Semester 1fall
SPAN 1015Elementary Spanish Iusually fallSPAN 3395Contextos: Introduction to Literary Analysis in Spanishusually fall
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.
Generated from Boston College’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
A suggested order for the 8 courses on the map, built from prerequisite chains and how often each course has run in fall and spring across the last 1 regular terms. It is not the department’s plan, and it is not a promise a course will run. Confirm against the department’s own advising material.
Semester 1fall
Semester 3fall
Semester 5fall
Semester 7fall
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate SPAN 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 SPAN 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 8 SPAN and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 9 more SPAN courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on SPAN, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
30 Credits (ten 3-credit courses), which must include:7 required · verify with the official sheet
30 Credits (ten 3-credit courses), which must include: Please note: Students may repeat a semester of FREN3307, FREN3308, or FREN3309 as an elective with the permission of the instructor and the Director of Undergraduate Studies.
30 Credits (ten 3-credit courses), which must include:3 required · verify with the official sheet
30 Credits (ten 3-credit courses), which must include:
30 Credits (ten 3-credit courses), which must include:2 required · verify with the official sheet
30 Credits (ten 3-credit courses), which must include:
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in SPAN. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at SPAN 1116
2 courses deep, ending at SPAN 6502
All SPAN courses in the Boston College catalog
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Use your school emailInstructors on SPAN sections in Fall 2026, from the registrar's schedule.
No clubs or organizations on record under SPAN yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
SPAN does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Boston College campus feed.