GRC at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

Intro sequences

The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.

• 1. GRC 1020Introduction to Digital Applications
  2. GRC 2050Digital Typography
• 1. GRC 1000Introduction to Graphic Communication
  2. GRC 2050Digital Typography
• 1. GRC 1040Materials for Graphic Communication Applications
  2. GRC 1020Introduction to Digital Applications
  3. GRC 2040Print and Production Technology

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 GRC coursework.

• GRC 2050Digital Typographyopens 5 courses (4.5 directly)
• GRC 2040Print and Production Technologyopens 5 courses (2 directly)
• GRC 2020Digital File Preparation and Workflowopens 4 courses (3 directly)
• GRC 3000Experience Designopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• GRC 2070Consumer Packagingopens 2 courses (1.5 directly)
• GRC 3020Digital Photography and Motion Graphicsopens 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 GRC 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 38 GRC and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 9 more GRC courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on GRC, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

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

The longest ladders

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

• 4 courses deep, ending at GRC 3080

  1. GRC 1020Introduction to Digital Applications
  2. GRC 2040Print and Production Technology
  3. GRC 3000Experience Design
  4. GRC 3080Product Development for Cross-Device Interaction

• 4 courses deep, ending at GRC 4060

  1. GRC 1020Introduction to Digital Applications
  2. GRC 2040Print and Production Technology
  3. GRC 3060Data-Driven Graphics

• 4 courses deep, ending at GRC 4800

  1. GRC 1000Introduction to Graphic Communication
  2. GRC 2020Digital File Preparation and Workflow
  3. GRC 3020Digital Photography and Motion Graphics

• 3 courses deep, ending at GRC 3200

  1. PHYS 1121College Physics I
  2. PHYS 1123College Physics II
  3. GRC 3200Color Management

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for GRC yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under GRC yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

GRC does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Cal Poly SLO campus feed.