ART at Colorado State University

Intro sequences

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

• 1. ART 110Global Art History I
  2. ART 111Global Art History II
• 1. ART 135Foundations - Form and Observation
  2. ART 110Global Art History I
  3. ART 120Foundations--Time and Structure
  4. ART 160Foundations - Color and Composition
  5. ART 170Foundations - Materials and Space
  6. ART 111Global Art History II
  7. ART 255Introduction to Graphic Design
• 1. ART 160Foundations - Color and Composition
  2. ART 110Global Art History I
  3. ART 120Foundations--Time and Structure
• 1. ART 170Foundations - Materials and Space
  2. ART 110Global Art History I
  3. ART 120Foundations--Time and Structure

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 ART coursework.

• ART 111Global Art History IIopens 80 courses (11 directly)
• ART 212Global Art History IIIopens 25 courses (25 directly)
• ART 255Introduction to Graphic Designopens 7 courses (3.5 directly)
• ART 230Photo Image Making Iopens 6 courses (2 directly)
• ART 250Fibers Iopens 5 courses (3 directly)
• ART 270Sculpture Iopens 5 courses (3 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 ART 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 128 ART and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 90 more ART 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 ART, 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 ART. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 7 courses deep, ending at ART 431

  1. ART 110Global Art History I
  2. ART 111Global Art History II
  3. ART 230Photo Image Making I
  4. ART 330Photo Image Making II
  5. ART 331Photo Image Making III
  6. ART 430Advanced Photo Image Making I
  7. ART 431Advanced Photo Image Making II

• 7 courses deep, ending at ART 436

  1. ART 110Global Art History I
  2. ART 111Global Art History II
  3. ART 235Drawing Materials and Techniques

• 7 courses deep, ending at ART 441

  1. ART 110Global Art History I
  2. ART 111Global Art History II
  3. ART 240Pottery I

• 7 courses deep, ending at ART 461

  1. ART 110Global Art History I
  2. ART 111Global Art History II
  3. ART 260Painting I--Fundamentals and Representation

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for ART yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under ART yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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