VIST at Texas A&M 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 VIST coursework.

• VIST 106Principles of Design IIopens 23 courses (4 directly)
• VIST 275Production Techniquesopens 16 courses (2 directly)
• VIST 206Visual Studies Studio Iopens 14 courses (5 directly)
• VIST 173Foundations of Visual Computing IIopens 10 courses (1 directly)
• VIST 272Visual Computingopens 9 courses (9 directly)
• VIST 305Visual Studies Studio IIopens 7 courses (6 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 VIST 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 63 VIST and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 25 more VIST 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 VIST, 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 VIST. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 7 courses deep, ending at VIST 429

  1. VIST 105Principles of Design I
  2. VIST 106Principles of Design II
  3. VIST 275Production Techniques
  4. VIST 206Visual Studies Studio I
  5. VIST 305Visual Studies Studio II
  6. VIST 325Digital Storytelling - Narrative Design Across Media
  7. VIST 429On Set Virtual Production

• 6 courses deep, ending at VIST 415

  1. VIST 105Principles of Design I
  2. VIST 106Principles of Design II
  3. VIST 275Production Techniques

• 6 courses deep, ending at VIST 439

  1. VIST 105Principles of Design I
  2. VIST 106Principles of Design II
  3. VIST 275Production Techniques

• 5 courses deep, ending at VIST 476

  1. CSCE 447/VIST 476 Data Visualization
  2. VIST 476/CSCE 447 Data Visualization

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for VIST yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under VIST yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

VIST does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Texas A&M campus feed.