GD at DePaul 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 GD coursework.

• GD 230Typography: Formopens 7 courses (6.5 directly)
• GD 200Graphic Design: Formopens 6 courses (4 directly)
• GD 110Web Designopens 4 courses (0.8 directly)
• UXD 270User-centered Web Designopens 3 courses (1.5 directly)
• GD 215Web Design for Commercial Projectsopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• GD 232Typography: Systemsopens 2 courses (0.5 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 GD 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 39 GD and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 24 more GD 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 GD, 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 GD. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at GD 331

  1. ANI 105Motion Graphics Foundations
  2. GD 230Typography: Form
  3. GD 232Typography: Systems
  4. GD 231Typography in Motion
  5. GD 331History and Practice: Film Title Design

• 4 courses deep, ending at GD 211

  1. GD 150Illustrator Workshop
  2. GD 200Graphic Design: Form
  3. GD 210Digital Illustration I

• 4 courses deep, ending at GD 314

  1. GD 109Web Design Tools Workshop
  2. GD 110Web Design
  3. GD 215Web Design for Commercial Projects

• 3 courses deep, ending at GD 395

  1. GD 300Graphic Design: Projects
  2. GD 394Capstone Project I
  3. GD 395Capstone Project II

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for GD yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under GD yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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