ARTS at University of South Carolina

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 245Typographic Design Iopens 8 courses (2.5 directly)
• ARTS 225Introduction to Sculptureopens 6 courses (2 directly)
• ARTS 345Visual and Verbal Interactionopens 5 courses (2.5 directly)
• ARTS 335Intermediate Fiber Arts Iopens 5 courses (1 directly)
• ARTS 325Intermediate Sculpture Iopens 4 courses (1 directly)
• ARTS 326Intermediate Sculpture IIopens 4 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 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 79 ARTS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 33 more ARTS 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 ARTS, 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 ARTS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 7 courses deep, ending at ARTS 536

  1. ARTS 235Introduction to Fiber Arts
  2. ARTS 335Intermediate Fiber Arts I
  3. ARTS 336Intermediate Fiber Arts II
  4. ARTS 435Advanced Fiber Arts I
  5. ARTS 436Advanced Fiber Arts II
  6. ARTS 535Fiber Arts I
  7. ARTS 536Fiber Arts II

• 6 courses deep, ending at ARTS 521

  1. ARTS 220Introduction to Ceramics
  2. ARTS 320Intermediate Ceramics I
  3. ARTS 420Advanced Ceramics

• 6 courses deep, ending at ARTS 531

  1. ARTS 230Introduction to Drawing
  2. ARTS 330Intermediate Drawing I
  3. ARTS 430Advanced Drawing

• 5 courses deep, ending at ARTS 448

  1. ARTS 102Design Technology and Concepts
  2. ARTS 245Typographic Design I
  3. ARTS 345Visual and Verbal Interaction

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 South Carolina campus feed.