Art, Science & Technology Online
Six-week On-line Course
• Units are fully transferable. Enrollment is open to professionals and non-students.
• Save money on fees! UC students: $173-, Non-UC: $243- per unit. Online courses are not assessed campus and registration fees. UC students save $59, non-UC students save $300 and international students save $700.
• You are never required to perform a specific activity at a specific hour. We give you deadlines, but you choose where and when to prepare your assignments.
• Lectures can be viewed in your browser or you can download them as video podcasts for your iPod or iPhone. An MP3 file (audio only) requires web review of video material through your web browser.
• Every enrolled student receives an official UCLA transcript upon completion of their online course, helping you to be more competitive among university applicants! Register on URSA, final grades on myUCLA.
Course Description
Design | Media Arts 9. Art, Science & Technology (5) Lecture, two hours; outside study, 12 hours. Open to students of all disciplines. Introductory course to explore and survey the cultural impact of scientific and technological innovations, technology driven art inspired by science and art / science collaborative projects. Students will be introduced to the vast array of cutting edge science research and art projects as well as how scientific innovation influences society and popular culture. Emphasis will be on art projects that use technology and respond to new scientific concepts. P / NP or letter grading.
Course Objectives
Art, Science & Technology is an introductory course that explores how science and technology innovations are driving new forms of art and science. It broadly surveys scientific and technological innovations, using technology in innovative ways; it is art inspired by science and art / science collaborative projects. Art is taken to encompass contemporary forms of expression that are technologically driven.
The class is designed for students of all disciplines, including the non-declared, with a goal to inspire students to think outside of the box, explore divergent and convergent thought and seek out knowledge and inspiration from many different disciplines as well as encourage collaboration with their peers. The intent is to show that scientists describe their moments of discovery in similar terms as artists do about their creative breakthroughs and that, fundamentally, both grapple with identical questions of the nature of reality.
Every week will be devoted to a particular theme with required reading, viewing of prepared movie clips and lectures by world renowned scholars in the filed. 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.
Course Materials
An extensive course reader will be available on the class website as pdf files as well as links and selected archived video talks from the EDA lecture series. In addition to lectures by the Professor, there are weekly online office hours with a teaching assistant.
Assignments
Weekly reading assignments are required for class participation and to complete the midterm and final effectively. Students should work with the professor and their TA throughout the quarter regarding their research topics for the midterm and final.