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ART, SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY LECTURE CLASS
UCLA In 2006, Victoria Vesna developed and,
for the first time, taught the Art,
DESMA 9 CENTER + LAB Science and Technology class, DESMA 9.
This is a general education (GE) class
ART,SCIENCE + open to undergraduate students from all
TECHNOLOGY majors,
SummER SESSION C The goal was to bring into the academic
discourse a foundational course in the
DESmA 9: LECTuRE 7 Course Description historical and contemporary connections
ART, SCIENCE + TECHNOLOGY Design | Media Arts 9. Art, Science & Technology (5). Open to between art and science. With minimal
INSTRuCTOR: JOHN CARpENTER students of all disciplines. Introductory course to explore advertising the first time this class
the relationship of art, science and technology, from the was offered, 50 students registered.
SummER SESSION C // AuGuST 3-SEpT 11 industrial revolution to modern times. Students will also be The following fall, without any
introduced to research taking place at UCLA through guest announcements, the number grew to 108.
LECTuRE: TuESDAY + THuRSDAY 9-12pm lectures by scientists and artists who are pioneers in their The class kept growing in number and
ROOm: 3400 BOELTER HALL respective fields. P / NP or letter grading. went beyond the campus as it became
available online in 2011.
Course Objectives
Art, Science & Technology is an introductory survey course Majors of students attending the class
that explores the relationship of the arts and sciences include: Art, Architecture, Computer
through the last three centuries. The class is designed for Science, Electrical Engineering,
students of all disciplines and the goal of the course is to Biology, Statistics, Communication
inspire students to think outside of the box. Artists and Studies, Psychology, Sociology, Chemical
scientists will visit the class to discuss the vast array of Engineering, Neuroscience, Mechanical
cutting edge research taking place at UCLA. Engineering, Civil Engineering, Pre-
Medicine, Physics, Economics, Chemistry,
The intent is to explore the coevolution of the two fields and Language, Aerospace, Linguistics,
to demonstrate that a dialogue between the arts and sciences Theater, Mathematics, History.
can help to solve many of the complex issues facing society
today. Furthermore, the class will demonstrate that
scientists and artists describe their moments of discovery
and inspiration in similar terms, and fundamentally, both are
working with similar questions—though they approach them from
different perspectives.
Each week will be devoted to a particular theme with required
reading, and students will be asked to maintain a blog that
incorporates their own ideas in relation to the subject. The
midterm and final are based on the weekly lectures and blogs.
The final grade is based on the midterm, final, attendance and
the blog.
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|| SPRING SUMMER FALL WINTER ||||| 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 ||||| UCLA CNSI DMA BEYOND ||||| ||||| SPRING SUMMER FALL WINTER ||||| 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 ||||| UCLA CNSI DMA BEYOND ||
