PRAD 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 PRAD coursework.

• PRAD 256Writing for Public Relations and Advertisingopens 5 courses (3 directly)
• PRAD 291Research, Data and Insightsopens 4 courses (2 directly)
• PRAD 292Design Applications for Prad Professionalsopens 3 courses (3 directly)
• PRAD 320Event Planningopens 1 course (1 directly)
• PRAD 386Bateman Public Relations Strategyopens 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 PRAD 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 62 PRAD and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 20 more PRAD 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 PRAD. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 3 courses deep, ending at PRAD 321

  1. PRAD 244Principles of Advertising
  2. PRAD 320Event Planning
  3. PRAD 321Advanced Event Planning

• 3 courses deep, ending at PRAD 336

  1. PRAD 244Principles of Advertising
  2. PRAD 256Writing for Public Relations and Advertising
  3. PRAD 336Advertising Campaigns

• 3 courses deep, ending at PRAD 350

  1. PRAD 244Principles of Advertising
  2. PRAD 291Research, Data and Insights
  3. PRAD 350Strategic Communication Planning

• 3 courses deep, ending at PRAD 387

  1. PRAD 255Public Relations
  2. PRAD 386Bateman Public Relations Strategy
  3. PRAD 387Bateman Public Relations Campaigns

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for PRAD yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under PRAD yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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