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VIS 30Introduction to Speculative Design

4 units · VIS · UC San Diego

Speculative design uses design methods to question and investigate material culture with critical creative purpose. This course provides a historical, theoretical, and methodological introduction to speculative design as a distinct program. Emphasis is tracing the integration of interdisciplinary intellectual and technical problems toward creative, unexpected propositions and prototypes.

Before you enroll

Prerequisites

From the catalog: “none.”

Where it fits

Where it sits in degree plans

Suggested plans most often put it in Year 1 · Fall (1 program).

Required in (1)

  • Speculative Design (B.A.)

One of the options in (1)

  • Interdisciplinary Computing and the Arts (VA29)
What it opens up

Courses that list VIS 30 as a prerequisite (4)