DSCI at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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 DSCI coursework.

• ASCI 2220Animal Nutrition and Feedingopens 3 courses (1.5 directly)
• CHEM 2240Organic Chemistry: Fundamentals and Applicationsopens 2 courses (1.5 directly)
• ASCI 3302Animal Geneticsopens 1 course (1 directly)
• ASCI 3355Ruminant Nutritionopens 1 course (1 directly)
• CHEM 3350Biochemistry: Fundamentals and Applicationsopens 1 course (1 directly)
• DSCI 4432Advanced Dairy Herd Managementopens 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 DSCI 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 24 DSCI and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 9 more DSCI courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Concentration routes

The concentrations and majors that build on DSCI, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.

Tracks

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

The longest ladders

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

• 4 courses deep, ending at DSCI 4401

  1. CHEM 1120Fundamentals of Chemical Structure and Properties
  2. CHEM 2240Organic Chemistry: Fundamentals and Applications
  3. CHEM 3350Biochemistry: Fundamentals and Applications
  4. DSCI 4401Physical and Chemical Properties of Dairy Products

• 4 courses deep, ending at DSCI 4410

  1. ASCI 1101Principles of Animal Physiology
  2. ASCI 2220Animal Nutrition and Feeding
  3. ASCI 3355Ruminant Nutrition

• 3 courses deep, ending at DSCI 3330

  1. ASCI 1101Principles of Animal Physiology
  2. ASCI 2229Anatomy and Physiology of Farm Animals
  3. DSCI 3330Dairy Cattle Reproductive Management and Artificial Insemination

• 3 courses deep, ending at DSCI 4402

  1. DSCI 2229General Dairy Manufacturing
  2. DSCI 3344Dairy Microbiology
  3. DSCI 4402Quality Assurance and Control of Dairy Products

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for DSCI yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under DSCI yet.

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Department events

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