COMM department

COMM 124A. Critical Design Practice/Advanced Studio (4 units)

Link to catalog page: https://catalog.ucsd.edu/courses/COMM.html#comm124a

Description

Hands-on course introduces design as political activity. How will differently designed objects, environments perpetuate, interrupt status quo. Examine design, architecture, media activism, workday life. Examine ambiguous problems, take and give feedback, create prototypes to engage communities, broader publics. Students see design as part of longer-term social transformations. Prerequisites: COMM 10 or COGS 1 or ESYS 10 or POLI 10 or POLI 10D or USP 1.

Prerequisite courses

Successor courses

COMM 124A is a prerequisite of the following 2 courses:

• COMM 124B
• DSGN 119