Low Effort class. The topics were silly though not sure if I learned anything useful. Gave me some interesting perspective though and background behind design I’d seen before. Literally do the work and you’re good.

Is this an easy GE? Yes. Do you really learn anything? No. I really tried hard to pay attention in class, but being a 3hr lecture at 9am and the fact that the lights were dimmed, I slowly started to just do other work during lecture or sleep. There are three pop quizzes (lowest score is dropped) throughout the quarter, and attendance is taken either at the break or at the end of class. There's a midterm paper that is individual (it was about our opinion on if ornamentation is considered a crime), the "UCLA game" which is basically a scavenger hunt across campus with a group done instead of a midterm test, and a final group paper (this year we had to write about the design of a place we liked in Westwood). You will need to get the course reader because we have to use the readings in there as our sources for our essays. Huhtamo also used concepts from the readings in some quiz questions. If I paid more attention I would have gotten more out of the class, but it is easy to get an A without listening to lecture.

I am probably not the only one get offended when the professor characterize his lamp as "look like an Asian figure" because of the "eye shape." He could have been more sensitive given the amount of Asian students in his class.

I could go on and on about why I would never take this class again and why I would never reccommend this atrocious class to anyone, but in short:

- Huhtamo has probably the worst communication skills I have experienced from a professor
- not lenient towards any type of extensions (got an extremely rude email response back for asking for a ONE day extension because I was sick for an entire week)
- expensive textbook that is required, you cannot complete assignments or write essays without the ereader
- homework is just busywork (you could easily answer each question in at least three sentences but each question required a minimum of 100 words so you found yourself repeating yourself multiple times)
- usually I enjoy GEs, but this class drained every ounce of happiness from me
- it is extremeley boring (you would think a design class would be interesting and engaging but no, it's shocking what Huhtamo can do to you) I would honestly forget about this class a lot
- you would also think that since this class is focused on design they would design this class better
- only good thing is that it is an easy A

TLDR: DO NOT TAKE THIS CLASS... INSTEAD you should try PORTSGE 46 (actually interesting, engaging, you learn something useful, you don't waste a quarter, still an easy A)

This class is so easy but it can be boring because it’s 3 hours long and the professor takes attendance either towards the end or the middle of the class. There are 3 pop quizzes and I failed all of them and still passed with an A because they’re is extra credit opportunities and the midterm + final would pretty easy which was just exploring westwood and campus and writing about the topic they give. I would def recommend it as a ge

Professor Huhtamo is clearly a very passionate professor that enjoys design culture. He tries to make his lectures entertaining and although some lectures were quite interesting there are other weeks where it was so boring (especially when the lectures are 3 hours). This class is basically lectures every week exploring different aspects of design and famous designers or movements that initiates design over the years. Overall this class is extremely easy and low effort. I personally didn't read the textbook at all and failed all of the pop quizzes, but despite this I received an A+ in the class. There are all lot of extra credit opportunities and the lowest pop quiz grade is dropped. I would recommend you to focus more on the midterm, final, and desma specials and event since they are worth more and if you do well you will definitely be fine.

I ended with a 104% in this class along with my friends. I definitely recommend if you are looking for an easy GE. I found myself interested in a lot of the concepts we learned about and the lectures despite being a STEM major. However, it can be difficult to sit through three hours of any class. I recommend taking notes to pay attention at least slightly, but you can definitely do homework on the side as well. Additionally, there are readings required every week that the pop quizzes are half on as well. I didn't do a single reading. I got 4/10, 4/10, and 6/10 on the three pop quizzes, with one of the 4/10's dropped, but I did three extra credits. The extra credits are so so helpful, they can take you for example from an A- to an A just from doing one. The assignments do require you to attend events outside of class. A lot are on campus or zoom, which I did. They are easy and interesting. If you like to learn or enjoy the subject, definitely take this class. If you just want an easy GE and A, I would also recommend. Overall, I would definitely take it again.

This is an incredibly easy GE but you will 100% not learn a single thing that has bearing on real life. Most of the material is theoretical and the professor's lectures are not engaging whatsoever. You have to buy the textbook for the assignments, but even as somebody who read every single reading, I didn't learn a single thing. There are three pop quizzes, four event reports, a midterm, and a final, which can be done in a group. The grading is extremely lenient and there are multiple extra credit opportunities that cover you even if you fail the pop quizzes, which are stupidly specific. It's a fine class that does the job with very little work but it's a waste of time

I have really enjoyed this class so far as it is really easy and there are not many assignments. However, I feel like the context in the readings and lectures have a lot of examples and are a little hard to comprehend. The lectures are also very long on a Friday morning which is very hard some days. Overall, the class does not assign much homework besides for the one reading a week, however when spread out, it is pretty easy. This class could also get boring as it is from 9:00-11:50 and goes over a lot of examples.

DESMA 10 has to be one of the easiest classes I've taken at UCLA. The entire class was structured off 3 components a midterm paper a final paper, which was a group assignment, and attendance. The only thing that made this class a bitch was that class was 3 hours on Fridays at 9 am, which sucked after thirsty Thursday. The class was boring asf lowkey and I would tune it out every week. The midterm was kinda cool because you had to just wander around campus and find abnormal design characteristics while quoting the readings. The final was very easy as well as it was a group assignment involving critiquing design again. Overall, a very easy class.