JZZ 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 JZZ coursework.

• JZZ 301Essentials of Jazz IIopens 8 courses (1 directly)
• JZZ 302Essentials of Jazz IIIopens 7 courses (2 directly)
• JZZ 304Jazz Arranging and Composition Iopens 3 courses (1 directly)
• JZZ 305Jazz Arranging and Composition IIopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• JZZ 308Jazz Improvisation Iopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• JZZ 306Jazz Arranging and Composition IIIopens 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 JZZ 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 18 JZZ and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 49 more JZZ 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 JZZ. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 7 courses deep, ending at JZZ 316

  1. JZZ 300Essentials of Jazz I
  2. JZZ 301Essentials of Jazz II
  3. JZZ 302Essentials of Jazz III
  4. JZZ 304Jazz Arranging and Composition I
  5. JZZ 305Jazz Arranging and Composition II
  6. JZZ 306Jazz Arranging and Composition III
  7. JZZ 316Applied Jazz Composition

• 6 courses deep, ending at JZZ 310

  1. JZZ 300Essentials of Jazz I
  2. JZZ 301Essentials of Jazz II
  3. JZZ 302Essentials of Jazz III

• 3 courses deep, ending at JZZ 410

  1. JZZ 402Advanced Jazz Composition I
  2. JZZ 404Advanced Jazz Composition II
  3. JZZ 410Jazz Composition Final Project

• 2 courses deep, ending at JZZ 215

  1. JZZ 317Applied Jazz Improvisation
  2. JZZ 215Jazz Junior Recital

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for JZZ yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under JZZ yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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