CFA AR at Boston University

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate CFA AR coursework.

• CFA AR 241Painting 2opens 5 courses (1 directly)
• CFA AR 242Painting 3opens 4 courses (1 directly)
• CFA AR 341Junior Painting Studioopens 3 courses (1 directly)
• CFA AR 342Painting Studioopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• CFA AR 226Sophomore Graphic Design 2opens 1 course (1 directly)
• CFA AR 321Sculpture Studioopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

Intro tiers at the top, advanced work below; arrows point from a prerequisite to the course it unlocks. Courses from other departments appear where they gate CFA AR work. Click any course to see what it requires and unlocks without leaving this page; hovering lights up its neighbors. The lists on this page carry the same courses in text form.

Showing the 32 CFA AR and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 92 more CFA AR courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in CFA AR. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 7 courses deep, ending at CFA AR 346

  1. CFA AR 141Foundation Painting
  2. CFA AR 241Painting 2
  3. CFA AR 242Painting 3
  4. CFA AR 341Junior Painting Studio
  5. CFA AR 342Painting Studio
  6. CFA AR 345Senior Painting Studio
  7. CFA AR 346Senior Painting Studios

• 3 courses deep, ending at CFA AR 322

  1. CFA AR 221Materials and Methods in Sculpture
  2. CFA AR 321Sculpture Studio
  3. CFA AR 322Sculpture Studios

• 3 courses deep, ending at CFA AR 386

  1. CFA AR 225Sophomore Graphic Design Fall
  2. CFA AR 226Sophomore Graphic Design 2
  3. CFA AR 386Sophomore Type Spring: Hierarchy, Composition

• 3 courses deep, ending at CFA AR 483

  1. CFA AR 381Junior Graphic Design 1
  2. CFA AR 382Junior Graphic Design 2
  3. CFA AR 483Senior Graphic Design: Collaboration

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for CFA AR yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CFA AR yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

CFA AR does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the BU campus feed.