Building the department map…
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 POL 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 POL 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 50 POL and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 89 more POL courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on POL, 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)all required
Political Science (POL) Elective; Political Science (POL) Upper-Division Elective (30000 or 40000 level)
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 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
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-
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
Economics (ECON) Upper-Division Electives (30000 or 40000 level); Major or Allied Area Elective, choose from the following:; Any Economics (ECON) Upper-Division course (30000 or 40000 level)
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in POL. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
3 courses deep, ending at POL 69091
3 courses deep, ending at POL 79091
2 courses deep, ending at POL 30110
2 courses deep, ending at POL 30500
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
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 Humanities and Fine Arts (minimum one course from each); Kent Core Social Sciences (must be from two disciplines) (must be from a discipline other than ECON); Kent Core Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory); General Electives (total credit hours depends on
All POL courses in the Kent State catalog
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No clubs or organizations on record under POL yet.
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