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 PHIL 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 PHIL 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 21 PHIL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 31 more PHIL courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on PHIL, 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
History of Philosophy Electives; Select from the following:; Select from the following:; Select from the following:; Select any course not taken from History of Philosophy Electives or PHIL 4429
Approved Electives or Concentration1 required · verify with the official sheet
(Select any 3000-4000 level PHIL courses or see list of Concentrations below)
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in PHIL. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
3 courses deep, ending at PHIL 4460
2 courses deep, ending at PHIL 3385
1 course from1 required
Approved Electives2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select from any 3000-4000 level BIO or MCRO courses except those not open for major degree credit in Biological Sciences, or from the following (a minimum of 7 units must be upper-division):
All PHIL 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 PHIL yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under PHIL yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
Philosophy does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Cal Poly SLO campus feed.