CSA at George Washington University

Intro sequences

The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.

• 1. CSA 1502Introduction to Digital Color Photography
  2. CSA 2090Photography/Photojournalism Studio Documentary Modes and Constructed Realities
• 1. CSA 1501Black and White Photography Fundamentals
  2. CSA 2090Photography/Photojournalism Studio Documentary Modes and Constructed Realities

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 CSA coursework.

• CSA 2092Fine Art Studio Experimental Materialityopens 3 courses (2 directly)
• CSA 2090Photography/Photojournalism Studio Documentary Modes and Constructed Realitiesopens 1 course (1 directly)
• CSA 3092Fine Art Studio Critical Practices in Makingopens 1 course (1 directly)
• CSA 2570Studio and Location Lightingopens 1 course (0.5 directly)
• SMPA 2113Digital Media II: Introduction to Web Production and Social Mediaopens 1 course (0.5 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 CSA 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 CSA and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 66 more CSA 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 CSA. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at CSA 4170

  1. CFN 1090Drawing and Surface
  2. CSA 2092Fine Art Studio Experimental Materiality
  3. CSA 3092Fine Art Studio Critical Practices in Making
  4. CSA 4170Professional Practices for Artists

• 3 courses deep, ending at CSA 3020W

  1. CSA 1501Black and White Photography Fundamentals
  2. CSA 2090Photography/Photojournalism Studio Documentary Modes and Constructed Realities
  3. CSA 3020WTopics in Photography and Photojournalism

• 3 courses deep, ending at CSA 3540

  1. CSA 1501Black and White Photography Fundamentals
  2. CSA 2570Studio and Location Lighting
  3. CSA 3540Advanced Lens-Based Commissions Project

• 2 courses deep, ending at CSA 2111

  1. CSA 1101Introduction to Handbuilt Ceramics
  2. CSA 2111Ceramic Design in Handbuilt Forms

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on CSA, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for CSA yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CSA yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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