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DESMA 24Video and Motion

Design|Media Arts · 4 units · Undergraduate lower division (0-99)

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Foundations of creating digital moving image and motion design works. Introduction of concepts that are integral for animation and motion graphics design. Students develop and present self-directed creative work through critiques. Encourages multidisciplinary visual thinking and communication. Examination of contemporary culture and history of moving images that integrate animation and video techniques. Exploration of industry-standard approaches to software and design and experimental methodology to establish a rich understanding of the complex and evolving environment in which artists and designers create digital moving image art.

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DESMA 24

  • DESMA 112Performing User
  • DESMA 113Generative Art
  • DESMA 114Arts Research and Practice
  • DESMA 115Art and Science Collaboration
  • DESMA 116Sonic Media
  • DESMA 125Game Design
  • DESMA 129Collaborative Game Lab
  • DESMA 141Web Design and User Interface and Experience
  • DESMA 142Design Systems
  • DESMA 144Type in Motion
  • DESMA 145Design Research
  • DESMA 159Capstone Senior Project in Design Media Arts
  • DESMA 159CCapstone Senior Project: Visual Communication and Image
  • DESMA 173Topics in Visual Communication and Image
    • DESMA 159CCapstone Senior Project: Visual Communication and Imageanother path to it

14 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 15 courses over 2 levels. Every course here opens its own tree.

  • Fall 2025
  • Winter 2026
  • Fall 2026
  • Winter 2027

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