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 HIS 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 HIS 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.
The concentrations and majors that build on HIS, 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 any Upper-Division OCN Electives Courses
SUPPORT COURSES2 required · verify with the official sheet
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in HIS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
2 courses deep, ending at HIS 3300
All HIS courses in the Cal Poly SLO catalog
Grade medians are for verified students. Sign in with your school email to see them.
Use your school emailNo section schedule with instructor names for HIS yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under HIS yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
HIS does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Cal Poly SLO campus feed.