After SPED 24000
Gateway: SPED 24000
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 SPED 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 SPED 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 53 SPED and feeder courses that have prerequisite links. 89 more SPED courses have no recorded prerequisites. They are listed under Tracks below, not drawn as loose dots here.
The concentrations and majors that build on SPED, 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
American Sign Language (ASL) Electives; American Sign Language (ASL) Upper-Division Elective (40000 level only); Major Elective, choose from the following:; Any American Sign Language (ASL) course; Any Translation Studies (TRST) course
Additional Requirements (courses do not count in major GPA)1 required
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 credit hours depends on earning 120 credit hours, including 39 upp
Upper-level clusters, grouped by the gateway that opens them.
Gateway: SPED 24000
Gateway: SPED 43313
Gateway: SPED 53313
Gateway: SPED 43050
The deepest prerequisite chains in SPED. These are the routes that take the most semesters to climb.
4 courses deep, ending at SPED 43311
4 courses deep, ending at SPED 53311
3 courses deep, ending at SPED 43022
3 courses deep, ending at SPED 43031
All SPED courses in the Kent State catalog
Grade medians are for verified students. Sign in with your school email to see them.
Use your school emailNo section schedule with instructor names for SPED yet.
No clubs or organizations on record under SPED yet.
This shows once five students share their club memberships.
SPED does not run a page here yet. When it does, its events show up here and on the Kent State campus feed.