DS at University of Wisconsin-Madison

Intro sequences

The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.

• 1. DS 120Design: Fundamentals I
  2. DS 220Design: Fundamentals II
• 1. DS 153Sewn Construction I
  2. DS 154Sewn Construction II
• 1. DS 151Craft & Construction for Garments
  2. DS 152Fashion Design I

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 DS coursework.

• DS 220Design: Fundamentals IIopens 7 courses (1 directly)
• DS 222Interior Design Iopens 6 courses (2 directly)
• DS 322Interior Design IIopens 4 courses (2 directly)
• DS 152Fashion Design Iopens 4 courses (1 directly)
• DS 154Sewn Construction IIopens 4 courses (1 directly)
• DS 253Patternmaking for Fashion Design Iopens 3 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 DS 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 DS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 37 more DS 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 DS, 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 DS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 7 courses deep, ending at DS 626

  1. DS 120Design: Fundamentals I
  2. DS 220Design: Fundamentals II
  3. DS 222Interior Design I
  4. DS 322Interior Design II
  5. DS 622Interior Design III
  6. DS 623Interior Design IV
  7. DS 626Interior Design V

• 5 courses deep, ending at DS 453

  1. DS 151Craft & Construction for Garments
  2. DS 152Fashion Design I
  3. DS 253Patternmaking for Fashion Design I

• 3 courses deep, ending at DS 225

  1. DS 120Design: Fundamentals I
  2. DS 210Fashion Illustration
  3. DS 225Apparel Design I

• 3 courses deep, ending at DS 422

  1. ART HIST 201History of Western Art I: from Pyramids to Cathedrals
  2. DS 421History of Architecture and Interiors I: Antiquity Through 18th Century
  3. DS 422History of Architecture & Interiors Ii: 19th and 20th Centuries

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for DS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under DS yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

DS does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the UW–Madison campus feed.