After GOVT 351
Gateway: GOVT 351
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.
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.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate GOVT 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 GOVT 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 91 GOVT and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 42 more GOVT courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on GOVT, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Advanced Core Foundational Coursechoose 1
Advanced Core Requirementsall required
Regional Studies Coursework (select two from the following)choose 6
Major Elective Choices12 required · verify with the official sheet
Elective choices follow career and professional interests. Elective courses are suggested by advisors and mentors and approved by the Academic Program Coordinator. See below for areas of focus.
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in GOVT. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
3 courses deep, ending at GOVT 355
3 courses deep, ending at GOVT 407
3 courses deep, ending at GOVT 743
2 courses deep, ending at GOVT 323
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All GOVT courses in the GMU catalog
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