PHTO at Drexel 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 PHTO coursework.

• PHTO 210Intermediate Photographyopens 17 courses (3.5 directly)
• PHTO 220Film Photography IIopens 13 courses (2 directly)
• PHTO 240Digital Photography IIopens 12 courses (2.5 directly)
• PHTO 233Large Format Photographyopens 11 courses (5 directly)
• PHTO 234Studio Photographyopens 10 courses (3 directly)
• PHTO 236Photojournalismopens 7 courses (2 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 PHTO 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 31 PHTO and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 13 more PHTO 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 PHTO, 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 PHTO. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 8 courses deep, ending at PHTO 495

  1. PHTO 110Photography
  2. PHTO 210Intermediate Photography
  3. PHTO 240Digital Photography II
  4. PHTO 236Photojournalism
  5. PHTO 392Junior Project in Photography
  6. PHTO 492Senior Thesis in Photography I
  7. PHTO 493Senior Thesis in Photography II
  8. PHTO 495Senior Thesis in Photography III

• 6 courses deep, ending at PHTO 395

  1. PHTO 110Photography
  2. PHTO 210Intermediate Photography
  3. PHTO 240Digital Photography II

• 5 courses deep, ending at PHTO 337

  1. PHTO 110Photography
  2. PHTO 210Intermediate Photography
  3. PHTO 234Studio Photography

• 5 courses deep, ending at PHTO 453

  1. PHTO 120Film Photography I
  2. PHTO 220Film Photography II
  3. PHTO 233Large Format Photography

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for PHTO yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under PHTO yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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