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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 Brown University’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
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Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate VISA 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 VISA 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 39 VISA and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 22 more VISA courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in VISA. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
3 courses deep, ending at VISA 1530
3 courses deep, ending at VISA 1800A
2 courses deep, ending at VISA 1720
A suggested order for the 39 courses on the map, built from prerequisite chains and how often each course has run in fall and spring across the last 12 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 2spring
Semester 3fall
Semester 4spring
All VISA courses in the Brown catalog
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Use your school emailInstructors on VISA sections in Spring 2027, from the registrar's schedule.
Groups the university lists under this department.
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