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 USLS 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 USLS 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 11 USLS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 12 more USLS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
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.
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in USLS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
3 courses deep, ending at USLS 3510
2 courses deep, ending at USLS 3230C
2 courses deep, ending at USLS 3470
2 courses deep, ending at USLS 3770
All USLS courses in the Iowa State catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under USLS yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
USLS does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Iowa State campus feed.