DES at Temple University

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 DES coursework.

• DES 2002Introduction to Digital Toolsopens 44 courses (13 directly)
• DES 2001Introduction to Design and Illustrationopens 41 courses (19.1 directly)
• DES 2003Introduction to Typographyopens 34 courses (9.9 directly)
• DES 3201User Experience/User Interface (UX/UI) Designopens 6 courses (4 directly)
• DES 3301Illustrationopens 6 courses (3 directly)
• DES 3101Typographyopens 5 courses (3 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 DES 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 70 DES and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 81 more DES 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 DES. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 7 courses deep, ending at DES 4096

  1. ART 1503Introduction to Visual Language, Drawing
  2. DES 2002Introduction to Digital Tools
  3. DES 2003Introduction to Typography
  4. DES 3301Illustration
  5. DES 3302Illustration
  6. DES 3303Illustration
  7. DES 4096Capstone: Thesis

• 7 courses deep, ending at DES 4101

  1. ART 1503Introduction to Visual Language, Drawing
  2. DES 2002Introduction to Digital Tools
  3. DES 2003Introduction to Typography

• 7 courses deep, ending at DES 4201

  1. ART 1503Introduction to Visual Language, Drawing
  2. DES 2002Introduction to Digital Tools
  3. DES 2003Introduction to Typography

• 5 courses deep, ending at DES 3563

  1. ART 1503Introduction to Visual Language, Drawing
  2. DES 2002Introduction to Digital Tools
  3. DES 2003Introduction to Typography

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for DES yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under DES yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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