After POLS 2101
Gateway: POLS 2101
Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.
Generated from Albany State University’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate POLS coursework.
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 POLS 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 50 POLS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 17 more POLS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on POLS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Field of Studyall required
2000 Level; 2000 Level
American Politics2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select three of the following courses:
Comparative Governmentchoose 1
Public Policy/Public Administrationchoose 1
Political Theory1 required
International Relationschoose 1
General Political Science Courses1 required
Guided Political Science Electives (Select up to 12 hours at the 3000-4000 level)15 required · verify with the official sheet
First-Year and Wellness Course Requirements Outside the Core; HEDP, WELL
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in POLS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at POLS 3701
3 courses deep, ending at POLS 3815
3 courses deep, ending at POLS 4619
3 courses deep, ending at POLS 4814
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
Major Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select 27 Semester Hours. A minimum of 15 credits of 3000-4000 level courses are required.; First-Year and Wellness Course Requirements Outside the Core; HEDP, WELL
All POLS courses in the Albany State catalog
Grade medians are for verified students. Sign in with your school email to see them.
Use your school emailNo section schedule with instructor names for POLS yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under POLS yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
Political Science does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Albany State campus feed.