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 OPER coursework.
Generated from University of Iowa’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 OPER 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 8 OPER and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 7 more OPER courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in OPER. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
5 courses deep, ending at OPER 8370
2 courses deep, ending at OPER 6226
All OPER courses in the Iowa 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 OPER yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under OPER yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
OPER does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Iowa campus feed.