DES at University of Illinois Chicago

Intro sequences

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

• 1. DES 222Human Experience in Design
  2. DES 322Design Research Methods
• 1. DES 230Industrial Design II.
  2. DES 231Industrial Design III.
• 1. DES 208Typography I: Form
  2. DES 209Typography II: Systems

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 DES coursework.

• DES 322Design Research Methodsopens 8 courses (4 directly)
• DES 231Industrial Design III.opens 5 courses (1 directly)
• DES 330Industrial Design IV.opens 4 courses (2 directly)
• CS 261Machine Organizationopens 3 courses (2 directly)
• DES 209Typography II: Systemsopens 3 courses (2 directly)
• DES 511Advanced Graphic Design II.opens 3 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 DES 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 55 DES and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 18 more DES 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 DES. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at DES 471

  1. DES 230Industrial Design II.
  2. DES 231Industrial Design III.
  3. DES 330Industrial Design IV.
  4. DES 331Industrial Design V.
  5. DES 470Industrial Design Thesis I.
  6. DES 471Industrial Design Thesis II.

• 4 courses deep, ending at DES 309

  1. DES 208Typography I: Form
  2. DES 209Typography II: Systems
  3. DES 308Typography III: Expression

• 4 courses deep, ending at DES 355

  1. DES 357Integrative Design Studio III.
  2. DES 355Design Seminar

• 4 courses deep, ending at DES 411

  1. DES 222Human Experience in Design
  2. DES 322Design Research Methods
  3. DES 410Senior Design Colloquium I.

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for DES yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under DES yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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