LA at North Dakota 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 LA coursework.

• LA 472Advanced Community Planning + Design Studioopens 8 courses (6 directly)
• LA 332Digital Drawing + Representation Technologyopens 1 course (1 directly)
• LA 442Advanced Grading + Drainageopens 1 course (1 directly)
• LA 563Programming and Thesis Preparationopens 1 course (1 directly)
• LA 571Environmental Planning Studioopens 1 course (1 directly)
• LA 771Performance Based Design Studioopens 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 LA 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 20 LA and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 38 more LA 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 LA. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at LA 572

  1. LA 471Site Elements + Composition Design Studio
  2. LA 472Advanced Community Planning + Design Studio
  3. LA 563Programming and Thesis Preparation
  4. LA 572Design Thesis

• 4 courses deep, ending at LA 772

  1. LA 471Site Elements + Composition Design Studio
  2. LA 472Advanced Community Planning + Design Studio
  3. LA 771Performance Based Design Studio

• 3 courses deep, ending at LA 431

  1. LA 231Digital Media + Methods Technology
  2. LA 332Digital Drawing + Representation Technology
  3. LA 431Advanced Digital Applications + Analysis Technology

• 3 courses deep, ending at LA 444

  1. LA 341Site Development and Detailing I.
  2. LA 442Advanced Grading + Drainage
  3. LA 444Advanced Construction Drawing + Documentation

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for LA yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under LA yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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