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.
Generated from James Madison University’s catalog, prerequisite, and concentration data. Spotted an error? Departments can adjust labels, ordering, and notes without a code change, so contact us.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate ISAT 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 ISAT 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 87 ISAT and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 54 more ISAT courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on ISAT, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Science Foundation Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
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Biotechnology Transition and Core Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
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Biotechnology Elective Courses2 required · verify with the official sheet
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Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: ISAT 212
Gateway: ISAT 113
Gateway: ISAT 320
Gateway: ISAT 271
The deepest prerequisite chains in ISAT. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
6 courses deep, ending at ISAT 391
5 courses deep, ending at ISAT 410
5 courses deep, ending at ISAT 411
5 courses deep, ending at ISAT 451
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All ISAT courses in the JMU catalog
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Use your school emailNo section schedule with instructor names for ISAT yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under ISAT yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
ISAT does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the JMU campus feed.