syllabus
ooh i found me a reference syllabus of sorts: Course Schedule - California College of the Arts. gives a decent overview of what bases should be covered.
and on a slight tangent, i'm working on a better way of organising all this d.i.y.a.s. stuff, since there are posts i want to expand on over time. i'm going to set up some pages with a more traditional website structure. when i have time.