Semester 1fall
Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
A suggested order for the 26 courses on the map, built from prerequisite chains and how often each course has run in fall and spring across the last 12 regular terms. It is not the department’s plan, and it is not a promise a course will run. Confirm against the department’s own advising material.
Semester 1fall
Generated from Cornell University’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
Semester 2spring
Semester 3fall
Semester 4spring
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 26 PHIL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 171 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.
Eight Core Philosophy Courses15 required · verify with the official sheet
6 Philosophy courses at the 2000-level or higher. Of these six courses, at least three must be at the 3000-level or higher. Including:; 2 Philosophy courses at any level
Philosophy Electives6 required · verify with the official sheet
Two courses in Philosophy or related subjects
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 3700
3 courses deep, ending at PHIL 4310
3 courses deep, ending at PHIL 6720
2 courses deep, ending at PHIL 1621
All PHIL courses in the Cornell catalog
Grade medians are for verified students. Sign in with your school email to see them.
Use your school emailInstructors on PHIL sections in Fall 2026, from the registrar's schedule.
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 Cornell campus feed.