PS at University of Alaska Fairbanks

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 PS coursework.

• WRTG F211XWriting and the Humanities3 Creditsopens 12 courses (12 directly)
• WRTG F213XWriting and the Sciences3 Creditsopens 12 courses (12 directly)
• WRTG F212XWriting and the Professions3 Creditsopens 11 courses (11 directly)
• WRTG F214XArguing Across Contexts3 Creditsopens 11 courses (11 directly)
• PS F100XPolitical Economy3 Creditsopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• PHIL F322XEthics3 Creditsopens 1 course (1 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 PS 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 59 PS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 20 more PS 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 PS, 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 PS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 3 courses deep, ending at PS F314

  1. WRTG F111XWriting Across Contexts3 Credits
  2. WRTG F211XWriting and the Humanities3 Credits
  3. PS F314Political Ideologies3 Credits

• 3 courses deep, ending at PS F323

  1. WRTG F111XWriting Across Contexts3 Credits
  2. PS F100XPolitical Economy3 Credits
  3. PS F323International Political Economy3 Credits

• 3 courses deep, ending at PS F472

  1. WRTG F111XWriting Across Contexts3 Credits
  2. PHIL F322XEthics3 Credits
  3. PS F472Ethics in International Affairs3 Credits

• 3 courses deep, ending at PS F499

  1. PS F101XIntroduction to American Government and Politics3 Credits
  2. PS F222Political Science Research Methods3 Credits
  3. PS F499Senior Thesis3 Credits

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for PS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under PS yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

PS does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the UAF campus feed.