ART at James Madison University

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 ART 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 69 ART and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 19 more ART 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 ART, 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 ART. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at ART 459

  1. FDS 102Color and Composition
  2. ART 252Introductory Painting
  3. ART 352Intermediate Painting
  4. ART 452Advanced Painting
  5. ART 459Portfolio Development: Painting

• 4 courses deep, ending at ART 400

  1. FDS 104Observational Drawing
  2. FDS 108Expressive and Expanded Drawing
  3. ART 300Illustration

• 4 courses deep, ending at ART 420

  1. FDS 102Color and Composition
  2. ART 220Introductory Ceramics: Potter's Wheel
  3. ART 320Molds and Casting: Ceramics

• 4 courses deep, ending at ART 430

  1. FDS 102Color and Composition
  2. ART 230Introduction to Fibers Processes
  3. ART 330Intermediate Fiber Processes

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for ART yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under ART yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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