Spring 2027

Color Theory and Technology

Specialized topics of current interest.

offering recorded3 credits
Recorded instructors · Spring 2027 No instructors listed

Summary

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Past student reviews · Majid Sarmadi

Students reported the course involved a lot of work, though one found the material and teaching style made it worthwhile.

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Prerequisites

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Satisfied Quantitative Reasoning (QR) A or graduate/professional standing

    • Satisfied Quantitative Reasoning (QR) A
    • graduate/professional standing
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DS 451

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  • Any of
    • Satisfied Quantitative Reasoning (QR) A
    • graduate/professional standing

Professors

Spring 2027

No instructors recorded for this selection.

Historical instructors & teaching patterns

MAJID SARMADI is recorded teaching in Fall 2006, Spring 2007, Fall 2007, Spring 2008, Fall 2008, Spring 2009, Fall 2009, Spring 2010, Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013, Spring 2014, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019, Fall 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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SectionModeEnrolled / capacityWaitlist
LEC 001Classroom Instruction0 / 400

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Majid Sarmadi

The course met once a week for 2.5 hours and graded students on a 10-page research paper, a quick presentation, and two exams.

Recent recorded grades — Spring 2025: 3.69 GPA, 88.9% A/AB (n=18 letter grades); Fall 2025: 3.96 GPA, 100.0% A/AB (n=28 letter grades); Spring 2026: 3.52 GPA, 80.0% A/AB (n=25 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Majid Sarmadi

Students reported the course involved a lot of work, though one found the material and teaching style made it worthwhile.

Past student reviews · Majid Sarmadi

One student found the 2.5-hour sessions boring and advised against taking the class unless required, despite the instructor being funny.

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2026— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Sources & history

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Catalog & offerings

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Selected offering source records
DS 451 · Spring 2027

Color Theory and Technology

Recorded 2026-10-14
Raw records 
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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance 
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  "task_version": "17",
  "output_id": "60750bc1ea9eb432d39d45b07e04076cebf640c7cc7f12d9a4df76d2627057cd",
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