After SPCM 2120
Gateway: SPCM 2120
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.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate SPCM coursework.
Generated from Iowa State University’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 SPCM 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 5 SPCM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 20 more SPCM courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on SPCM, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
2 courses from2 required · verify with the official sheet
One course from the following:
2 courses from2 required · verify with the official sheet
Texts and Language: Choose 5; Advanced Communication: Choose 1; Critical Reading and Textual Analysis: Choose 2; Literature of Social and Environmental Justice: Choose 1; Historical Perspective Requirement. A minimum of 9 credits of coursework in Historical Perspective is required. This Requirement may overlap with the above requirements. Courses listed above with an * next to them or any of th
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: SPCM 2120
The deepest prerequisite chains in SPCM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
2 courses deep, ending at SPCM 3120
2 courses deep, ending at SPCM 4180
All SPCM courses in the Iowa State catalog
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