PD at University of Oregon

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 PD coursework.

• PD 350Objects and Impactsopens 5 courses (1 directly)
• PD 340Design for Useopens 4 courses (4 directly)
• PD 301Introduction to Design Studioopens 4 courses (1 directly)
• PD 323Design Drawingopens 4 courses (1 directly)
• PD 302Introduction to Design Studio II.opens 3 courses (3 directly)
• ART 116Core Interdisciplinary Laboratoryopens 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 PD 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 19 PD and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 13 more PD 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 PD, 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 PD. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at PD 460

  1. PD 370Design Process
  2. PD 350Objects and Impacts
  3. PD 340Design for Use
  4. PD 460Interaction Design

• 4 courses deep, ending at PD 483

  1. PD 223Beginning Design Drawing
  2. PD 301Introduction to Design Studio
  3. PD 302Introduction to Design Studio II.

• 3 courses deep, ending at PD 430

  1. ART 115Surface, Space, and Time
  2. ART 116Core Interdisciplinary Laboratory
  3. PD 430Computer-Assisted Design and Production

• 3 courses deep, ending at PD 488

  1. PD 486BFA Studio I.
  2. PD 487BFA Studio II.
  3. PD 488BFA Studio III.

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for PD yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under PD yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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