After SPAN 3000
Gateway: SPAN 3000
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 SPAN coursework.
Generated from University of Colorado Boulder’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 SPAN 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 52 SPAN and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 39 more SPAN courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on SPAN, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Professional Spanish Courses9 required · verify with the official sheet
Choose three of the following:
Spanish Language Coursesall required
Upper-Division SPAN Elective1 required
One Upper Division course ( SPAN 3000 or 4000 level); One SPAN 4000-level course. SPAN 4930 is an option.
Non-SPAN Electives12 required · verify with the official sheet
Students are required to take 12 credit hours outside of Spanish in a certificate program, minor, second major or degree related to their professional interests. Students must fulfill the prerequisites for the relevant program. The Business Minor, or the Public Health Certificate, or the Technology, Arts and Media Certificate are recommended. Courses meeting this requirement must be approved by th
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: SPAN 3000
The deepest prerequisite chains in SPAN. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
9 courses deep, ending at SPAN 4660
7 courses deep, ending at SPAN 4060
All SPAN courses in the CU Boulder catalog
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Use your school emailNo section schedule with instructor names for SPAN yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under SPAN yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
SPAN does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the CU Boulder campus feed.