ARS at University of Alabama at Birmingham

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 ARS coursework.

• ARS 250Beginning Graphic Designopens 11 courses (8 directly)
• ARS 200Beginning Drawingopens 4 courses (3 directly)
• ARS 205Beginning Illustration-Traditional and Digitalopens 4 courses (3 directly)
• ARS 210Beginning Paintingopens 4 courses (3 directly)
• ARS 240Beginning Printmakingopens 4 courses (3 directly)
• ARS 270Beginning Photographyopens 4 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 ARS 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 61 ARS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 12 more ARS 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 ARS, 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 ARS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at ARS 400

  1. ARS 100Drawing: Observations and Perceptions
  2. ARS 200Beginning Drawing
  3. ARS 300Intermediate Drawing
  4. ARS 400Advanced Drawing

• 4 courses deep, ending at ARS 410

  1. ARS 100Drawing: Observations and Perceptions
  2. ARS 210Beginning Painting
  3. ARS 310Observational Painting

• 4 courses deep, ending at ARS 440

  1. ARS 100Drawing: Observations and Perceptions
  2. ARS 240Beginning Printmaking
  3. ARS 340Printmaking - Special Topics

• 4 courses deep, ending at ARS 450

  1. ARS 103Digital Design Foundations
  2. ARS 250Beginning Graphic Design
  3. ARS 350Graphic Design - Special Topics

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for ARS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under ARS yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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