PHTO at Virginia Commonwealth 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 PHTO coursework.

• PHTO 390Writing and Directing for the Screenopens 3 courses (1 directly)
• PHTO 350Concepts I.opens 2 courses (1 directly)
• PHTO 475Advanced Production Workshopopens 2 courses (1 directly)
• PHTO 340Lighting I: Studioopens 1 course (1 directly)
• PHTO 352Concepts II: Junior Projectopens 1 course (1 directly)
• PHTO 394Documentary I.opens 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 PHTO 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 23 PHTO and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 22 more PHTO 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 PHTO. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at PHTO 485

  1. UNIV 200Advanced Focused Inquiry: Literacies, Research and Communication
  2. PHTO 390Writing and Directing for the Screen
  3. PHTO 475Advanced Production Workshop
  4. PHTO 484Thesis Film I.
  5. PHTO 485Thesis Film II.

• 4 courses deep, ending at PHTO 474

  1. PHTO 281Digital Imaging I.
  2. PHTO 350Concepts I.
  3. PHTO 352Concepts II: Junior Project

• 3 courses deep, ending at PHTO 442

  1. PHTO 243Darkroom
  2. PHTO 340Lighting I: Studio
  3. PHTO 442Lighting II: Location

• 3 courses deep, ending at PHTO 494

  1. PHTO 280Moving Pixels
  2. PHTO 394Documentary I.
  3. PHTO 494Documentary II.

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for PHTO yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under PHTO yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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