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.
Generated from Kent 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.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate ESCI 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 ESCI 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 27 ESCI and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 82 more ESCI courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on ESCI, and how their requirements are structured. Expand a program to see which courses satisfy each group, then plan it in the Planner.
Major Requirements (courses count in major GPA)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Biological Sciences Elective, choose from the following:; Earth Science Elective, choose from the following:; Geography Elective, choose from the following:; Methods Elective, choose from the following:; Social Sciences Electives, choose from the following:
Additional Requirements (courses do not count in major GPA)1 required
Foreign Language (see Foreign Language College Requirement below); American Civic Literacy Requirement; Kent Core Composition; Kent Core Mathematics and Critical Reasoning; Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each); Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines); Kent Core Additional; General Electives (total credit hours depends on earning 120 credit hours, inclu
Major Requirements (courses count in major GPA)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Computer Science Elective, choose from the following:; Mathematics Electives, choose from the following:; Allied Area Elective, choose from the following:
Major Requirements (courses count in major GPA)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Applied Mathematics Elective, choose from the following:; Computer Science Elective, choose from the following:; Pure Mathematics Electives, choose from the following:; Allied Area Electives, choose from the following:
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in ESCI. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at ESCI 43092
3 courses deep, ending at ESCI 41080
2 courses deep, ending at ESCI 34061
2 courses deep, ending at ESCI 40380
Additional Requirements (courses do not count in major GPA)all required
Foreign Language Requirement (see Foreign Language College Requirement); American Civic Literacy Requirement; Kent Core Composition; Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each); Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines); Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory); General Electives (total credit hours depends on earning 120 credit hours, including 3
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1 course from1 required
Additional Requirements (courses do not count in major GPA)1 required
Foreign Language (see Foreign Language College Requirement below); American Civic Literacy Requirement; Kent Core Composition; Kent Core Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each); Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines); Kent Core Basic Sciences; Kent Core Additional; General Electives (total credit hours depends on earning 120 credit hours, including 39 upper-divisi
All ESCI courses in the Kent State catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under ESCI yet.
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