Art Track

Students considering the Art Track should meet with the Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS)  for Art, .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), during their first year at Yale, as well as the DUS for Computing and the Arts. The DUS for Art can advise students on sequences of courses to take within Art, substitutions that may be made, and potential project advisors. Students interested in this track are advised to take either CPSC 112 (a or b)  or CPSC 201 and also one of the Art prerequisites in their first year at Yale.

Always consult the Blue Book for accurate requirements and course descriptions, and on-line course listings for locations and times.

Prerequisites

CPSC 112a or b,  ART 111a or b and 114a or b.

Required Courses

CPSC 201a or b, 202a, and 223b. Students are advised to complete CPSC 202a and 223b by the end of the sophomore year. MATH 244a may be substituted for CPSC 202a.

The art track requires the following courses in addition to the Computer Science courses listed above: (1) three 100-level courses beyond ART 111a or b and 114a or b, such as ART 132a or b, 138a, and 145a or b; (2) two courses in Art at the 200 or 300 level; (3) one course in Art at the 400 level; (4) two courses selected from CPSC 475b, 478b, and 479a; (5) one additional intermediate or advanced computer science course (excluding CPSC 490a or b).

Senior Requirement

The senior project must be approved by the director of undergraduate studies. The project requires two terms: one term of CPAR 491a or b, and one term of ART 495a or b.  A proposal for the senior project, approved by a Computer Science.

Faculty member and Art faculty member who will advise the project, must be submitted at the end of the junior year.

Specific courses for freshman interested in this track to consider:

ART1111Visual Thinking
ART1141Basic Drawing
CPSC1121Introduction to Programming
CPSC2011Intro to Computer Science
CPSC2021Mathematical Tools For Computer Science