After SMPA 2111W
Gateway: SMPA 2111W
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 Washington 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 SMPA 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 SMPA 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 40 SMPA and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 59 more SMPA courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on SMPA, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Requiredall required
One 3-credit course selected from the following:; (If PSC 2440 or PSC 2446 is used to fulfill the international and comparative politics major requirement, the other course must be used to fulfill this requirement.)
Supporting courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
For students in the BA in international affairs program: Four courses from the list below.; For students in the BS in international affairs program: Two courses from the list below.; or JSTD 2002 (War Crimes Trials); or HIST 3701 (Argentina in Global Context); or HIST 3801 (The Middle East Since WWII); or JSTD 2002 (Israeli Society and Politics); or PSC 2478 (International Relations of the Middle
G-PAC requirement1 required
In addition to the major requirements listed below, students must take the following course in fulfillment of the G-PAC requirement in social science:
Major requirements2 required · verify with the official sheet
Foundation courses (12 credits); Photo/photojournalism studios (18 credits); Studio electives; 12 credits in CGD, CIAR, CIXD, CMUS, CORX, CPJ, CSA, or CTAD courses taken at any level.; Upper-level studio electives; 12 credits from any CPJ course at the 2000 to 4000 level; and/or any CSA courses with 5 as the second digit of the course number; and/or any time-based electives selected from the follo
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in SMPA. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at SMPA 3358
3 courses deep, ending at SMPA 3150
3 courses deep, ending at SMPA 3239
3 courses deep, ending at SMPA 6298
All SMPA courses in the GWU catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under SMPA yet.
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