CAS PO at Boston University

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 CAS PO coursework.

• CAS PO 111Introduction to American Politicsopens 6 courses (6 directly)
• CAS PO 141Introduction to Public Policyopens 5 courses (5 directly)
• CAS PO 151Introduction to Comparative Politicsopens 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 CAS PO 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 10 CAS PO and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 23 more CAS PO courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in CAS PO. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 2 courses deep, ending at CAS PO 302

  1. CAS PO 111Introduction to American Politics
  2. CAS PO 302Congress

• 2 courses deep, ending at CAS PO 324

  1. CAS PO 141Introduction to Public Policy
  2. CAS PO 324Comparative Public Policy

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for CAS PO yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CAS PO yet.

Clubs students here join

Department events

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