CAS PS 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 PS coursework.

• CAS PS 231Physiological Psychologyopens 4 courses (4 directly)
• CAS PS 336Introduction to Cognitive Psychologyopens 2 courses (2 directly)
• CAS NE 327Experimental Psychology: Perceptionopens 1 course (1 directly)
• CAS NE 328Experimental Psychology: Memory & Cognitionopens 1 course (1 directly)
• CAS NE 337Memory Systems of the Brainopens 1 course (1 directly)
• CAS PS 211Introduction to Experimental Designopens 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 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 25 CAS PS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 20 more CAS PS 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 PS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at CAS PS 328

  1. CAS NE 328Experimental Psychology: Memory & Cognition
  2. CAS PS 328Experimental Psychology: Memory & Cognition

• 4 courses deep, ending at CAS PS 337

  1. CAS NE 337Memory Systems of the Brain
  2. CAS PS 337Memory Systems of the Brain

• 3 courses deep, ending at CAS PS 323

  1. CAS PS 101General Psychology
  2. CAS PS 211Introduction to Experimental Design
  3. CAS PS 323Experimental Psychology: Learning

• 3 courses deep, ending at CAS PS 327

  1. CAS NE 327Experimental Psychology: Perception
  2. CAS PS 327Experimental Psychology: Perception

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for CAS PS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under CAS PS yet.

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Department events

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