After PLS 103
Gateway: PLS 103
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 PLS coursework.
Generated from Eastern Kentucky 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 PLS 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 22 PLS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 3 more PLS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on PLS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
University Graduation Requirements1 required
General Education; Foundations of Learning; Upper division courses (42 hrs. distributed throughout Major/Supporting/Gen Ed/Free Electives categories)
Major Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Core Courses; CRJ Electives; Choose from 27 hours, at least one course from each area, of the following three areas: (12 hours must be upper division); Corrections:; Law and Juvenile Justice:; Policing:; Supporting Course Requirements; Choose from nine hours of at least two of the following areas in consultation with major advisor: AFA, APP, ENV, HLS, POL, PSY, SJS, SOC, or WGS; Free Electives or
University Graduation Requirements1 required
General Education; Foundations of Learning; Upper division courses (42 hrs. distributed throughout Major/Supporting/Gen Ed/Free Electives categories)
Major Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Core Courses; COR Electives; Choose from 18 hours of upper division COR electives in consultation with major advisor; Supporting Course Requirements; Choose from two of the following in consultation with major advisor:; Any upper division CRJ course; Free Electives; Choose from 36 hours of free electives
University Graduation Requirements1 required
General Education; Foundations of Learning; Upper division courses (42 hrs. distributed throughout Major/Supporting/Gen Ed/Free Electives categories)
Major Requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Core Courses; Major Electives; Choose from 27 hours of PLS, CRJ or COR electives (12 hours must be upper division courses and 15 hours must be PLS)); Supporting Electives; Choose from nine hours of at least two of the following areas in consultation with major advisor: AFA, APP, EMC, FOR, FSE, HLS, POL, PSY, SOC, TRS, WGS; Free Electives; Choose from 24 hours of free electives
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: PLS 103
The deepest prerequisite chains in PLS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
2 courses deep, ending at PLS 315
2 courses deep, ending at PLS 415
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Total Hours15 required
All PLS courses in the EKU catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under PLS yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
PLS does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the EKU campus feed.