Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.
Generated from Western Kentucky University’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate ANIM coursework.
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 ANIM 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.
The concentrations and majors that build on ANIM, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Required Foundation Coursesall required
Choose four of Beginning-Level Studio Courses12 required
Choose five Upper-Level Studio Electiveschoose 15
Select 2 Upper-Level Art History Electiveschoose 6
Required Art Education Pedagogy Coursesall required
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in ANIM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
3 courses deep, ending at ANIM 344
2 courses deep, ending at ANIM 320
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All ANIM courses in the WKU catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under ANIM yet.
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