After NFS 230
Gateway: NFS 230
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 NFS coursework.
Generated from Drexel University’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 NFS 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 32 NFS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 10 more NFS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on NFS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Communications and Englishall required
1 course from1 required
Physical and Biological Sciences2 required · verify with the official sheet
Humanities and Social Sciencesall required
Management and Computingall required
Foods, Food Safety, and Food Production2 required · verify with the official sheet
Mathematics and Statisticsall required
Nutrition and Food Sciences2 required · verify with the official sheet
Additional Requirementsall required
General Education/Content Requirementschoose 1
Free electives
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in NFS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
8 courses deep, ending at NFS 445
5 courses deep, ending at NFS 391
3 courses deep, ending at NFS 370
3 courses deep, ending at NFS 496
MS in TLC Coreall required
Policy, Law & Organization Coursesall required
Select two courses in Education Policy, Law & Organization EDPO or EDAM (500-799). Reading Specialist Concentration students enroll in EDLS 570 and EDLS 650 .
MS in TLC Coreall required
Policy, Law & Organization Courses (Choose 2)all required
Select two courses in Education Policy, Law & Organization EDPO or EDAM (500-799). Reading Specialist Concentration students enroll in EDLS 570 and EDLS 650 .
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MS in TLC Coreall required
Policy, Law & Organization Courses (Choose 2)all required
Select two courses in Education Policy, Law & Organization EDPO or EDAM (500-799). Reading Specialist Concentration students enroll in EDLS 570 and EDLS 650 .
All NFS courses in the Drexel 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 NFS yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under NFS yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
NFS does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Drexel campus feed.