After GSS 10100
Gateway: GSS 10100
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.
Each of these unlocks the largest share of downstream work on this map. Courses from other departments can appear here when they genuinely gate GSS coursework.
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.
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 GSS 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 3 GSS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 1 more GSS course have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on GSS, 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
Discourse, Identity and Human Dynamics Elective, choose from the following:; Thematic Elective, choose from the following:; Theory and Thought Elective, choose from the following:; Major 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 Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory); Kent Core Additional; General Electives (total
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: GSS 10100
The deepest prerequisite chains in GSS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
2 courses deep, ending at GSS 40450
All GSS courses in the Kent State catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under GSS yet.
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GSS does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Kent State campus feed.