HCD 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 HCD coursework.

• HCD 450Theories and Methods in Human-centered Designopens 4 courses (1 directly)
• HCD 421Design and Human Experienceopens 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 HCD 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 10 HCD and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 7 more HCD courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

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

The longest ladders

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

• 2 courses deep, ending at HCD 430

  1. HCD 421Design and Human Experience
  2. HCD 430Portfolio Workshop (formerly Exp 450)

• 2 courses deep, ending at HCD 440

  1. DMA 530Design Thinking and Storytelling
  2. HCD 440Designing Playful Experiences (formerly Exp 440)

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for HCD yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under HCD yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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