After DES 243
Gateway: DES 243
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Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate DES coursework.
Generated from DePaul University’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
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 DES 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 65 DES and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 37 more DES courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on DES, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
FIRST YEAR2 required · verify with the official sheet
History of Dramatic Literature Sequence (Arts and Literature Requirement):; Wig and Make-up Design & Technology Sequence:; Principles of Design Sequence:
Theatre Crew Sequence6 required · verify with the official sheet
Repeat course 3 times to achieve 6 credits total
SECOND YEAR2 required · verify with the official sheet
Rendering for Designers Sequence:; Costume Construction I Sequence:; Costume Design Sequence:; Costume History Sequence:; Production Practice I Sequence:; Repeat course 3 times to achieve 9 total credits:
THIRD YEAR2 required · verify with the official sheet
Costume Design II Sequence:; Production Practice II Sequence:; Students achieve 10 credits total by taking a combination of DES 371 and DES 373 or by taking DES 372 twice.; Costume Design Seminar (Repeatable twice)
FOURTH YEAR2 required · verify with the official sheet
Costume Design III Sequence:; Production Practice III Sequence:; Students achieve 16 credits total by taking DES 473 twice or by taking DES 472 and repeating DES 471 twice. In consultation with Advisor, DES 490 may be substituted for DES 471 , DES 472 , or DES 473; Costume Design Seminar; DES 351 is repeated in the 4th year
Advanced Projection Design & Technology Sequenceall required
DES 330 /331/332 will be repeated in the 4th year
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in DES. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
9 courses deep, ending at DES 417
9 courses deep, ending at DES 449
8 courses deep, ending at DES 443
7 courses deep, ending at DES 446
1 course from1 required
All DES courses in the DePaul catalog
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