ADN at North Carolina State University

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 ADN coursework.

• ADN 380Creative Technology Studio IIopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• ADN 501Graduate Seminar II: Art + Design as Future Makingopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• ADN 272Introduction to Printing and Surface Designopens 1 course (1 directly)
• ADN 273Fibers Materials and Processesopens 1 course (1 directly)
• ADN 386Sculpture Iopens 1 course (1 directly)
• ADN 510Graduate Seminar III: Final Project Researchopens 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 ADN 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 48 ADN and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 29 more ADN 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 ADN, 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 ADN. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at ADN 493

  1. ADN 219Digital Imaging I
  2. ADN 380Creative Technology Studio II
  3. ADN 460Creative Technology Studio III
  4. ADN 493Art and Design Senior Lecture

• 4 courses deep, ending at ADN 511

  1. ADN 500Graduate Seminar I: Software, Platforms + Environments
  2. ADN 501Graduate Seminar II: Art + Design as Future Making
  3. ADN 510Graduate Seminar III: Final Project Research

• 3 courses deep, ending at ADN 472

  1. ADN 111Introduction to Two-Dimensional Design
  2. ADN 272Introduction to Printing and Surface Design
  3. ADN 472Advanced Surface Design

• 3 courses deep, ending at ADN 473

  1. ADN 111Introduction to Two-Dimensional Design
  2. ADN 273Fibers Materials and Processes
  3. ADN 473Advanced Three-Dimensional Fibers Forms and Structures

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for ADN yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under ADN yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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