After SPAN 1014
Gateway: SPAN 1014
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 SPAN 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 SPAN 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 55 SPAN and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 11 more SPAN courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on SPAN, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
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For the BA in international affairs program: Five courses selected from the lists below. At least two courses must be from Group A and at least two courses must be from Group B.; For the BS in international affairs program: Three courses selected from the lists below. At least one course must be from Group A and at least one course must be from Group B.; Courses in Group A are typically in the soc
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: SPAN 1014
Gateway: SPAN 2006
The deepest prerequisite chains in SPAN. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
7 courses deep, ending at SPAN 4920W
6 courses deep, ending at SPAN 4420
4 courses deep, ending at SPAN 2056
3 courses deep, ending at SPAN 1095
All SPAN courses in the GWU catalog
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Use your school emailNo section schedule with instructor names for SPAN yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under SPAN yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
SPAN does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the GWU campus feed.