ARTS at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Intro sequences

The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.

• 1. ARTS 1200Basic Drawing
  2. ARTS 1020Digital Imaging
  3. ARTS 1030Digital Filmmaking
  4. ARTS 1040Introduction to Game Art
  5. ARTS 1220Fundamentals of 2D Design
  6. ARTS 1380Fundamentals of Music and Sound
  7. ARTS 2020Music and Technology I
  8. ARTS 4140Queer Ecologies
  9. ARTS 2380Music and Sound I
  10. ARTS 4120Biopunk: Arts Lab Practice
• 1. ARTS 1020Digital Imaging
  2. ARTS 1030Digital Filmmaking
  3. ARTS 1040Introduction to Game Art
• 1. ARTS 1030Digital Filmmaking
  2. ARTS 1020Digital Imaging
  3. ARTS 1040Introduction to Game Art
• 1. ARTS 1380Fundamentals of Music and Sound
  2. ARTS 2380Music and Sound I

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 ARTS coursework.

• ARTS 2380Music and Sound Iopens 7 courses (5.5 directly)
• ARTS 4120Biopunk: Arts Lab Practiceopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• ARTS 40703D Animationopens 2 courses (1.5 directly)
• ARTS 4380Music and Sound IIopens 1 course (1 directly)
• ARTS 2010Intermediate Videoopens 1 course (0.5 directly)
• ARTS 40603D Visual Effectsopens 1 course (0.5 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 ARTS 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 50 ARTS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 66 more ARTS 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 ARTS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at ARTS 4240

  1. ARTS 1380Fundamentals of Music and Sound
  2. ARTS 2380Music and Sound I
  3. ARTS 4120Biopunk: Arts Lab Practice
  4. ARTS 4240Eco Chic: Living Art

• 4 courses deep, ending at ARTS 4390

  1. ARTS 1380Fundamentals of Music and Sound
  2. ARTS 2380Music and Sound I
  3. ARTS 4380Music and Sound II

• 3 courses deep, ending at ARTS 4010

  1. ARTS 1030Digital Filmmaking
  2. ARTS 2010Intermediate Video
  3. ARTS 4010Interactive Arts Programming

• 3 courses deep, ending at ARTS 4020

  1. ARTS 22303D Digital Modeling
  2. ARTS 40703D Animation
  3. ARTS 4020Advanced Digital 3D Projects

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for ARTS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under ARTS yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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