DESN at University of Notre Dame

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 DESN coursework.

• DESN 21202ID: Digital Visualization Labopens 9 courses (1 directly)
• DESN 20201ID1: Industrial Design Process and Prototypingopens 8 courses (3.5 directly)
• DESN 20101Introduction to Visual Communication Designopens 8 courses (2.3 directly)
• DESN 20115Typographyopens 3 courses (2 directly)
• DESN 20203Design Matters: Introduction to Design Thinkingopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• DESN 20120Visual Communication Design 3: Web-based interactivity for desktop and mobileopens 2 courses (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 DESN 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 24 DESN and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 64 more DESN 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 DESN. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at DESN 30111

  1. DESN 20200Rapid Ideation and Visualization
  2. DESN 21202ID: Digital Visualization Lab
  3. DESN 20201ID1: Industrial Design Process and Prototyping
  4. DESN 20120Visual Communication Design 3: Web-based interactivity for desktop and mobile
  5. DESN 30111VCD 5: Scale Graphics: Narrative Environments

• 5 courses deep, ending at DESN 30204

  1. DESN 20200Rapid Ideation and Visualization
  2. DESN 21202ID: Digital Visualization Lab
  3. DESN 20201ID1: Industrial Design Process and Prototyping

• 4 courses deep, ending at DESN 31190

  1. ARST 101002-D Foundations
  2. DESN 20101Introduction to Visual Communication Design
  3. DESN 20115Typography

• 3 courses deep, ending at DESN 20204

  1. ALHN 13950Honors Seminar
  2. DESN 20203Design Matters: Introduction to Design Thinking
  3. DESN 20204Design Research Practices

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for DESN yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under DESN yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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