Political Science at University of Illinois Chicago

Intro sequences

The shortest canonical route from each entry point to a gateway course.

• 1. POLS 101Introduction to American Government and Politics
  2. POLS 200Methods of Political Science
  3. POLS 329Seminar on American Politics
• 1. POLS 130Introduction to Comparative Politics
  2. POLS 200Methods of Political Science
  3. POLS 349Topics in Comparative Politics
• 1. POLS 184Introduction to International Relations
  2. POLS 284International Security

Gateway courses

Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate POLS coursework.

• POLS 201Political Data Analysisopens 7 courses (3 directly)
• POLS 401Data Analysis I.opens 3 courses (2.5 directly)
• POLS 284International Securityopens 2 courses (0.8 directly)
• POLS 329Seminar on American Politicsopens 1 course (1 directly)
• POLS 349Topics in Comparative Politicsopens 1 course (1 directly)
• POLS 402Political Science Data Collection, Wrangling and Visualizationopens 1 course (1 directly)

The map

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 POLS 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 68 POLS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 66 more POLS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.

Tracks

Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.

The longest ladders

The deepest prerequisite chains in POLS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.

• 4 courses deep, ending at POLS 501

  1. MATH 105Mathematical Reasoning
  2. POLS 201Political Data Analysis
  3. POLS 401Data Analysis I.
  4. POLS 501Data Analysis II.

• 4 courses deep, ending at POLS 502

  1. MATH 105Mathematical Reasoning
  2. POLS 201Political Data Analysis
  3. POLS 402Political Science Data Collection, Wrangling and Visualization

• 3 courses deep, ending at POLS 359

  1. POLS 101Introduction to American Government and Politics
  2. POLS 353Constitutional Law
  3. POLS 359Topics in Public Law

• 3 courses deep, ending at POLS 384

  1. INST 184Introduction to International Relations
  2. POLS 284International Security
  3. POLS 384International Relations Theory

Grade medians

Professors

No section schedule with instructor names for POLS yet.

Clubs & organizations

No clubs or organizations on record under POLS yet.

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Department events

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