Building the department map…
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.
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.
Generated from Arkansas Tech University’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
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 2 POLS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 39 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.
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Electives & general-education requirements6 required · verify with the official sheet
PHSC XXXX; FAH 1XXX; Electives; Select one of the following:
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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.
2 courses deep, ending at POLS 4963
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Electives & general-education requirements13 required · verify with the official sheet
MATH XXXX; SCIL 1XXX; Elective; GEOG Elective 3; FAH 1XXX; Select one of the following:; HIST/POLS Elective (3000-4000 level) 3; HIST/POLS 4963
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Electives & general-education requirements24 required · verify with the official sheet
SS 1XXX; Elective 2,3; CJ/SOC 2003; MATH XXXX; SCIL 1XXX; FAH 1XXX; Select one of the following:; PSY/SOC 2063; PSY/SOC 2053 or GEOG 2833; CJ/SOC 2033; Criminal Justice Policing (3000-4000 level) 4; CJ/SOC 2043; Criminal Justice Courts (3000-4000 level) 4; Criminal Justice Elective (3000-4000 level) 5,6; Criminal Justice Society (3000-4000 level) 4,5,6; Elective 2,3,5,6
All POLS courses in the Arkansas Tech 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 Arkansas Tech campus feed.