Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate ART coursework.
Generated from Northwestern University’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
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 2 ART and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 13 more ART courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
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.
Major Requirements (15 units)2 required · verify with the official sheet
3 200-level courses; 3 history and/or theory courses; and any 2 of the following; 7 additional courses in department; 4 must be studio courses
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in ART. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
2 courses deep, ending at ART 360-0
All ART courses in the Northwestern catalog
Grade medians are for verified students. Sign in with your school email to see them.
Use your school emailNo section schedule with instructor names for ART yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under ART yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
ART does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Northwestern campus feed.