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.
Generated from Rice University’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate FOTO 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 FOTO 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 7 FOTO and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 13 more FOTO courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on FOTO, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Core Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Introductory Requirements; Select 4 courses from the following:; Studio Core Requirements; Select 2 courses from the following:
Professional Practices Seminar and Field Tripall required
Senior Studioall required
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in FOTO. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
3 courses deep, ending at FOTO 383
1 course from1 required
All FOTO courses in the Rice 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 FOTO yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under FOTO yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
FOTO does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Rice campus feed.