DSGN at Northwestern 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 DSGN coursework.

• DSGN 305-0Human-Centered Service Designopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• DSGN 306-0User Experience Designopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• DSGN 308-0Human-Centered Product Designopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• DSGN 106-2Design Thinking and Communicationopens 1 course (1 directly)
• DSGN 380-1Industrial Design Projects Iopens 1 course (1 directly)
• DSGN 382-1Service Design Studio Iopens 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 DSGN 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 DSGN and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 20 more DSGN 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 DSGN. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at DSGN 382-2

  1. DSGN 106-1Design Thinking and Communication
  2. DSGN 305-0Human-Centered Service Design
  3. DSGN 382-1Service Design Studio I
  4. DSGN 382-2Service Design Studio II

• 3 courses deep, ending at DSGN 345-0

  1. DSGN 106-1Design Thinking and Communication
  2. DSGN 106-2Design Thinking and Communication
  3. DSGN 345-0Computer-Aided Manufacturing

• 3 courses deep, ending at DSGN 380-2

  1. DSGN 220-0Introduction to Design Sketching
  2. DSGN 380-1Industrial Design Projects I
  3. DSGN 380-2Industrial Design Projects II

• 3 courses deep, ending at DSGN 384-2

  1. DSGN 106-1Design Thinking and Communication
  2. DSGN 384-1Interdisciplinary Product Design Projects I
  3. DSGN 384-2Interdisciplinary Product Design Projects II

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for DSGN yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under DSGN yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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