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DESMA 9

Art, Science, and Technology

Lecture, three hours; discussion, one hour; outside study, 11 hours. Exploration and survey of cultural impact of scientific and cultural innovations, technology-driven art inspired by science, and art/science collaborative projects. Introduction to vast array of cutting-edge research taking place on campus; scientific guest lecturers. Emphasis on art projects that use technology and respond to new scientific concepts. P/NP or letter grading.

Course statistics

Predicted GPA
3.79
n = 654 · 4 terms · ± 0.021
A range
89%
of letter grades
Taken P/NP
8%
97% of those passed
D / F / W
1.8%
incl. withdrawals

Sections in Fall 2026

Not offered in Fall 2026.

Enrollment history

Final enrollment per term, averaged across that term's sections. Four years deep, summer excluded. Per-section live curves are on each section page.

  • 19322S
  • 18723S
  • 18624S
  • 15025S
Enrolment by term: 22S 193, 23S 187, 24S 186, 25S 150
Peak 193 Most recent 150 in 25S 4 terms on record

Grade distribution

  • A+ 63 · 8.8%
  • A 460 · 64.2%
  • A- 59 · 8.2%
  • B+ 12 · 1.7%
  • B 19 · 2.7%
  • B- 16 · 2.2%
  • C+ 5 · 0.7%
  • C 5 · 0.7%
  • C- 3 · 0.4%
  • D+ 1 · 0.1%
  • D 3 · 0.4%
  • F 8 · 1.1%
  • P 57 · 8.0%
  • NP 2 · 0.3%
  • I 3 · 0.4%

Grey bars are non-letter outcomes — P/NP, S/U, incompletes. They are excluded from the GPA entirely rather than scored, because counting a P as a 4.0 would be a fabrication.

By instructor

Instructor Predicted Raw n Terms A range
VESNA, VICTORIA 3.79 3.79 654 4 89%

“Predicted” is shrunk toward the course average, which is itself shrunk toward the department — so an instructor with a handful of students sits near the course mean rather than topping the list.

By term