specific areas of interest. Emphasis on research methodologies for creative practices. Study maintains and strengthens attention to design research theory and praxis.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Winter 2026
- Winter 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
Requisites: courses 21, 22, 24, 25, 28, and 101 or 104.
Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
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.