CAGD at California State University, Chico

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 CAGD coursework.

• CAGD 230Digital Modeling Iopens 17 courses (3.5 directly)
• CAGD 320Digital Texturingopens 10 courses (4 directly)
• CAGD 240Digital Animation Iopens 8 courses (2.5 directly)
• CAGD 180Scripting and Programming for Computer Graphicsopens 8 courses (0.5 directly)
• CAGD 280Introduction to Game Scriptingopens 7 courses (2.3 directly)
• CAGD 3303D Digital Modeling IIopens 5 courses (4 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 CAGD 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 41 CAGD and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 21 more CAGD 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 CAGD, 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 CAGD. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at CAGD 470

  1. CAGD 150Introduction to Visual Scripting
  2. CAGD 180Scripting and Programming for Computer Graphics
  3. CAGD 280Introduction to Game Scripting
  4. CAGD 370Video Game Development
  5. CAGD 375WVideo Game Pre-Production
  6. CAGD 470Video Game Production

• 5 courses deep, ending at CAGD 331

  1. CAGD 112Virtual and Physical Camera Applications
  2. CAGD 230Digital Modeling I
  3. CAGD 320Digital Texturing

• 5 courses deep, ending at CAGD 374W

  1. CAGD 112Virtual and Physical Camera Applications
  2. CAGD 230Digital Modeling I
  3. CAGD 250Introduction to Technical CGI

• 5 courses deep, ending at CAGD 432

  1. CAGD 112Virtual and Physical Camera Applications
  2. CAGD 230Digital Modeling I
  3. CAGD 320Digital Texturing

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for CAGD yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CAGD yet.

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Department events

CAGD does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Chico State campus feed.