PROD 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 PROD coursework.

• PROD 211Form Studioopens 10 courses (1 directly)
• PROD 220Product Design Form Studioopens 10 courses (1 directly)
• PROD 212Intro to Product Designopens 9 courses (1 directly)
• PROD 230Product Design Process Studioopens 8 courses (2 directly)
• MATE 121Mechanical Behavior of Materials for Product Designopens 8 courses (1 directly)
• PROD 255Applied Materials in Product Designopens 7 courses (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 PROD 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 28 PROD and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 19 more PROD 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 PROD. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 9 courses deep, ending at PROD 480

  1. WEST 107Maker Workshop
  2. PROD 211Form Studio
  3. PROD 212Intro to Product Design
  4. PROD 230Product Design Process Studio
  5. PROD 340Interdisciplinary Product Design Studio
  6. PROD 345Applied Human Centered Design
  7. PROD 425Applied Design Research
  8. PROD 470Create Build Studio
  9. PROD 480Exhibition Studio

• 8 courses deep, ending at PROD 475

  1. WEST 107Maker Workshop
  2. PROD 211Form Studio
  3. PROD 212Intro to Product Design

• 3 courses deep, ending at PROD 225

  1. WEST 107Maker Workshop
  2. PROD 265Introduction to CAD Product Design
  3. PROD 225Computer Aided Imagining in Product Design

• 3 courses deep, ending at PROD 255

  1. MATE 120Modern Materials in Your World
  2. MATE 121Mechanical Behavior of Materials for Product Design
  3. PROD 255Applied Materials in Product Design

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for PROD yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under PROD yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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