After ABE 1600
Gateway: ABE 1600
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 TSM 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 TSM 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 51 TSM and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 61 more TSM courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on TSM, 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
9 credits from:; • At least six (6) credits of 3000-level or higher TSM classes (from the classes listed above); • At least three (3) credits that are not used to meet any other department, college, or university requirement.
2 courses from2 required · verify with the official sheet
9 credits from:; TSM 3631x: Electrical Power, Control, and Sensor Systems; • At least six (6) credits of 3000-level or higher TSM classes (from the courses listed above); • At least three (3) credits that are not used to meet any other department, college, or university requirement.
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in TSM. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at TSM 3270
4 courses deep, ending at TSM 3400
3 courses deep, ending at TSM 3100
3 courses deep, ending at TSM 3800
All TSM courses in the Iowa State catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under TSM yet.
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TSM does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Iowa State campus feed.