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 WFCE 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 WFCE 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 59 WFCE and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 12 more WFCE courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on WFCE, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: BIOL 3120
Gateway: WFCE 3650
Gateway: BIOL 3510L
Gateway: WFCE 3120
The deepest prerequisite chains in WFCE. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
5 courses deep, ending at WFCE 4570L
5 courses deep, ending at WFCE 4580L
5 courses deep, ending at WFCE 4590L
5 courses deep, ending at WFCE 4890
All WFCE courses in the Iowa State catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under WFCE yet.
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