After PSY 2256
Gateway: PSY 2256
Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate CD coursework.
Generated from California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo’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 CD 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 CD and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 7 more CD courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on CD, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
MAJOR COURSES2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select from the following:; Select from the following:; Child Development Electives; Select any 3000-4000 level CD courses; Internship; Select from the following:; Senior Project
SUPPORT COURSES2 required · verify with the official sheet
Professional Skills; Select from the following:; Upper-Division Science; Select from the following (Upper-Division 2/5):; Diversity, Equity and Inclusion; Select from the following (Upper-Division 4):
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in CD. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
5 courses deep, ending at CD 4462
4 courses deep, ending at CD 4411
4 courses deep, ending at CD 4449
4 courses deep, ending at CD 4454
All CD courses in the Cal Poly SLO catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under CD yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
CD does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Cal Poly SLO campus feed.