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.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate POLS coursework.
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.
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 POLS 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 65 POLS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 20 more POLS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on POLS, 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
Concentration or Individualized Course of Study2 required · verify with the official sheet
(See list of Concentrations and Individualized Course of Study below); Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; Select from the following:; Upper-Division Electives; Select any 3000-4000 level POLS courses
SUPPORT COURSES2 required · verify with the official sheet
Select from the following: (4B)
REQUIRED COURSESall required
Select from the following:
Choose 1choose 1
1 course from1 required
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in POLS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
5 courses deep, ending at POLS 4462
3 courses deep, ending at POLS 3342
3 courses deep, ending at POLS 4440
3 courses deep, ending at POLS 5575
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
All POLS courses in the Cal Poly SLO catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under POLS yet.
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