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 SPAD 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 SPAD 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 17 SPAD and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 61 more SPAD courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on SPAD, 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
Additional Requirements (courses do not count in major GPA)2 required · verify with the official sheet
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 Basic Sciences (must include one laboratory); Minor Requirements and General Electives (total credit hours depends on earning 120 credit hours, including 39 upper-division credit hours)
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
The deepest prerequisite chains in SPAD. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
3 courses deep, ending at SPAD 45092
2 courses deep, ending at SPAD 35192
2 courses deep, ending at SPAD 45022
2 courses deep, ending at SPAD 63299
All SPAD courses in the Kent State catalog
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Use your school emailNo section schedule with instructor names for SPAD yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under SPAD yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
SPAD does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Kent State campus feed.