ART at University of Wisconsin-Madison

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 346Basic Graphic Designopens 20 courses (20 directly)
• ART 212Drawing Foundationsopens 6 courses (2 directly)
• ART 214Sculpture Iopens 5 courses (3 directly)
• ART 438History of Graphic Design and Typographyopens 4 courses (3 directly)
• ART 222Introduction to Paintingopens 4 courses (2 directly)
• ART 458Graphic Design for Branding and Identityopens 3 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 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 89 ART and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 32 more ART 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 ART, 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 ART. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 5 courses deep, ending at ART 532

  1. ART 112Drawing for Non-art Majors
  2. ART 212Drawing Foundations
  3. ART 232Life Drawing I
  4. ART 332Life Drawing II
  5. ART 532Advanced Life Drawing I

• 5 courses deep, ending at ART 556

  1. ART 1022d Foundations
  2. ART 346Basic Graphic Design
  3. ART 438History of Graphic Design and Typography

• 5 courses deep, ending at ART 612

  1. ART 112Drawing for Non-art Majors
  2. ART 212Drawing Foundations
  3. ART 312Intermediate Drawing I

• 5 courses deep, ending at ART 614

  1. ART 1043d Foundations
  2. ART 214Sculpture I
  3. ART 314Sculpture 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 UW–Madison campus feed.