After PACS 60000
Gateway: PACS 60000
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 PACS 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 PACS 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 15 PACS and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 57 more PACS courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on PACS, 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
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
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:
Major Requirements (courses count in major GPA)2 required · verify with the official sheet
Major Electives, choose from the following:; Any American Sign Language (ASL) Upper-Division course (30000 or 40000 level); Any Arabic (ARAB) Upper-Division course (30000 or 40000 level); Any Chinese (CHIN) Upper-Division course (30000 or 40000 level); Any French (FR) Upper-Division course (30000 or 40000 level); Any German (GER) Upper-Division course (30000 or 40000 level); Any Greek (GRE) Upper-
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: PACS 60000
Gateway: PACS 11001
The deepest prerequisite chains in PACS. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
2 courses deep, ending at PACS 31010
2 courses deep, ending at PACS 60002
2 courses deep, ending at PACS 60299
2 courses deep, ending at PACS 70002
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
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
All PACS courses in the Kent State catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under PACS yet.
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