Semester 1fall
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.
A suggested order for the 43 courses on the map, built from prerequisite chains and how often each course has run in fall and spring across the last 12 regular terms. It is not the department’s plan, and it is not a promise a course will run. Confirm against the department’s own advising material.
Semester 1fall
Generated from University of Pennsylvania’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
Semester 2spring
Semester 3fall
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate FNAR coursework.
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 FNAR 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 43 FNAR and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 365 more FNAR courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on FNAR, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Major Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Core Studio Requirements; Students are encouraged to take these classes their freshman and sophomore year.; Introductory Studio Requirements; Select 3:; OR - Courses with Attribute AFDA; Art History Requirements; Select three courses from the following areas:; Art History Course (ARTH 0000-4999); OR - Fine Arts Seminars (FNAR 3000-3999); OR - Design Seminars (DSGN 3000-3999); OR - Courses with Att
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: FNAR 6400
Gateway: FNAR 1010
Gateway: FNAR 1040
Gateway: FNAR 0010
The deepest prerequisite chains in FNAR. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
2 courses deep, ending at FNAR 2010
2 courses deep, ending at FNAR 2080
2 courses deep, ending at FNAR 2110
2 courses deep, ending at FNAR 2120
All FNAR courses in the Penn catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under FNAR yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
FNAR does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Penn campus feed.