After MSCI 3300
Gateway: MSCI 3300
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 MSCI 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 MSCI 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 25 MSCI and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 1 more MSCI course have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on MSCI, 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:; Marine Science Electives; Select a minimum of 4 courses from the following:
SUPPORT COURSES2 required · verify with the official sheet
APPROVED ELECTIVES2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select from the following (a minimum of 6 units must be 3000-4000 level):
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in MSCI. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at MSCI 4401
4 courses deep, ending at MSCI 4403
2 courses deep, ending at MSCI 3303
All MSCI courses in the Cal Poly SLO catalog
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