ARTS at Virginia State 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 ARTS coursework.

• ARTS 102Drawing II.opens 25 courses (9 directly)
• ARTS 225Electronic Animationopens 9 courses (3 directly)
• ARTS 215Introduction to Animationopens 9 courses (1 directly)
• ARTS 207Three Dimensional Designopens 8 courses (8 directly)
• ARTS 1042 Dimenl Design;Color Theoropens 7 courses (3 directly)
• ARTS 325Animation Basic I.opens 6 courses (2 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 41 ARTS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 12 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.

• 6 courses deep, ending at ARTS 435

  1. ARTS 215Introduction to Animation
  2. ARTS 225Electronic Animation
  3. ARTS 325Animation Basic I.
  4. ARTS 335Animation Basic II.
  5. ARTS 425Animation Basic III.
  6. ARTS 435Animation Team

• 5 courses deep, ending at ARTS 314

  1. ARTS 101Drawing I.
  2. ARTS 102Drawing II.
  3. VCAD 206Basic Photography

• 5 courses deep, ending at ARTS 430

  1. ARTS 215Introduction to Animation
  2. ARTS 225Electronic Animation
  3. ARTS 325Animation Basic I.

• 4 courses deep, ending at ARTS 204

  1. ARTS 101Drawing I.
  2. ARTS 102Drawing II.
  3. ARTS 203Printmaking I.

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 Virginia State campus feed.