DES at University of Louisville

Intro sequences

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

• 1. DES 107Foundation Drawing3 Units
  2. DES 361Principles of Interior Design3 Units

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 361Principles of Interior Design3 Unitsopens 19 courses (3.5 directly)
• DES 364Interiors and Dwelling3 Unitsopens 12 courses (1 directly)
• DES 461Commercial Environments3 Unitsopens 11 courses (1 directly)
• DES 462Interiors and Nature3 Unitsopens 10 courses (3 directly)
• DES 561Integrated Interior Design3 Unitsopens 7 courses (2 directly)
• DES 204Foundation Interior Design3 Unitsopens 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 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 69 DES and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 39 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.

• 10 courses deep, ending at DES 596

  1. DES 107Foundation Drawing3 Units
  2. DES 361Principles of Interior Design3 Units
  3. DES 364Interiors and Dwelling3 Units
  4. DES 461Commercial Environments3 Units
  5. DES 462Interiors and Nature3 Units
  6. DES 561Integrated Interior Design3 Units
  7. ART 562Interior Design Studio II3 Units
  8. ART 563Interior Design Studio III3 Units
  9. ART 564Interior Design Studio IV3 Units
  10. DES 596Professional Development in Interior Design - CUE3 Units

• 7 courses deep, ending at DES 522

  1. DES 111Lab: InDesign1.5 Units
  2. DES 321Principles of Typography3 Units
  3. DES 322Information Design3 Units

• 7 courses deep, ending at DES 542

  1. DES 113Lab: Illustrator1.5 Units
  2. DES 341Principles of Interaction Design3 Units
  3. DES 342Interactive Prototypes3 Units

• 7 courses deep, ending at DES 562

  1. DES 107Foundation Drawing3 Units
  2. DES 361Principles of Interior Design3 Units
  3. DES 364Interiors and Dwelling3 Units

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 Louisville campus feed.