Building the department map…
Building the department map…
Department paths
Courses with no prerequisites inside the department that unlock the most downstream work.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate GGS coursework.
Generated from George Mason 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 GGS 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 GGS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 73 more GGS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on GGS, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in GGS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at GGS 760
3 courses deep, ending at GGS 308
3 courses deep, ending at GGS 773
3 courses deep, ending at GGS 788
1 course from1 required
1 course from1 required
All GGS courses in the GMU 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 GGS yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under GGS yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
GGS does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the GMU campus feed.