GDES at University of Minnesota Twin Cities

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 GDES coursework.

• GDES 3351Text and Imageopens 1 course (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 GDES 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 14 GDES and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 52 more GDES 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 GDES. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 3 courses deep, ending at GDES 4345

  1. GDES 2345Typography
  2. GDES 3351Text and Image
  3. GDES 4345Adv Type

• 2 courses deep, ending at GDES 5311

  1. ARCH 2301Drawing and Critical Thinking
  2. GDES 5311Illustration

• 2 courses deep, ending at GDES 5342

  1. GDES 2334Computer Appl I
  2. GDES 5342Advanced Web Dsgn

• 2 courses deep, ending at GDES 5386

  1. DHA 4384Interactive Media
  2. GDES 5386Game Design

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for GDES yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under GDES yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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