ARTS at Texas A&M University

Intro sequences

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

• 1. ARTS 115Drawing for Visualization
  2. VIST 105Principles of Design I
  3. VIST 106Principles of Design II
  4. VIST 205Principles of Design III
• 1. ARTS 111Drawing I
  2. ARTS 115Drawing for Visualization
  3. ARTS 212Life Drawing
• 1. ARTS 104Introduction to Graphic Design
  2. VIST 105Principles of Design I
  3. ARTS 303Graphic Design 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.

• VIST 106Principles of Design IIopens 5 courses (3 directly)
• ARTS 303Graphic Design Iopens 4 courses (4 directly)
• ARTS 304Graphic Design IIopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• VIST 205Principles of Design IIIopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• ARTS 212Life Drawingopens 1 course (1 directly)
• ARTS 231Digital Form and Fabricationopens 1 course (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 46 ARTS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 8 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.

• 5 courses deep, ending at ARTS 312

  1. VIST 105Principles of Design I
  2. VIST 106Principles of Design II
  3. VIST 205Principles of Design III
  4. ARTS 311Traditional Photography
  5. ARTS 312Advanced Photography

• 4 courses deep, ending at ARTS 403

  1. ARTS 104Introduction to Graphic Design
  2. ARTS 303Graphic Design I
  3. ARTS 304Graphic Design II

• 4 courses deep, ending at ARTS 435

  1. VIST 105Principles of Design I
  2. VIST 106Principles of Design II
  3. ARTS 231Digital Form and Fabrication

• 3 courses deep, ending at ARTS 301

  1. PVFA 201Introduction to Artificial Intelligence in the Arts
  2. PVFA 301Artificial Intelligence, Ethics and Social Impact in the Arts
  3. ARTS 301Artificial Intelligence in Visual Arts

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 Texas A&M campus feed.