DESN at Eastern Washington 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 DESN coursework.

• DESN 368Web Design + Codeopens 6 courses (3 directly)
• DESN 200Visual Thinking + Makingopens 4 courses (2 directly)
• DESN 243TYPOGRAPHY.opens 3 courses (3 directly)
• DESN 326Introduction to Animationopens 3 courses (2 directly)
• DESN 263Visual Communication Designopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• DESN 301Visual Storytellingopens 2 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 DESN 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 36 DESN and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 18 more DESN 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 DESN, 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 DESN. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at DESN 446

  1. ENGL 101College Composition: Exposition and Argumentation
  2. DESN 200Visual Thinking + Making
  3. DESN 355Motion Design
  4. DESN 365Motion Design
  5. DESN 4464D ANIMATION.

• 5 courses deep, ending at DESN 469

  1. DESN 216Digital Foundations
  2. DESN 368Web Design + Code
  3. DESN 369Web Development

• 4 courses deep, ending at DESN 468

  1. DESN 216Digital Foundations
  2. DESN 368Web Design + Code
  3. DESN 378Web Design + Code

• 3 courses deep, ending at DESN 336

  1. DESN 216Digital Foundations
  2. DESN 326Introduction to Animation
  3. DESN 3363D ANIMATION.

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for DESN yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under DESN yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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