Tentative Course Offerings
These are tentative schedules. Classes and/or instructors may change or be canceled. Please consult the official Schedule of Classes on TritonLink each quarter.
Featured Courses
DSGN 119: Design at Large Seminar - Fall 2025
DSGN 119: Design at Large | Megan Ybarra
New societal challenges, cultural values, and technological opportunities are changing design—and vice versa. The seminar explores this increased scale, real-world engagement, and disruptive impact. Invited speakers from UC San Diego and beyond share cutting-edge research on interaction, design, and learning.
2 units, P/NP grade. Meets Wednesdays 4:00pm-5:50pm at DIB 208.
Prerequisites: COMM 124A or COGS 10 or DSGN 1
COGS 87: First-year Seminar - Winter 2026
COGS 87 (A00): How Minds and Groups Make Religion and Superstition | Professor Gedeon Deak
Why do humans, individually and in groups, attribute natural events to supernatural agents? How does the human brain accept religious beliefs, even in the face of contradictory evidence? We will examine how cognitive, developmental, and cultural factors work together to cause humans to believe in the supernatural.
COGS 87: First-year Seminar - Spring 2026
COGS 87 (A00): How Minds & Cultures Make Religion & Superstition | Professor Gedeon Deak
Why do humans, individually and in groups, attribute natural events to supernatural agents? How does the human brain accept religious beliefs, even in the face of contradictory evidence? We will examine how cognitive, developmental, and cultural factors work together to cause humans to believe in the supernatural.