ART at Western Carolina 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 ART coursework.

• ART 270Communication Designopens 7 courses (2 directly)
• ART 275Typography Iopens 7 courses (2 directly)
• ART 371Design Studio 1opens 5 courses (2 directly)
• ART 375Interactive Designopens 5 courses (2 directly)
• ART 233Introductory Paintingopens 4 courses (1 directly)
• ART 241Introductory Sculptureopens 4 courses (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 ART 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 48 ART and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 16 more ART 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 ART. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 6 courses deep, ending at ART 473

  1. ART 132Two-Dimensional Design
  2. ART 270Communication Design
  3. ART 371Design Studio 1
  4. ART 460Motion Design I
  5. ART 471Design Studio 2
  6. ART 473Portfolio Design

• 5 courses deep, ending at ART 452

  1. ART 131Introductory Drawing
  2. ART 241Introductory Sculpture
  3. ART 342Sculpture II

• 5 courses deep, ending at ART 453

  1. ART 131Introductory Drawing
  2. ART 233Introductory Painting
  3. ART 333Painting II

• 4 courses deep, ending at ART 434

  1. ART 131Introductory Drawing
  2. ART 234Introductory Printmaking
  3. ART 334Printmaking II

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for ART yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under ART yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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