After COMS 3332
Gateway: COMS 3332
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 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.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate COMS 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 COMS 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 22 COMS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 34 more COMS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on COMS, 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: (1C); Select from the following:; Select two from the following:; Select from the following:; Select from the following: (GWR); Focus Area; Select from the following focus areas or any courses in the list below:; Culture, Identity, and Power; Media and Technology; Persuasion and Social Influence; Politics, Advocacy, and Civic Engagement; Relationships, Organizations, and
SUPPORT COURSES1 required
REQUIRED COURSESall required
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1 course from1 required
MAJOR COURSES2 required · verify with the official sheet
Foundation; Select from the following:; Cognitive; Select from the following:; Mental and Physical Health; Select from the following:; Social and Personality; Select from the following:; Internships; Select from the following:
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in COMS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
6 courses deep, ending at COMS 4461
3 courses deep, ending at COMS 3312
2 courses deep, ending at COMS 3350
2 courses deep, ending at COMS 4428
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
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):
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)
All COMS courses in the Cal Poly SLO catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under COMS yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
COMS does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Cal Poly SLO campus feed.