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VIS 163Design Research and Criticism

4 units · VIS · UC San Diego

Course examines critical topics in design theory, epistemology, research, and criticism. Students develop original critical and theoretical discourse. Topics may be drawn from design theory and criticism, philosophy of technology, architectural theory and design, speculative fiction, bioethics, the human and nonhuman body, urbanism, environmentalism, critical geography studies, political philosophy of materialism, artificial intelligence, robotics, and critical engineering studies.

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  • Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts (VA29)
  • Speculative Design (B.A.)
  • Visual Arts (Media) (B.A.)
  • Visual Arts (Studio) (B.A.)